Date:       Tuesday, 26 May 2015
 
Time:      08:15-17:45 
 
Venue:    Marco Polo Hotel
                28 Fuhua 1st Road, Futian CBD, Huaqiangbei Commercial, Shenzhen.
 
Since the launch of the Stock Connect scheme, the stock market in both Hong Kong and China have registered remarkable rise. The improved stock valuation provides a good incentive for successful medium size companies to upsize the company scale via doing an IPO in Hong Kong.
 
Thomson Reuters is proud to present the inaugural “Hong Kong IPO Forum” in Shenzhen on May 26, 2015. The seminar will be an in-depth and interactive discussion with experienced and leading IPO experts. There will be interactive discussions on issues that corporate professionals currently need to know in the listing journey in Hong Kong, especially after the changes to the Listing Rules in 2014. 
 
The event will bring together IPO experts from accounting, law, investment bank, investor relations, company secretaries as well as independent financial advisors. Topics to be discussed include:
 
The Listing Journey:
 
  • How to get the Company ready to be listed
  • Guide to listing in HK: Main Board and Growth Enterprise Market 
  • Marketing the deal effectively 
  • Preparing Your IPO Team
  • Specific listing issues
  • Making the IPO process efficient 
  • Case Study of a Successful Hong Kong IPO
  • Post IPO corporate governance, strategies and challenges
 
Panel discussions taking place during the event will focus on: 
 
  • Expectations of the HK IPO market in the second half of 2015?
  • Impact of recent China IPO regulations on listing in HK?
 
The conference agenda will be released soon - please click back for more details shortly
 

Franki Lui, Director - Assurance services, BDO Limited

Franki Lui is a director of our assurance services.  He has extensive experience in handling listed company audit assignments over a wide variety of industries including retailing, luxury products, manufacturing, property development and natural resources.  He also specialises in transaction support assign¬ments, such as initial public offerings, capital market transactions and financial due diligence in acquisitions of companies.

 

Franki is a Certified Public Accountant in Hong Kong and a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.

吕智健为本所审计服务董事。吕智健经验丰富,擅长为上市公司提供审计服务,行业包括零售业、奢侈品、制造业、房地产及天然资源。他亦擅于处理交易支援项目, 为客户公司筹组上市、进行资本市场交易及于企业并购活动中提供财务尽职调查。

吕智健为香港会计师, 亦是英国特许公认会计师公会资深会员

Simon Mak, Founder and Chief Executive, Ascent Partners 

Mr. Mak is the founder and chief executive of Ascent Partners.  He educated at McGill University and Stanford University. He is a CFA charterholder, a Certified Management Accountant (CMA) and a member of Institute of Public Accountants (MIPA). Mr. Mak has extensive experience in independent valuation and corporate advisory. Before founding Ascent Partners, Mr. Mak held senior positions in a wide range of financial service firms and technology companies.

 

Besides his professional work, Mr. Mak is committed to fulfill his social duty. He is one of the founding governors of International IP Commercialization Council (IIPCC) Hong Kong Chapter, and he is a frequent guest speaker for academic institutions and professional bodies. He also serves in a variety of committees in trade and professional bodies, such as Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce (HKGCC), Hong Kong Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (HKVCA), and so on.

Silvia On, Registered Foreign Lawyer - Private Wealth, Stephenson Harwood

Silvia On is a registered foreign lawyer in the Private Wealth Group of Stephenson Harwood based in Hong Kong. She advises individuals and families on their succession and estate planning needs. Her experience ranges from drafting wills for individuals to setting up complex structures for families. In particular, she has helped a number of wealthy families set up trust structures to hold the family’s wealth and to achieve the family’s succession needs. She also has worked and assisted family offices on a variety of matters, including helping one family set up a number of different trust structures to hold the family’s diversified assets and achieve the family’s philanthropic objectives. 

She also advises Hong Kong charities, including the setting up of Hong Kong charities.

Silvia obtained her Bachelor of Law and Bachelor of Commerce and Administration from Victoria University of Wellington and her Masters of Law from the London School of Economics and Political Science. She also holds a Masters of Economics from the University of Hong Kong. 

She is admitted in New Zealand and England and Wales.  She is also a fellowship of ACCA (Association of Certified Chartered Accountants) and member of STEP (Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners).

She has been identified as an Associate to Watch by Chambers Asia Pacific from 2013 to 2015 in Private Client/Wealth Management, listed in the Citywealth Leaders List in 2013 and 2014, mentioned in Legal 500 in 2014 and 2015 and mentioned in Tax Director Handbook in 2014. 

