In the March 2023 edition of Asian Legal Business (ALB), Wilson Sonsini partner Winfield Lau is recognized in the publication’s "Hong Kong Rising Stars 2023" list.
The inaugural list showcases 30 lawyers in Hong Kong under 40 years of age who have demonstrated great potential in the industry, while earning wide acclaim from their clients in the process.
Winfield's profile describes his practice as focusing on a wide variety of capital markets matters, including corporate finance, M&A, and IPOs, in addition to general corporate regulatory and compliance advisory. During his time at Wilson Sonsini, "his work...has been instrumental in growing the China practice drawing on expertise gained in Hong Kong corporate and securities laws. Of note, [the firm's] Asian capital markets practice is the only new major player in the U.S. and Hong Kong IPO practice in Asia in the past seven years." The feature also mentions Winfield's representation of Morgan Stanley in the $4.75 billion placing offering of H-shares of Ping An Insurance Group, which was the largest H-shares follow-on offering by then. "He has emerged as a standout among clients that include Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Bank of America, and issuers such as WuXi AppTec," ALB writes.
Read Winfield's full profile and view the entire “Hong Kong Rising Stars 2023” list here.