Sophie Shih-Yu Chu

Registered Foreign Lawyer

Areas of Focus

Sophie Shih-Yu Chu

Registered Foreign Lawyer

Sophie.Chu@akingump.com

Areas of Focus

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Sophie Shih-Yu Chu is a senior counsel in Akin Gump's Hong Kong office.
  • 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.

Representative Work
  • 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.*
  • Representing an offshore leisure company in the sale of 100% equity of Fuchun Resort in China.*
  • Represented CoWealth Medical Holdings Limited, a Taiwan listed company, against Accuray Incorporated, a NASDAQ listed company in International Chamber of Commerce International Court of Arbitration (ICC) proceedings.*
  • Representing GoerTek, Inc., a China listed company against Knowles, a NYSE listed company in International Trade Commission (ITC) proceedings.*

*This experience was gained at a law firm prior to joining Akin Gump.

Languages
  • Mandarin

  • English

  • Taiwanese

Education
  • LL.M., University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, 2005

  • LL.B., National Taiwan University, 2004

  • B.B.A., National Taiwan University, 2004

Bar Admissions
  • New York

  • Registered Foreign Lawyer in Hong Kong

Speeches and Publications
  • “International Company and Commercial Law Review,” Nanjing, China, 2019.

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