Silvia speaks English, Cantonese, Mandarin and Shanghainese.

安思怡律师为罗夏信律师事务所香港办事处私人财富团体的注册外国律师。安律师在处理客户个人及其家族各类的法律事务具有丰富经验,从草拟遗嘱到设立复杂的家庭信托架构,都能为客户的家族资产及财富达到妥善的承传。安律师亦为客户的家族办事处提供法律建议,包括为家族设立不同的信托去持有家族多样化的资产以及达到家族的慈善目的。

安律师也有为香港慈善基金,包括设立香港慈善基金,提供法律意见

安律师拥有威灵顿维多利亚大学的法律学士学位及工商管理学士、伦敦政治经济学院的法律硕士学位,以及香港大学的经济学硕士学位。

安律师取得新西兰及英国及威尔士的执业资格,并为 ACCA (特许公认会计师公会)和 STEP(香港信托与财产从业者协会)的会员。

安律师在2013年至2015年先后被《钱伯斯亚洲》杂志评选为“财富策划领域值得关注律师”、在2013及2014年被 Citywealth Leaders 评选为“财富策划领域的领先律师” 、在2014及2015年被《亚太法律500强》提名及在2014年被《税务总监手册》提名。

安律师精通英语、普通话、粤语和上海方言

Peter Wong, Founding Chairman, The International Association of CFOs and Corporate Treasurers (China) [“IACCT China”]

Peter is an experienced treasurer with multinational companies. He held a number of corporate treasury positions including 14 years as Treasurer of AIA and 3 years as Asia Treasurer of APL. He is appointed recently as the Associate Director of PwC responsible for Corporate Treasury Consulting Service for clients in Hong Kong and Mainland China.

Since 2006, he has been appointed as the Executive Board Member of the Treasury Markets Association (TMA) chaired by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA). He was appointed to a Working Group advising the HKMA on policies to develop Corporate Treasury Centre in Hong Kong. He held the position of the Chairman of the Hong Kong Association of Corporate Treasurers (HKACT) during 2000-2012. Under his leadership, HKACT members established a new association (the IACCT China) to promote corporate treasury management best practices to Chinese enterprises and MNCs operating in the Mainland.

In 2007 IACCT successfully co-hosted with China Association of CFOs the annual conference of the International Group of Treasury Associations at the HKMA office. During 2006-09, he was appointed by the HKTDC as member of the Financial Services Advisory Committee and also Steering Committee member of the Asian Financial Forum.

Peter graduated with a Bachelor degree (major in Economics) and MBA degree from the University of Hong Kong. He is a CPA, a CFA charter-holder and a fellow member of a number of professional bodies including the UK Association of Corporate Treasurers.

 

BRIAN W TANG, Managing Director, Asia Capital Markets Institute (ACMI)

Brian W Tang is managing director of Asia Capital Markets Institute (www.asiacmi.com ), a professional capital markets educational and policy platform that promotes professionalism, efficiency and innovation in the long-term best interests of corporate issuers and capital markets integrity. He is a corporate finance lawyer with nearly 20 years of experience in Hong Kong, New York, Silicon Valley and Australia. 

Prior to that, as an award-winning Asia-Pacific investment banking counsel at Credit Suisse based in Hong Kong, Brian has advised on some of the region’s largest and most cutting-edge equity, debt and M&A transactions, including the Hong Kong IPOs of CCB, ICBC, Guangzhou R&F, Shanghai Pharmaceutical, Belle, Haitong Securities and PICC. He has also led inter-disciplinary teams to establish the bank’s Chinese investment banking joint venture Credit Suisse Founder Securities in Beijing and played a leading role in many industry-wide regulatory initiatives. 

Brian was also at Wall Street law firm Sullivan & Cromwell in New York (working in Silicon Valley during the dotcom boom), as well as King & Wood Mallesons in Perth, Australia, where he advised on cross-border capital markets, M&A, corporate governance and project finance.

Brian graduated with an LL.M from New York University School of Law and a BA/LL.B with honours from the University of Western Australia.  He also holds graduate diplomas from Securities Institute of Australia and Australian Institute of Company Directors.

