Mr. Pang represents international investment banks, corporations, investment managers and investor groups in a variety of transactional matters. His wide-ranging experience includes international capital markets transactions, initial public offerings (IPO), investment fund matters, private equity, TMT sector and real estate funds; and cross-border mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic alliances.
Mr. Pang worked in leading international consultancy firm, US law firm and leading TMT conglomerate in Hong Kong. Mr. Pang was the Managing Director of a financial group primarily focusing on asset management, wealth management, securities, futures & 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 includes advising on the following:
- 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 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;
- Radio Network Capacity Sharing Arrangement with a leading TMT conglomerate;
- China Broadband Capital Partners III, L.P. (“CBC Fund III”) targeting to invest primarily in leading companies in the TMT sectors in China such as Consumer Internet, Enterprise Internet and Information Infrastructure with capital commitments up to US$500 million coupled with a leading TMT conglomerate as one of the selected Limited Partners;
- a Parallel Fund and Co-Invest Fund for CBC Fund III with the sovereign wealth fund in China as the strategic investor by expanding deal opportunities and enhancing value generation;
- post acquisition transaction and restructuring process of a largest wireless services provider acquired by a leading TMT conglomerate at US$2,430 million;
- advising on the structure of “Genius Brand” with JV partner Hutchison Telecommunication 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;
- 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;
- 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;
- 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;
- VoDone (Stock Code: 82) on its acquisition of a leading privately owned enterprise offering mobile audio/video broadcast, and interactive video services in China;
- 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;
- COFCO, a leading producer and supplier of processed agricultural products in China, on its pre-listing arrangements;
- a Dubai’s energy corporation on its potential joint ventures with CNOOC, a leading petrochemical corporation in the PRC;
- ICBC involving the discharge of a term loan facility of US$143 million to a major HK broadcaster, and on its restructuring process ahead of IPO involving the property transfer of a trail of properties valued at HK$700 million;
- 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, US and European fund houses, Deka Immobilient Investment and Prime Income Asset on 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 degree in the Faculty of Architecture and a master degree in laws from the University of Hong Kong. Mr. Pang is a qualified solicitor in England & Wales and Hong Kong.
