Sophie Shih-Yu Chu
Registered Foreign Lawyer
Areas of Focus
- Capital Markets
- Corporate & Finance
- International Arbitration
- Commercial Arbitration & International Commercial Disputes
- International Investment Disputes
- Counsel in Hong Kong office focusing on cross-border corporate matters, capital markets and dispute resolution.
Sophie Chu focuses on cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A), including equity transactions and assets transactions, and capital markets including Hong Kong, Taiwan and U.S. initial public offerings (IPO) and high-yield bond offering projects. Sophie also assists clients in cross-border commercial disputes, including U.S. litigation, international arbitration and mediation.
Sophie represented Asian and international companies on project finance, banking, private equity transactions and general corporate matters for more than 10 years.
Earlier in her career, Sophie worked at leading international law firms in Hong Kong. She spent four years in a large Taiwanese Law firm focusing on company listing, cross-border M&A and general corporate matters. She also practiced in the United States for two and half years, mainly engaging in commercial and international litigation.
- Acting for a People’s Republic of China (PRC) company on the initial public offering on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
- Representing the sponsor on the initial public offering on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange of a PRC company.
- Acting for Wisdom Marine Lines Co., Limited on its $99.31 million offering in the Euro-Convertible Bonds on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited and the Global Depositary Receipts on the Main Board of London Stock Exchange.*
- Acting for Crown Bioscience International in its initial public offering on the Taipei Exchange.*
- Representing Powerlong Real Estate Holdings Limited in its global high yield bond offering.*
LanguagesMandarin
English
Taiwanese
Mandarin
English
Taiwanese
EducationLL.M., University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, 2005
LL.B., National Taiwan University, 2004
B.B.A., National Taiwan University, 2004
LL.M., University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, 2005
LL.B., National Taiwan University, 2004
B.B.A., National Taiwan University, 2004
Bar AdmissionsNew York
Registered Foreign Lawyer in Hong Kong
New York
Registered Foreign Lawyer in Hong Kong
- “International Company and Commercial Law Review,” Nanjing, China, 2019.