Iris’s practice is focused on corporate and commercial areas. She regularly advises both local and international clients on a diverse spectrum of areas including:
- mergers and acquisitions, equity and debt financing, private equity and venture capital, joint venture businesses, investment and shareholders agreements;
- corporate restructuring, share capital reduction, share buy-back, company amalgamation and dissolution;
- advising start-ups, establishment of new companies and businesses, registration of non-Hong Kong companies , formation of guarantee companies and charities;
- corporate governance, corporate regulatory and compliance matters, company secretarial practices;
- amendment of constitutional documents for Certified B Corporations;
- online businesses, commercial and operational contracts such as service agreements, consulting agreements, licensing agreements, distribution agreements and contracts for sale of goods;
- intellectual property portfolio management, intellectual property licensing and commercialization;
- employment and secondment contracts, work visa, employee restrictive covenants, employee handbooks and policies, employee share option plans, group reorganization and related employment matters, redundancy, employment termination and exit planning;
- personal data privacy and related compliance matters;
- arranging for notary public and China-Appointed Attesting Officer services.
Iris has considerable experience in advising multinational corporations in a wide range of industry sectors including fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), alcoholic beverage and brewing, fashion and apparel, automotive, immigration services, charities and direct selling. Iris had also worked as the regional legal counsel of a global direct selling company listed in the New York Stock Exchange responsible for legal matters in Hong Kong, Macau and southeast Asia markets in which she gained in-depth knowledge in the direct selling and multi-level marketing industry in the region.
Iris is always committed to providing high quality legal services to clients with a practical approach to solve legal issues in line with clients’ commercial objectives.