- Initial public offering (IPO)
- Placing of shares
- Rights issues / Open offer
- Issue of convertibles securities, options or warrants
- Margin financing
- Health check with IPO feasibility study
- Pre-IPO project execution
- Takeover of listed companies and other transactions with Takeovers Code implications (e.g., general offer, whitewash waiver application, special deal)
- Notifiable transactions and related transactions according to the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (e.g., disclosable transaction, major transaction, very substantial acquisition, very substantial disposal, reverse takeover, connected transaction, etc.)
- Due Diligence Review of Target
- Debt restructuring and capital reorganisation
- Company reorganization and restructuring, including spin-off
- Privatisation
- Share incentive scheme, including employee share option scheme and share award scheme
- Resumption of trading
Daphne Shao
Managing Director
Global Capital Markets
Worked in several Chinese and foreign investment banks in Hong Kong, such as Morgan Stanley Huaxin Funds, Keywise Capital Management, Shenwan Hongyuan (Hong Kong), Central China International, etc. Daphne has many years of experience in the stock capital market and has participated in IPO, stock placement, and corporate financing projects. Daphne is experienced in different types of corporate financing business in various industries and experience in setting up trusts for the employee incentive program
Daphne is familiar with the operation of the Hong Kong capital market, including market promotion, non-transaction roadshow, management roadshow, underwriting group coordination, bookkeeping management, and stock allocation. Daphne has participated in IPO projects of Xiaomi Group (01810.HK), Haidilao (06862.HK), Shandong International (01697.HK) and SinoMab BioScience (03681.HK), HK China Bright Culture (01859.HK), Tu Yi Holding(01701.HK) with a scale of hundreds of millions of projects issued
Daphne holds a master′s degree in International Financial Analysis from Newcastle University, UK. She is director of Hong Kong LPF Association and fellow member of the Hong Kong Institute of Economists
Francis Chan
Managing Director
Corporate Finance Department
- previously worked in the investment banking department of CITIC Securities International and the corporate finance and restructuring department of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
- has more than 15 years of practical experience in corporate finance and investment banking
- has participated in numerous IPOs and merger and acquisition transactions in Hong Kong, including A-then-H IPO, red chip listing, A+H rights issue, A+H new share placement, backdoor listing by reverse takeover as well as cross-border merger and acquisition transactions
- graduated from the University of London, UK, with a BSc Banking and Finance degree and possess Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) professional qualification and CPA Australia membership