Hong Kong Corporate Finance Law Firm
Charltons is a leading boutique Hong Kong law firm. Charltons focuses on corporate finance and provides cutting edge legal advice to Hong Kong, PRC and international clients with an emphasis on the mining sector. Charltons is a Hong Kong law firm with offices in Shanghai, Beijing and Yangon.
Our values and principles
Charltons is one of Hong Kong’s leading focused corporate finance legal practices. Our clients shape our work. Their needs are our priority. We believe the maintenance of our clients’ trust and confidence is paramount to our continued success. We therefore strive to perform to the highest possible standards. We are guided by a strong work ethic together with a consistent set of values. We exercise efficiency, confidentiality, and attention to detail in everything we do. Our simple, yet overriding goal is to provide our clients with the trusted and high quality legal support they need to achieve their business goals.
The Charltons team includes professionals from diverse cultural and academic backgrounds, with many lawyers dual qualified in Hong Kong and in various other major jurisdictions. Our global outlook coupled with our experience in servicing a PRC and international client base means we are Hong Kong solicitors adept at handling complex cross border transactions. Our commitment to advancing the role of women in the legal profession is reflected in our team’s composition. Approximately half of Charltons’ associates are women while women are in the majority in the Beijing, Shanghai and Yangon offices, all of which are also managed by women. To learn more about our team, please click here.
Our commitment to excellence has made us the ‘Best Boutique Law Firm’ with Asian Legal Business for 2002, 2003, 2006 – 2017, 2020 and 2021. To learn more about Charltons’ awards and achievements please click here. Please contact us to arrange to meet us to or further discuss how we can assist you.
Corporate Finance & Capital Markets
Charltons’ has extensive experience in Hong Kong corporate finance and capital markets, advising issuers, sponsors and underwriters in securities offerings. We represent sponsors and underwriters as well as companies seeking listing and listed companies carrying out placings, rights issues and other capital raising in Hong Kong and the investment banks involved in such transactions.
We have a track record of acting for companies listing in Hong Kong on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and are often involved at an early stage in connection with pre-IPO financing and restructuring, as well as any pre-IPO submissions to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange if issues arise relating to suitability for listing.
We also act for sponsors and underwriters on Hong Kong IPOs and are involved throughout the listing process with particular focus on sponsor compliance with the Hong Kong Listing Rules, law and regulation. We have significant experience in assisting sponsors liaising with regulators.
Our experience includes advising on:
Mergers & Acquisitions
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are at the core of our practice. We regularly advise a wide range of international corporate clients on cross border and multi-jurisdictional M&A transactions, complex joint ventures, disposals and general commercial and corporate governance issues. Our client-focused M&A work is defined by creativity and a commitment to careful planning and coordination throughout.
We have been adviser of choice on a large number of the more complex public and private company Hong Kong M&A transactions, particularly on deals involving an international cross-border or significant PRC dimension. We have advised on significant Hong Kong M&A transactions across a broad section of industries, and are particularly experienced in advising on M&A transactions in the mineral and natural resources sector.
We advise on public takeovers in Hong Kong, including compliance with the requirements of the Hong Kong Takeovers Code, private company acquisitions and disposals in Hong Kong, the PRC and other jurisdictions, transaction structuring, due diligence, private equity and venture capital investments and divestments, direct investment, equity and contractual joint ventures (including, in particular, investment in the PRC) general commercial agreements and documentation, shareholders and management agreement, distributorship agreements, agency agreements, licence agreements, management agreements and outsourcing agreements.
Corporate & Commercial
Charltons has extensive experience of providing strategic tailored advice on the key areas of Hong Kong commercial law transactions, including manufacturing, outsourcing, sales, agency, distribution, franchising, marketing, logistics, licensing, employment, joint ventures and shareholder agreements.
Effective and enforceable commercial contracts are essential to the success of all businesses. The challenge is to properly document relationships with suppliers, customers and other business counterparts while keeping control of costs.
We work closely with clients throughout the life cycle of their businesses and provide insightful Hong Kong commercial law and Hong Kong corporate law advice at critical times of growth and disputes. We focus on the commercial reality underpinning business transactions to provide astute advice that works in real life situations. We will anticipate the issues that need to be addressed and work with clients to solve problems, take advantage of opportunities and control risks.
Our commercial team comprises multi-cultural and multi-lingual lawyers with experience of assisting clients with broad international presence and relationships. We can coordinate multi-jurisdictional legal advice in commercial transactions, offering a single point of contact and integrated legal solutions to the client.
We are particularly strong in China-related commercial transactions. For companies who do business or are planning to do business in China we can provide advice on important issues such as the protection of confidential information, intellectual property protection and enforcement; technology transfers, regulatory matters related to market access and barriers, registration and licensing requirements, and establishing and operating foreign invested enterprises.
Charltons has experience in all areas of Hong Kong commercial law and Hong Kong corporate law. Charltons also has vast experience in China-related commercial transactions.
