Mr. Vincent Chan
Partner, Appleby´s Hong Kong office

Mr. Vincent Chan is Partner of Appleby´s Hong Kong office. He has over 16 years of offshore law experience specialising in IPO/equity and debt capital markets, public & private mergers & acquisitions, takeovers & privatisations, private equity investments, joint-ventures, pre-IPO financings and general corporate advisory. Clients include Bermuda, British Virgin Islands (BVI) and Cayman Islands companies listed on stock exchanges in Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, New York, NASDAQ and London, as well as private companies, banks, financial institutions, private equity houses and asset management firms.

Vincent was selected as one of the region’s most notable offshore lawyers in the Asian Legal Business’ Offshore Client Choice List between 2020-23, and ranked in the 2019 Asian Legal Business’ “top 40 under 40” list which “profiles the most accomplished lawyers in Asia under 40 years of age and showcases 40 outstanding legal professionals in the region”. He has also been widely recognised by legal directories, with IFLR 1000 2019-23 noting him as a “Notable Practitioner” and with Legal 500 (Asia Pacific) noting him as “very impressive” and a “key equity capital markets practitioner” who also “handles a significant amount of M&A mandates”, “a tremendous asset to have on transactions. He is very responsive, on-the-ball, with a sharp commercial acumen”, and praised for the “ability to provide timely and practical Cayman law advice”, and “while Cayman law advices generally are commoditized in terms of Hong Kong capital markets, Vincent distinguishes himself in his professionalism, responsiveness and also the commerciality of his advice”.

Vincent regularly publishes articles and gives presentations on developments in the areas of mergers & acquisitions, preference share financing and economic substance.