亚洲资本市场学会  董事总经理  陈华利先生

陈华利先生是亚洲资本市场学会(ACMI)(www.asiacmi.com)的董事总经理。ACMI为资本市场提供专业教育与洞悉政策的平台,推广“专业、效率及创新”等理念,维护企业发行人的最佳长远利益,捍卫资本市场的廉洁稳健。陈先生专事公司金融法业务,曾在香港、纽约、硅谷和澳大利亚供职,拥有近二十年的丰富经验。

在成立ACMI之前,陈律师任职于瑞信银行,常驻香港,专事投资银行部亚太地区的法律业务,且屡获奖项。陈律师曾参与亚太地区金额最大、最前沿的股票及债券市场交易和公司并购项目,包括中国建行、广州富力地产、上海医药、百丽国际、海通证券和中国人寿的香港上市项目(IPO)。陈律师也曾领导数支跨领域团队,在北京成立瑞信在华的合资投资银行:瑞信方正。他在业内法规研讨方面也扮演过领导角色。

陈律师曾任职于纽约华尔街的苏利文律师事务所,并在互联网腾飞时期派驻硅谷。除此以外也曾于万盛国际律师事务所(今金杜国际律师事务所)的澳大利亚珀斯办事处任职,在跨境资本市场、兼并收购、企业管治和项目融资等方面提供法律咨询。 

 

陈先生获美国纽约大学法学院法学硕士学位,及西澳大利亚大学学士荣誉学位和法学学士荣誉学位。他同时持有澳洲证券学院和澳大利亚公司董事学会颁发的研究生文凭。

Arnold Pang, Partner, Fangda Partners

Mr. Arnold Pang is a corporate partner based in Hong Kong. He specialises in Hong IPOs, M&A transactions, ongoing comliance matters and advising on Hong Kong listing rules, Companies Ordinance take overs code and the Secutrities and Futures Ordinance 

彭堃豪律师为公司业务合伙人,常驻香港办公室。彭先生其专业执 业领域涉及资本市场交易、并购、公司法及上市公司的合规事宜

Boris Liu, Senior Vice President,  and Syndication Head of Corporate Banking Department, Wing Lung Bank

Mr. Boris Liu, Syndication Head of Corporate Banking Department, Senior Vice President. Mr. Liu has been working in the cross-border banking for years with experiences of product development, syndication and familiar with the policies of both the Mainland and Hong Kong. Mr. Liu once arranged many large international syndications, part of which were awarded the best deal of the year by project finance and other financial media. 

 

刘海涛先生,现任永隆银行公司银行部银团贷款主管,高级副总裁。刘先生具有多年的跨境金融产品开发和实战经验,熟悉内港两地的金融市场,曾牵头组织多个大型跨境金融信贷项目,其中部分项目先后荣获《项目融资》等知名媒体颁发的年度最佳交易奖

Raymond Cheung, Partner - Head of Corporate and Commercial Department, ONC Lawyers

As a Partner and Head of Corporate and Commercial Department, Raymond is an experienced practitioner in corporate & commercial field, including corporate finance, mergers & acquisitions, securities & futures, funds, notes & bonds, and banking & financing. He has over 20 years solid and extensive experience in advising regulators, financial institutions and listed companies in handling mergers and acquisitions for multi-national corporations, and corporate finance practice such as venture capital financing, pre-IPO investments, IPO, post-listing fund raising, listed company compliance, and takeovers in Hong Kong, PRC, and some other countries with different jurisdiction systems.

Securities, futures and funds are also key areas in which Raymond possesses special professional knowledge and experience. Over the past two decades, he has been advising securities, futures and asset management companies in setting up their business and applying licenses for regulated activities on legal and regulatory compliance, assisting clients in setting up private and authorised funds, and advising banks and financial institutions on legal and regulatory compliance, loan and financing transactions, and banking business & operation.

Raymond is listed as an Asialaw Leading Lawyer 2014 in General Corporate Practice.

张国明律师是本所的公司及商业部门主管,他在公司及商业法范畴拥有丰富经验,包括企业融资、合并及收购、证劵、期货及基金、票据及债券以及银行及融资方面的法律事务。他拥有超过20年广泛而扎实的经验,为不同为客户提供法律意见,包括协助监管机构、金融机构及上市公司就处理跨国公司并购。张律师亦熟识企业融资事务,例如风险资本融资、首次公开招股前投资、首次公开招股、上市后集资、上市公司合规事宜,以及在香港、中国内地及其他不同司法管辖区进行收购。

张律师在证券、期货及基金方面亦具备特别的专业知识及经验。过去20年,他为不少证券、期货及资产管理公司提供法律意见,协助他们成立业务、申请经营受规管活动的牌照及遵守法律和监管规定,协助客户成立私人及认可基金,亦为不少银行及金融机构就法律及合规事宜、贷款融资交易及银行业务运作提供专业意见。

 

张国明律师获评为2014年Asialaw 优秀律师(一般法团事务)。

Ricky Cheng, Director - Risk advisory services, BDO Limited

Ricky Cheng is a director of the firm, with major responsibility in the area of risk advisory services. He specialises in assisting clients in managing their internal audit function and meeting corporate governance requirements in both China and Hong Kong. 

