Liza Mark is the administrative partner of the Shanghai office of Haynes and Boone and a partner in the Capital Markets and Securities Practice Group. Liza regularly works in the firm’s Shanghai and Dallas offices. Liza has been working at U.S. firms in the U.S., Hong Kong and Shanghai for more than 20 years. She is familiar with the legal environments of these three countries and is able to help her clients fulcrum between the different business environments. She has concentrated her practice in private equity investments, securities and cross-border M&A. She represents investors, issuers, and investment banks/financial intermediaries in financing transactions, including equity and debt public offerings and cross-border private placements in Hong Kong, India and the U.S. Liza is experienced in private placements of debt and equity securities, Asian in-bound equity offerings, Rule 144A offerings, medium term note programs, SPAC acquisitions, PIPEs, and Hong Kong IPOs. She also regularly advises clients regarding private equity investments, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and U.S. public company securities law reporting and compliance.
Liza has deep experience in the clean technology, energy, transportation and logistics, and environmental, social and governance (ESG) impact industries. She has worked closely with foreign private issuers in their securities offerings in the United States and the Hong Kong markets.
Corporate INTL Magazine, JRS Corporate Limited, named Haynes and Boone the 2014 China-US Cross Border M&A Law Firm of the Year for California and honored Shanghai Administrative Partner Liza Mark.
At her previous firm, Liza was the Attorneys of Color group chair and served as the Hong Kong and Shanghai offices diversity partner from 2008-2013.
Professional and Community Activities
- George H. W. Bush Foundation for U.S.-China Relations - Board of Advisors, member, 2021-2022
- US Heartland China Association - Board Member, 2020–current
- The American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai - Ethics Committee, member, 2018-2021
- Greater Dallas Asian American Chamber of Commerce – Board member, 2019-Current
- National Association of Corporate Directors - Member, 2019-Current
- China Alerts & Updates publications of Haynes and Boone, LLP, Editor, August 2020 - Current
- Presidential Administration Transition Task Force of Haynes and Boone, LLP, Member, Current
- COVID-19 Task Force Editorial Board of Haynes and Boone, LLP – Member, Current
- Haynes and Boone, LLP Professional Responsibility Committee, 2015 - Current
- National Asian Pacific American Bar Association - Minnesota Chapter (NAPABA), Board member, 2002-2005
麦令珊律师(Liza Mark)是美国海博国际律师事务所(Haynes and Boone, LLP)上海代表处的首席代表、管理合伙人以及资本市场和证券执业组的 合伙人。加入本所后,麦律师定期往来于中美之间,在本所的达拉斯办公室及上海办公室开展业务。自律师执业生涯开始,她分别在美国律所的美国 总部办公室、香港办公室、及上海办公室工作,至今已有超过 20 年的执业 经验。她精通这些国家及地区的法律环境,因此能为客户在不同的商业运营 环境下找到合适的平衡点。麦律师的主要执业领域包括私募股权投资、证券和跨境并购。她代表投资者、发行商、以及投资银行/金融中介机构从事各类融资交易包括在香港、印度和美国的跨境私募以及股权和债券公开发行。
麦律师拥有丰富的美国和香港公司融资交易经验,如债券和股权证券的私募 投资、亚洲区域外来投资股权发行、美国证券法 144A 规则(简称为
“144A”)发行、特殊目的收购公司(简称为 “SPAC”)收购、中期票据项目、私人股权投资已上市公司股份(简称为 “PIPE”)、以及在香港证券市场首次公开募股等。她还就私募股权投资、并购、公司治理、以及美国上市公司证券法披露,定期报告和合规事宜,向客户提供建议。
麦律师在绿色能源科技、能源、交通和物流、和环境,社会及公司治理
(简称 “ESG”)等行业及领域,拥有特别丰富的融资经验。她与外国
私募发行商密切合作,帮助他们在美国和香港市场发行证券。
由 JRS Corporate Limited 编纂的 Corporate INTL 杂志授予美国海博 国际律师事务所加州地区2014中美跨境并购交易年度律所的称号,并对 担任上海办公室管理合伙人的麦律师予以高度评价。
她在先前工作的律师事务所中,担任少数民族律师团队的主席,并在2008-2013 担任香港和上海分所的反歧视合伙人。