Honghui S. Yu
Top rated Securities & Corporate Finance attorney in New York, New York
Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP
Practice areas: Securities & Corporate Finance, Business & Corporate
Licensed in New York since: 2015
Education: Washington University in St. Louis School of Law
Languages spoken: Chinese-Mandarin, English
Selected to Rising Stars: 2017 - 2025 Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP
1325 Avenue of the Americas15th Floor
New York, NY 10019 Phone: 212-451-2294 Email: Honghui S. Yu Visit website
As a partner in Olshan’s Corporate/Securities Law Group, Honghui Yu represents public and private companies and institutional investors in a broad range of transactions, with a particular focus on equity financings.
Honghui advises public and private companies and investors in private placements, public offerings, and mergers and acquisitions. She has extensive experience representing emerging technology companies through different stages of their lifecycle as well as institutional funds and strategic investors in venture capital financings, public offerings, and other financings. Honghui also frequently collaborates with attorneys in the firm’s Real Estate Group in structuring real estate joint ventures and negotiating operating agreements and stockholders agreements. In addition, Honghui regularly advises clients regarding their disclosure obligations under federal securities laws and on corporate governance and stock exchange matters.
Knowledgeable and thoughtful, Honghui always strives to deliver the most effective and efficient results for clients. She brings a strong commercial perspective in counseling clients through complex legal and regulatory issues.
Honghui is fluent in Mandarin Chinese.
First Admitted: 2015, New York
Professional Webpage: https://www.olshanlaw.com/attorneys-Honghui-Yu.html
Bar / Professional Activity
- New York
- Asian American Bar Association of New York
Transactions
- Advising a leading nonprofit institution in a number of equity investments in emerging companies in the life sciences sector.
- Advising an institutional fund in a number of equity investments in emerging companies in the alternative energies sector.
- Advising a leading independent investment bank as exclusive financial adviser and placement agent for a number of corporate debt financings.
- Advise a Hong Kong-based investment fund in $135 million convertible note investments in Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc.
- Advised I.D. Systems in its $140 million cash and stock acquisition of Pointer Telocation Ltd., an Israeli public company, and reorganization pursuant to which I.D. Systems and Pointer became wholly owned subsidiaries of PowerFleet, Inc., a new public holding company dual-listed on Nasdaq and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
Educational Background
- J.D., Washington University School of Law, cum laudeExecutive Editor, Washington University Law ReviewDean’s List Scholar in Law Award
- B.A., with honors, The University of Chicago
Scholarly Lectures / Writings
- Olshan corporate partners Kenneth Silverman and Honghui Yu authored an article in Bloomberg entitled “Companies With Dual-Class Equity Face Governance Challenges.” In the article, Ken and Honghui address special considerations for potential acquirers of companies with dual-class equity structures, amidst what has been forecasted to be a busy year for M&A activity. “Public companies with dual-class structures aren’t the majority, nor are they outliers,” Ken and Honghui explain. “Careful consideration of the special characteristics of a dual-class structure, the consideration that may be offered, and how a transaction is negotiated is recommended for a suitor to be in the best position to reel in a target successfully.” , Co-Author, Companies With Dual-Class Equity Face Governance Challenges, Bloomberg, 2025
- Olshan corporate partners Kenneth Silverman and Honghui Yu authored an article in Bloomberg Law entitled “GameStop’s $3.5 Billion Windfall Shows Power of SEC Rule Mastery.” Their article highlights how public companies, with the right securities law strategies in place, can raise money quickly on the heels of viral news, with the rise in both retail investors and “influencer” investors. GameStop is a notable example of a public company that was able to raise billions of dollars through at-the-market offerings following a surge in the company’s stock price driven by viral social media posts. In total, GameStop has raised about $3.5 billion in gross proceeds. Ken and Honghui represented GameStop in its at-the-market offerings., Co-Author, GameStop’s $3.5 Billion Windfall Shows Power of SEC Rule Mastery, Bloomberg Law, 2024
Honors
- Consistently named a “Rising Star” by New York Metro Super Lawyers since 2017, “Rising Star”, New York Metro Super Lawyers
Office location for Honghui S. Yu
1325 Avenue of the Americas
15th Floor
New York, NY 10019
Selections
- Rising Stars: 2017 - 2025