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Gwen Wong

Gwen Wong

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Gwen Wong is the Managing Partner of the Firm’s Beijing office, who advises on a wide variety of corporate finance transactions in the Greater China region, including securities offerings (representing issuers and underwriters in IPOs and follow-on offerings) and corporate governance and compliance. She also has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, having represented parties on complex cross-border deals, public takeovers, privatizations, private sales and purchases, consortium bids and private equity investments and exits. Ms. Wong is admitted as solicitor of Hong Kong and New South Wales and has practiced corporate finance law in Beijing, Hong Kong and London.

In 2021, Ms. Wong was named a “Future Leader” by IFLR, recognizing her work on some of China’s biggest and most complex IPOs. She is the exclusive international lawyer to receive a commendation in this category in the inaugural Asia Future Leaders guide. Ms. Wong has been named a “M&A Lawyer of the Year” at Women in Business Law Awards APAC by Euromoney II in 2022.

Awards

Stand-out Lawyers

Thomson Reuters

2024

Rising Star

Law360

2015

Top 15 Rising Lawyers

Asian Legal Business

2013

Dealmakers of Asia

Asian Legal Business

2021

Dealmakers of Asia

Asian Legal Business

2022

Dealmakers of Asia

Asian Legal Business

2023

Dealmakers of Asia

Asian Legal Business

2024

China Top 15 Female Lawyers

Asian Legal Business

2017

China Top 15 Female Lawyers

Asian Legal Business

2022

Chambers Review

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Chambers Global Guide

Capital Markets: Equity (International Firms) - China

Band 3
Band 3

Individual Editorial
Gwen Wong continues to advise on Hong Kong IPOs in the biotech, pharmaceutical and cement sectors alongside her role as managing partner of Sullivan & Cromwell's Beijing office.

Strengths

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  • Gwen is very experienced in Hong Kong capital markets. She provides very practical and useful advice.

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