Michael Yu
Associate
Michael Yu is an Associate in the Hong Kong Corporate practice. He joined Conyers in 2019.
Michael’s practice covers all aspects of corporate and commercial law, including corporate finance, private equity, and mergers and acquisitions. His experience extends to IPOs, SPAC listings and de-SPAC transactions, and privatisations of offshore companies listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ, and the London Stock Exchange.
Michael regularly supports clients navigating transactions across a broad spectrum of industries. His clients include financial institutions, multinational corporations, state-owned enterprises and small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) headquartered worldwide with primary focus in Hong Kong, Mainland China, the wider Asia-Pacific region and the US.
Jurisdictions
Experience
- Edding Group Company Limited Merger Transaction – Award Winning : M&A Deal of the Year – Midsize by ALB China Law Awards 2025
- Tencent Music Entertainment Group proposed acquisition of Ximalaya Inc. by way of merger
- The Generation Essential Group listing on NYSE, by way of a de-spac transaction with Black Spade Acquisition II Co
- Concorde International Group Ltd Nasdaq IPO
- BCPE Chivalry Bidco Limited US$3.16 billion privatisation of Chindata Group Holdings Limited
- HUTCHMED (China) Limited HK$4.553 billion IPO – Nomination : Deal of the Year – Equity Market by ALB Hong Kong Law Awards 2022
- Budweiser Brewing Company APAC Limited HK$39 billion IPO
- Award Winning : Equity Deal of the Year by IFLR Asia-Pacific Awards 2020
- Nomination : Impact Deals by ITR Asia Tax Awards 2020
- Nomination : Equity Market Deal of the Year – Premium by ALB China Law Awards 2020
- Nomination : Debt Market Deal of the Year by ALB Hong Kong Law Awards 2020
Qualifications
Professional Background
- Associate, W. K. To & Co., Hong Kong
Education
- The City University of Hong Kong, PCLL, 2016
- University of Edinburgh (Scotland, UK), LLB, 2015
Bar Admissions
- British Virgin Islands, Solicitor, 2021
- Bermuda, Registered Associate, 2019
- England and Wales, Solicitor, 2019 (not currently practising)
- Hong Kong, Solicitor, 2018 (not currently practising)
Languages
- Cantonese
- English
- Mandarin