Consultant,
Commercial & Media and Entertainment Groups
Date of joining Haldanes:
1992
Jurisdictions:
Hong Kong (practising)
England & Wales (non-practising)
Principal Service
Areas:
Mergers and acquisitions, joint
ventures, non-contentious company and commercial matters
with a particular focus on the media and entertainment Industry.
Experience:
Exclusively non-contentious corporate and
commercial work, mainly for large corporations/multinationals
but also for institutions and individuals. Practice in Hong
Kong (and the Asia Pacific region) since 1982 has involved
most forms of commercial/corporate agreement at the private
company level including dealing on a regular basis with
corporate set up and investment agreements; share and asset
acquisitions; merger and joint venture transactions; distributorship,
agency and similar commercial agreements; partnership, consultancy
and participation agreements; and related subjects. Also,
financial services work including investment fund establishment/authorisation,
securities investment advisory/dealing work, insurance work,
the drafting of various agreements common in the industry
and frequent dealings with governmental or other regulatory
bodies such as the Hong Kong SFC and Insurance Commission.
More about Stephen:
Stephen first moved from London (with Norton
Rose) to Hong Kong in 1982 to join Denton Hall Burgin &
Warrens. In 1992, Stephen joined Haldanes as a joint senior
partner to establish the firm's Company and Commercial Department.
Member of Law Society of England &
Wales since 1980