Practice areas

Capital markets; Corporate & commercial; M&A; Private equity, venture capital & funds

Introduction

Rossana Chu is the managing partner of LC Lawyers. With more than 25 years of legal experience and deep knowledge and skills, Chu advises on a wide variety of Hong Kong and cross-border M&As including takeovers and privatisations of listed companies, securities and assets transfer transactions, capital market transactions, corporate finance, asset management, ESG and sustainability, financing, technology law, regulatory compliance, and employment legal issues. Chu represents multinational and Chinese corporations, securities firms, investment banks, funds, non-profit organisations, families and individuals in their domestic and overseas legal matters.

Chu is an award-winning lawyer, and international accolades include: “Recommended Lawyer” by the Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2022); “Highly Regarded Leading Lawyer” by IFLR1000 (2015-2022); “A-List – China’s Elite 100 Lawyers (Foreign Firms)” by China Business Law Journal (2020-2022); “Winner in M&A Law Expert of the Year in Hong Kong” at The Lawyers Network Annual Awards (2022); “Winner in M&A Law Expert of the Year in Hong Kong” at the Global Law Experts Annual Awards (2022), “Recommended Attorney” by Global Law Experts (2021-2022); “Finalist for Managing Partner of the Year” at the ALB Hong Kong Law Awards (2022); “The Highest Rated Lawyer to work with of the Year” by asialaw Client Service Excellence (2021); “Ranked Lawyer” by Legal Media 360 (2021), “Winner in Capital Markets for Hong Kong” at the Lexology Client Choice Awards (2019); “Commended External Counsel of the Year” by the In-House Community (2017 and 2021); and “Winner of Takeover Deal of the Year” by Lawyer Monthly (2016).

Chu is appointed as an arbitrator of the China Guangzhou Arbitration Commission. She is also a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Directors and an Affiliate Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants of the United Kingdom. Chu has been interviewed by Legal 500 (2020), ALB Managing Partner Roundtable Feature (2019, 2020, 2022), ALB Journalist (2020), ALB M&A Rankings Awards (2021), China Business Law Journal’s Chinese outbound investment report (2021) and Market Pulse (2021); and contributed to the research of different legal aspects by writing specialised articles. Chu was named as the “Lexology Legal Influencer” in Q1 and Q2 (2021) and Q1 of 2022.

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