Iris Leung

Iris Leung is a partner at Edwin Kwok & Co in Hong Kong, advising on capital markets and mergers and acquisitions across Asia and the United States. Her clients have included corporations, institutions, private equity funds and international financial institutions. Before joining the firm, she held partnerships at two international law firms. In October 2022, K&L Gates announced her appointment as a corporate and capital markets partner in Hong Kong, joining from Linklaters’ Hong Kong office.

Her transaction record includes advice on China Duty Free Group’s H-share initial public offering. She also advised on Swiss global depositary receipt listings involving Keda, Ningbo Shanshan, GEM and Gotion through the China Switzerland Connect. Other assignments listed in her firm biography include advising investment banks and issuers on special purpose acquisition company listings and de-SPAC transactions. Her experience extends to a follow-on SEC-registered offering for HollySys, as well as a Nasdaq-listed company’s delisting, deregistration and proposed cash merger.

Alongside transaction work, Leung’s profile lists periodic reporting and compliance matters for SEC-registered companies and companies listed in Hong Kong, London, Switzerland and Frankfurt. It also records corporate advice on U.S. economic and trade restrictions, OFAC sanctions, trade regulations, customs tariffs and data privacy. Her education includes a J.D. from American University Washington College of Law; the firm lists New York, Washington, D.C., and Hong Kong under her admissions and qualifications.