After Pillsbury transitioned its Hong Kong office from a registered foreign law firm to a Hong Kong solicitors’ firm on 13 March, the US outfit has hired corporate partner Samuel Ng, who specialises in capital markets, in the same month.
Ng is a Hong Kong-qualified lawyer with 20 years of experience, specialising in equity and debt capital markets transactions as well as the structuring of IPOs on the HKEX. His experience spans from international and PRC law firms to Pillsbury. Ng was a partner at Paul Hastings, working alongside Yan Jia, Pillsbury’s current co-leader of the China practice.
He later joined DeHeng Law Offices’ Hong Kong branch for a year as a partner and during that time he counselled the financial adviser of Pizu Group on the civil explosive manufacturer’s listing transfer from the GEM to the main board. It became the first successful case of its kind following the HKEX’s introduction of a streamlined transfer mechanism under chapter 9B of the Listing Rules.
Yan said he expected Ng’s arrival would improve the firm’s ability to help clients in achieving success in Hong Kong-based deals.
Currently, Pillsbury’s Hong Kong office has a diversified service team comprising Ng, Ronald Cheng and Adam Goldberg who can practice Hong Kong law, while New York-admitted partner Michelle Ng can advise on cross-border legal disputes and regulation matters.
