Rossana Chu
Greater China Region Guide 2024
Band 3 : Corporate/M&A: Independent Hong Kong Firms
Band 3
About
Provided by Rossana Chu
Practice Areas
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Corporate Finance
• Corporate and Commercial
• Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG)
• Fund & Private Equity
• Restructuring & Insolvency
Career
Partner at YYC Legal LLP (January-Present), Managing Partner at LC Lawyers LLP (2018-2024); Partner at Troutman Sanders, Hong Kong Office (2014-2018); Partner at Baker & McKenzie, Hong Kong Office (2008-2014)
Professional Memberships
Law Society of Hong Kong, Law Society of England and Wales, Affiliate Member of The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants of United Kingdom.
Publications
Lexology In-Depth: International Capital Markets, Edition 13 - Hong Kong (2023); China Business Law Journal: Legal Trend series (2020/2021, 2022/2023, 2023/2024); ALB: Competitiveness of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange as IPO market (2022); Legal 500 Asia Pacific: Doing Business in a post-COVID-19 World (fivehundred special edition 2021).
Personal
Rossana has more than 26 years of legal experience with deep knowledge and skills. She is best known for her expertise in M&As including takeovers and privatisations of Hong Kong listed companies, capital markets, corporate financing, asset management, corporate restructuring, private equity/venture investments, trusts and family offices, ESG and sustainability, technology law as well as employment legal issues. She advises multi-national and Chinese corporations, securities firms, investment banks, funds, non-profit making organisations, families and individuals in respect of their domestic and overseas legal matters.
Rossana has been a partner in international law firms since 2008. From 2018 to early 2024, she was the Managing Partner of a Hong Kong law firm as a member of the global network of a Big Four accounting firm. She is a co-founder of the Association of Retired Elderly Limited, a non-profit-making organisation with a focus on improving the welfare of the elderly in Hong Kong. She is also an affiliate member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants of the United Kingdom.
Rossana constantly contributes specialised articles to and interviewed by legal publishers such as China Business Law Journal, Legal500 and ALB on different legal aspects, and profiled in various reputable international directories that highlight her historical achievements. Rossana was named as the “Lexology Legal Influencer” in Q1 and Q2 (2021) and Q1 of 2022.
Languages Spoken
English, Mandarin and Cantonese
Education
University of Hong Kong
LL.M.
2003
City University of Hong Kong
PCLL
1997
University of London
LL.B. (with Honours)
1996
City University of Hong Kong
B.A. (with First Class Honours)
1996
Awards
Leading Individual in Commercial, corporate and M&A, independent Hong Kong law firms (2023, 2024)
Legal 500 Asia Pacific
2024
Highly Regarded Leading Lawyer in Capital Markets: Equity, Private Equity, M&A, Restructuring and Insolvency (2015-2023)
IFLR1000
2015
Asialaw Distinguished Practitioner in Capital Market: Hong Kong (2023-24)
Asialaw
2023
A-List: The Visionaries (International) (2023-24)
China Business Law Journal
2023
A-List: The China's Elite Lawyers (Foreign Firms) (2020, 2021, 2022)
China Business Law Journal
2020
Winner in M&A Law Expert of the Year in Hong Kong (2022, 2023)
Global Law Experts Annual Awards
2022
Winner in M&A Law Expert of the Year in Hong Kong (2022, 2023)
Leaders in Law Global Awards
Winner in M&A Law Expert of the Year in Hong Kong (2022)
The Lawyers Network Annual Awards
Winner as The Highest Rated Lawyer to work with of the Year in Capital Markets: Hong Kong (2021)
Asialaw Client Service Excellence
Ranked Lawyer in Corporate and M&A, Private Equity, Capital Markets (Equity), Restructuring and Insolvency (2021, 2023)
Legal Media 360
In-House Community Commended External Counsel of the Year (2017, 2021, 2022-23)
In-House Community
Winner in Capital Markets for Hong Kong (2019)
Lexology Client Choice Awards
Chambers Review
Greater China Region
Rossana Chu of Yang & Yang Solicitors LLP is highly experienced in the areas of M&A and equity capital markets regulations. She acts for clients in a range of industries.
Contributions
Latest contributions provided by Rossana Chu
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Rossana is a seasoned corporate partner who is always committed to providing high-quality legal services to clients. She is also commercially focused and responsive."
"Rossana is a seasoned corporate partner who is always committed to providing high-quality legal services to clients. She is also commercially focused and responsive."