Bio
Vincent Chan is a Partner in the Corporate department of Appleby´s Hong Kong office. He has nearly 20 years of offshore law experience specialising in IPO/equity & debt capital markets, pre-IPO restructuring & financing, public & private mergers & acquisitions, privatizations (by way of schemes of arrangement, mergers and tender offers & compulsory acquisitions), private equity investments & venture capital, joint ventures, and corporate reorganisations. Clients include Bermuda, British Virgin Islands (BVI) and Cayman Islands companies listed on stock exchanges in Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, New York, NASDAQ and London, as well as private companies, banks, financial institutions, private equity houses and asset management firms.
Being a full member of The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) for more than 10 years, Vincent also assists clients in setting up family, employee benefit and commercial/orphan trusts, providing relevant advice to listed and start-up companies, high net worth individuals, family offices and trustees.
He is fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese.
Bio
Vincent Chan is a Partner in the Corporate department of Appleby´s Hong Kong office. He has nearly 20 years of offshore law experience specialising in IPO/equity & debt capital markets, pre-IPO restructuring & financing, public & private mergers & acquisitions, privatizations (by way of schemes of arrangement, mergers and tender offers & compulsory acquisitions), private equity investments & venture capital, joint ventures, and corporate reorganisations. Clients include Bermuda, British Virgin Islands (BVI) and Cayman Islands companies listed on stock exchanges in Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, New York, NASDAQ and London, as well as private companies, banks, financial institutions, private equity houses and asset management firms.
Being a full member of The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) for more than 10 years, Vincent also assists clients in setting up family, employee benefit and commercial/orphan trusts, providing relevant advice to listed and start-up companies, high net worth individuals, family offices and trustees.
He is fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese.
“VERY IMPRESSIVE KEY EQUITY CAPITAL MARKETS PRACTITIONER [WHO] ALSO HANDLES A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF M&A MANDATES [,WITH] ABILITY TO PROVIDE TIMELY AND PRACTICAL CAYMAN LAW ADVICE.”
Work Highlights
Mergers & Acquisitions:
- Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group’s on its US$925 million sale and disposal of top 13 floors, rooftop signage and 50 parking spaces of One Causeway Bay to Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group and its Ant financial affiliate as their headquarters in Hong Kong.
- Isola Capital Ltd’s HK$26 billion voluntary cash offer to acquire all the issued shares in Vinda International Holdings Limited, a Cayman Islands company with shares originally listed on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, and subsequent privatization.
- HKD233 million sale and disposal of more than 20% of shares of a PRC real estate agent with shares listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange to one of the world’s leading property developers.
- Burke Porter Group, Ltd. (leading global provider of automated diagnostic, testing and production solutions serving life science)’s sale by Cel Global Investment Fund, L.P. to AEA Investors.
- China Post’s approximately USD128 million investment in Ule Holdings Limited though China Post’s subsidiary Telpo Philatelic Company Limited.
- China Baofeng (International) Limited’s privatisation by way of a scheme of arrangement under the Cayman Companies Act, for cash consideration of HKD540 million.
Capital Markets:
- China National Uranium Co. Ltd. (trade code: 001280) on its listing on the Main Board of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange on 3 December 2025, with an initial market capitalisation of more than RMB124 billion, being the first natural uranium stock in the A-share market.
- GL-Carlink Technology Holding Limited, an in-vehicle hardware and SaaS marketing and management service provider for players within the automotive aftermarket industry in the PRC, on its HKD248.2 million global offering and listing on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
- Secondary offering by Landsea Homes Corporation, a publicly traded residential homebuilder based in Dallis that designs and builds homes and sustainable master-planned communities, of 4,207,574 shares of common stock.
- Issuance and registration by CIMC Enric Holdings Limited, Company is principally engaged in the provision, a leading integrated business service provider and key equipment manufacturer of key equipment, engineering service and integrated solutions for transportation, storage and processing for the clean energy, chemical and environmental and liquid food sectors, of RMB1.5 billion tranche I and II of medium-term note and RMB500 million tranche I super & short-term commercial paper at the PRC inter-bank market.
- Issuance and registration by China Everbright Greentech Limited, a professional environmental protection service provider, in the National Association of Financial Market Institutional Investors of the 2024, 2025 and 2026 Green Medium-term Notes with an issue price of up to RMB1 billion.
