About the Lawyer
Rossana Chu is a partner at YYC Legal LLP in Hong Kong, with more than 27 years of legal practice experience. Her work focuses on mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and she is known for advising on takeovers and privatisations of Hong Kong-listed companies, cross-border acquisitions and disposals of private companies and businesses/assets, and private equity investments. She also advises multinational and Chinese corporations, securities firms, banks, funds, families and individuals, and non-profit-making organisations on domestic and overseas financial and commercial matters.
Experience
Rossana Chu has been a partner in international law firms since 2008. From 2018 to early 2024, she served as Managing Partner of a Hong Kong law firm that was part of the global network of a Big Four accounting firm.At YYC Legal LLP, she continues to advise on Hong Kong legal aspects of M&A, with a particular emphasis on cross-border and listed-company transactions. Chambers describes her as highly experienced in M&A and equity capital markets regulations, and the firm’s profile highlights her work for clients across a range of industries.SpecialtyRossana Chu’s M&A practice includes:

Takeovers and privatisations of Hong Kong-listed companies
Cross-border acquisitions and disposals of private companies and businesses/assets
Private equity investments
Corporate transactions connected with financing and restructuring
Regulatory and compliance issues arising in M&A deals
Equity capital markets matters linked to corporate transactions

Her client base includes multinational and Chinese corporations, securities firms, banks, funds, families and individuals, and non-profit organisations.Education

Hong Kong legal qualification
Qualification in England and Wales
Affiliate member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants of the United Kingdom