Ven Tan is the managing partner of the Hong Kong office and specializes in broad range of corporate and securities matters, including Hong Kong IPOs, dual listings, secondary offerings, corporate restructuring and private and public mergers and acquisitions. He has been in Hong Kong since 1993 and was involved in a number of the early H-share, B-share and red-chip listings by major PRC State-owned enterprises such as Angang New Steel, Shanghai Hai Xing Shipping, Jilin Chemical, Beijing Yanhua Petrochemical and Hainan Airlines. Recent representative matters include the first dual A- and H- share rights issue by a PRC H share-listed company, Angang Steel, which raised US$2.6 billion, the HK IPOs of Asia Cement, Solargiga Energy and China Huiyuan Juice and the US$470 million privatization of Jilin Chemical by PetroChina.

Mr. Tan is a frequent speaker at conferences on Hong Kong and China corporate legal issues and has been named as a leading lawyer for capital markets work and corporate/M&A by Chambers Asia. He is also listed as a leading lawyer in the Hong Kong edition of the "Legal Who's Who".

Mr. Tan received his Law Degree with honors from Hull University, England, where he was editor of the Hull University Law Journal, and his Master of Law Degree (International Business Law) from King's College, London. He is qualified to practice in England & Wales, Hong Kong, and New York. He is fluent in English and Mandarin.