Justin Chan

Justin is a corporate partner in our Hong Kong office and has substantial experience in mergers and acquisitions, public takeovers, joint ventures, equity and debt capital markets, Hong Kong Listing Rules, data privacy as well as general commercial work. He has advised various Hong Kong listed companies, state-owned enterprises and investment banks.

Justin is recognised as a Rising Star Partner for Capital markets, M&A, as well as Financial and Corporate in the 2024 and 2025 by the IFLR1000 Asia Pacific. He has been named among Asian Legal Business’ Asia 40 Under 40 2025 and also ranked as a Rising Star in the 2023 edition of China Business Law Journal and Asian Legal Business.

Justin is also a Certified Public Accountant in Hong Kong and a Chartered Accountant in England and Wales, being a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA), the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW). Justin is a member of the ICAEW Hong Kong Leaders Under 40 Committee, the China & Greater Bay Area Committee of The British Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong and the China Capital Markets Committee of Asia Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association (ASIFMA).

Justin was previously seconded to the Investment Banking Division of the Hong Kong office of Goldman Sachs, where he assisted in advising technology companies and financial institutions on IPO fundraising plans and M&A investment strategies.

His recent work highlights include advising:

• INEOS on its series of landmark joint ventures with SINOPEC for an aggregate value of USD7 billion in respect of Shanghai SECCO Petrochemical, a 600ktpa ABS plant to be built based on INEOS’ world-leading Terluran® ABS technology and a greenfield HDPE joint venture (recognised by China Business Law Journal and Asian Legal Business as the Cross Border/M&A Deal of the Year), its 50:50 joint venture with SINOPEC in respect of the Tianjin Nangang Ethylene Project, and its second ABS plant joint venture with SINOPEC in Tianjin
• SML on the investment by private equity firms FountainVest and CPE in SML Group, a global leader in apparel brand solutions and RFID tags business
• State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) group members on various matters, including its Hong Kong listed subsidiary China Power International Development on its USD1.1 billion acquisition of clean energy assets from China Power New Energy and its USD1.5 billion acquisition of five clean energy projects from SPIC, SPIC Guangdong Power and China Power Complete Equipment, and its USD3.8 billion-Asset Restructuring involving the acquisition of Shanghai-listed SPIC Yuanda Environmental
• CICC, China Securities International, China Merchant Securities, CMB International and Haitong as sponsors in the listing applications of various companies and as placing agents of issuers listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, including FS.COM and Shandong Fengxiang
• Swire Pacific on its participation in the US$70 million financing round for Green Monday and its HK$2.7 billion sale of its 100% interest in Swire Duro Holdings and 40% interest in Akzo Nobel Swire Paints to the Akzo Nobel Group
• Sands China on its 2018 issue of US$5.5 billion senior notes, 2020 issue of US$1.5 billion senior notes and 2021 issue of US$1.95 billion senior notes listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
• Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing on its £29.6 billion possible offer for London Stock Exchange
• Cathay Pacific Airways on its acquisition of Hong Kong’s low-cost carrier, Hong Kong Express Airways
• Alibaba on its US$2.6 billion privatisation of Intime Retail by scheme (CBLJ’s Deal of the Year in the Privatization; Retail categories), as a pre-IPO investor in the listing of GOGOX on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and the US$1.29 billion placing of its subsidiary Alibaba Health
• JCDecaux, a globally leading outdoor advertising corporation, on its participation in a consortium of investors, comprising of the management, Ant Group and China Wealth Growth Fund III LP, in respect of the privatisation and delisting from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange of Clear Media, the then largest operator of bus shelter advertising panels in the PRC

• Beijing Oriental Yuhong, a Shenzhen-listed Fortune China 500 company, on its first outbound acquisition of Man Cheong Metals and Building Materials and Specialist Products in Hong Kong
• West China Cement, a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, on its US$120 million acquisition of 1.2-million-ton Cimenterie de Lukala (CILU) plant in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the US$145 million acquisition of AfriSam in South Africa

• Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley as financial advisers in the privatisations of Li & Fung and iMAX China by scheme of arrangement respectively
• State-owned enterprises treasury centres in Hong Kong, including SPIC and China Southern Power Grid, on their general corporate matters
• a Hong Kong licensed bank on the set-up of its electronic signing platform and the related data privacy arrangements
• a PRC property technology (proptech) HKEX-listed issuer on its IP and data privacy arrangements for its overseas expansions

Justin read law at the University of Cambridge. He is admitted as a solicitor in Hong Kong and England and Wales. He provides legal services in both English and Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese).