About
Teresa is Freshfields’ China Chairman and a founding partner of Freshfields’ Asia equity capital markets practice. Described as “an icon in the industry”, Teresa is one of the most prominent corporate and securities lawyers in Hong Kong.
She has helped numerous Chinese state-owned, privately-owned and international companies to list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKSE), including advising on eight out of the ten largest IPOs in Hong Kong.
She also has an impressive record on public and private M&A transactions and advises on joint ventures and corporate governance matters.
Additional Information
- Advising on the listings of numerous Chinese state-owned, privately owned and international enterprises on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, including the 'big four' banks, TME, CTG Duty-Free, Beike, Cloud Village, Xpeng, Yum China, Alibaba, Budweiser APAC, China Tower, Guotai Junan Securities, Cinda Asset Management, Tencent, Imax China, Fast Retailing, L’Occitane International, Samsonite International and AIA
- Advising the promoters of Hong Kong’s first SPAC for Aquila Acquisition Corporation which listed on 18 March 2022, following the introduction of HKSE’s new SPAC regime on 1 January 2022
- Advising Li & Fung and Temasek on the US$3.6bn sale of LF Logistics to Maersk and on Li & Fung’s long-term strategic partnership with Maersk
- Advising Hutchison Whampoa on its merger with CK Hutchison Holdings and Cheung Kong Property Holdings on its spin-off and listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange by way of introduction
- Advising HSBC on its JV with Shenzhen Qianhai Financial Holdings in 2017 (the world’s first-ever controlled securities joint venture)
- Advising Zhongwang USA, a subsidiary of Zhongwang International Group, on its $2.33bn acquisition of Aleris Corporation, a US-based global aluminium rolled products producer, from a consortium of shareholders led by Oaktree Capital Management along with Apollo Management and Sankaty Advisors
- Advising China International Capital Corporation on its $2.5bn acquisition of a 100 per cent equity interest in China Investment Securities Company
Teresa Ko
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