Professional profile
Will FUNG
Senior Foreign Counsel
Email: willfung@grandall.com.cn
T: (+86)(10) 6589 0699 ext 633
D: (+86)(10) 6589 0633
F: (+86)(10) 6589 0799 / 6517 6800 /6517 6801
• Certificate in Legal Practice, Legal Qualifying Board of Malaysia
• University of Leeds, School of Law, United Kingdom, LL.B (Hons)
• Corporate, M&A & Restructuring
• Capital Markets & Corporate Finance
• Foreign Investments (Inbound & Outbound)
• Infrastructure, Power & Energy
• Dispute Resolution
• Presenter: "Doing Business in China: The Nuts and Bolts", (October 2009) Organized by the Malaysian Bar, Professional Standards and Development Committee @ KL, Malaysia;
• Presenter: "Time for some House-Keeping: Corporate & Commercial Practice", (November 2008) Organized by the ALB In-House Legal Summit Beijing, 2008 @ Beijing, China;
• Presenter: "China Law Updates - New Enterprise Bankruptcy Law", (February 2007) Organized by the Singapore Business Federation @ Singapore;
• Author: "Policy-Oriented vs. Market-Oriented Bankruptcy: A Tour on the PRC New Enterprise Bankruptcy Law", Lexis-Nexis China Law (September 2006); China Law Reporter - International Law of the American Bar Association (January, 2007 - Volume 3, Issue 1);
• Author & Presenter: "IP & Investment Strategy for Asian Market: How to Build your Success", (October 2006) Hosted by Ministry of Information and Communication, South Korea, Seoul in conjunction with Global Law Seminar @ Seoul, Korea.
• Foreign Counsel, Lehman Lee & Xu, Beijing
• Partner, Messrs. Arthur Wang, Lian & Associate, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Associate, Messrs. Shook Lin & Bok, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Professional Associations
• Malaysian Bar, Member
• Kuala Lumpur Bar Committee, Head of YLC Legal Struggles Sub-Com 2005-2006
• Mr. Fung advises primarily foreign clients on corporate mergers and acquisitions, pertaining to foreign direct investment projects in China;
• Will also handles corporate restructuring, projects and joint-ventures in services oriented industries such as Media & PR companies, Information Technology & Communications, Pharmaceutical & Petrol Chemicals and Oil & Gas; Infrastructure, Power & Energy;
• Will has acted as leading counsel in several deals involving outbound investment / work representing Chinese State-Owned Enterprises and corporate clients in negotiation process, focusing in Asia-Pacific Region, Europe as well as the Middle-East countries;
• Prior to joining the Firm, Will has extensive experience in the practice of corporate and commercial, real estate and infrastructure development projects and corporate insolvency as well as corporate re-organization works; he has also handled a few high profile corporate and commercial disputes litigation, involving multi-million lawsuit/claims;
• Will has also assisted in defending a multi-million defamation suit for a leading insurance company listed in NYSE & London Stock Exchange.
• Some of his notable clients include: Huntsworth PLC (UK); PureCircle Limited (UK); IVC Corporation (USA); Freedom Water Corp (Canada); Omnilife (Mexico); UMW Oil & Gas (Malaysia); Pitney Bowes (USA/UK); Reed Exhibitions (USA/UK); China Minmetals (China); CSR (China); CGNPC (China); Opps! Jealous (Taiwan); Beijing Yujing Real Estate Development Co. Ltd. (River Garden Villa), to name a few.