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Venture Capital and Private Equity Investing in China
The Center for Chinese Legal Studies at Columbia University presents a talk on venture capital and private equity investing in China.
When:
September 27, 2013 12:10pm to 1:10pm
Where
Speaker:
Simon C.M. Luk, A.B. ’75, J.D. ’78, Partner, Winston & Strawn LLP
Bio:
Simon Luk, a partner in the firm’s Hong Kong office, is chairman of Winston & Strawn’s Asia practice. His practice focuses on international corporate securities.
Mr. Luk represents multinational corporations in cross-border mergers and acquisitions, U.S. capital market fund raising, compliance with regulation of the Securities and Exchange Commission policies, and the acquisition of assets and brand names.
Mr. Luk serves as a legal adviser to the Chamber of Listed Hong Kong Companies, the Hong Kong Electronics Association, the Toy Manufacturers Association of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Electrical Appliances Manufacturers Association, the Hong Kong Young Industrialists Council, the Monte Jade Science and Technology Association of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Brands Protection Alliance, and the Hong Kong Shandong Business Association.
Honors and Awards
The Practical Law Company Cross-Border Handbook, a comprehensive guide to the leading lawyers and law firms in private equity, recognized Mr. Luk from 2006 through 2011 as a leading lawyer for private equity: buyouts and a highly recommended lawyer for mergers and acquisitions work. Asia Law has also named him as a leading lawyer in its annual survey of Asian capital market lawyers.
Activities
Mr. Luk is a member of the New York State Bar Association, the Law Society of Hong Kong, and the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce.
Education
Mr. Luk received a A.B., summa cum laude, in 1975 from Columbia College and a J.D. in 1978 from Columbia University School of Law, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.
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Phone Number:
(212) 854-0685
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