Kirkland & Ellis Adds Hong Kong IPO Partner
Former Davis Polk associate Yazhe Liu joins as a partner.
November 04, 2019 at 02:13 AM
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Kirkland & Ellis has hired former Davis Polk & Wardwell associate Yazhe Liu as a capital markets partner in Hong Kong.*
U.S.-qualified Liu's practice focuses on initial public offerings in Hong Kong as well as mergers and acquisitions and securities regulation compliance matters. In 2017, she was part of the Davis Polk team that advised China Literature Ltd., the e-book arm of Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings, on a $919 million Hong Kong listing.
Liu practised at Davis Polk as an associate for four years until March 2018. Previously, she was a manager at Hong Kong securities regulator Securities and Futures Commission, an associate in Hong Kong at Clifford Chance and a consultant in Beijing at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe.*
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