Christopher W.H. Bickley
Partner, Head of Asia and Managing Partner of Hong Kong Office
Christopher Bickley is a Partner and Head of Asia and Managing Partner of Hong Kong office of Conyers. He joined Conyers in 1994.
Christopher’s practice covers all aspects of corporate law, with specialist expertise in corporate finance. He has extensive experience advising on initial public offerings and share listings on the Main Board and the Growth Enterprise Market of The Hong Kong Stock Exchange, as well as on exchanges in NASDAQ, NYSE, Shanghai, London, Singapore and Australia. His experience also includes debt financings, schemes of arrangements, restructurings, fundraising, private equity investment, and offshore share holder disputes.
He is the author of “Bermuda, British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands Company Law” by Thomson Reuters/Sweet & Maxwell Asia.
Christopher has been recognised as a leading lawyer for over a decade in legal directories including IFLR 1000, Legal 500, Chambers, Asia Legal Business and China Business Law Journal. In the 2025 edition of Chambers Asia-Pacific, clients desscribed him as “responsive and reliable” and commended his ability to “offer alternative and pragmatic solutions,” with another noting his “excellent service with a strong commercial vision.”
Jurisdictions
Experience
- Amer Sports Inc. US$1.37 Billion IPO and NYSE Listing – Award Winning : Deals of the Year by China Business Law Journal 2024
- ZJLD Group Inc HK$5.3 billion IPO – This IPO is the largest IPO on the HKEX to date in 2023 and is the second successful debut of a Chinese liquor company since 2016.
- Award Winning : Deals of the Year – Equity Capital Markets by China Business Law Journal 2023
- Nomination : Deal of the Year – Equity by IFLR Asia-Pacific Awards 2024
- Nomination : Equity Market Deal of the Year by ALB Hong Kong Law Awards 2023
- Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation RMB46.2 Billion IPO and A Shares listing on Shanghai Sci-Tech Innovation Board – This is China’s largest contract chip manufacturer as of March 2020 and this record-breaking IPO has become the first dual listing of a Cayman company on both the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong and SSE STAR Market, and the largest A Shares IPO in China since the listing of Agricultural Bank of China in 2010.
- TPG Global, LLC and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board Acquisition of 35% of Dream Cruises
- Award Winning : M&A Deal of the Year by ALB Hong Kong Law Awards 2020
- Nomination : Private Equity Deal of the Year by IFLR Asia-Pacific Awards 2020
- China East Education Holdings Limited HK$4.9 Billion IPO – Nomination : Equity Market Deal of the Year by ALB Hong Kong Law Awards 2020
- Haier Electronics Group Co., Ltd. Privatisation and Subsequent Delisting from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange – Nomination : M&A Deal of the Year – Premium by ALB China Law Awards 2021
- MBK Partners HK Limited Privatisation of eHi Car Services Limited
- Award Winning : M&A Deal of the Year by IFLR Asia-Pacific Awards 2020
- Award Winning : M&A Deal of the Year by ALB Hong Kong Law Awards 2019
- Nomination : M&A Deal of the Year – Midsize at the 17th SSQ ALB China Law Awards 2020
Qualifications
Education
- Southampton University, LLB (Hons), 1990
Bar Admissions
- British Virgin Islands, Solicitor, 2000
- Hong Kong, Solicitor, 1997 (not currently practising)
- Bermuda, Barrister & Attorney, 1994
- England & Wales, Solicitor, 1993 (not currently practising)
Awards & Accolades
- Recognised in the 2025 edition of Offshore Client Choice List by Asian Legal Business
- Recognised as “The A-List Top 50 Offshore Lawyers” in 2022 and 2024 by Asia Business Law Journal
- Recognised as “The Visionaries (International)” in The A-List 2023-24 by China Business Law Journal
- Recognised as a “Highly Regarded” lawyer in the 2014 to 2024 editions of IFLR1000 (Financial & Corporate: Offshore)
- Recognised as a “Highly Regarded” lawyer in the 2014 to 2024 editions of IFLR1000 (Investment Funds: Offshore)
- Recognised as a leading individual in the 2011-2013, 2015-2018 and 2020-2025 editions of Legal 500 Asia-Pacific (Offshore Law)
- Recognised in the 2024 edition of Legal 500 Caribbean (foreign based expertise)
- Recognised in the 2013-2015, 2017-2019 and 2021-2023 editions of Chambers Global (Offshore: Corporate & Finance including Investment Funds)
- Recognised in the 2012, 2017 and 2020 to 2025 editions of Chambers Asia-Pacific (Offshore: Corporate & Finance including Investment Funds)
- Recognised in the 2019 to 2023 editions of Offshore Client Choice List Top 10 by Asian Legal Business
Insights & Resources
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