Richard Hall

Practice Areas

Richard is a Partner of the Hong Kong Office. His practice includes all aspects of corporate law with specialist expertise in corporate finance, including private equity investments and pre-IPO financings, initial public offerings and listings of shares of BVI, Cayman and Bermuda companies on stock exchanges globally, including Hong Kong, Korea, London and the United States of America, restructuring exercises, mergers and acquisitions, takeovers and privatisations (including by way of statutory merger and scheme of arrangement).

Richard acts for corporates, underwriters, sponsors, shareholders or investors in respect of the Bermuda, BVI and Cayman aspects of their transactions globally. Whilst Richard’s IPO practice covers clients across a wide range of industries and locations, the majority of them are headquartered in Hong Kong and with business and operations in Hong Kong and/or the People’s Republic of China and/or other parts of the Asia-Pacific region. Some of his most recent award-winning deals include Budweiser Brewing Company APAC Limited’s HK$39 billion IPO.

Publications

Richard is a contributing editor to “Cayman Islands Company and Commercial Law” and "Cayman Islands Company and Commercial Law 2nd Ed 2019", both published by Thomson Reuters/Sweet & Maxwell Asia.