Simon Luk
Consultant
Senior International/US Advisor
Contact Information
Direct Dial: (852) 3582 3290
Mobile: (852) 9107 0269
Email: simon.luk@kyclaw.com
Languages Spoken
- English
- Cantonese
- Putonghua
Education
- JD, Columbia Law School, New York City (Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar)
- BA, Economics, Columbia College (summa cum laude, phi beta kappa), Columbia University, New York City
Admissions
- New York
- Hong Kong SAR
Bio
Simon Luk is our consultant and recognised as a leading US and Hong Kong capital markets practitioner in Hong Kong. Before joining us, he was a partner and chairman of the Asian practice group of two major US law firms in Hong Kong for over thirty years.
Simon’s practice covers corporate finance, securities, and cross-border M&A transactions, including the listing and business combination of special purpose acquisition companies. He has an extensive experience and a long history representing international funds, multinational companies and Chinese companies in cross-border M&A s, private equity and US IPO transactions.
Professional Activities and Achievements
- China Business Law Journal’s A-List of elite lawyers
- Leading lawyer in private equity and buyouts and highly recommended for corporate and M&A work in the Practical Law Company Cross-border handbooks on Private Equity
- Leading lawyer by Asia Law in its annual survey of Asian capital market lawyers
- Vice chairman of Monte Jade Science and Technology Association of Hong Kong
- Honorary legal counsel to the Young Industrialists Council
- Honorary legal counsel to the Hong Kong Electrical Appliance Industries Association
- Honorary legal counsel to the Toy Manufacturers Association of Hong Kong
- Honorary legal counsel to Hong Kong Brands Protection Alliance
- Former honorary legal counsel to the Chamber of Hong Kong Listed Companies
- Former honorary legal counsel to the Hong Kong Electronics Association
- Lectured on China Private Equity Investments in Hong Kong, Beijing and the US
- Lectured on many Cross Border Mergers and Acquisitions, US/China trade dispute at CFIUS seminars
- Participated in a number of conferences in Shanghai, Beijing and the US
- Lectured at Columbia Law School, George Washington University Law School, Law School at the University of Hong Kong and Law School at the Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Authored eight books on private equity and M&As published by LexisNexis
Recent Transactions
- Advised SPAC IPOs, including SPAC offering of Vistas Media Acquisition Company, Inc. and RF Acquisition Corp
- Advised the De-Spac of Diginex Limited (Hong Kong) and Triterras Fintech Pte Ltd. (Singapore)
- Advised De-Spac of Vistas Media Acquisition Corp. with Anghami of the Middle East
- Advised on the De-Spac for RF Acquisition Corp