Paul Chun Man Lau

paul.lau@lw.com

+1.212.906.1200

Capital Markets

Profile

Paul Lau is a corporate associate in the New York office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Capital Markets Practice.

Mr. Lau represents corporates, financial institutions, and private equity firms on a wide range of equity and debt capital markets and corporate finance transactions, as well as general corporate and securities law matters.

These include initial public offerings, follow-on and secondary equity offerings, investment grade, high-yield and convertible debt offerings, liability management transactions, corporate governance issues, public company reporting obligations, and stock exchange rules and requirements.

Mr. Lau has experience working across jurisdictions, including in Hong Kong, London, and New York.

Mr. Lau maintains an active pro bono practice, representing non-profits and individuals seeking asylum.

Mr. Lau served on the board of the Hong Kong Schools Debating and Public Speaking Community, Limited, and was a member of both the Welsh and Hong Kong national schools debate teams.

Experience

Mr. Lau's experience includes advising:

Debt Capital Markets

American Airlines in its US$750 million senior secured notes offering
Broadcom in its US$6 billion exchange offer for senior notes, US$750 million senior notes offering, and US1.2 billion exchange offer for senior notes
Morgan Stanley as initial purchaser in the US$400 million green convertible senior notes offering by Stem, Inc.
Jeffries as initial purchaser in the US$200 million convertible senior notes offering by Danimer Scientific
Investment banks, as lenders or initial purchasers, in Hertz's car rental securitizations
Xiaomi in its US$600 million senior notes offering*
Medco Energi in its US$300 million senior notes offering and US$500 million senior notes offering*

Equity Capital Markets

Morgan Stanley as underwriter in the US$88.5 million initial public offering of AirSculpt Technologies
Global-e in its US$883 million secondary offering of common stock
Trip.com in its US$1.1 billion offering of ordinary shares and secondary listing in Hong Kong*
Bairong in its US$500 million initial public offering and listing in Hong Kong*
ZTO Express in its US$1.25 billion offering of Class A ordinary shares and secondary listing in Hong Kong*
Everest Medicines in its US$451 million initial public offering and listing in Hong Kong*
Cathay Media and Education Group in its US$184 million initial public offering and listing in Hong Kong*
Edvantage Group in its US$91 million initial public offering and listing in Hong Kong*
China Renaissance in its US$350 million initial public offering and listing in Hong Kong*
China Literature Limited in its US$1.06 billion spin-off from Tencent Holdings via an initial public offering and listing in Hong Kong*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham

Qualifications

Bar Qualification

Hong Kong (Solicitor)
New York

Education

Postgraduate Certificate in Laws, University of Hong Kong
BA, University of Oxford

Practices

Industries

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July 18, 2024 Our Work

Latham Advises on OSI Systems, Inc.’s Upsized US$300 Million Convertible Senior Notes Offering

Capital markets team represents the specialized electronic systems and components company in the offering.

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May 9, 2024 Our Work

Latham Represents Lenders in Financing for Stone Point Capital and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice’s Completed Acquisition of Truist Insurance Holdings From Truist

Firm advised on financing supporting the acquisition valuing Truist Insurance Holdings at US$15.5 billion, one of the largest take-private transactions in 2024 to date.