Winfield Lau

Winfield Lau is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Hong Kong office and a member of the Firm’s Capital Markets Practice Group. His practice focuses on corporate finance, including mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, and general corporate regulatory and compliance counseling.

Winfield has extensive experience representing corporate clients in China through their key stages of development including pre-IPO financing rounds, initial public offerings, follow-on offerings of equity and debt securities, public takeovers, privatizations, and major mergers and acquisitions. He has also worked with major investment banks in dozens of capital markets transactions.

Hong Kong initial public offering

• Advised Shenzhen Dobot Corp. Ltd. on its HKD 752 million IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
• Advised sponsors on the USD 132.6 million IPO of Black Sesame International Holdin. Black Sesame is the first-filed Specialist Technology Company listed under Chapter 18C of the Hong Kong Listing Rules.
• Advised Dida Inc. on the HKD 234.5 million IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
• Advised Wuxi XDC Cayman Inc.  and controlling shareholder Wuxi AppTec Co., Ltd., on Wuxi XDC’s USD 520.4 million IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
• Advised Concord Healthcare Group Co., Ltd. on the HKD 562.9 million IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
• Advised sponsors on the HKD 597 million on the IPO of Edianyu Limited on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
• Advised sponsors on the HKD 340.7 million on the IPO of Beijing Luzhu Biotechnology Co., Ltd. on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
• Advised China dental brace maker Angelalign Technology Inc on the USD 375 million IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
• Advised WuXi AppTec on its USD 1 billion IPO of its H shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
• Advised Wanka Online Inc. on its HKD 271.9 million IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
• Advised Newlink Technology Inc., a SaaS technology company, on the HKD 872 million IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
• Advised Zero2IPO Holdings Inc., an integrated service platform for equity investment, on the HKD 440 million IPO on the Hong Kong Stock exchange.

*includes matters handled prior to joining the Firm.

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• 40 Under 40 Asia List and Greater China List, LexisNexis, 2024
• Rising Star Partner, IFLR1000, 2023
• Hong Kong Rising Star, Asian Legal Business, 2023
• Elite Lawyer in Rising Stars, China Business Law Journal, 2023-2024