Practice areas

Funds; Corporate & commercial; Finance; Private wealth

Introduction

Kristy Calvert is Managing Partner of Harneys’ Shanghai office. She has more than 15 years of experience in cross-border transactions, including general corporate and commercial law matters, the establishment and maintenance of investment funds and the structuring of complex mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity, mining and capital markets transactions in the Asia-Pacific region. Kristy also has wide-ranging and practical knowledge of offshore structures of value to HNW clients, including a variety of offshore trust structures. Prior to joining Harneys, Kristy was managing director, China, at another leading international offshore law firm. Before that, she held senior roles in the Asia Pacific, including Legal Director, Rio Tinto – China/Asia and senior private practice lawyer at international law firms Weil, Gotshal & Manges and Sidley Austin. Kristy has also worked as an adviser at the Australian Government Treasury on FTA negotiations with ASEAN countries plus China, and competition law policies and reforms. In 2008-2009, Kristy served on the board of the Australia China Business Council, Victoria Division.

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