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

Awards