Having a strategy to sell your business helps you make business decisions.
It is very important to have this plan in place.
Joanna Hotung will tell you her story of selling her business as well as Cermain Cheung, from Oldham, Li and Nie will guide you through the process. They will cover the following key points in their discussion.
- What is the best timing to start the process?
- Who can guide on this process and help you find buyers?
- What documents are needed to be available for review ?
- What to expect and what to avoid with this process.
Presenter Details:
Joanna Hotung, Director, Hotung Mills Education Foundation
Joanna is the Founder of the KG Group, which through its different focuses – Kids’ Gallery, Star English, Face Productions, and Mills International Preschool – has seen over 80,000 young people pass through its doors, and alumni are studying at prestigious universities or working in a wide range of fields worldwide. She sold her company in 2022 after 26 years at the helm.
Prior to this she worked at PriceWaterhouseCoopers and Marks and Spencer, Head Office, London.
Joanna has degrees from the Universities of London and Warwick, and is a Licentiate of Trinity College London. She is an Arts Advisor to the University of Warwick, and a Board Member at The Women’s Foundation, Gleneagles Hospital Hong Kong, Youth Diabetes Action, Playright Children’s Play Association, and the Hong Kong Arts Festival.
Among many awards, she is winner of South China Morning Post Women of our Time and the American Chamber of Commerce Women of Influence Entrepreneur award.
Cermain Cheung, Consultant
Cermain is a corporate lawyer specialising in star-tups, venture capital and cross-border transactions. She has been practicing corporate and commercial law in Hong Kong since 2009.
Cermain’s practice focuses on fund raising, M&A, venture capital and private equity investment, joint ventures, cross-border investments and general corporate counselling. Her clients operate in E-Commerce, Software Development, F&B, Retail, Entertainment, Real Estate, Logistics, Franchised Business, and Trading. With her work motto, "Growing with clients, becoming friends" , Cermain strives to be part of the long-term success of each of them!
Cermain is also a wonderful wife of an entrepreneur who makes her understand the real pain and gain of running a business.
Agenda:
6:00pm - Registration and Networking
6:30pm - Introduction of speakers by Kim
6:45pm - Legal team speaks for 10-15 minutes with brief introduction on check list on what is needed to sell for paperwork and fees
7:00pm - Joanna talks about her experience
7:20pm - Legal Team and Joanna take questions – Questions might be more than 30 minutes.
7:50pm - Networking
Event Details:
Date: Tuesday, 30 May 2023
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Venue: Oldham Li & Nie Office, Suite 503, St. George's Building, 2 Ice House Street, Central, Hong Kong
Premium Member Price: HKD 350
Member Price: HKD 550
*Coffee, tea and wine will be provided
WEN thanks event sponsor
