Practice areas

Corporate and commercial; Investment funds; M&A; Banking & finance

Introduction

River Stone (Shi Chuan) is the youngest partner in the corporate and commercial department at Tanner De Witt and heads the China practice group, which he launched with dispute resolution partner Pamela Mak in 2017. River is the driving force behind the China practice group, responsible for many significant client wins from mainland China including banks, securities companies, asset management companies, and companies in various other industries through his broad network.

He has a strong focus on high-value mergers and acquisitions (including cross-border M&A), fund formation (including PE funds, limited partnership funds, hedge funds and segregated portfolio company funds) and regulatory matters including Securities and Futures Commission, fintech, blockchain, data privacy, pharmaceutical and life science. He also advises extensively on matters pertaining to banking and finance, cryptocurrency, general corporate matters, trusts and family office-related matters.

River’s client base spans many sectors, with a particular focus in financial institutions, SOEs, private equity firms and major pharmaceutical companies including China Shandong Group, Shenzhen Investment Holdings, Zhongtai International Group, Infinity Group and Mindray Group.

While River advises on Hong Kong law, he has a wide network and deep multicultural and multijurisdictional knowledge and experience, which enable him to assist clients inside or outside of China on their cross-border business interests, financial transactions and business development needs. He has passed the Great Bay Area legal qualification exam and is in the first batch of Hong Kong lawyers who will have the qualification to practise PRC law in the Great Bay Area of China.

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