OUR GUEST SPEAKERS
Crystal Zhang
Managing Partner, ARC Group
Yvonne Fang
Vice President, ARC Group
Stephine Hu
Head of Asia, EF Hutton
In early 2015, Crystal Zhang co-founded ARC Group and is now the founding partner and CEO of ARC Group China. Crystal has nearly 10 years of professional investment experience in financial industry. As a direct project leader at ARC, Ms. Zhang has led projects to help companies go public and private placement on Nasdaq and NYSE including Lizhi Inc. (Nasdaq:LIZI), CooTek Inc. (Nasdaq: CTK), Molecular Data Inc (Nasdaq: MKD), AnPac Bio-Medical Science Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: ANPC), and etc. She has extensive experience and deep understanding of U.S. IPOs and SPACs.
Yvonne has vast experience in conducting business and managing a team in South East Asia and China. Throughout her career, she was the General Manager of Chow Tai Fook Energy affiliates , which is one of the four biggest business families in Hongkong. She also has more than 7 years of massive experience in commodities and trading regarding energy, petrochemicals, palm oil etc. During her tenure, she participated in a successful M&A transaction between an A-share listed company and a private owned asset.
Stephanie has over 10 years of experience in investment banking and financial services. She has completed more than 150 transactions in a variety of industries with a total value of over $5.5 billion. She has been involved in a variety of financial offerings, including initial public offerings, follow-on financings, private placements, secondary offerings, registered direct offerings, CMPO, ATM, SPAC, mergers and reverse mergers, and reverse mergers. Prior to joining EF Hutton, Stephanie worked for a number of investment banks and large financial institutions and holds a Master’s degree in finance from the University of Rochester, USA. She is fluent in both Chinese and English.
Mitchell S. Nussbaum
Vice Chair, Loeb & Loeb LLP
Amy Ma
Senior Associate, ARC Group
Sky Yu
Vice President, ARC Group
Serving as co-chair of the firm’s Capital Markets and Corporate Department, his practice focuses on representing emerging growth companies and investment banks in initial public offerings of operating companies and SPACs, follow-on public offerings, shelf takedowns, registered direct placements, PIPEs and other private placements (144A, Reg D, Reg A, Reg S, etc.). Mitch also regularly represents public companies regarding their SEC and NYSE or Nasdaq listing compliance and has acted as outside general counsel.
Former senior accountant for a US-listed property management company for three years. Serving as a senior associate with ARC Group since August 2019. Participated and led around 15 SPACs IPOs and filings since 2020. Currently working on one De-SPAC case, three Malaysian Companies traditional IPO transactions and one HK Company’s traditional IPO transaction SPAC Projects: Benessere Capital Acquisition Corp (BENE); Digital World Acquisition Corp. (DWAC); Data Knights Acquisition Corp.(DKDC); InFinT Acquisition Corp (IFIN); Northern Lights Acquisition Corp. (NLIT); FutureTech II Acquisition Corp. (FTII)
Former 3 Nasdaq listing companies’ Secretary of Board and IR Director, total 11 years US capital market experience involving both company and investment bank side. Specializing in IPO preparation, post IPO refinance, provide valuable solutions and advises to the listing companies. Served and helped over 25 Nasdaq clients in different services.
Alex Wang
Vice President, ARC Group
Nigel Wong
Vice President, ARC Group
李芳
中国区总经理, UHY LLP
Seasoned capital markets professional focuses on creating innovative capital raising solutions for public and private SMEs clients from APAC regions. Originated and participated transactions in buy-side M&A, IPOs, SPACs, follow-ons and PIPEs.
Investment banking capital markets professional with over 10 years experience in cross boarder deals and advisory. Nigel’s expertise spans across APAC markets leading numerous mid-market transactions and capital markets services concerning IPOs, SPACs, M&A advisory, follow-on offerings, and more.
UHY LLP specializes in providing a full range of auditing, accounting and tax services for Chinese companies listed in the United States, investment and acquisition. And the China department is located in Manhattan, New York. Ms. Li is the audit director of UHY LLP and the general manager of the Beijing office, she has many years of audit experience in China and the United States, and she is a certified public accountant in China.
Sabrina He
Legal Manager – Davis Polk
Lijun (Annie) Yan
Reg. Foreign Lawyer – Davis Polk
Sabrina’s practice focuses on capital markets transactions and securities law advisory work. She has represented issuers and investment banks in initial public offerings and subsequent financing involving a variety of industries. Sabrina also regularly advises public companies and stakeholders with respect to U.S. securities law compliance and stock exchange listing rules, as well as corporate governance matters.
Annie is a counsel in our Corporate practice, currently practicing as a Registered Foreign Lawyer in Beijing. She has extensive experience representing companies and investment funds in a variety of M&A and private equity transactions, including pre-IPO financings, buyouts, joint ventures, PIPEs, going-private transactions and strategic investments. She also advises clients on cross-border securities and general corporate matters.
