Flora Wong

Overview

Flora Wong is a Partner in the Corporate department of Conyers Dill & Pearman in Hong Kong. Flora joined Conyers in 2005.

Prior to joining the Firm, she gained substantial transactional experience in corporate finance work at major law firms in Hong Kong. Since joining Conyers, Flora has focused her practice on capital markets, initial public offerings in Hong Kong, the US and Taiwan, joint venture, capital restructuring and reorganisation, debt financing, private equity and mergers and acquisitions transactions. Flora is also experienced in bank financing and general commercial matters.

Flora is fluent in Cantonese, English and Mandarin and experienced in serving clients who require cross-border transactional skills and Chinese language skills. Flora’s portfolio of clients includes banks, multinationals, public companies and law firms.

Experience

Experience Highlights

Advised Logan Property Holdings Company in its listing on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and its US$300,000,000 senior notes issue.
Advised various Cayman incorporated Taiwan based tech companies and Gourmet Master Co Ltd in their primary listings on the Taiwan Stock Exchange after the Taiwan Stock Exchange has amended its rules to allow listing of non-Taiwanese companies.
Advised debt holders in the restructuring of Sino-Forest Corporation.
Advised multinationals in their debt financings such as Noble Group Limited’s US$3,000,000,000 medium term note programme and US$50,000,000 perpetual capital securities issue, Skyfame Realty (Holdings) Limited’s HK$2,300,000,000 medium term bonds programme, Johnson Electric Holdings Limited’s US$200,000,000 convertible bonds issue.
Advised public companies in their capital or company restructuring including capital reductions in Cayman Islands and Bermuda and redomicile between Cayman, Bermuda and BVI.

Qualifications

Professional Background

Corporate lawyer, Richards Butler, Hong Kong
Corporate and Commercial lawyer, Charltons, Hong Kong
Foreign lawyer, Kao, Lee & Yip, Hong Kong

Education

The University of Melbourne, Bachelor of Laws (Honours)
The University of Melbourne, Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting Major)

Bar Admissions

Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (British Virgin Islands), Solicitor, 2010
Bermuda, Registered Associate, 2005
England and Wales, Solicitor, 2001
Hong Kong, Solicitor, 2000 (not currently practising)
Victoria, Australia, Solicitor and Barrister, 1997

Awards & Accolades

Recognised as notable practitioner in the 2021 edition (and 2020 and recognised in 2019) of IFLR1000
Recognised in the 2016 edition of Legal 500 Asia-Pacific (offshore law)

Associations

Member, Law Society of Hong Kong

Languages

Cantonese
English
Mandarin

Publications

Corporate Digest: Notable Deals and Transactions – Winter 2020

Corporate Digest: Notable Deals and Transactions – Autumn 2019

Cayman Islands Company and Commercial Law 2nd Ed 2019 (Sweet & Maxwell) - Contributing Editor

Corporate Digest: Notable Deals and Transactions - Spring 2019

Cayman Asia M&A Report H1 2018

Cayman Islands Company and Commercial Law - (Sweet & Maxwell 2015) - Contributing Editor

Area(s) of Expertise

Legal Services

Capital Markets
Corporate
Finance
Mergers & Acquisitions
Private Equity & Venture Capital
Securitization & Structured Finance

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