- Registration of multiple types/tranches of RMB 10 billion debt financing instruments the National Association of Financial Market Institutional Investors, and issuance of the RMB4 billion 2024 Tranche 1 medium-term notes of Shenzhen International Holdings Limited (investment, construction and operation of logistics infrastructure in “Inland Port Networking, Logistics Parks, Air Cargo and Railway Freight Logistics Infrastructure”), in the National Association of Financial Market Institutional Investors.
- Issuance of US$80,000,000 guaranteed bonds due 2028 by Xin Fu (BVI) Co. Limited, (leading investment, financing, and operating platform for urban development in Taizhou City, Jiangsu Province, China) and listing on the Chongwa (Macao) Financial Asset Exchange, being guaranteed by Taizhou Xintai Group Co., Ltd. and Taizhou Guokong Investment Group Co., Ltd.
- Issuance of US$148 Mn guaranteed bonds due 2028 by Wuxing Industry Investment Husheng Company Limited, a PRC state own enterprise engaged in infrastructure construction, land consolidation and development, and listing on the Chongwa (Macao) Financial Asset Exchange, being guaranteed by Huzhou Wuxing Talent Industry Investment and Development Group Co., Ltd.
- Issuance and listing of USD118,783,000 credit enhanced guaranteed notes on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong, issued by Golden Dragon Mountain Trading (BVI) Co., Limited and guaranteed by Jinan Zhangqiu Holding Group Co., Ltd.
- Global offering and listing of Seacon Shipping Group Holdings Limited, an integrated shipping services provider headquartered in the PRC, providing comprehensive shipping solutions to customers along the value chain of the maritime shipping industry, providing ship management and shipping services to customers in the shipping industry such as shipowners, ship operators and financial institutions, on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, with net proceeds of approximately HKD386.8 million.
- Spin-off of Cinda Securities Co., Ltd., the first domestic AMC securities company in the PRC providing securities brokerage and personalized investment advisory and consulting services, from China Cinda Asset Management Co., Ltd., and subsequent listing on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, with gross proceeds of approximately RMB2.675 billion.
- Listing of Shenzhen YHLO Biotech Co., Ltd., a leading company of immunoassay solutions in China, on the STAR Market of the Shanghai Stock Exchange with proceeds of approximately RMB 606.8 million.
Private Equity:
- REAP, a technology company providing corporate payment solutions, in its USD7.4 million series A equity investment by certain institutional investors.
- A software developer’s USD2.1 million series SAFE equity investment by a series of institutional investors and USD3 million series Seed equity investment by the investment vehicle of a world leader in digital entertainment and gamification.
- A world’s leading total sourcing management solution provider’s USD10 million series A strategic investment by one of Asia’s largest private alternative investment firms.
- ZOLA ELECTRIC LTD, a leading power and energy group, on its fund raising.
Mergers & Acquisitions:
- Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group’s on its US$925 million sale and disposal of top 13 floors, rooftop signage and 50 parking spaces of One Causeway Bay to Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group and its Ant financial affiliate as their headquarters in Hong Kong.
- Isola Capital Ltd’s HK$26 billion voluntary cash offer to acquire all the issued shares in Vinda International Holdings Limited, a Cayman Islands company with shares originally listed on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, and subsequent privatization.
- HKD233 million sale and disposal of more than 20% of shares of a PRC real estate agent with shares listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange to one of the world’s leading property developers.
- Burke Porter Group, Ltd. (leading global provider of automated diagnostic, testing and production solutions serving life science)’s sale by Cel Global Investment Fund, L.P. to AEA Investors.
- China Post’s approximately USD128 million investment in Ule Holdings Limited though China Post’s subsidiary Telpo Philatelic Company Limited.
- China Baofeng (International) Limited’s privatisation by way of a scheme of arrangement under the Cayman Companies Act, for cash consideration of HKD540 million.
Capital Markets:
- China National Uranium Co. Ltd. (trade code: 001280) on its listing on the Main Board of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange on 3 December 2025, with an initial market capitalisation of more than RMB124 billion, being the first natural uranium stock in the A-share market.
