Mr. Pang represents international investment banks, corporations, investment managers, and investor groups across a broad range of transactional matters. His wide-ranging experience encompasses capital markets transactions, initial public offerings (IPO), investment funds, private equity, TMT (Technology, Media, and Telecommunications), real estate funds, as well as cross-border mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and strategic alliances.
Mr. Pang currently serves as the Chairman of the Advisory Committee for multiple private investment funds, including Limited Partnership Funds (LPF) and Open-ended Fund Company (OFC). Mr. Pang is an Independent Non-Executive Director (INED) nominee for a technology company listed on Nasdaq in New York, US, focusing on advanced solutions in cloud computing, IoT and data center services. He is also a Non-Executive Board Advisor to startups integrating Artificial Intelligence with traditional established practices, as well as to a Japan-based e-commerce platform, led and founded by professionals with backgrounds in leading technology firms including Tencent, Cisco, Microsoft, and prestigious universities.
Prior to joining this firm, Mr. Pang worked in leading international consultancy and U.S. law firms, as well as a renowned TMT conglomerate in Hong Kong. Mr. Pang was the Managing Director of a financial group primarily focusing on asset management, wealth management, securities, futures and commodities, wholly-owned by a main board listed company in Hong Kong. Mr. Pang served as the Group General Counsel of a main board listed company in Hong Kong and was also a founding director of a private equity fund with an initial registered capital of RMB100 million in the PRC.
Mr. Pang’s extensive experience across private practice and in-house counsel roles includes advising on the following matters:
- US$300,000,000 Zero Coupon Guaranteed Notes by a leading TMT conglomerate with Deutsche Bank as the Sole Bookrunner and Lead Manager and Linklaters, Clifford Chance and Conyers Dill & Pearman as the legal advisers;
- proposed senior unsecured notes denominated in U.S. dollars of an aggregate principal amount of up to US$200 million by a leading TMT Group to institutional and/or sophisticated investors with BNP Paribas as the Joint Sole Bookrunners and Lead Managers, Deutsche Bank AG, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited and Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited as the joint coordinators;
- A Radio Network Capacity Sharing Arrangement with a leading TMT conglomerate;
- Assisting a leading TMT group on its participation in China Broadband Capital Partners III, L.P. (“CBC Fund III”) as a limited partner, a private equity fund with a total capital commitment of USD 500 million, primarily targeting investments in leading companies within China’s TMT sectors, including consumer internet, enterprise internet, and information infrastructure. The TMT group contributed a portion of the committed capital as its investment;
- post-acquisition transaction and restructuring arrangements of the largest wireless services provider acquired by a leading TMT conglomerate for US$2,430 million;
- advising on the structure of “Genius Brand” with JV partner Hutchison Telecommunications for jointly funded 4G Network on 50%/50% basis and its subsequent transactions relating to the principles of Additional Capacity and Base Capacity Payment;
- acquisition of a main board listed company in Hong Kong for an aggregate consideration of HK$600 million and its possible unconditional mandatory general offer for all the issued shares;
- representing UBS AG on a Hong Kong IPO and international placing in relation to the largest scrap metals providers in China with market capitalization of HK$5.18 billion under Rule 144A and Regulation S;
- advising investment general partners on the structure of an offshore closed-ended fund and RMB fund aiming to achieve a capital commitment of US$200 million;
- advising a private equity firm on the potential acquisition of a majority equity interest of PRC state-owned assets in the city of Harbin valued at RMB350 million;
- advising VoDone (Stock Code: 82) on its acquisition of a leading privately owned enterprise offering mobile audio/video broadcast, and interactive video services in China;
- advising a Mongolian Joint Venture Group, one of the major owners and operators of iron ore mines in north-central Mongolia, together with JP Morgan on the capital financing of US$200 million by way of convertible bond;
- advising COFCO, a leading producer and supplier of processed agricultural products in China, on its pre-listing arrangements;
- advising a Dubai-based energy corporation on its potential joint ventures with CNOOC, a leading petrochemical corporation in the PRC;
- advising ICBC on discharging a US$143 million term loan facility to a major HK broadcaster, and on its restructuring process ahead of IPO involving the property transfer of properties valued at HK$700 million;
- advising Morgan Stanley Asia on the anti-bribery provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) in relation to an investigation and dispute of an asset management company in Thailand; and
- representing a number of leading private equity funds such as Axiom Asia Private Capital Fund II, L.P, Sequoia Capital, Broadline Capital LLC, Flag Capital Management, LLC, Galaxy Fund, Galaxy Asset Management Limited, Galaxy China Special Situations Fund SPC, Galaxy China Deep Value Fund and Phoenix Property Investor Funds;
- introducing strategic partners, U.S. and European fund houses, Deka Immobilient Investment and Prime Income Asset, for the potential acquisitions of a trail of properties including hotels, shopping malls and commercial properties in the PRC.
Mr. Pang received a bachelor of laws degree from Tsinghua University (Beijing). He holds a master’s degree in the Faculty of Architecture and a master’s degree in laws from the University of Hong Kong. Mr. Pang is a qualified solicitor in England & Wales and Hong Kong.
