Stella Yeung is a Partner of Jingtian & Gongcheng LLP. Stella’s main practice areas include corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, general corporate transactions. Prior to joining the firm, Stella worked in a wall street U.S. law firm and other financial institutions. She also gained regulatory experience in the Listing Division of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, while she participated in the vetting of HKIPO listing applications and the formulation of listing policies in Hong Kong. Having more than 20 years of extensive experience in capital markets, Stella practiced in a diversified field and is particularly strong in the healthcare, biotech, and technology sectors. Stella was nominated as a finalist for Women Lawyer of the Year in 2023 by ALB Hong Kong Law Awards.

Stella has handled a number of Hong Kong IPO projects, including Shanghai Voicecomm Information Technology Co., Ltd., GL-Carlink Technology Holding Limited, Xuan Wu Cloud Technology Holdings Limited, Helens International Holdings Company Limited, KRP Development Holdings Limited, Readboy Education Holding Company Limited, Desun Real Estate Investment Services Group Co., Ltd., CGN Power Co., Ltd., Wenzhou Kangning Hospital Co., Ltd., Hua Medicine, Wuxi Apptec Co., Ltd., Tianjin Tianbao Energy Co., Ltd., Tianli Education International Holdings Limited, VPower Group International Holdings Limited and Dali Foods Group Company Limited, etc.

Stella has also provided annual compliance services to numerous Hong Kong listed companies. Stella is capable of working on complex transactions. She represented Geely Automobile to advise on compliance issues relating to the Hong Kong listing rules regarding the listing of Zeekr’s American Depositary Shares on the New York Stock Exchange following the spin-off of Zeekr from Geely Automobile. Stella also advised HNA Trust Management Co., Ltd. on the change in control of two HK listed companies triggered by a court-directed plan of restructuring. In addition, Stella represented AviChina Industry & Technology Company Limited on its share swap to absorb AVIC Electromechanical (this transaction was awarded the Outstanding Transaction Award 2022 by China Business Law Journal). Stella represented Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd. on the acquisition of Yintai Gold Co., Ltd. (this transaction was awarded the Outstanding Transaction Award 2023 by China Business Law Journal).

Education

PCLL, University of Hong Kong

LLB, University of Hong Kong

Bachelor of Science (Banking and Finance), University of London

 

Experience

Partner, Jingtian & Gongcheng LLP (since 2018)

Associate, Shearman & Sterling LLP

Listing Division, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited

 

Admissions

Admitted as solicitor of High Court of Hong Kong

Admitted as solicitor of Supreme Court of New South Wales

GBA Professional Law Examination

Women Lawyer of the Year by ALB (Finalist, 2024)

Ranked as a leading Hong Kong capital markets lawyer by Legal 500

Leading M&A lawyer by LegalOne (2024)

Hong Kong IPOs

• Represented Voicecomm Technology Co., Ltd., an IT solution provider in China, on the initial public offering of shares on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

• Represented Helens International Holdings Company Limited on the initial public offering of shares on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

• Represented CEB International Capital Corporation Limited as the sponsor and other underwriters in Beijing Saimo Technology Co., Ltd., a company focusing on intelligent connected vehicle (ICV) simulation testing technologies, on the initial public offering of shares on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

• Represented Huatai Financial Holdings (Hong Kong) Limited as the sponsor and other underwriters in New Gonow Recreational Vehicles Inc. on the initial public offering of shares on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

• Represented Pizu Group Holdings Limited for its application to the Stock Exchange the transfer of listing from GEM to the Main Board of the Stock Exchange pursuant to Chapter 9B of the Main Board Listing Rules. It was the first successful transfer of listing since the amendment of Listing Rules effective from December 2023.

• Represented CCB International Capital Limited as the sponsor and other underwriters in GL-Carlink Technology Holding Limited on the initial public offering of shares on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The Company is an in-vehicle hardware and SaaS marketing and management service provider for players within the automotive aftermarket industry in China.