- GL-Carlink Technology Holding Limited, an in-vehicle hardware and SaaS marketing and management service provider for players within the automotive aftermarket industry in the PRC, on its HKD248.2 million global offering and listing on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
- Secondary offering by Landsea Homes Corporation, a publicly traded residential homebuilder based in Dallis that designs and builds homes and sustainable master-planned communities, of 4,207,574 shares of common stock.
- Issuance and registration by CIMC Enric Holdings Limited, Company is principally engaged in the provision, a leading integrated business service provider and key equipment manufacturer of key equipment, engineering service and integrated solutions for transportation, storage and processing for the clean energy, chemical and environmental and liquid food sectors, of RMB1.5 billion tranche I and II of medium-term note and RMB500 million tranche I super & short-term commercial paper at the PRC inter-bank market.
- Issuance and registration by China Everbright Greentech Limited, a professional environmental protection service provider, in the National Association of Financial Market Institutional Investors of the 2024, 2025 and 2026 Green Medium-term Notes with an issue price of up to RMB1 billion.
- Registration of multiple types/tranches of RMB 10 billion debt financing instruments the National Association of Financial Market Institutional Investors, and issuance of the RMB4 billion 2024 Tranche 1 medium-term notes of Shenzhen International Holdings Limited (investment, construction and operation of logistics infrastructure in “Inland Port Networking, Logistics Parks, Air Cargo and Railway Freight Logistics Infrastructure”), in the National Association of Financial Market Institutional Investors.
- Issuance of US$80,000,000 guaranteed bonds due 2028 by Xin Fu (BVI) Co. Limited, (leading investment, financing, and operating platform for urban development in Taizhou City, Jiangsu Province, China) and listing on the Chongwa (Macao) Financial Asset Exchange, being guaranteed by Taizhou Xintai Group Co., Ltd. and Taizhou Guokong Investment Group Co., Ltd.
- Issuance of US$148 Mn guaranteed bonds due 2028 by Wuxing Industry Investment Husheng Company Limited, a PRC state own enterprise engaged in infrastructure construction, land consolidation and development, and listing on the Chongwa (Macao) Financial Asset Exchange, being guaranteed by Huzhou Wuxing Talent Industry Investment and Development Group Co., Ltd.
- Issuance and listing of USD118,783,000 credit enhanced guaranteed notes on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong, issued by Golden Dragon Mountain Trading (BVI) Co., Limited and guaranteed by Jinan Zhangqiu Holding Group Co., Ltd.
- Global offering and listing of Seacon Shipping Group Holdings Limited, an integrated shipping services provider headquartered in the PRC, providing comprehensive shipping solutions to customers along the value chain of the maritime shipping industry, providing ship management and shipping services to customers in the shipping industry such as shipowners, ship operators and financial institutions, on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, with net proceeds of approximately HKD386.8 million.
- Spin-off of Cinda Securities Co., Ltd., the first domestic AMC securities company in the PRC providing securities brokerage and personalized investment advisory and consulting services, from China Cinda Asset Management Co., Ltd., and subsequent listing on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, with gross proceeds of approximately RMB2.675 billion.
- Listing of Shenzhen YHLO Biotech Co., Ltd., a leading company of immunoassay solutions in China, on the STAR Market of the Shanghai Stock Exchange with proceeds of approximately RMB 606.8 million.
Private Equity:
- REAP, a technology company providing corporate payment solutions, in its USD7.4 million series A equity investment by certain institutional investors.
- A software developer’s USD2.1 million series SAFE equity investment by a series of institutional investors and USD3 million series Seed equity investment by the investment vehicle of a world leader in digital entertainment and gamification.
- A world’s leading total sourcing management solution provider’s USD10 million series A strategic investment by one of Asia’s largest private alternative investment firms.
- ZOLA ELECTRIC LTD, a leading power and energy group, on its fund raising.
