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Keen to explore opportunities in China Practice? Eager to find out more about how a day in the life of a lawyer involved in cross-border capital markets and M&A transactions looks like? Come join us for this semester’s Global Industry Awareness careers talk by senior lawyers from Shook Lin & Bok LLP to have all your questions answered.

This talk will be especially helpful for Law students who are keen to improve your industry or commercial awareness, in order to better prepare for internship or training contract interviews.

Issues which will be discussed include:

• How does life as a lawyer involved in cross-border corporate and banking transactions look like
• China market insights – what are some recent trends in China practice?
• What are some opportunities and challenges for lawyers in China practice?
• Managing cultural differences with Chinese clients – what are some useful skills and practical tips which will facilitate cross-cultural collaboration?

About the Speakers

Wong Gang
Partner, Shook Lin & Bok LLP

Wong Gang is a Partner of Shook Lin & Bok LLP. He specialises in corporate finance, equity capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, listing compliance and governance, China practice, and general corporate advisory. His areas of practice include initial public offerings, secondary listings, cross-border dual listings, rights issues, issuance of securities and other instruments by companies from Singapore, China, Taiwan, Indonesia, Bermuda and other jurisdictions. He also advises on mergers and acquisitions, reverse take-overs, direct investments, joint ventures involving listed and private companies in Singapore, China, Taiwan, Indonesia, Bermuda and other jurisdictions. He is a member of the Ministry of Law’s Advisory Committee for the China-Ready Programme for Singapore’s Legal Industry.

Guo Xiaofei
Partner, Shook Lin & Bok LLP

Guo Xiaofei is a Partner of Shook Lin & Bok LLP. She heads the Firm’s China Practice and she specialises in Capital Market, M&A and foreign direct investment (FDI) in China. Since joining the Firm in 2009, she has been involved in a number of China-related IPOs, private and public takeovers in Singapore, FDIs in PRC and cross-border investments in Asia. Xiaofei is based in Singapore but travels regularly between Singapore and China advising clients on a wide range of matters, including Chinese clients’ overseas investments, financing and IPO structures, as well as Singapore and foreign clients’ investments, especially in the mining and energy, TMT, advertising, commercial and residential property, project and retail industries in China. Prior to joining Shook Lin & Bok, Xiaofei worked on China-related M&A, FDI and IPO transactions in another Singapore law firm.