Margaret Li is a Hong Kong and US-qualified corporate associate. She is a member of the firm’s Capital Markets, Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity Practice Groups, and serves on the firm’s global Associate Committee.
Margaret’s practice specializes in complex corporate transactions, including capital markets transactions, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, public company takeovers, private equity transactions and series financings. She has particular experience in representing underwriters and issuers in equity securities offerings as well as transactions governed by the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Listing Rules and securities regulations in Hong Kong. She also regularly advises companies on corporate governance and regulatory compliance matters.
Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Margaret trained and practiced at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP.
Margaret is admitted to practice in Hong Kong and the State of New York. She is fluent in English, Cantonese and Mandarin.
Selected Experience
M&A, private equity and joint ventures
- Acting for KKR on the acquisition of The Executive Centre, a leading provider of premium flexible office space solutions in Asia Pacific and the Middle East.
- Acting for PCCW Limited on the sale of its data center business to a buyer controlled by funds managed by affiliates of DigitalBridge Group, Inc., a leading global digital infrastructure REIT listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
- Advising the independent board committee of Swire Pacific Limited in connection with the US$3.9 billion disposal by Swire Pacific Limited of its Coca-Cola production, sales and distribution business operating in 13 states across the western United States.
- Advising a technology, media, and telecommunications company in the sale of its communications services business.
- Acting for a private equity firm on the acquisition of a China-based IT services company that provides systems integration services for the telecom industry.
- Acting for a private equity firm on the acquisition of data centers in Asia and Europe.
- Acting for PCCW Limited and HKT Limited on the formation of a virtual banking joint venture with Standard Chartered and Ctrip.
- Acting for Kimberly-Clark Corporation on the acquisition of Softex Indonesia, a leader in the Indonesian personal care market.
Capital markets*
- Acting for Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C. and CLSA Limited in the US$150.5 million initial public offering and the listing of the shares of Qeeka Home (Cayman) Inc. on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
- Acting for China Securities (International) Corporate Finance Company Limited, ABCI Capital Limited and Bluemount Securities Limited in the US$53.3 million initial public offering and the listing of the shares of Fusen Pharmaceutical Company Limited on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
- Acting for China Logistics Property Holdings Co., Ltd in its US$434.3 million initial public offering and the listing of its shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
- Acting for Bank of America Merrill Lynch, BOCI Asia Limited, Haitong International Securities Company Limited and Credit Suisse (Hong Kong) Limited in the US$180 million initial public offering and the listing of the shares of Greentown Service Group Co. Ltd. on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
- Acting for Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Guotai Junan Securities (Hong Kong) Limited in the US$121.2 million initial public offering and the listing of the shares of Colour Life Services Group Co., Limited on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
* Includes matters handled prior to joining Gibson Dunn.
Capabilities
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Betting and Gaming
- Capital Markets
- Media, Entertainment, and Technology
- Private Equity
- Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance
Credentials
Education:
- University of Hong Kong - 2015 Postgrad Certificate in Laws
- University of Hong Kong - 2011 Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)
Admissions:
- New York Bar
- Solicitor of the High Court of Hong Kong