Jeffrey Mak is the principal of Jeffrey Mak Law Firm, a boutique corporate finance law firm. He has worked with leading international law firms focusing on corporate finance matters. He specializes in corporate regulatory matters, transactional execution and compliance for listed companies, corporate governance, restructuring and resumption, public M&As, takeovers, partial offers, rights issues, open offers, capitalization issues, share repurchases, spin‐offs, privatizations, restructurings, IPOs, issuance of shares, warrants, convertible bonds, exchangeable bonds, DCM transactions, and other regulated transactions relating to listed companies. Jeffrey also acts for listed companies when they are subjected to regulators' inquiries on compliance matters. He has advised on a wide range of public M&A transactions involving listed companies in financial services (including China Merchants Bank's acquisition of Wing Lung Bank), natural resources, environmental protection, property, civil aviation, renewable energy, information technology, consumer goods and media sectors. He is also Deputy Chairman of the Training Committee of the Hong Kong Institute of Directors, and a practicing PRC (Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau Greater Bay Area) Lawyer.
- Representing Riedel Communications GmbH & Co. KG in its acquisition of 100% equity of Simplylive Limited, a software-based multi-camera production service provider.
- Representing an investor in its subscription of 1,300,000,000 shares representing 47.27% (as diluted) of Morris Home Holdings Limited (HKEX:1575), the material dilution approval by the Listing Committee of HKEX, and the mandatory general offer triggered by the transaction.
- Representing Fourace Industries Group Holdings Limited, a lifestyle electrical appliances manufacturer, in its IPO on the main board of HKEX.
- Representing Haier Electronics Group Co., Ltd. in its privatization by way of a scheme of arrangement in connection with the IPO listing of H shares of Haier Smart Home (HKEX: 6690) by way of securities exchange.
- Representing Beijing Enterprises Clean Energy Group Limited (HKEX: 1250) in its issue of shares amounting to approximately 76.83% of its existing issued share capital to a subsidiary of China Shandong Hi-Speed Financial Group Limited (HKEX: 412) and the related whitewash approval by the Securities and Futures Commission.
- Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A
- Private equity
- Regulatory
- Consumer goods and services
- Industrials and manufacturing
- Energy
- Technology and telecommunications
- Fellow, Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators
- Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
- Fellow and Deputy Chairman of Training Committee, Hong Kong Institute of Directors
- LLB (Hong Kong); LLB (PRC)
- Master of Arts in Arbitration and Dispute Resolution