OVERVIEW
Lorraine is a partner of the Maples and Calder's Finance team in the Maples Group's Hong Kong office. Her practice covers corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, restructurings and financing, with particular focus on private equity investments, structured finance products, pre-IPO financings, and IPOs of BVI and Cayman Islands companies on global stock exchanges, including Hong Kong, Taiwan and the United States. Lorraine also regularly advises clients in China on a broad range of corporate and commercial transactions.
BACKGROUND
Lorraine joined the Maples Group in 2007 and was elected as a partner in 2016. She previously worked for Richards Butler in Hong Kong. Lorraine is a native Cantonese speaker and is fluent in Mandarin. She has been recommended by The Legal 500 and was shortlisted as a “Rising Star in Finance” in the Euromoney Asia Women in Business Law Awards 2016. Lorraine has been recognised as notable practitioner by IFLR 1000.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
CorporateFinance
LANGUAGES
Cantonese
English
Mandarin
Shanghainese
BAR ADMISSIONS
2004 – Admitted as a solicitor in Hong Kong (not practising)
2005 – Admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales (registered in Hong Kong as an English solicitor (not advising on English Law))
2012 – Admitted as a solicitor of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (British Virgin Islands)
EDUCATION
University of Hong Kong, LLB, 2001
University of Hong Kong, PCLL, 2002
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KNOWLEDGE
- Global Registration Services Market Update Q1 2024 18 April 2024
- Chambers Global Practice Guides - Corporate Tax 2024 Ireland 16 April 2024
- ICLG Aviation Law 2024: Cayman Islands 11 April 2024
- Irish Participation Exemption for Foreign Dividends 11 April 2024
- ELTIF 2 A Welcome Communication on the Draft RTS from the European Commission 11 April 2024
NEWS & DEALS
- Maples Group Launches UK Liquidations Services 10 April 2024
- Maples Group Selected as Fund Administrator for Align Partners Korea Fund 09 April 2024
- Maples Group Selected to Provide Fund Administration Services to Chicago Global 02 April 2024
- Maples Group Supports Lakemore Partners by Providing Comprehensive Services to Aquatine Fund V 18 March 2024
- Maples Group Welcomes Blessing Buraimoh as First Global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Lead 14 March 2024