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
- Innovations in Global Investment Fund Transactions and Jersey with Jersey Finance 27 September 2023
- Privy Council Upholds Shareholder Arbitration Agreement and Stays Just and Equitable Winding Up Petition 21 September 2023
- BVI Business Companies Requirements for New Annual Returns 19 September 2023
- Co-Invest and Carried Interest Solution for Private Equity Firms with Employees in India 19 September 2023
- Chambers Private Wealth Guide 2023: Cayman Islands 19 September 2023
NEWS & DEALS
- Maples Group Welcomes Record Number of Newly Qualified Caymanian Lawyers in 2023 28 September 2023
- Maples Group's Leading London Investment Funds & Management Team Welcomes Three New Associates 26 September 2023
- Maples Group Represents Mountain Co SPAC Merger with FC Barcelona's Media Division 20 September 2023
- Maples Group Welcomes Cayman Islands Government's Expansion into Asia 18 September 2023
- Maples Group's International Tax Teams Recognised for Excellence by International Tax Review 06 September 2023