Charltons
12th Floor, Dominion Centre
43-59 Queen’s Road East
Hong Kong
Tel: (852) 2905 7688; (852) 9101 5282
Fax: (852) 2854 9596
juliacharlton@charltonslaw.com
Practice Areas: Corporate Finance, PRC and Hong Kong Law
Education: Kings College, University of London (AKC LL.B., 1st Class Honours)
Jurisdictions: Admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales 1985 and Hong Kong 1987
Details: Julia was admitted as a solicitor in England
& Wales in 1985 and has practised as a solicitor in Hong Kong since
1987. She is an experienced practitioner in the field of corporate
finance, including mergers and acquisitions, private equity investment,
securities, derivatives and funds. Julia has extensive experience of
China work and is a Mandarin speaker. She has vast experience in private
equity investment in the PRC, advising European, US and Hong Kong based
funds on investment in a range of sectors including automotive, IT,
manufacturing, biotech, resources, cement and lottery. Julia has worked
with companies in the mining and minerals sectors on a variety of deals.
Julia advises regulators, financial institutions and listed companies on
the listing rules of both the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong
Kong Limited and the Growth Enterprise Market. She is experienced in the
fields of securities law, capital markets, private equity, M&A,
investment funds, restructuring and regulatory issues.
Julia’s recent restructuring work includes advising a major bank in
relation to the default of a borrower under certain pre-financing
arrangements, advising two major banks jointly in relation to the
default of various PRC borrowers under certain pre-financing
arrangements and advising these banks on their rights under relevant
insurance policies and other matters in relation to the cross-border
enforcement of securities, advising on the pre-insolvency restructuring
of an insurance business with substantial financial assistance issues,
preference share refinancings, the restructuring of a hedge fund
investment in a trading business with debt and equity components,
advising an investment group on the restructuring of a private equity
investment and advising a major financial institution on insurance
related restructuring and advising a company listed on the main board of
the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on its capital reorganisation, group
reorganisation and restructuring of its indebtedness and liabilities by
way of a scheme of arrangement involving a change of control.
Julia is a fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Directors, a fellow of
the Hong Kong Securities Institute, a member of the Takeovers Panel and
the Takeovers Appeals Panel of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures
Commission and a member of the Securities Law Committee of the Hong Kong
Law Society. She was named the Hong Kong American Chamber of Commerce
Women of Influence: Professional of the Year 2008.
Languages: English and Mandarin
Awards: Charltons was awarded the “Boutique Law Firm of
the Year” award by Asian Legal Business in 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007,
2008, 2009 and 2010. It also received the “Legal Restructuring Deal of
the Year” award in 2000 from the International Financial Law Review for
its restructuring of Guangdong Enterprises. Charltons was a finalist for
China Law & Practice’s “Deal of the Year (M&A)” 2007 for their
work on Zjjin Mining Group Company Limited’s bid for Monterrico Metals
plc., and for Asian Legal Business’s Equity Market Deal of the Year for
their work on China High Speed Transmission Group Co.’s IPO.