Justin Ma is a Partner of Jingtian & Gongcheng LLP. Prior to joining our firm, he worked at a number of international law firms including DLA Piper and Kirkland & Ellis.  

Justin is admitted as solicitor in both Hong Kong and Australia.  He has acted for many major investment banks and corporations in corporate finance transactions including Hong Kong initial public offerings, spin-offs, mergers and acquisitions and other listed company compliance matters.

He holds a Master of Law from the Renmin University of China and a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) from Monash University. He is fluent in Mandarin, English, and Cantonese.

Education

• LLM, Renmin University of China
• PCLL, Chinese University of Hong Kong
• LLB, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
• B.Comms., Monash University, Melbourne

Experience

• Partner, Jingtian & Gongcheng LLP  
• DLA Piper
• Kirkland & Ellis

Admissions

• Hong Kong
• Australia (Victoria)

• Advising Air China Limited in the HKD 39 billion recapitalization plan by Cathay Pacific Airways Limited.
• Advising The Carlyle Group, CITIC Limited and CITIC Capital Holdings in the USD 2.08 billion acquisition of the operations of one of the largest U.S. fast food restaurant chains in China and Hong Kong and negotiation of a 20-year master franchise agreement.
• Advising a subsidiary of Hong Kong-listed China Foods Limited and a subsidiary of state-owned COFCO Corporation in its acquisition of equity interests in the bottling operations from Swire Beverages Holdings Limited and from one of the largest US non-alcoholic beverage manufacturers, and in its sale through auction of its equity interests in the bottling operations in China.
• Advising CICC, Deutsche Bank and Citigroup, as joint global coordinators and joint bookrunners, on the USD 149 million initial public offering and listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange of Inke Limited, the largest mobile live streaming platform in China in terms of average monthly active streamers in 2017.
• Advising Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan, Huatai Financial Holdings (Hong Kong) Limited and UBS, as joint global coordinators and joint bookrunners, on the USD 376 million initial public offering and listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange of Wise Talent Information Technology Co., Ltd., the largest online talent acquisition services platform in China which operates Liepin.com
• Advising Medialink Group on its HKD 186 million initial public offering on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Guotai Junan Capital acted as the sole sponsor and global coordinator in the offering. Medialink Group is a leading, Hong Kong-based distributor of third-party owned media content headquartered in Hong Kong with a presence in the PRC, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, Indonesia and Japan.
• Advising AAG Energy Holdings Limited on the USD 3.1 billion conditional voluntary partial cash offer by Liming Holding Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Xinjiang Xintai Natural Gas Co., Ltd.