Rhoda Yung PARTNER

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PRINCIPAL AREAS

Public and Private Mergers and Acquisitions Capital Markets Private Equity Transactions Corporate Reorganisations Securities Law and Regulatory Compliance

LANGUAGES

English Mandarin

JURISDICTIONS

Hong Kong New South Wales (Australia)

EXPERIENCE

Rhoda is a partner of our Corporate Finance Practice Group and is based in Hong Kong. She has over 22 years’ experience in the corporate finance field and her practice involves corporate finance and securities work as well as private and public mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions. She also advises on securities law and listing rules compliance and other company law matters such as capital reduction.

PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

Advising The Wharf (Holdings) Limited (“Wharf“), Wheelock and Company Limited (being Wharf’s holding company) and Wharf Real Estate Investment Company Limited (“Wharf REIC”) in relation to the spin-off of Wharf REIC from Wharf for separate listing of Wharf REIC’s shares on the Main Board of the by way of introduction. Wharf REIC owns and operates premium quality properties in Hong Kong which it holds for investment purposes Advising the joint sponsors BOCI Asia Limited, Citigroup Global Markets Asia Limited, HSBC Corporate Finance (Hong Kong) Limited and Morgan Stanley Asia Limited and other underwriters in relation to the spin-off from Limited (a company listed on the Main Board) and Main Board listing of Network Limited in Hong Kong. Kerry Logistics Network raised approximately HK$2.5 billion from the offering. It is principally engaged in the integrated logistics and international freight forwarding businesses. It is a leading logistics service provider in Asia (in terms of revenue and gross floor area of warehouse managed) and the largest Hong Kong-based international third-party logistics service provider Advising the sole sponsor ICBC International Capital Limited and underwriters in relation to the Main Board IPO of Yincheng International Holding Co., Ltd., raised approximately HK$914 million. The company is an established property developer in the PRC focusing on developing residential properties in the Yangtze River Delta Megalopolis Advising MMG Limited (formerly known as Minmetals Resources Limited)in its very substantial acquisition and connected transaction in relation to the HK$14.4 billion acquisition of Album Resources (which holds a portfolio of international mining assets previously owned by OZ Minerals Ltd and now known as MMG, a significant producer of zinc, copper, lead, gold and silver) through a combination of cash, shares and perpetual subordinated convertible securities Advising Sound Global Ltd. in relation to its voluntary delisting from the Official List of the Exchange Securities Trading Limited and proposed conditional cash exit offer by Sound (HK) Limited to acquire all the issued shares in and all the outstanding convertible bonds of Sound Global Ltd. (other than those already owned, controlled or agreed to be acquired by Sound (HK) Limited and its concert parties).

MORE ABOUT RHODA

Memberships

Member, The Law Society of Hong Kong

Education

Professional Program, College of Law, New South Wales, Australia

B.Comm. (Accounting), University of New South Wales, Australia

LL.B., University of New South Wales, Australia

Accolades

Asialaw Profiles– Capital Markets– Leading Lawyer (2016 and 2017 editions) and Distinguished Practitioner (2020 edition)

Asialaw Profiles– Corporate/M&A– Leading Lawyer (2017 edition) and Distinguished Practitioner (2020 edition)

Asia Pacific Legal 500 - Capital Markets (Equity) - Recommended Individual (2015 edition)

Asia Pacific Legal 500 - Corporate (including M&A) - Highly Recommended Individual/Recommended Individual (2012 and 2013 editions)

Chambers Global - Corporate/M&A - Recommended Individual (2014 and 2015 editions) IFLR1000 – "Banking" and "Private Equity" and "Capital Markets" - Highly regarded (2018 - 2022 editions)

Chambers Asia-Pacific - Corporate/M&A - Leading Individual (2012 - 2017 editions)

IFLR1000 - “Mergers and Acquisitions” and “Capital Markets: Equity” - Leading Lawyer (2011 and 2016 - 2017 editions)