Janice Wong
Solicitor
janice.wong@akingump.com
Areas of Focus
- Corporate & Finance
- Corporate Governance
- Financial Restructuring
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Shareholder Activism
- Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances
- Investment Management
- Private Capital
Biography
Janice Wong is an associate in Akin's Hong Kong office.
- Focuses on private and public cross-border transactions.
- Represents clients in corporate matters and financial restructurings in Asia.
Janice Wong advises clients on mergers and acquisitions (M&A), private equity transactions, corporate finance, joint ventures, debt and equity investments, corporate restructurings and shareholder activism in Asia.
Representative Work
- Advising one of the world’s leading litigation funders on the structuring and terms of funding arrangements for a company subject to a Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process in India as plaintiff in a US$2b arbitration.
- Represented a U.S. private investment fund on its $35 million subscription of shares in an Asian technology company.
- Advised an activist hedge fund in a commercial dispute concerning its shareholding in a major bank listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKSE).
- Advised an international investment firm in shareholder campaigns in Hong Kong and Asia-Pacific.
- Counseled Payless Holdings LLC, a distressed global shoe retailer, on the financial and operational restructuring of its subsidiaries and joint ventures in Asia.
EducationLL.B., University of Hong Kong, 2016
P.C.L.L., University of Hong Kong, 2017
LL.B., University of Hong Kong, 2016
P.C.L.L., University of Hong Kong, 2017
Bar AdmissionsSolicitor, England and Wales
Solicitor, Hong Kong
Solicitor, England and Wales
Solicitor, Hong Kong
