Bio

Benita Yu is the Senior Partner of our Hong Kong office. She is one of the industry’s leading corporate lawyers and described by leading legal directories as having “a reputation that is second to none” and an “in-depth understanding of business transactions and commercial operations and (the) ability to keep cooperative relations with other parties." Over the course of her career, spanning over three decades Benita has represented numerous major corporate clients, PRC state-owned enterprises, international issuers and leading investment banks with their landmark and high profile securities, M&A and corporate finance and debt financing transactions. In a professional capacity, Benita is Deputy Chairman of the Takeovers and Mergers Panel and a member of the Takeovers Appeal Committee of the SFC, a member of the Listing Review Committee of HKEX and was formerly a member of the SFC (HKEC Listing) Committee. She is also a fellow, and chairs the Company Law Interest Group of the Technical Panel, of the Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute. She was a member of the Standing Committee on Company Law Reform of the HKSAR Government.