• Represented Dongxing Securities (Hong Kong) Company Limited as the sponsor and other underwriters in KRP Development Holdings Limited on the initial public offering of shares on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. It was a spin-off from Karrie International Holdings Limited and a listing by way of introduction on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

• Represented Runhua Living Service Group Holdings Limited on the initial public offering of shares on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

• Represented Desun Real Estate Investment Services Group Co., Ltd. on the initial public offering of shares on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

• Represented Readboy Education Holding Company Limited on the initial public offering of shares on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

• Represented CMB International Capital Limited as the sponsor and other underwriters in Xuan Wu Cloud Technology Holdings Limited on the initial public offering of shares on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

• Represented Morgan Stanley Asia Limited, Citigroup Global Markets Asia Limited and China International Capital Corporation Hong Kong Securities Limited as the joint sponsors and underwriters in a global offering and listing of the shares of Koolearn Technology Holding Limited (a spin-off from the US-listed New Oriental Group) on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange

• Acted for a U.S. listed company, Melco Crown Entertainment Limited, for its secondary listing by way of introduction on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange

 

Compliance for Listed Companies

• Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd. (stock code: 1787)

• Central China Securities Co., Ltd. (stock code: 1375)

• China International Marine Containers Group Co., Ltd. (stock code: 2039)

• Air China Limited (stock code: 0753)

• AviChina Industry & Technology Company Limited (stock code: 2357)

• Geely Automobile Holdings Limited (stock code: 0175)

• Sichuan Energy Investment Development Co., Ltd. (stock code: 1713)

• Financial Street Property Co., Limited (stock code: 1502)

• China Resources Medical Holdings Company Limited (stock code: 1515)

• Longfor Group Holdings Limited (stock code: 0960)

 

Mergers and Acquisitions and Takeovers Code Transactions

• Acted for China Huaneng Group Co., Ltd. as the offeror to privatize through voluntary general offer and acquisition of all the issued H shares of Huaneng Renewables Corporation Limited (stock code: 0958) with offer value of approximately HK$15.9 billion.  This was one of the first large-scale H share privatisations that was successfully completed following the changes to the Hong Kong Takeovers Code introduced in 2018.

• Acted for A+H dually listed company China International Marine Containers (Group) Co., Ltd. (stock code: 2039) in the conditional cash offer of CIMC Vehicle (Group) Co., Ltd. (stock code: 1839) to buy-back of H shares with an offer of approximately HK$1.1 billion and the proposed voluntary withdrawal of listing of the H shares of CIMC Vehicle from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

• Acted for the joint offerors in the privatisation of CIMC-TianDa Holdings Company Limited (stock code: 0445) by way of a scheme of arrangement, with total consideration of approximately HK$1 billion.

• Acted for the offeror in the HK$530 million privatization of Golden Throat Holdings Group Company Limited (stock code: 6896) through a scheme of arrangement.

• Acted for Golden Vision Buyout Fund I SP to acquire 47.6% stake in AMVIG Holdings Limited (stock code: 2300) for approximately HK$960 million, and its subsequent general offer made to acquire the remaining 52.37% stake in AMVIG Holdings Limited for HK$1.1 billion.

• Acted for Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd. (stock code: 1787) in its acquisition of approximately 20.93% of the shareholding interests in Yintai Gold Co., Ltd.

• Acted for Ninego Corporation on its unconditional mandatory cash offer with respect to Kingwisoft Technology Group Company Limited (stock code: 8295).

• Acted for AviChina Industry & Technology Company Limited (stock code: 2357) in its share swap transaction of its subsidiary AVIC Avionics Systems Company Limited, which was exchanged for AVIC Electromechanical Systems Company Limited.

• Acted for Hainan HNA No. 2 Trust Management Service Co., Ltd. in the share acquisition which result in change of control of CWT International Limited (stock code: 0521) and China Shun Ke Long Holdings Limited (stock code: 0974) pursuant to the restructuring plan directed by court.

• Acted for Phoenix Healthcare (later renamed as China Resources Medical Holdings Company Limited) (stock code: 1515) on its US$480 million acquisition of hospital businesses from China Resources Healthcare Group, one of the largest state-owned enterprises in China’s healthcare.

• Acted for the controlling shareholder of China Shengmu Orgnaic Milk Limited (stock code: 1432) on the disposal of 19% shares in the listed company at the consideration of HK$2.6 billion.