Ricky has over 18 years of risk and assurance experience.  He worked for large international accounting firms and had commercial internal audit experience. He has hands-on experience in a various services such as Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance, risk management assessment, compliance assistance, corporate governance compliance review, internal audit assistance, business process review, etc.  

The portfolio of clients managed by Ricky is coming from various industries including transportation, property development and construction, gaming and entertainment, hospitality, manufacturing, gold and minerals mining, fast moving consumer goods, retailing and department chain stores, financial institutions such as brokerage houses and derivative products company, etc.  

Ricky is a frequent event speaker of related topics for professional body organisations. Ricky devoted his time in establishing a BDO Corporate Governance Academy since 2009 which regularly holds series of seminars for publicly listed companies in Hong Kong. 

 

Ricky is the Committee Member of ACCA Hong Kong since 2011.  He is also the training committee member of The Hong Kong Institute of Directors.  He is a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Association of Chartered Certified Accountants; and a Certified Internal Auditor.

郑文汉为本所董事。主要负责风险咨询服务。他擅于协助客户管理其内部审计,同时为中国及香港的客户提供企业管治服务

郑文汉拥有超过 18年的风险及审计经验。他曾于大型国际会计师事务所工作,并拥有商界内部审计经验。另外,他拥有不同范畴的经验,如:美国萨班斯奥克斯利法案、风险管理评估、申报支援、企业管治申报审查、内部审计支援、业务流程审查等

郑文汉曾为来自各行各业的客户提供服务,包括运输业、物业发展及建筑、游戏及娱乐、招待行业、制造业、黄金及矿开采、快速流动消费品、零售及百货连锁店、金融机构如经纪公司和衍生产品公司等

郑文汉经常为专业团体举办的活动演讲。自2009年,郑文汉致力建立立信德豪企业管治荟萃,定期为香港上市公司举办一系列的研讨会

 

郑文汉是香港资深会计师及特许公认会计师公会的资深会员。此外,他亦是注册内部审计员

Huang Rui, Assistant General Manager, Wing Lung Bank

Mr. Huang Rui, Assistant General Manager. Mr. Huang is primarily responsible for the Bank’s corporate banking, Mainland and overseas business. Member of the board of Wing Lung Bank (Nominees) Limited.

 

黄睿先生,助理总经理。主要负责永隆银行的公司银行、中国内地及海外业务。现亦为永隆银行受托代管有限公司董事

Maggie Fang, Managing Director of Executive Compensation - Asia Pacific, Towers Watson

Maggy Fang is the managing director of executive compensation for Towers Watson in Asia Pacific. She has 20 years of experience in HR management consulting, specializing in executive compensation design. As a trusted advisor to the boards of many leading Fortune 500 companies in the region, Maggy has helped numerous companies on projects related to executive compensation, globalization, mergers and acquisitions and cooperate governance. She is known as an industry expert and has advised on a wide range of HR issues for many multinational companies. Her consulting experience span numerous industries from financial services, insurances, high-tech, to mining resources and manufacturing across Asia Pacific. Notably, Maggy has successfully led the Lenovo and IBM’s post-merger integration.

Maggy is the trusted advisor to a number of regulators, such as China Securities Regulation Committee (CSRC), State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Committee (SASAC). She is also a major contributor to The Boards magazine. 

方晔,韬睿惠悦亚太区高管薪酬业务董事总经理

方晔女士是韬睿惠悦亚太区高管薪酬业务董事总经理。在人力资源管理体系设计方面有近二十年广泛的咨询经验,尤其专注于高管薪酬领域。

方晔为多家世界500强企业提供过高管薪酬、企业全球化、并购及公司治理等方面的咨询服务,她是多家亚太区世界500强公司董事会信任的顾问,也是“国家人力资源管理专业人员国家职业资格标准”的专家组成员,曾经为多家大型国有企业设计岗位、薪酬、绩效管理体系,并领导联想并购IBM后的整合项目。她曾经服务的客户涉及金融、保险、高科技、矿业、制造行业等遍布亚洲。

方晔是多家国家监管机构信任的顾问, 如:中国证券监管委员会、国务院国有资产监督管理委员会、她还担任《董事会》杂志特约作者。方晔曾经就职于劳动和社会保障部和国际劳工组织北京局。

Judy Lee, Partner & Group Head - Science & Technology, Corporate, Appleby

Judy Lee is a Corporate Partner in Appleby’s Hong Kong office. Judy practises a wide range of Bermuda, Cayman and BVI law, specialising in corporate finance and investment funds. She has over 20 years of offshore and onshore experience in IPOs on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and the Singapore Stock Exchange as well as mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments and other corporate finance transactions. In addition, she has extensive experience in the structuring and setting up of Cayman investment funds in Asia. Judy also advises on Bermuda and Cayman court-sanctioned shareholders privatisation schemes of arrangement.

