Venantius Tan is the managing partner of the Hong Kong office and specializes in corporate and securities matters. Mr. Tan travels frequently between the firm's China offices and Hong Kong. He has broad experience in international corporate transactions, in particular, initial public offerings on both the Main Board and Growth Enterprise Market of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, and on the New York and PRC Stock Exchanges. He 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, Dalian Port, Haitian International Holdings, Shanghai Hai Xing Shipping, Zhenhai Refinery, Jilin Chemical, Beijing Yanhua Petrochemical and Hainan Airlines. Ven also regularly advises on both private and public mergers and acquisitions.

Mr. Tan is a frequent speaker at conferences on Hong Kong and China corporate legal issues and is the author of the chapter on "PRC Securities Law" in the China Finance Manual published by Asia Law and Practice. He is listed in the Hong Kong edition of the "Legal Who's Who" and Chambers Asia 2007 as a leading lawyer for Corporate/M&A.

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.

After qualifying as a solicitor in England in 1993, Mr. Tan moved to Hong Kong. He is qualified to practice in England & Wales, Hong Kong, and New York. He is fluent in English and Mandarin.