Howse Williams is delighted to announce that on 31st August 2021 Christopher Yu was elected as Vice-President of the Law Society of Hong Kong for the 2021/2022 term.

Chris is an active member of the legal community. He serves on multiple Law Society committees including as the vice-chairman of the Standing Committee on Compliance, as a member of the Standing Committee on Standard & Development, as a member of the Company Law Committee and as a member of the Legal Education Committee. Over the last year, he has been heavily involved in the intervention of Wong, Fung & Co as a member of the monitoring committee of the largest intervention in the history of the Law Society. He also regularly assists the Council on financial services related topics, including on views on amendment of legislation, market consultations of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and the Securities and Futures Commission.

Chris is a partner at Howse Williams. He is experienced in private equity and Hong Kong capital markets transactions and regularly advises private equity clients and Hong Kong listed companies on strategic investments in and outside of Hong Kong and China. Chris represents clients in cross-border mergers and acquisitions, privatizations of Hong Kong listed companies, PIPEs, pre-IPO and cornerstone investments, primary and secondary listings of portfolio companies on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, general regulatory compliance of private equity firms in Hong Kong and of their listed portfolio companies, and a broad range of other corporate transactions.

Chris said "It is an honour to be elected as Vice-President of the Law Society of Hong Kong. I look forward to continuing to represent the profession."

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