About us

Charltons was founded in October 1998 as a focused corporate finance firm. The focal point of the firm is to provide a first class legal service on Hong Kong and China-related corporate finance matters, to both international and local clients from Hong Kong and mainland China. Charltons is committed to applying a fresh solution-orientated approach to the provision of legal services. We seek to combine legal excellence with efficiency.

The firm was awarded the "Boutique Firm of the Year" by Asian Legal Business for the years 2002, 2003 2006 and 2007.

We have considerable experience in offering advice to multinational and local companies operating in Hong Kong and China. Our regulatory work involves frequent communications with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and Securities and Futures Commission regarding regulatory and corporate finance issues relevant to our clients' projects.

We have extensive and diverse experience in all aspects of direct investments in the PRC, whether by way of joint venture, wholly owned foreign enterprises or other direct investment methods.

Charltons is proud to be one of the few firms in Hong Kong that is sufficiently specialised to advise on security derivatives. The firm has advised on a significant number of derivatives option schemes.

Charltons holds the conviction that our work should be judged in terms of quality gleaned from our local knowledge and international perspective. We offer clients access to experienced lawyers with the objective of delivering cutting-edge legal advice and presenting practical and commercial solutions to our clients' business objectives and priorities. Many of our lawyers are qualified to advise on both Hong Kong and English law.

Languages spoken by our lawyers include English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Shanghainese, Chaozhou and French.