Rossana Chu

Introduction

Rossana Chu is a partner at YYC Legal, with more than 27 years of legal experience. She is known for her expertise in M&A, capital markets transactions, corporate financing, asset management, debt restructuring, private equity/venture capital, legal and regulatory compliance, technology law, employment, and environmental, social and governance legal issues. Chu advises multinational and Chinese corporations, securities firms, investment banks, funds, non-profit organisations, families and individuals on domestic and overseas legal matters.

Chu is an award-winning lawyer, with international accolades including: Chambers Greater China Region’s “leading individual” (2024 and 2025), The Legal 500’s Asia Pacific “leading partner” (from 2023 to 2025), Asialaw Awards “HKSAR Female Lawyer of the Year” (2024) and “distinguished practitioner” (2023 and 2024), IFLR1000’s “woman leader” (2024) and “highly regarded leading lawyer” (from 2015 to 2024), China Business Law Journal’s “The A-List: Visionaries (International)” (from 2023 to 25) and “The A-List: China’s Elite Lawyers (Foreign Firms)” (from 2020 to 2022), and In-House Community’s “Commended External Counsel of the Year” (2017, 2021 to 2023).

Chu has been interviewed by various media and featured in Hong Kong Economic Journal in 2024, China Business Law Journal reports (from 2021 to 2024), ALB Asia magazines (from 2019 to 2024), and The Legal500’s Fivehundred in 2020. As a thought leader, Chu is the author of Lexology International Capital Markets: Hong Kong Chapter, editions 13 and 14 (2023, 2024), a co-contributor for the Chambers Global Practice Guides: Equity Finance 2024 – Hong Kong Chapter, and continuously contributes specialised articles to various renowned international legal media. She was named a “Lexology Legal Influencer” in the first and second quarters of 2021 and the first quarter of 2022.