Representative Experience
As a Lawyer:
Represented Canadian , Hong Kong and US securities firms and licensed individuals in licensing and disciplinary matters

Represented Hong Kong listed companies in takeovers, corporate restructuring, rights issues and other transactions

Advisor to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on regulation of listed companies (Hong Kong, SAR)

Advisor to the DIFC Financial Services Authority on legislation to establish Dubai International Financial Center (Dubai, UAE)

Co-Project Leader advising Trinidad & Tobago SEC on comprehensive revision of securities legislation

Led a high profile comprehensive two-year review of company law on behalf of the Hong Kong Government (1995-1997)

Represented Hong Kong listed companies in takeovers, corporate restructuring, rights issues and other transactions

Expert witness on securities regulation

Represented listed companies and financial intermediaries before hearings of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and Securities & Futures Commission

Acted as convenor of U.S Investment Bank Contract Group (1995 – 2000), which liaised with Hong Kong securities regulators to discuss and resolve regulatory issues

As a Regulator:
A comprehensive revision of the listing rules of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange to meet international disclosure and governance standards

A comprehensive revision of Code on Takeovers & Mergers and the introduction of a Code on Share Repurchases

Implementation of the Securities (Disclosure of Interests) Ordinance

The development of the regulatory framework for the direct listing by Chinese State Enterprises on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange

Publications
Articles for Hong Kong Lawyer, HK Canada Business Magazine, Company Secretary and the Securities Journal, etc.

A chapter entitled the “Administration of the Hong Kong Takeovers Code” in Practitioner’s Guide to the Codes on Takeovers and Mergers and Share Repurchases (1993)

“Regulation and Ethical Standards around the World: Hong Kong” in Good Ethics: The Essential Elements of a Firm’s Success, Association for Investment Management and Research (Washington, D.C.), 1993

A chapter for the Law Society of Upper Canada Special Lectures (1989) on the “Role of Commission Staff”

Co-author of the report of the Securities Industry Committee on “The Regulation of Takeover Bids in Canada” (1981)