Judy speaks fluent English, Cantonese and Putonghua.

李玉燕律师是毅柏律师事务所企业法律事务部的合伙人。李律师广泛从事百慕达、开曼群岛和英属维尔京群岛的企业法律业务,尤其擅长企业融资和投资基金成立。李律师就在香港交易所和新加坡交易所的上市项目,以及在复杂的兼并和收购、私募股权投资与其他企业融资交易方面拥有逾20年的离岸和在岸执业经验。此外,李律师在亚洲地区设立开曼群岛投资基金方面经验深厚,她的执业领域还包括向上市客户提供百慕达和开曼群岛经法院批准的股东私有化协议安排方面的专业法律服务。

 

李律师通晓英语、广东话及普通话。

 

Maurice Wai-fung Ngai, Director & CEO, SWCS

Dr. Maurice Ngai, a chartered secretary by profession in a very senior rank, is the President of The Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries. He is the Chief Executive Officer of SW Corporate Services Group Limited (SWCS), a reputable corporate services provider specialising in company secretarial, compliance and corporate governance practices for both private and listed companies.  He is an independent non-executive director for mega-SOEs, a top-notch financial expert, and a renowned corporate governance specialist.  He is a regular speaker on the subjects of compliance, corporate governance and internal control subjects in Hong Kong and China.  He is the author of a number of compliance and corporate governance publications, e.g. “Guidance Note on Disclosure of Inside Information” jointly published by SWCS and the Chamber of Hong Kong Listed Companies (CHKLC) in 2012, the Chapter author on “Corporate Governance for SMEs: Knowledge and Operational Requirements” of the booklet “Corporate Governance Handbook for SMEs 2014” published by CHKLC and a co-author of “IPO Handbook for Hong Kong 2015” published by Asian Legal Business and Thomson Reuters.  He had previously been engaged in senior management roles in listed companies and possesses substantive corporate management experience.  Dr. Ngai has been appointed by the Chief Executive of The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region as a member of the Working Group on Professional Services under the Economic Development Commission, and also serves as a member of the Qualification and Examinations Board of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a Committee Member of the General Committee of the Chamber of Hong Kong Listed Companies. Dr. Ngai is also the Adjunct Professor of Law of Hong Kong Shue Yan University. 

Dr. Ngai is a fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries, a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and administrators in the UK, a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a fellow of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants in the United Kingdom, a fellow of Hong Kong Institute of Directors and a member of Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute. 

He holds a PhD in Finance, Master of Corporate Finance, Master of Business Administration and Bachelor of Laws (with Honours).

魏偉峰博士,資深特許公司秘書,香港特許秘書公會會長,信永方圓企業服務集團有限公司行政總裁,該公司為一所具商譽的企業服務供應商,專注於為私人及上市公司提供公司秘書、企業管治及合規專門服務。魏博士為特大型國企的獨立非執行董事、國內外享負盛名的財務及公司治理專家,經常被應邀在中、港兩地就監管、公司治理、內部監控等方面演講。彼為合規及企業管治相關書籍之作者或合著人,著作包括香港上市公司商會及信永方圓企業服務集團有限公司於2012年聯合出版之《內幕消息披露指南》,香港上市公司商會出版之《2014年中小企業企業管冶手冊:知識和營運要求》及Asian Legal Business及Thomson Reuters出版之《香港首次公開上市手冊-2015》。彼曾在上市公司出任要職,擁豐富高階管理經驗。魏博士為香港特別行政區首長委任為經濟發展委員會專業服務業工作小組非官守成員;香港會計師公會委任為專業資格及考試評議會委員會成員及香港上市公司商會常務委員會成員。魏博士亦為樹仁大學兼任法律教授。

魏博士是香港特許秘書公會資深會員、英國特許秘書及行政人員公會的資深會員、香港會計師公會會員、英國特許公認會計師公會資深會員、香港董事學會資深會員及香港證券及投資學會會員。 

 

魏博士持有金融博士、企業融資碩士、工商管理碩士及法學士(榮譽)學位。

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