Michelle Au
Associate
Michelle Au is an Associate in the Hong Kong Corporate practice. She joined Conyers in 2021.
Her practice focuses on capital markets transactions, including initial public offerings, public and private mergers and acquisitions, and legal compliance matters.
Michelle advises PRC and multinational clients on a wide range of corporate and commercial matters. She maintains a broad practice encompassing all aspects of corporate and commercial law involving Bermuda, British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands companies focusing on pre-IPO financings, privatisations, mergers and acquisitions, takeovers and initial public offerings (including listing of shares on major global exchanges such as the Nasdaq Global Market and Hong Kong Stock Exchange). Her experience also extends to corporate restructuring, capital reorganisation and financing, as well as a wide range of debt capital market transactions.
Michelle is one of the contributors to the book Commercial Transactions in the Virtual World—Issues and Opportunities.
Jurisdictions
Experience
- ESR Group Limited HK$55.2 billion Privatisation and Delisting from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) – the largest privatisation from HKEX since 2021
- Advising on various bond issuances by different companies including CTF Services Limited, Xiangyu Investment (BVI) Co., Ltd. and GF Financial Holdings BVI Ltd.
- Privatisation of various offshore companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange including Beijing Capital Grand Limited, CM Hi-Tech Cleanroom Limited and Lansen Pharmaceutical Holdings Limited
- Advising on listing of companies on major global exchanges including JF SmartInvest Holdings Ltd and Jianzhi Education Technology Group Company Limited
Qualifications
Professional Background
- Associate, Mayer Brown, Hong Kong
Education
- City University of Hong Kong, PCLL
- City University of Hong Kong, LLB (First Class Honours)
Bar Admissions
- Bermuda, Registered Associate
- England and Wales, Solicitor (not currently practising)
- Hong Kong, Solicitor (not currently practising)
Languages
- Mandarin
- Chinese
- English