William Lee

Partner

Hong Kong

T +852 2596 3358

M +852 6390 7267

E william.lee@walkersglobal.com

Practice Areas

William is a partner in the firm's Corporate and Investment Funds Group based in Hong Kong, advising clients on Cayman Islands, BVI and Bermuda matters. William predominantly advises across a wide variety of corporate transactions, covering public markets deals (including IPOs in the US and Hong Kong, secondary offerings, SPACs and take-privates) and private matters such as mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, group restructurings and series financings.

Prior Employment Experience

Prior to joining Walkers William worked in the Corporate department of Mishcon de Reya in London, where he advised corporate clients and high net worth individuals on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity transactions and general corporate matters.

Admitted in & Qualifications

Admitted In:

Bermuda, Registered Associate
British Virgin Islands
England and Wales (not practising)

Qualifications:
LLB in Law, University of Nottingham

News, Matters and Publications

MATTERS

Walkers acts as Cayman Islands counsel to VinFast on Black Spade business combination and Nasdaq listing - Walkers acted as Cayman Islands counsel to VinFast Auto Ltd. (VinFast), a Vietnamese electric-vehicl...
Walkers acts as Cayman Islands counsel to Baring Private Equity with take private and delisting of Ginko International - Walkers acted as Cayman Islands counsel to Hong Kong-based buyout firm Baring Private Equity Asia in...
Walkers advises PropertyGuru on US$1.8bn NYSE listing - Walkers acted as Cayman Islands counsel to Southeast Asia's leading property technology company Prop...
Walkers Acts on Singapore Fintech Firm FinAccel's US$2.5 billion US Listing via SPAC - Walkers Singapore acts as Cayman Islands counsel to FinAccel Pte. Ltd, the parent company of Indones...
Walkers acts as Bermuda counsel to Brooklyn Investment Limited on the privatisation of I.T Limited - Walkers acted as Bermuda counsel to Brooklyn Investment Limited (the "Offeror") on the privatisation...

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NEWS

Walkers Announces 2022 Senior Promotions: Asia & Middle East Boasts 13 Partner and Counsel Promotions Across its Three Offices - Walkers has promoted seven senior lawyers to the partnership across its Hong Kong, Singapore and Dub...
Walkers' Senior Lawyer and WPS Promotions 2022 - Walkers has announced its 2022 senior lawyer and WPS promotions*. Forty-seven senior colleagues from...
Walkers Hong Kong Wins Multiple Awards - Many congratulations to the Walkers team in Hong Kong who picked up two awards at the 2018 China Law...

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ADVISORY

Offshore Perspectives - Year of the Tiger Trends 2022 - The continuing impact of Covid-19 is clearly among the big talking points for 2022, with several que...

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