Ronny is the co-head of the Corporate Finance Practice Group and is based in Hong Kong. He has almost 30 years of experience in the corporate finance field and his practice spans across corporate finance and securities work as well as private and public mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions (with a cross-border focus). He is particularly well-known for advising on global offerings and listings of corporations on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Ronny advises a wide range of sponsors and underwriters including BNP Paribas Capital, CLSA, DBS, BOCI, China Construction Bank, ABC International, Haitong, China Merchants Securities, Guotai Junan and Shenwan Hongyuan in relation to the global offerings and listings of:
He also advises well-known international/domestic household names and enterprises in their global offerings and listings, including:
Ronny has also led Deacons’ team in advising on a number of secondary share offers, including the placings of shares of PCCW, Luen Thai, Beijing Jingkelong, Tong Ren Tang, Chevalier Pacific and Playmates, and the rights issues / open offers of securities of The Wharf (Holdings), Harbour Centre Development, China Aerospace International, Century Legend, JCG Holdings, Playmates Holdings and EPI.
More significant merger and acquisition transactions which Deacons’ involvement can be disclosed and Ronny handled include advising the Wharf Group in its disposal of Wharf T&T to MBK and TPG, the privatisations of HAECO and China Power Clean Energy and the open offer by i-Cable.
Memberships
Member, The Law Society of Hong Kong
Member, The Law Society of England and Wales
Education
LLB (Hons), University of Hong Kong
PCLL, University of Hong Kong
LLM, University of Hong Kong
Accolades
Legal 500 Asia Pacific
- Leading Individual for Capital Markets: Equity in Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2006 – 2013, 2016, 2019 – 2021)
- Recommended Lawyer for Capital Markets: Equity in Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2006 – 2013, 2016, 2019 – 2021)
- Recommended Lawyer for Corporate including M&A in Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2021)
PLC Which Lawyer?
- Corporate / M&A - Leading Individual (2005 - 2011)
- Equity Capital Markets - Leading Individual (2008 - 2011)
Chambers Global
- Capital Markets: Equity (International Firms - China) - Ranked Lawyer (2015 & 2017)
Chambers Global - The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business
- Hong Kong Capital Markets - Leading Individual (2006 & 2007)
Chambers Asia-Pacific
- Equity (International Firms) China - Leading Individual (2007 - 2009, 2012- 2021)
IFLR1000
- Capital Markets: Equity - Leading Lawyer (2011 - 2014)
- Mergers & Acquisitions - Leading Lawyer (2014)
- Capital Markets: Equity, M&A - Leading Lawyer (2015)
- Financial & Corporate Law - Leading Lawyer (2016)
- Capital Markets: Equity, M&A - Leading Lawyer (2017)
- Capital Markets: Equity, M&A - Highly Regarded Lawyer (2018 - 2021)
China Business Law Journal
- Recognised as one of “China’s Elite 100 Lawyers (Foreign Firms)” on the A-List (2020)
Asialaw Profiles
- Capital Markets - Recommended Lawyer (2013), Leading Lawyer (2016) and Market Leading Lawyer (2017 & 2018) and Elite Practitioner (2020)
- Corporate / M&A – Leading Lawyer (2016) and Market Leading Lawyer (2017 & 2018) and Elite Practitioner (2020)
“Leading LAWYER 100 ASIA PACIFIC” 2011 Guide - Corporate Finance
IFLR Asia Awards
- Private equity: MBK Partners and TPG acquisition of Wharf’s telecom unit (2017)
The Asia Legal Awards
- M&A Deal of the Year: Private Equity & Venture Capital - MBK & TPG’s US$1.2 billion Acquisition of Wharf T&T (2017)