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Provided by John Moore

Greater China Region

Practice Areas

Capital Markets, Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate and Commercial, Private Equity

Career

John is a highly experienced securities lawyer who is US and Hong Kong qualified. He spent a number of years as a senior in-house counsel at Goldman Sachs with primary legal coverage responsibility for its investment banking division in Asia ex-Japan covering the division’s full range of products, notably capital markets transactions including SEC-registered, Rule 144A/Regulation S, and Rule 144 offerings, as well as M&A transactions. He was also a partner in private practice at leading international law firms, more recently working for a US firm where he was co-head of their China Capital Markets practice. He was also a corporate partner with a leading UK firm and head of their US securities and capital markets practice for Asia. He has also practised in New York and Hong Kong with a leading Wall Street law firm.

John served for a number of years as Deputy Chairman of the Listing Committee of the Main Board and the Growth Enterprise Market (GEM) of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Expert in these Jurisdictions

New York and Washington

Professional Memberships

John served for several years as Deputy Chairman of the Listing Committee of the Main Board and the Growth Enterprise Market of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Awards

Hall of Fame for Capital Markets (Equity) in Hong Kong

Legal 500 Asia Pacific

2024

Highly Regarded Lawyer for Capital Markets: Equity in Hong Kong

IFLR1000 Asia-Pacific

2023

Highly Regarded Lawyer for Capital Markets: Equity

Chambers Greater China Region

2023

Chambers Review

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Greater China Region

Capital Markets: Equity (International Firms) - China
4
Band 4

John Moore is a key adviser on IPOs, top-up placings and secondary block trades for foreign and domestic clients in the banking and financial services sector, most often as sponsors, underwriters or placing agents.

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