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."

關於本行

何韋律師行是一所香港獨立律師行，其律師經驗豐富，具創造性及前瞻性思維。

我們的主要業務領域包括：企業／商業事務及企業融資；商事及海事爭議解決；醫療疏忽及醫護；保險、人身傷害及專業彌償保險；僱傭；家庭及婚姻；物業及建築物管理；銀行和金融服務／企業監管及合規事宜。

作為一家獨立的律師行，我們能將法律和商業上利益衝突的情況減至最低，為各行各業的客戶處理各種法律事務。本行合夥人在香港發展事業多年，對國際業務及亞洲地區業務有深刻的了解。

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