Overview
Raymond S.F. Li is a partner in the Hong Kong office. He is also the founding partner and Chair of Greater China. Mr. Li has over 30 years of experience across a number of practices including equity capital markets, corporate mergers and acquisitions, private equity and debt capital markets. He regularly represents international investment banks and Chinese issuers on their equity capital markets-related outbound corporate financing and listings. He also represents Chinese corporations in outbound M&A, and is especially experienced advising on their M&A with Hong Kong listed companies.
Mr. Li regularly advises internationally renowned private equity funds and leading Chinese corporations on their private equity-related transactions. He often represents issuers in debt capital markets-related transactions. Mr. Li is fluent in English, Cantonese and Mandarin.
Education
- Xiamen University, LL.B., 1988
news
- Paul Hastings Advised (In Alphabetical Order) BNP Paribas Securities (Asia) Limited, CMB International Capital Limited, and Others in Carote Ltd’s Hong Kong IPO and Global Offering - October 7th, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advised Joint Sponsors and Underwriters in Chenqi Technology Limited’s Hong Kong IPO and Global Offering - July 10th, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advised Joint Sponsors, Overall Coordinators, and Other Underwriters, in Autostreets Development Limited’s Hong Kong IPO and Global Offering - June 4th, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advised Underwriters on Super Hi International’s Public Offering and Listing on the Nasdaq Global Market - May 22nd, 2024
- Raymond Li Named to China Business Law Journal’s 2023 “The A-List: Visionaries” - December 26th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advised Goldman and J.P. Morgan as Co-Lead Underwriters in SharkNinja, Inc.’s Secondary Public Offering of Ordinary Shares - December 11th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advised Joint Sponsors and Overall Coordinators in Shiyue Daotian’s Hong Kong IPO - October 12th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advised Financial Advisers in SharkNinja, Inc.’s Spin-off from JS Global Lifestyle Company Limited - August 10th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Receives Top Rankings in 2023 Chambers Greater China Region - January 26th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Again Receives Top Rankings in the 2023 Edition of The Legal 500 Asia Pacific - January 19th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advised Sole Sponsor and Underwriters in Pagoda‘s Hong Kong Listing - January 16th, 2023
- Raymond Li Named to China Business Law Journal’s 2022 A-List - January 12th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advises Joint Sponsors in Haidilao Subsidiary Spin-Off and Separate Listing by Way of Introduction - December 30th, 2022
- Paul Hastings Advises Sponsors and Underwriters on Weilong’s Hong Kong Listing - December 15th, 2022
- Paul Hastings Advises on LX Technology’s Hong Kong IPO Debut - November 24th, 2022
- Paul Hastings Adds Capital Markets Partner Peter Cheng in Hong Kong - November 14th, 2022
- Onewo Inc. Debuts in US$738 Million Hong Kong IPO - September 29th, 2022
- Dingdang Health Technology Debuts in Hong Kong IPO - September 14th, 2022
- Hongjiu Fruit Debuts in Hong Kong IPO - September 6th, 2022
- TI Cloud Prices Hong Kong IPO - June 30th, 2022
Recognitions
- Raymond Li Named to China Business Law Journal’s 2023 “The A-List: Visionaries” - December 26th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Again Receives Top Rankings in 2024 Edition of The Legal 500 Greater China - November 22nd, 2023
- Paul Hastings Again Receives Top Rankings in the 2023 Edition of The Legal 500 Asia Pacific - January 19th, 2023
- Raymond Li Named to China Business Law Journal’s 2022 A-List - January 12th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Recognized by Chambers Global 2022 - February 21st, 2022
- Recognized by Chambers Global 2019 - February 14th, 2019
- Recognized as Acritas Stars by Sharplegal - August 23rd, 2018
- Recognized in Chambers Asia 2018 - December 8th, 2017
- Recognized in Legal 500 Asia 2018 - November 29th, 2017
- Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Asia-Pacific Report - June 1st, 2017
- Paul Hastings Awarded Asia M&A Firm of the Year - February 27th, 2017
- China Business Law Journal Awards “Deal of the Year 2014” to Paul Hastings for Two Hong Kong Capital Markets Transactions - December 16th, 2014
- China Business Law Journal Awards - December 18th, 2012
insights
- IPOs in the JOBS Act Era 2014 - October 17th, 2014
- China Outbound M&A Report - October 28th, 2013
- HKEx guidance on the pre-release and pre-cancellation of Hong Kong depositary receipts - July 9th, 2012
- The State of Delaware Becomes an Acceptable Jurisdiction - February 14th, 2012
- New Listing Rules Amendments on Corporate Governance in Hong Kong - November 11th, 2011
- Consultation Conclusions on Proposed Changes to Property Valuation Requirements for Listing Applications - October 26th, 2011
- New HKEx Guidance concerning prospectus to be issued within 3 months of end of the latest financial year - October 14th, 2011
- Mixed Media Offer - March 23rd, 2011
- Listing Rules Amendments Update - January 21st, 2011
- China Matters: 2008 Review - January 4th, 2009
- China Matters: Practical Considerations for Acquisitions in China (2008) - November 26th, 2008
- China Matters: China Issues New Foreign Investment Restrictions - November 28th, 2007
- China Matters: Hong Kong-Still a Leading International Dispute Resolution Venue - January 15th, 2007
- China Matters: Opportunities And Risks Under Chinas New Bankruptcy Regime - November 6th, 2006
- China Matters: The 'Equity Swap' - China's New Landscape for Mergers and Acquisitions and Overseas IPOs - August 15th, 2006
- China Matters: Creating Value from Real Estate Investments in China - February 2nd, 2006
- China Matters: Creating Value from Real Estate Investments in China - February 2nd, 2006