Carson Wen
Partner

Contact

(T) +852.3189.7328
(F) +852.2868.5871

Education

  • Oxford University (M.A. in Law 1980; Balliol College/B.A. in Law 1977; Younger Prizeman [in law], 1977); Columbia University (B.A. in Economics 1975)

Bar Admissions

  • Hong Kong and China-appointed attesting officer

Carson Wen has more than 30 years of experience in business, corporate, and securities law. He has advised international clients on mergers and acquisitions of listed and private companies in multiple industries. Carson represents international and Hong Kong companies in their direct investments in China, including joint ventures, wholly owned enterprises, and acquiring interests in existing PRC companies. He also provides advice on regulatory and strategic issues.

Carson's diverse portfolio of transactions includes many firsts: a reverse takeover listing of the first PRC-controlled listed company in Hong Kong, the first listing of a company on the Foreign Board of the Singapore Stock Exchange (which later obtained a dual listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange), and one of the earliest acquisitions by PRC financial institutions of a significant stake in a Hong Kong licensed bank.

Carson has advised PRC authorities and Chinese state-owned enterprises in many transactions with overseas companies. He also has acted for overseas investors and lenders in large-scale real estate developments in China.

In 2007, Carson was awarded the Bronze Bauhinia Star (BBS) in the Honours List of the Hong Kong SAR Government. He is also a deputy of the HKSAR to the National People's Congress of China, which is the PRC's national legislature and constitutionally the highest organ of state power. In addition, he holds various public service appointments in mainland China and Hong Kong and is a guest professor of the law school of Sun Yat-Sen University in Guangzhou, China.


Honors & Distinctions

  • Who's Who of the Law, Asia Pacific Legal 500, Asialaw Profiles, and China Top 200

Languages

Cantonese, English, Mandarin
Carson Wen