OVERVIEW
Lorraine is a partner of the Maples and Calder's Finance team in the Maples Group's Hong Kong office. Her practice covers corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, restructurings and financing, with particular focus on private equity investments, structured finance products, pre-IPO financings, and IPOs of BVI and Cayman Islands companies on global stock exchanges, including Hong Kong, Taiwan and the United States. Lorraine also regularly advises clients in China on a broad range of corporate and commercial transactions.
BACKGROUND
Lorraine joined the Maples Group in 2007 and was elected as a partner in 2016. She previously worked for Richards Butler in Hong Kong. Lorraine is a native Cantonese speaker and is fluent in Mandarin. She has been recommended by The Legal 500 and was shortlisted as a “Rising Star in Finance” in the Euromoney Asia Women in Business Law Awards 2016. Lorraine has been recognised as notable practitioner by IFLR 1000.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
CorporateFinance
LANGUAGES
Cantonese
English
Mandarin
Shanghainese
BAR ADMISSIONS
2004 – Admitted as a solicitor in Hong Kong (not practising)
2005 – Admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales (registered in Hong Kong as an English solicitor (not advising on English Law))
2012 – Admitted as a solicitor of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (British Virgin Islands)
EDUCATION
University of Hong Kong, LLB, 2001
University of Hong Kong, PCLL, 2002
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KNOWLEDGE
- Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022 04 July 2022
- Irish FinTech Regulation Focus - Six Key Areas 04 July 2022
- Implementation of the EU Directive on Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions 29 June 2022
- Finance Dublin Irish Tax Monitor 28 June 2022
- ECCA Declines to Hear Appeal Against Ex Parte Orders Prior to Return Date 27 June 2022
NEWS & DEALS
- Maples Group Partners Win at European Women in Business Law Awards 2022 27 June 2022
- Maples Advises SCC Power on Acquisition of Stoneway's Business Enterprise 23 June 2022
- Maples Group Represents Clearlake on Significant Transactions 16 June 2022
- Maples Group Wins Three Awards at China Business Law Awards 2022 15 June 2022
- Maples Group Supports First Cayman Islands Entity to List on Three International Stock Exchanges 06 June 2022