Recognition
- Growth Driver (International) – China Business Law Journal (A-list) 2025-26
- “Top 50 Offshore Lawyers” – Asia Business Law Journal 2024-25
- “Offshore Client Choice List” – Asian Legal Business 2020-26
– one of the region’s most notable offshore lawyers - “Notable Practitioner” – IFLR 1000 2019-25
- “Top 40 under 40” – Asian Legal Business 2019
– highlighting “outstanding legal professionals in the region” - “Very impressive” “key equity capital markets practitioner” who “handles a significant amount of M&A mandates” – Legal 500 Asia Pacific
- “The stand-out name. He is excellent in knowledge and is technically superb. His advice is always concise, to-the-point and brings with him an infectious enthusiasm to deals that worked on together”, with “ability to provide timely and practical Cayman law advice”, and “a tremendous asset to have on transaction… very responsive, on-the-ball, with a sharp commercial acumen.” – Legal 500 Asia Pacific
- “While Cayman law advices generally are commoditized in terms on Hong Kong capital markets, Vincent distinguishes himself in his professionalism, responsiveness and also the commerciality of his advice. He is also a very hands-on partner and we can usually expect matters that require his attention to be responded very promptly and efficiently.” – Legal 500 Asia Pacific
- Growth Driver (International) – China Business Law Journal (A-list) 2025-26
- “Top 50 Offshore Lawyers” – Asia Business Law Journal 2024-25
- “Offshore Client Choice List” – Asian Legal Business 2020-26
– one of the region’s most notable offshore lawyers - “Notable Practitioner” – IFLR 1000 2019-25
- “Top 40 under 40” – Asian Legal Business 2019
– highlighting “outstanding legal professionals in the region” - “Very impressive” “key equity capital markets practitioner” who “handles a significant amount of M&A mandates” – Legal 500 Asia Pacific
- “The stand-out name. He is excellent in knowledge and is technically superb. His advice is always concise, to-the-point and brings with him an infectious enthusiasm to deals that worked on together”, with “ability to provide timely and practical Cayman law advice”, and “a tremendous asset to have on transaction… very responsive, on-the-ball, with a sharp commercial acumen.” – Legal 500 Asia Pacific
- “While Cayman law advices generally are commoditized in terms on Hong Kong capital markets, Vincent distinguishes himself in his professionalism, responsiveness and also the commerciality of his advice. He is also a very hands-on partner and we can usually expect matters that require his attention to be responded very promptly and efficiently.” – Legal 500 Asia Pacific
Coverage & Insights
Vincent regularly speaks at seminars at conferences, LexOmnibus, Academy & Finance, The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, The Hong Kong Corporate Counsel Association, Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute, Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute, Professional Development Resources Centre, Accounting Development Foundation and GBA Finance and Commerce Association, as well as for international and local law firms and banks.
In addition, Vincent’s writings have been featured in publications such as The Journal of the Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries and HKGCC Bulletin.
Vincent regularly speaks at seminars at conferences, LexOmnibus, Academy & Finance, The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, The Hong Kong Corporate Counsel Association, Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute, Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute, Professional Development Resources Centre, Accounting Development Foundation and GBA Finance and Commerce Association, as well as for international and local law firms and banks.
In addition, Vincent’s writings have been featured in publications such as The Journal of the Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries and HKGCC Bulletin.
Qualifications & Education
Vincent is a qualified lawyer in the Cayman Islands.
- Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) (Actuarial Studies) – The University of Melbourne (Australia)
- Bachelor of Laws – The University of Melbourne (Australia)
- Master of Laws (Legal Practice) (Merit) – The Australian National University
- Diploma in International Trust Management (Distinction) – STEP
- Advanced Certificate in Family Business Advising (Distinction) – STEP
- Advanced Certificate in Trust Disputes – STEP
- Advanced Certificate in UK Tax for International Clients – STEP
Vincent is a qualified lawyer in the Cayman Islands.
- Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) (Actuarial Studies) – The University of Melbourne (Australia)
- Bachelor of Laws – The University of Melbourne (Australia)
- Master of Laws (Legal Practice) (Merit) – The Australian National University
- Diploma in International Trust Management (Distinction) – STEP
- Advanced Certificate in Family Business Advising (Distinction) – STEP
- Advanced Certificate in Trust Disputes – STEP
- Advanced Certificate in UK Tax for International Clients – STEP
Memberships & Associations
Vincent has been a full member of The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) since 2013, has been a member of executive committee (2023-2025) and is currently a member of the China sub-committee of STEP HK branch.
Vincent has been a full member of The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) since 2013, has been a member of executive committee (2023-2025) and is currently a member of the China sub-committee of STEP HK branch.