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Provided by Paloma Wang

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Practice Areas

Corporate

Career

Ms. Wang joined Skadden in 2018 from another leading law firm, where she was a partner.

Professional Memberships

Admitted in Hong Kong and England & Wales. Currently practising in Hong Kong.

Publications

Recent publications include:

2020 Corporate Governance Survey of Hong Kong-listed Biotech Companies, March 2021;

Are You Ready for a Hong Kong IPO?, September 2021; and

Hong Kong Encourages Listings by Foreign Companies, SPACs, Skadden Insights, January 2022.

Personal

Paloma Wang’s practice focuses on public listings and other corporate matters. She represents both issuers and underwriters in initial public offerings on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, advising investors and corporates on private equity investments and counseling listed issuers on compliance, general corporate and regulatory matters.

Work Highlights

Ms. Wang advised on the three largest Hong Kong listings in 2020 (for JD.com, Inc.; JD Health International Inc.; and NetEase, Inc.), the second largest Hong Kong IPO in 2021 (for JD Logistics, Inc.), four of the five largest Hong Kong secondary listings in 2020 (for JD.com, Inc.; NetEase, Inc.; New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc.; and ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc.), and all of the Hong Kong secondary listings in 2021 (Autohome Inc.; Baidu, Inc.; Bilibili Inc.; Trip.com Group Limited; and Weibo Corporation).

Industry Sector Expertise

Ms. Wang is a market leader in advising in the biotech and life sciences sector, TMT/new economy companies with WVR structures and "Homecoming" companies with secondary listings in Hong Kong.

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Hong Kong

Languages Spoken

Cantonese, English and Mandarin

Education

City University of Hong Kong

PCLL

2003

University of Oxford

B.A. Law

2002

China University of Politics and Law

B.A.

1999

Awards

IPO Lawyer of the Year

ALM Asia Legal Awards

2021

Rising Star Partner for Equity Capital Markets

IFLR1000

2022

Chambers Review

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Chambers Global Guide

Capital Markets: Equity (International Firms) - China

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Individual Editorial
Paloma Wang wins acclaim for her expertise advising issuers and underwriters on biotech IPOs. She serves a host of clients from Skadden's base in Hong Kong.

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