Yang Chu
Global Guide 2024
Band 4 : Capital Markets: Equity (International Firms)
Band 4
About
Provided by Yang Chu
Practice Areas
Yang is a member of Davis Polk’s Corporate practice. He has deep experience representing leading issuers and investment banks in capital market transactions, with a focus on IPOs, including headline-making first HKEX deals for pre-revenue biotech companies, dual-class share structures, SPAC listings and secondary listings. After the IPO, Yang is a trusted adviser to HKEX-listed companies on complex disclosure, compliance and corporate governance issues.
His experience in debt capital markets covers the spectrum, from high-yield and credit-enhanced bond offerings and private placements to multi-billion-dollar debt programmes for China’s leading corporates.
Yang also advises leading Chinese corporates and global PE funds on cross-border investments and acquisitions, including Hong Kong public takeovers.
Chambers Review
Global
Chu Yang is primarily focused on handling SEHK listings for both underwriters and issuers, with noted strength in the biotech and healthcare sectors.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He demonstrated excellent professionalism to us by providing great legal and commercial opinions, and also liaised with different regulators and stakeholders to provide the best and most optimal suggestions."
"He demonstrated excellent professionalism to us by providing great legal and commercial opinions, and also liaised with different regulators and stakeholders to provide the best and most optimal suggestions."