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Jessie Yan
Associate, Hong Kong
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Jessie Yan
Associate
9th Floor Central Tower
28 Queen's Road Central
Hong Kong
T: + 852 2822 0476
F: + 852 2845 9070
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Practice Experience
Jessie Yan is an associate in the Hong Kong office of White & Case.
Jessie advises clients on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity investments, initial public offerings, establishment of investment funds and advises listed companies on listing rules and Companies Ordinance.
Examples of transactions she has been involved in include:
Representing an Indonesian client in the investment in an AIM listed company;
Representing Ping An in the proposed investment in Fortis Investment Management;
Representing a private equity fund in its HK$850 million investment in a property development company in China;
Representing Kingsoft Corporation Limited as leading Hong Kong attorney in its initial public offering on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange;
Representing BNP Paribas and UBS as leading Hong Kong attorney in the initial public offering of Haitian International Holdings Limited on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange;
Representing BNP Paribas in the initial public offering of Dalian Port on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange;
Representing the AEP Industries in its AU$100 million sale of assets in Australia;
Representing CK Life Sciences Int’l., (Holdings) Inc. in its acquisition of Nuturf Australia Pty Ltd;
Representing the sellers in the AU$25 million disposal of Woods & Woods Pty Ltd to Orica Limited; and
Various M&A, private equity and placement deals in Australia, Hong Kong and the PRC.
Before joining White & Case, Jessie worked at another leading international law firm in Hong Kong and in a leading Australian law firm in Sydney.
Bars and Courts
Solicitor and Barrister of the Supreme Court of South Australia, 2003
Solicitor and Barrister of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, 2004
Registered as Foreign Lawyer for the Law Society of Hong Kong
Education
Diploma Certificate in Professional Legal Training, South Australia, 2003
Bachelor of Law (Hons), Adelaide Univeristy, Australia, 2002
Bachelor of Commerce, Adelaide Univeristy, Australia, 2000
Professional Associations and Memberships
Law Society of South Australia
Law Society of Hong Kong
Languages
English
Mandarin
Cantonese
Citizenship
Australia
Practices
Mergers and Acquisitions
Private Equity
Investment Funds