Baker McKenzie and its joint operation partner FenXun announced that a team of transactional lawyers, headlined by Partners Dan Ouyang, Winfield Lau, Ke (Ronnie) Li, and Zhenzhen Bao, is joining the Greater China Capital Markets team in Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong. This will further support the firm’s capabilities across Hong Kong and US IPOs and other international capital markets transactions.
The hiring of this team closely follows that of Alexander Stathopoulos, who joined the Singapore Capital Markets team on 3 April. These additions reflect the firm’s commitment to building our Asian transactional bench strength.
Based out of Beijing and Shanghai, Dan will serve as co-head of Baker McKenzie’s Asia Pacific Capital Markets Practice, jointly with Christina Lee, and as co-head of the Firm’s Greater China Capital Markets Practice, jointly with Hang Wang. Dan features extensive experience in Hong Kong and US equity offerings, Rule 144A and Reg S bond offerings, and private equity and M&A transactions. And she has represented clients across various industries, including technology, healthcare, education and entertainment, in over 100 IPOs and follow-on offerings in Hong Kong and the US.
Based in Hong Kong, Winfield has a broad corporate and finance practice, including pre-IPO financing rounds, IPOs, follow-on equity and debt securities offerings, public takeovers, privatizations, and general corporate regulatory and compliance counseling. And he has extensive experience representing clients in China through the key stages of their development. He has advised major investment banks in dozens of high-profile capital markets transactions, covering a variety of industries including TMT, healthcare, consumer, and insurance.
Ronnie joins FenXun in Beijing with a focus on capital markets and private equity transactions, including public offerings of public and private companies’ securities, venture capital and private financings, M&A, and corporate governance for public companies, private companies, and investment funds. Ronnie has advised both companies and financial institutions on many high-profile capital markets transactions, including initial and follow-on offerings on the NYSE, Nasdaq, and the HKSE, private placements in public equity, public reverse takeovers, SPACs, and de-SPACs, and going-private transactions. Ronnie was recognized in “Rising Stars 2023” by China Business Law Journal.
Zhenzhen – who also joins FenXun in Beijing – focuses on corporate finance and securities law matters. She has extensive experience in Hong Kong and U.S. capital markets, M&A, and general corporate regulatory and compliance matters, and regularly advises corporate clients in China.
Through extensive experience in various capital markets transactions, including IPOs, SPACs, De-SPACs, going private transactions, and follow-on offerings, the team is consistently recognized as a leading legal adviser for Hong Kong and US IPOs. The team also has a strong presence in advising on US IPOs for Asian issuers, being acknowledged by legal publications such as Chambers and Partners (China) as one of the top performers in handling US listings for the clients.
With over 2,700 deal practitioners in 45 jurisdictions, Baker McKenzie is a transactional powerhouse. And the Firm excels in complex, cross-border transactions; over 65% of our deals are multijurisdictional. These teams are a hybrid of ‘local’ and ‘global’, combining money-market sophistication with local excellence.
In the past three years, Baker McKenzie have helped clients raise capital across more than 40 stock exchanges world-wide. The Firm has been ranked for capital markets in more jurisdictions than any other by Chambers.
This team adds to a growing list of partners who have joined Baker McKenzie and its member firms in Asia Pacific since the start of 2024, including Alexander Stathopoulos, Shirin Tang and Ang Lip Kian in Singapore, Chris Milliken in Vietnam; Bima Sarumpaet in Indonesia; Sean Lim, John Kwak, Doug Suh and Sunyoung Kim in Seoul; Melanie Harwood in Brisbane; and Bryan Paisley in Sydney.
KEY QUOTES:
“We are thrilled to welcome Dan, Winfield, Ronnie, and the team to our practice. This team hire evidences our continuous commitment to the Greater China market and our dedication to growing our bench strength in strategic areas aligned with clients’ needs.”
“We remain confident that Hong Kong will continue to be the preferred destination for mainland China issuers with international ambitions seeking to raise funds. Dan’s team has extensive experience representing issuers and investment banks across a full range of capital market transactions and their arrival fuels our existing robust capital market practice, an area in which we excel and is renowned for providing excellent services. We cannot wait to let our clients see and experience our capabilities and services which we are able to offer with our enlarged team.”
– Christina Lee, co-head of the Asia Pacific Capital Markets Practice
“Dan’s team has extensive expertise, especially on the US side, in advising technology, healthcare and life sciences companies will be a valuable enhancement to our existing expertise. The wealth of experience that this team brings perfectly complements and integrates with our existing team and will generate a multiplier effect to the value that we bring to our clients. I look forward to collaborating with the team to support our Chinese clients as they pursue fundraising and investment opportunities offshore.”
– Hang Wang, chief representative of Baker McKenzie’s Beijing office and co-head of the China Capital Markets Practice
“This year marks the 10th anniversary of our joint operation with Baker McKenzie, and it continues to grow from strength to strength. Adding this team to our platform reflects our dedication to delivering holistic legal solutions of the highest quality to clients.”
– Yingzhe Wang, managing partner of FenXun Partners
“I am thrilled to be joining Baker McKenzie. The Firm’s outstanding market reputation in Greater China, along with its well-established joint operation with FenXun, supported by Baker McKenzie’s global platform, were significant draws. I look forward to working with my colleagues in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong and around the world to bring the Firm’s global, full-service offering to our clients.”
– Dan Ouyang
“The firm’s enviable global platform offers me the ideal platform to further support my clients. I am excited to join the Baker McKenzie team and look forward to collaborating with my new colleagues to provide exceptional service to our clients.”
– Winfield Lau
“I am delighted to be joining FenXun. The Joint Operation established with Baker McKenzie presents an exciting opportunity for me and the team to deliver first-class legal services, combining Chinese and international law advice.”
– Ronnie Li
