Anna W.T. Chong
Partner
Anna Chong is a Partner in the Corporate department in the Hong Kong office of Conyers. She joined Conyers in 2006.
Anna’s practice focuses on corporate finance, and mergers and acquisitions, with particular expertise in initial public offerings on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Global Market. She has broad and extensive experience in both private and public equity and debt offerings.
In recent years, Anna has been actively involved in a number of cross border merger and acquisition deals for both listed and private companies .At the same time , she has also been regularly engaged in debt offerings in Hong Kong and China, particularly in the area of Panda bonds for PRC-based provincial government owned entities and energy and infrastructure companies listed in Hong Kong. She also advises Chinese companies with offshore structures on mezzanine financing through preferred share issues and on other group restructurings, often in preparation for IPOs in the US and Hong Kong.
Anna has spoken at various industry events, including the In-House Congress Shenzhen Conference in June 2019, where she presented the use of offshore structures in private equity financing and IPOs. She is also a contributor to the book entitled “ Cayman Islands Company and Commercial Law”
Jurisdictions
Experience
- Edding Group Company Limited Merger Transaction – Award Winning : M&A Deal of the Year- Midsize by ALB China Law Awards 2025
- China Gas Holdings Limited RMB 1 Billion Super Short Term Commercial Papers (4th Tranche)
- Yuexiu Transport Infrastructure Limited RMB 1.3 Billion Medium Term Notes (1st Tranche)
- Bitauto Holdings Limited Privatisation Merger – Nomination : M&A Deal of the Year by IFLR Asia-Pacific Awards 2021
- 58.com Inc. US$8.7 Billion Privatisation
- Award Winning :
- Private Equity Deal of the Year by IFLR Asia-Pacific Awards 2021
- Finance Deal of the Year: Acquisitions by Asia Legal Awards 2021
- Finance Deal of the year by ALB Hong Kong Law Awards 2021
- Deals of the Year by China Business Law Journal 2020
- Venture Capital / Private Equity Deal of the Year by FinanceAsia 2020
- Nomination :
- Award Winning :
- Sino Biopharmaceutical Limited €750 Million Zero Coupon Convertible Bonds due 2025 – Nomination : Debt Market Deal of the Year – Midsize by ALB China Law Awards 2021
Qualifications
Professional Background
- Corporate Finance Partner, Baker & McKenzie, Hong Kong
- Corporate Finance Lawyer, Woo Kwan Lee & Lo, Hong Kong
Education
- Keele University, England BSocSc (Hons)
Bar Admissions
- Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (British Virgin Islands), Solicitor, 2012
- Bermuda, Registered Associate, 2005
- Singapore, Solicitor, 1994
- England & Wales, Solicitor, 1991
- Hong Kong, Solicitor, 1987 (not currently practising)
Awards & Accolades
- Recognised as a “Highly Regarded” lawyer in the 2020 to 2024 editions of IFLR1000 (Financial & Corporate: Offshore)
- Recognised as a “Notable Practitioner” in the 2018 and 2019 editions of IFLR1000 (Financial & Corporate – Foreign)
Languages
- Cantonese
- English
- Mandarin