Nicholas Fong

Nicholas Fong

Legal Manager
Baker & McKenzie
Not admitted to practice law in this jurisdiction

Biography

Nicholas Fong is a Legal Manager in Baker McKenzie's Hong Kong office and a member of the Firm's Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Group.

Qualified to practice in Hong Kong and England and Wales, Nicholas focuses on cross-border corporate and commercial transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and corporate reorganisations in Hong Kong and China. Nicholas also advises on capital markets transactions and provides compliance advice to companies listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.

Nicholas previously served as offshore legal counsel for clients on US and Hong Kong listings, de-SPAC transactions, mergers and acquisitions, commercial, banking, and restructuring transactions, covering British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands and Bermuda legal matters.

Representative Legal Matters

  • Advised General Electric Co. on the Hong Kong and China spinoff of its oil and gas business for a global merger with Baker Hughes.

  • Advised Emerson Electric Co. on the China and the Hong Kong spinoff of its network power and motors and control techniques businesses, and the subsequent sale of the businesses to Platinum Equity and Nidec Corporation respectively.

  • Advised Baxter International Inc. on the spinoff of its biopharmaceutical business into a new publicly traded company, Baxalta Incorporated.

  • Advising Shire Plc., a biopharmaceutical company on its post-acquisition integration of Baxalta Incorporated in China and Hong Kong.

  • Advised a private equity fund on the acquisition of the controlling stake in a newspaper business in Hong Kong and the formation of a joint venture.

  • Advised Chinese Estates Holdings Limited (Stock code: 127) on the major and connected disposal of certain subsidiaries holding the Silvercord properties in Hong Kong and a piece of land in Macau.

Prior to joining Baker McKenzie, Nicholas advised on the following matters:

  • Advised 17LIVE Holding (LVR) in its business combination and de-SPAC transaction with Vertex Technology Acquisition Corporation Ltd, a special purpose acquisition company backed by Singaporean state investor Temasek listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange.

  • Advised AsiaInfo Technologies Limited (1675.HK) on its initial public offering on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

  • Advised Linklogis Inc (9959.HK) on the initial public offering of its shares with weighted voting rights structure on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

  • Advised SF REIT Asset Management Limited on the listing of SF Real Estate Investment Trust (2191.HK) on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

  • Advised Gushengtang Holding Limited (2273.HK) on its initial public offering on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

  • Advised NaaS Technology Inc. (NASDAQ:NAAS) on its reverse takeover by way of mergers between its predecessor RISE Education Cayman Ltd and Dada Auto Inc.

  • Advised Legend Biotech Corporation (NASDAQ:LEGN) on its initial public offering of its shares on the NASDAQ.

  • Advised Able View Inc. on its business combination and de-SPAC transaction with Hainan Manaslu Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ: ABLV).

  • Advised NWS Holdings Limited (0659.HK) on its acquisition of a portfolio of six premium logistics properties in Chengdu and Wuhan from Goodman China Logistics Partnership.

  • Advised Luckin Coffee Inc. (LKNCY) on its provisional liquidation proceedings in the Cayman Islands and the holistic restructuring of Luckin Coffee's liabilities, including a scheme of arrangement in the Cayman Islands.

Admissions

  • England & Wales~United Kingdom (2023)

Education

  • The University of Hong Kong (LLM) (2014)
  • The University of Hong Kong (PCLL) (2012)
  • LSE London School of Economics (LLB) (2011)

Languages

  • Cantonese
  • English
  • Mandarin