Yingshi Pan is an associate in the Hong Kong office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Corporate Department. Yingshi’s practice focuses on a broad range of corporate finance transactions including capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, direct investment activities in the PRC, and other general corporate matters.

Prior to joining Latham, she worked at a leading law firm in Singapore.

Yingshi’s recent experience includes advising: 

  • The underwriters on the HK$1.014 billion initial public offering of shares on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange for JF SmartInvest (formerly JF Wealth), a leading online investment decision-making solution provider in China
  • HKBN on its US$1.3 billion acquisition of WTT Holding Corporation, a Hong Kong-based fixed telecommunication services operator
  • CICC, Haitong and other underwriters on the HKD1.92 billion H-share initial public offering of Shanghai Dazhong Public Utilities (Group) Co., Ltd. on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
  • Fuyao Glass Industry Group Co., Ltd on its HKD7.39 billion initial public offering of H shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange; Fuyao Glass is an existing A share listed company on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, and the world’s second largest automobile glass manufacturer 
  • GF Securities Co., Ltd. on its initial public offering and listing of H shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
  • New Century Asset Management Limited, the manager of New Century Real Estate Investment Trust (New Century REIT), which is the world’s first China-based hotel REIT and owns four five-star hotels in mainland China, on its initial public offering on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and its acquisition of Songjiang New Century Grand Hotel Shanghai, a five-star hotel located in Shanghai, with the total transaction cost of approximately CNY747.7 million
  • Huishang Bank Corporation, the largest city commercial bank in Central China, on its initial public offering of 2.6 billion shares listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange 
  • The underwriters on PanAsialum Holdings’s initial public offering on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
  • The underwriters on Beijing Jingneng Clean Energy Co., Limited’s initial public offering on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
  • China Suntien Green Energy Corporation Limited, a leading clean energy company in Northern China with operations mainly in natural gas supply and generation of wind power, on its initial public offering on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange

Bar Qualification

  • California
  • Hong Kong (Solicitor)

Education

  • LL.M., National University of Singapore, 2007
  • Master of Common Law, The University of Hong Kong, 2006
  • LL.B., China Univ. of Political Science and Law, 2005

Languages Spoken

  • Chinese (Cantonese)
  • Chinese (Mandarin)
  • English