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
- Jersey Limited Liability Company Law 30 September 2022
- New Obligations for Irish Entities on UK Land Ownership 28 September 2022
- How Third-Party Commodity Pool Operators Assist Alternatives Managers with US Regulation 26 September 2022
- Fair Value is Merger Price for First Time in Cayman Islands s.238 Companies Act Appraisal Case 22 September 2022
- Cayman Islands Anti-Money Laundering Surveys for Financial Service Providers 22 September 2022
NEWS & DEALS
- Maples Advises Baring Private Equity Asia on its Largest Fund to Date 19 September 2022
- Maples Group Seconds Caymanian Lawyer to Dubai 09 September 2022
- John Trehey Maintains Ranking among Top Offshore Litigators in Asia 08 September 2022
- Maples Group Relocates Funds Co-Head to Expanding Irish Funds Practice 06 September 2022
- Maples Group Introduces Industry-Leading ESG Fund Services Solutions 16 August 2022