Philip is a partner in Haiwen Hong Kong office.  Philip has long been engaged in legal services including Hong Kong company law, listing rule, capital market transactions and cross-border mergers and acquisitions. Philip has extensive experience in Hong Kong capital market transactions and cross-border mergers and acquisitions. He has assisted clients in pre-IPO financing, listing, post-IPO compliance, control transfer, and privatization in various capital market transactions. In particular, he works on initial public offerings and post-listing mergers and acquisitions and compliance involving issuers in China (including H shares and red chips) and overseas backgrounds, as well as work related to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange's Listing Rules and the Securities and Futures Commission's Takeovers and Mergers Code.

Philip has accumulated 20 years of experience in leading companies and law firms. He was honored as a Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyer for 2026 and was recognized by LexisNexis in 2022 as one of their "40 Under 40" legal elites. Prior to joining Haiwen, Philip was the General Counsel of a Hong Kong-listed company with market capitalisation of over HK$10 billion, responsible for the company's legal matters and advising on the legal aspects of compliance, investigation, investment/divestment transactions. Previously, Philip was a Senior Legal Counsel of a Fortune 500 company and a Consultant at Clifford Chance in Shanghai and Hong Kong for more than 10 years, where he accumulated extensive experience in the industry.

Philip's recent experience includes involving in:

● Genor Biopharma's (6998.HK) acquisition of Eddingpharm via a reverse takeover and share swap, obtaining a whitewash waiver under the Hong Kong Takeovers Code; this transaction marks the first reverse takeover of an unprofitable biotechnology company (Chapter 18A listed company) listed in Hong Kong, laying the foundation for similar transactions in the market;

● An investor's acquisition of Blue Bottle Coffee from Nestlé;

● Goertek's investment for a major equity stake in Conant Optical (a Hong Kong-listed optical technology enterprise) through the subscription of new shares and purchase of existing shares;

● A prominent fund client's participation in the De-SPAC transaction of TECHSTARACQ-Z (a SPAC listed in Hong Kong);

● A family office's investment in Chongqing Terminus Technology Co., Ltd. (an artificial intelligence business company) as a private equity investor;

● China Jianyin's investment in Qiangyi Semiconductor;

● Alibaba's investment in Horizon Robotics (a Hong Kong-listed technology enterprise) as a cornerstone investor;

● CDB International's sale of a 29.99% equity interest in China New Town (a Hong Kong-listed real estate enterprise), structured to avoid triggering a mandatory general offer under the Takeovers Code;

● China Mobile's investment for a major equity stake in AsiaInfo Technologies (a Hong Kong-listed software enterprise), advising on obligations under the Hong Kong Takeovers Code and representing the client in consultations with the SFC;

● Xingda International's conditional voluntary partial offer under the Hong Kong Takeovers Code;

● Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia's sale of a minority stake in IVD Medical Holding Limited (a Hong Kong-listed medical enterprise);

● Suchuang Gas Corporation Limited's privatization by way of a Scheme of Arrangement and delisting from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange;

● A capital injection by a subsidiary of CTG International into China Tourism Group 

● An A-share listed company's bid to acquire the controlling equity stake in AMVIG Holdings Limited, making a mandatory general offer and privatization bid;

● The transfer of controlling interest in Hong Kong International Construction Investment Management Group Co., Limited (HKICIM), representing the controlling shareholder and the listed company in negotiations with Blackstone Group, which triggered a mandatory general offer under the Takeovers Code;

● Providing legal advice to HKICIM and HNA Group on multiple transactions with an aggregate consideration exceeding USD 3 billion, involving prominent counterparties such as Blackstone, Henderson Land Development, and Wheelock Properties;

● Advising Singamas Container Holdings Limited on its application to the Hong Kong SFC for a whitewash waiver under the Takeovers and Mergers Code in relation to a rights issue;

● Starlight Culture Entertainment Group Limited's issuance of consideration shares for the acquisition of SERENSIGHT INVESTMENT COMPANY LTD;

● HKICIM's issuance of consideration shares for the acquisition of shares in Shengshi Enterprise Limited;

● CGN Power Co., Ltd.'s major transaction involving the acquisition of assets from China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN) for approximately RMB 10 billion;

● Kunlun Energy's very substantial acquisition of PetroChina Kunlun Gas Co., Ltd. for over USD 2.3 billion;

● Conducting compliance analysis for the Hong Kong subsidiaries of renowned enterprises such as CNOOC, COFCO, Beijing Enterprises, Citychamp Dartong, Sunmi Technology, and Suzhou Ribo Life Science;

● Providing Hong Kong compliance advice to multiple Hong Kong listed companies;

● Top-up placings for Hong Kong-listed companies including Sino Biopharmaceutical Limited, China Agri-Industries Holdings Limited, Kunlun Energy, and Real Gold Mining Ltd.;

● Listing applications/projects for a Chapter 18A company, Haimayun, Silicon Magic Semiconductor, Ucard Group, Tong Ren Tang Healthcare, etc;

● The listings and global offerings on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange of Ridge Outdoor, Clarity Medical Group, Genor Biopharma, MSPEA's portfolio company Home Control, BOCOM International, VPower Group, China Resources Pharmaceutical Group, Everbright Securities, CGN Power, Bank of Tianjin, Postal Savings Bank of China (PSBC), Huishang Bank, Huatai Securities, GF Securities, Wynn Macau, and Yingde Gases;

● A syndicated M&A loan of the USD equivalent of RMB 335 million for MSPEA;

● A USD 189 million syndicated M&A loan for China Education Group;

● Multiple bank loans totalling USD 40 million for Zhongsheng Group Holdings;

● Over HKD 1 billion in share pledge financing for HNA Finance I;

● A HKD 300 million financing transaction for HKICIM

Philip graduated from The University of Hong Kong. He is a qualified solicitor of Hong Kong SAR and England & Wales, and is a PRC (Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area) lawyer.

Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin), English.