OVERVIEW
Karen is a partner of Maples and Calder's Corporate team in the Maples Group's Hong Kong office. Her practice covers a broad range of corporate transactions involving Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands companies including mergers and acquisitions, pre-IPO financings, initial and secondary public offerings, private equity investments, joint ventures, reorganisations and restructurings. Karen has extensive experience advising on significant and market leading M&A and take private transactions involving Hong Kong and US-listed companies. Karen also advises financial institutions, sponsors and corporations on debt financing transactions including leveraged and acquisition finance, debt capital markets transactions, project finance and general corporate lending.BACKGROUND
Karen joined Maples and Calder in 2013. She was previously a senior associate at Allens in Melbourne. Karen has been recognised as a rising star partner in IFLR1000 and recommended as a key lawyer by The Legal 500. Karen is fluent in Mandarin and Shanghainese.PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Law Institute of Victoria
BAR ADMISSIONS
2008 - Admitted as a solicitor in Victoria, Australia (not practising)
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KNOWLEDGE
- Dual Listings on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange for Overseas Issuers 16 February 2022
- British Virgin Islands Economic Substance Reporting Requirements 25 August 2021
- BVI Economic Substance Regime 29 October 2020
- BVI Restructuring Considerations in the Era of Economic Substance 18 August 2020
- British Virgin Islands Economic Substance Requirements July 2020 Update and Deadlines 06 July 2020
NEWS & DEALS
- Maples Group Supports Three Chinese Companies with Dual Primary Listings in Hong Kong 25 July 2022
- Maples Advises Bain Capital on Acquisition of VXI Global 30 May 2022
- Maples Advises Zhihu Inc on its Primary Dual Listing in Hong Kong 29 April 2022
- Maples Group Wins at 2022 IFLR Asia Pacific Awards 01 April 2022
- Maples Advises on US47B Take Private of China Biologic Products 06 May 2021
- Maples Group Appoints Four New Partners to its Law Firms in Asia 31 March 2021
- Maples Advises on US$87B Take Private of 58.com 14 October 2020
- Maples Group Supports JD.com and NetEase on the Largest Hong Kong Dual Listings Of 2020 17 July 2020
- Maples Group Supports on Largest Hong Kong Dual Listings of 2020 17 July 2020
- Maples Group Announces Strategic Appointments at Six Offices 05 March 2020