Kelvan is a partner of Jingtian & Gongcheng LLP. Prior to joining our firm, Kelvan was a partner at Deacons.

Kelvan has extensive experience in corporate finance and had advised sponsors and issuers in over 30 IPOs. He advises on initial public offerings, capital markets and mergers and acquisitions transactions. He also advises clients on corporate compliance work associated with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission.

He holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Law from the University of Hong Kong, a Bachelor of Law Degree from University of Nottingham and a Bachelor of Social Science from Chinese University of Hong Kong. He had also passed the inaugural Greater Bay Area Legal Examination in 2021. He is fluent in Mandarin, English and Cantonese.

Education

PCLL, University of Hong Kong

LLB, University of Nottingham

Bachelor of Social Science (Government and Public Administration), Chinese University of Hong Kong

Experience

Partner, Jingtian & Gongcheng LLP

Partner, Deacons

Associate, King & Wood

Admissions

Hong Kong

IFLR1000, notable practitioner in equity capital markets (2019-2022)

Asian Legal Business, Top 40 under 40 Lawyer (2016)

Acted for Essence Corporate Finance (Hong Kong) Limited and the other underwriters in the HKD1,040 million initial public offering and global offering of Global New Material International Holdings Limited, on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Acted for BNP Paribas Securities (Asia) Limited and the other underwriters in the HKD877 million initial public offering and global offering of Xin Point Holdings Limited, on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Acted for China Everbright Capital Limited and the other underwriters in the HKD266 million initial public offering and global offering of H shares of Beijing Chunlizhengda Medical Instruments Co,, Ltd, on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Acted for Haitong International Capital Limited as the sponsor in the spin-off of SiS Mobile Holdings Limited on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Acted for G.H.Y. Culture & Media as Hong Kong counsel in its initial public offering on the Main Board of the Singapore Exchange. GHY has a market capitalisation of S$708.7 million at listing.

Acted for EC Healthcare, the largest non-hospital medical service provider in Hong Kong, in its numerous acquisitions of medical and healthcare business and capital market transactions.