About Rossana
Rossana is known for her expertise across mergers and acquisitions (including takeovers and privatisations of Hong Kong listed companies, cross-border acquisitions and disposals of private companies and businesses/assets, private equity investments), capital markets, corporate financing, asset management, fund formation, corporate restructuring, debt restructuring, family offices and wealth management, ESG and sustainability, legal and regulatory compliance matters for Hong Kong-listed companies, employment legal issues, restructuring and insolvency.
She started her legal career in 1997 and had acted as a partner in various international law firms. Before joining YYC Legal, she was the Managing Partner of a Hong Kong law firm which was a member of the global network associated with one of the Big Four accounting firms.
Rossana represents multi-national and Chinese corporations, securities firms, banks, funds clients, families and individuals, as well as non-profit-making organisations in their domestic and overseas financial and commercial legal matters.
Rossana is an award-winning lawyer, international accolades include:
- Chambers Greater China Region “Leading Individual” (2024-2025)
- The Legal 500 Asia Pacific Greater China “Leading Partner” (2023-2025)
- asialaw Awards “HKSAR Female Lawyer of the Year” (2024)
- asialaw “Distinguished Practitioner” (2023-2024)
- asialaw Client Service Excellence Award “The Highest Rated Lawyer to work with of the Year” (2021)
- ALB Hong Kong Law Awards "Finalist for Woman Lawyer of the Year (Law Firm)” (2024)
- IFLR1000 “Woman Leader” (2024)
- IFLR1000 “Highly Regarded Leading Lawyer” (2015-2024)
- China Business Law Journal “A-List: Visionaries (International)” (2023-2025)
- China Business Law Journal “A-List: China’s Elite Lawyers (Foreign Firms)” (2020-2022)
- Global Law Experts - Named as an exclusive “Recommended M&A Attorney: Hong Kong” (2021-2025)
- Global Law Experts Annual Awards “M&A Law Expert of the Year” for Hong Kong (2022-2023)
- Leaders in Law - Named as an exclusive “Recommended M&A Attorney: Hong Kong” (2021-2025)
- Leaders in Law Global Awards “M&A Law Expert of the Year” for Hong Kong (2022-2023)
- The Lawyers Network Annual Awards “M&A Law Expert of the Year” for Hong Kong (2022)
- Legal Media 360 “Band 2 Ranked Lawyer” (2021, 2023, 2024)
- In-House Community “Commended External Counsel of the Year” (2017, 2021 and 2022-23)
- Lexology Client Choice Awards in “Capital Markets” category for Hong Kong (2019)
Rossana has been interviewed by various media and featured in Hong Kong Economic Journal (2024), China Business Law Journal Reports (2021-2024), ALB Asia Magazines (2019-2024), and Legal500 fivehundred (2020). As a Thought Leader, Rossana is the author of Lexology International Capital Markets: Hong Kong Chapter, Editions 13 & 14 (2023, 2024), co-contributor of the Chambers Global Practice Guides: Equity Finance 2024 – Hong Kong Chapter, and continuously contributes specialised articles to various renowned international legal media. Rossana was named as the “Lexology Legal Influencer” in Q1 and Q2 (2021) and Q1 of 2022.
Rossana is fluent in English, Mandarin, and Cantonese.
Education
- University of Hong Kong, LLM
- City University of Hong Kong, PCLL
- University of London, LLB (Hons.)
- City University of Hong Kong, BA (Accountancy)
Qualifications
- Solicitor, High Court of Hong Kong
- Solicitor, Supreme Court of England and Wales
