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Angel Wong

Principal Areas of Practice:

  • Capital Markets
  • Corporate Finance
  • Private Equity & Venture Capital

Education:

  • 2006 LLB (Hons), Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
  • 2007 LLM (Corporate & Finance Laws), University of Hong Kong
  • 2009 PCLL, City University of Hong Kong

Admission:

  • 2011 Solicitor, Hong Kong
  • 2023 Lawyer, Greater Bay Area

Experience:

Angel Wong is one of the members who built up our corporate finance practice. She specialises in initial public offerings (IPOs) and she has advised many listing applicants and sponsors in the listings on the Main Board and GEM of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. In a few years’ time, Angel has successfully completed more than 25 IPO projects, including the listings of H-share enterprises, red-chip companies, Hong Kong local companies and overseas enterprises, etc.

Angel is experienced in a wide range of corporate and commercial matters, including pre-IPO restructuring and financing, IPO, secondary financing, overseas listing, merger and acquisition, loan and financing transactions, licensing and registration under the Securities and Futures Ordinance, corporate governance and general compliance for listed companies as well as private enterprises.

She has advised different sponsor firms on their applications for licence to carry out Type 6 (Advising on Corporate Finance) regulated activities under the Securities and Futures Ordinance and their compliance matters. In addition, Angel is leading a team to provide legal services to a portfolio of listed companies under annual retainers.

Angel has been admitted as a lawyer in the Greater Bay Area (license no. 14401202201551966).

Speaking Engagements:

  • “Hi-Tech Talk: The Road to Investment and Financing in Hong Kong Shares and A-shares”, training for Hi-Tech Holdings, July 2022
  • “Role of INEDs in suspension and resumption cases” and “Regulatory actions against INEDs”, BDO INED Virtual Forum, July 2022
  • IPO Diploma Course, IPO Coaching Academy, March 2022
  • “Sponsor Compliance, Listing Rules and Updates of Guidelines”, in-house training for Cinda International Securities Limited, Cinda International Capital Limited, Kingsman Capital Limited and Maxa Capital Limited, 2021
  • “5 Common Compliance Pitfalls for Listed Companies (And How to Avoid Them)”, Association of Chinese Internal Auditors webinar, September 2021
  • “Sponsor’s Failure in Due Diligence”, in-house training for Cinda International Securities Limited, Cinda International Capital Limited, Red Sun Capital Limited, Messis Capital Limited, Advent Corporate Finance Limited, TUS Corporate Finance Limited, Grande Capital Limited, Ballas Capital Limited, China Securities (International) Corporate Finance Company Limited, Altus Capital Limited, Alliance Capital Partners Limited (HK) and Lego Corporate Finance Limited, 2020
  • “Conduct and Duties of Directors in Corporate Acquisitions or Disposals”, ONC Lawyers and Union Registrars Limited webinar, August 2020
  • “Crisis Management: Suspension and Resumption of Trading”, HKICPA webinar, April 2020
  • “Conduct and Duties of Directors in Corporate Acquisitions or Disposals”, HKICPA webinar, April 2020
  • “Practical Guidelines on Disclosure Inside Information”, HKICPA webinar, April 2020
  • “Roles and Responsibilities of INEDs”, HKICPA webinar, April 2020
  • “Different Ways of Fundraising for Listed Companies”, HKICPA webinar, April 2020
  • “The legal issues and documents involved in an IPO”, ET Business College, May 2019
  • “PRC Laws Commonly Encountered in Hong Kong IPOs”, HKICPA seminar, March 2018
  • “Pre-Planning”, HKICPA seminar, January 2018

Overseas Speaking Engagements:

  • “Taking the World Public – IPO Event Series: Shanghai 2018”, April 2018

Publications:

  • Contributor, ‘Suitability for Listing’, Asian Legal Business Hong Kong IPO Handbook 2020, Thomson Reuters Hong Kong Limited, 2020
  • Contributor, ‘Hong Kong Chapter’, Global Legal Insights to Initial Public Offerings 2020, Global Legal Group, 2020
  • Contributor, ‘Hong Kong Chapter’, Global Legal Insights to Initial Public Offerings 2019, Global Legal Group, 2019
  • Contributor, ‘Hong Kong Chapter’, Global Legal Insights to Initial Public Offerings 2018, Global Legal Group, 2018
  • Contributor, ‘Chapter 5: Specific Listing Issues’, 101 Tips for Executives, Start-Up CEOs, Entrepreneurs, Private Investors: A Practical Handbook to Hong Kong IPOs 2018, CPD101 Limited, 2018
  • Contributor, ‘Chapter 5: Specific Listing Issues’, 101 Tips for Executives: A Practical Handbook to Hong Kong IPOs 2017, CPD101 Limited, 2017
  • Contributor, ‘Chapter 6: Specific Listing Issues’, A Practical Handbook to Hong Kong IPOs 2016, CPD101 Limited, 2016
  • Contributor, ‘Chapter 5: Specific Listing Issues’, Hong Kong IPO Guide 2016, LexisNexis, 2016
  • Contributor, ‘Chapter 4: Specific Listing Issues’, IPO Handbook for Hong Kong 2015, Asian Legal Business, 2015
  • Contributor, ‘Chapter 1: Why to List in Hong Kong’ and ‘Chapter 5: Specific Listing Issues’, Hong Kong IPO Guide 2015, LexisNexis, 2015
  • Contributor, ‘Chapter 1: Why List in Hong Kong’ and ‘Chapter 7: Preparing for an IPO – Specific Listing Issues’, Hong Kong IPO Guide 2014, LexisNexis, 2014
  • Contributor, ‘Chapter 1: Why to List in Hong Kong’ and ‘Chapter 5: Preparing for an IPO: Specific Listing Issues’, Hong Kong IPO Guide 2013, LexisNexis, 2013
  • Contributor, ‘Chapter 5: Preparing for an IPO: Specific Listing Issues’, IPO Guide 2012, LexisNexis, 2012

 

Practice Areas
Corporate Finance Law
Capital Markets Law
Private Equity Law
Venture Capital Law