Crystal Zhang
Managing Partner, ARC Group
In early 2015, Crystal Zhang co-founded ARC Group and is now the founding partner and CEO of ARC Group China. Crystal has nearly 10 years of professional investment experience in financial industry. As a direct project leader at ARC, Ms. Zhang has led projects to help companies go public and private placement on Nasdaq and NYSE including Lizhi Inc. (Nasdaq:LIZI), CooTek Inc. (Nasdaq: CTK), Molecular Data Inc (Nasdaq: MKD), AnPac Bio-Medical Science Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: ANPC), and etc. She has extensive experience and deep understanding of U.S. IPOs and SPACs.
Yvonne Fang
Vice President, ARC Group
Yvonne has vast experience in conducting business and managing a team in South East Asia and China. Throughout her career, she was the General Manager of Chow Tai Fook Energy affiliates , which is one of the four biggest business families in Hongkong. She also has more than 7 years of massive experience in commodities and trading regarding energy, petrochemicals, palm oil etc. During her tenure, she participated in a successful M&A transaction between an A-share listed company and a private owned asset.
Stephine Hu
Head of Asia, EF Hutton
Stephanie has over 10 years of experience in investment banking and financial services. She has completed more than 150 transactions in a variety of industries with a total value of over $5.5 billion. She has been involved in a variety of financial offerings, including initial public offerings, follow-on financings, private placements, secondary offerings, registered direct offerings, CMPO, ATM, SPAC, mergers and reverse mergers, and reverse mergers. Prior to joining EF Hutton, Stephanie worked for a number of investment banks and large financial institutions and holds a Master’s degree in finance from the University of Rochester, USA. She is fluent in both Chinese and English.
Mitchell S. Nussbaum
Vice Chair, Loeb & Loeb LLP
Serving as co-chair of the firm’s Capital Markets and Corporate Department, his practice focuses on representing emerging growth companies and investment banks in initial public offerings of operating companies and SPACs, follow-on public offerings, shelf takedowns, registered direct placements, PIPEs and other private placements (144A, Reg D, Reg A, Reg S, etc.). Mitch also regularly represents public companies regarding their SEC and NYSE or Nasdaq listing compliance and has acted as outside general counsel.
Amy Ma
Senior Associate, ARC Group
Former senior accountant for a US-listed property management company for three years. Serving as a senior associate with ARC Group since August 2019. Participated and led around 15 SPACs IPOs and filings since 2020. Currently working on one De-SPAC case, three Malaysian Companies traditional IPO transactions and one HK Company’s traditional IPO transaction SPAC Projects: Benessere Capital Acquisition Corp (BENE); Digital World Acquisition Corp. (DWAC); Data Knights Acquisition Corp.(DKDC); InFinT Acquisition Corp (IFIN); Northern Lights Acquisition Corp. (NLIT); FutureTech II Acquisition Corp. (FTII)
Sky Yu
Vice President, ARC Group
Former 3 Nasdaq listing companies’ Secretary of Board and IR Director, total 11 years US capital market experience involving both company and investment bank side. Specializing in IPO preparation, post IPO refinance, provide valuable solutions and advises to the listing companies. Served and helped over 25 Nasdaq clients in different services.
Alex Wang
Vice President, ARC Group
Seasoned capital markets professional focuses on creating innovative capital raising solutions for public and private SMEs clients from APAC regions. Originated and participated transactions in buy-side M&A, IPOs, SPACs, follow-ons and PIPEs.
Nigel Wong
Vice President, ARC Group
Investment banking capital markets professional with over 10 years experience in cross boarder deals and advisory. Nigel’s expertise spans across APAC markets leading numerous mid-market transactions and capital markets services concerning IPOs, SPACs, M&A advisory, follow-on offerings, and more.
李芳
中国区总经理, UHY LLP
UHY LLP specializes in providing a full range of auditing, accounting and tax services for Chinese companies listed in the United States, investment and acquisition. And the China department is located in Manhattan, New York. Ms. Li is the audit director of UHY LLP and the general manager of the Beijing office, she has many years of audit experience in China and the United States, and she is a certified public accountant in China.
Sabrina He
Legal Manager – Davis Polk
Sabrina’s practice focuses on capital markets transactions and securities law advisory work. She has represented issuers and investment banks in initial public offerings and subsequent financing involving a variety of industries. Sabrina also regularly advises public companies and stakeholders with respect to U.S. securities law compliance and stock exchange listing rules, as well as corporate governance matters.
Lijun (Annie) Yan
Reg. Foreign Lawyer – Davis Polk
Annie is a counsel in our Corporate practice, currently practicing as a Registered Foreign Lawyer in Beijing. She has extensive experience representing companies and investment funds in a variety of M&A and private equity transactions, including pre-IPO financings, buyouts, joint ventures, PIPEs, going-private transactions and strategic investments. She also advises clients on cross-border securities and general corporate matters.