{"id":34191,"date":"2009-10-28T07:58:05","date_gmt":"2009-10-28T11:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pehub.com\/?p=53937"},"modified":"2009-10-28T07:58:05","modified_gmt":"2009-10-28T11:58:05","slug":"weil-gotshal-adds-hong-kong-partners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/34191","title":{"rendered":"Weil Gotshal Adds Hong Kong Partners"},"content":{"rendered":"

Henry Ong<\/strong> and Jasson Han<\/strong>\u00a0have joined the Hong Kong office of law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP<\/strong> as a\u00a0partner and partner-level senior consultant, respectively. They previously were with Simmons & Simmons.<\/p>\n

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International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP announced today that Henry Ong and Jasson Han have joined the firm\u2019s Hong Kong office.<\/p>\n

Henry Ong joins Weil\u2019s Corporate Department as a partner from the Hong Kong office of Simmons & Simmons where he worked for 9 years as a partner in its corporate team. Mr. Ong has extensive experience advising on a broad range of complex mergers and acquisitions transactions and securities offerings, including transactions in the TMT and financial services industries. Mr. Ong is a UK and Hong Kong qualified lawyer and has particular expertise with transactions involving public companies in Hong Kong, including matters involving Hong Kong listing, takeover and securities rules and regulations. Local Hong Kong law firm Henry Ong & Co., of which Mr. Ong is the sole principal, will be in association with Weil upon approval of the Hong Kong Law Society.<\/p>\n

Jasson Han joins Weil as a partner-level Senior Consultant from Simmons & Simmons\u2019 Hong Kong office. Mr. Han has advised numerous major state owned enterprises, multinational corporations, and privately owned companies based in the People\u2019s Republic of China (PRC) on PRC-related corporate, securities, and transactional law matters. Mr. Han has significant experience advising clients in the energy, telecommunications, and consumer products industries. A qualified PRC lawyer, Mr. Han was previously a partner at Jun He Law Office, a leading PRC law firm. He will divide his time between Weil\u2019s Hong Kong and Beijing offices.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are continuing our strategic expansion in Asia with the addition of two excellent and seasoned practitioners,\u201d remarked Stephen Dannhauser, Chairman of Weil, Gotshal & Manges. \u201cHenry and Jasson bolster our position as a market leader in Asia-related cross-border M&A and private equity transactions.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOur world-class corporate practice has extensive experience advising clients on complex transactions across the entire Asia-Pacific region,\u201d commented Akiko Mikumo, Managing Partner for Asia and Head of the firm\u2019s Hong Kong office. \u201cThe broad experience Henry and Jasson have in Chinese and Hong Kong transactional M&A and securities offerings, along with Henry\u2019s Hong Kong law capabilities and Jasson\u2019s PRC law background, are an excellent addition to our growing Asia team and provide our clients with an outstanding platform for their activities in China and Hong Kong.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are thrilled that Henry and Jasson will add their talents and experience to the deep bench of deal-makers we have in our offices in the region,\u201d added Steven Xiang, Head of the firm\u2019s China practice. \u201cTheir arrival underscores our exceptional strength in domestic and cross-border M&A and securities transactions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Henry Ong and Jasson Han are each recognized as a \u201cLeading Individual\u201d for Corporate\/M&A in Hong Kong and China in Chambers and Partners\u2019 2009 Asia guide.<\/p>\n

Weil, Gotshal & Manges (www.weil.com), an international law firm of approximately 1,300 lawyers, including approximately 300 partners, is headquartered in New York, with offices in Beijing, Boston, Budapest, Dallas, Dubai, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Miami, Munich, Paris, Prague, Providence, Shanghai, Silicon Valley, Warsaw, Washington, D.C. and Wilmington.<\/p>\n

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Henry Ong and Jasson Han\u00a0have joined the Hong Kong office of law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP as a\u00a0partner and partner-level senior consultant, respectively. They previously were with Simmons & Simmons. PRESS RELEASE International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP announced today that Henry Ong and Jasson Han have joined the firm\u2019s Hong […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34191\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}