
Overview
Raymond S.F. Li is a partner in the Hong Kong office. He is also the founding partner and Chair of Greater China. Mr. Li has over 30 years of experience across a number of practices including equity capital markets, corporate mergers and acquisitions, private equity and debt capital markets. He regularly represents international investment banks and Chinese issuers on their equity capital markets-related outbound corporate financing and listings. He also represents Chinese corporations in outbound M&A, and is especially experienced advising on their M&A with Hong Kong listed companies.
Mr. Li regularly advises internationally renowned private equity funds and leading Chinese corporations on their private equity-related transactions. He often represents issuers in debt capital markets-related transactions. Mr. Li is fluent in English, Cantonese and Mandarin.
Education
- Xiamen University, LL.B., 1988
News
- Paul Hastings Advised Smithfield and WH Group on Smithfield’s IPO - January 28th, 2025
- Paul Hastings Advised HealthyWay Inc. on Its Hong Kong IPO and Global Offering - December 30th, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advised CICC and Other Underwriters in Mao Geping Cosmetics Co., Ltd.’s Hong Kong IPO and Global Offering - December 10th, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advised UBS, BOCI, CITIC Securities and Merrill Lynch, and Others in China Resources Beverage’s $650 Million Hong Kong IPO and Global Offering - October 23rd, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advised (In Alphabetical Order) BNP Paribas Securities (Asia) Limited, CMB International Capital Limited, and Others in Carote Ltd’s Hong Kong IPO and Global Offering - October 7th, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advised Joint Sponsors and Underwriters in Chenqi Technology Limited’s Hong Kong IPO and Global Offering - July 10th, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advised Joint Sponsors, Overall Coordinators, and Other Underwriters, in Autostreets Development Limited’s Hong Kong IPO and Global Offering - June 4th, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advised Underwriters on Super Hi International’s Public Offering and Listing on the Nasdaq Global Market - May 22nd, 2024
- Raymond Li Named to China Business Law Journal’s 2023 “The A-List: Visionaries” - December 26th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advised Goldman and J.P. Morgan as Co-Lead Underwriters in SharkNinja, Inc.’s Secondary Public Offering of Ordinary Shares - December 11th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advised Joint Sponsors and Overall Coordinators in Shiyue Daotian’s Hong Kong IPO - October 12th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advised Financial Advisers in SharkNinja, Inc.’s Spin-off from JS Global Lifestyle Company Limited - August 10th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Receives Top Rankings in 2023 Chambers Greater China Region - January 26th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Again Receives Top Rankings in the 2023 Edition of The Legal 500 Asia Pacific - January 19th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advised Sole Sponsor and Underwriters in Pagoda‘s Hong Kong Listing - January 16th, 2023
- Raymond Li Named to China Business Law Journal’s 2022 A-List - January 12th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advises Joint Sponsors in Haidilao Subsidiary Spin-Off and Separate Listing by Way of Introduction - December 30th, 2022
- Paul Hastings Advises Sponsors and Underwriters on Weilong’s Hong Kong Listing - December 15th, 2022
- Paul Hastings Advises on LX Technology’s Hong Kong IPO Debut - November 24th, 2022
- Paul Hastings Adds Capital Markets Partner Peter Cheng in Hong Kong - November 14th, 2022
Accolades
- Raymond Li Named to China Business Law Journal’s 2023 “The A-List: Visionaries” - December 26th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Again Receives Top Rankings in 2024 Edition of The Legal 500 Greater China - November 22nd, 2023
- Paul Hastings Again Receives Top Rankings in the 2023 Edition of The Legal 500 Asia Pacific - January 19th, 2023
- Raymond Li Named to China Business Law Journal’s 2022 A-List - January 12th, 2023