Charltons

Corporate finance firm Charltons advises domestic and multinational clients, controlling shareholders, sponsors and underwriters on IPOs on the main board and the GEM board of the HKSE, as well as compliance with the Hong Kong listing rules. The firm has been advising clients in the minerals sector on listing on the HKSE. Managing Partner Julia Charlton is the main contact.

Charltons focuses on corporate finance law and domestic and cross-border M&A. Managing partner Julia Charlton advised a client on the Hong Kong law aspects of a gold and copper project acquisition in Papua New Guinea and the reverse takeover of a resource company related to the transaction.

Managing partner Julia Charlton at boutique corporate finance firm Charltons is well-respected by clients. “Charltons is very knowledgeable, responsive, accurate and client friendly,” says one. The firm is sought after for its experience in advising on the formation and management of offshore, Hong Kong and China investment funds “Julia has good sector knowledge, integrity and drive,” says another client.

Charltons is well respected in the private equity practice. Julia Charlton and Clinton Morrow advised Chayora Holdings, a developer and operator of data centres, on a strategic investment of $73 million from Standard Chartered Bank Principal Finance Real Estate. The duo also advised Asia-focused alternative investment firm Orion Partners on its partnership with BNP Paribas Investment Partners. The firm also advised a venture capital firm on a $200 million investment in online education platform TutorGroup.