About
Shirley has legal qualifications and expertise in Hong Kong, Australia, England & Wales, New Zealand, Cayman Islands, BVI and the Greater Bay Area, PRC. She has a double degree of law and accounting (with Distinction) and has also completed the Chartered Accountants Program. She has had solid training as both a lawyer and an accountant.
Shirley offers unique client servicing to differentiate herself in the market with a multidisciplinary, pragmatic, client-centric approach paired with deep technical skills, to deliver value and insights to clients.
Shirley specialises in mergers & acquisitions and corporate/commercial matters, and has over two decades of experience advising on complex corporate and commercial transactions in China and across Asia. She generally advises private and public listed companies and private equity clients on all types of transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, restructurings and joint ventures, as well as general corporate matters, including corporate governance, directors’ duties and shareholders’ rights, listing rules and compliance.
Shirley garners praise in providing responsive and diligent services to her clients which include Chinese state-owned, privately-owned and international enterprises, MNCs, Japanese conglomerates, financial institutions, private equity firms, asset managers, family offices and listed companies.
Shirley is consistently recognised as a leading lawyer in her field by various legal directories. Shirley has been named “Legal Trailblazer of the Year” at the ALB Women In Law Awards 2023. Shirley has also been shortlisted for “Dealmaker of the Year - North Asia”, “Private Practitioner of the Year, North Asia” and “Mentor of the Year” by The ALB Women In Law Awards 2023. She was a key part of the team which was awarded “Offshore Law Firm of the Year” by ALB Hong Kong Law Awards, China Law & Practice Awards and IFLR Asia Awards from 2014 to 2017. Many of the deals which she worked on are high-profile and high-dollar-value transactions and have received industry recognition and acclaim.
Shirley is admitted to practise in New South Wales, Australia; Hong Kong; England and Wales; New Zealand and Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area. She speaks fluent English, Cantonese and Mandarin.
