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Antony Yung

Antony has experience in a broad range of banking and finance matters, including bilateral and syndicated lending, international trade finance, project finance, acquisition finance, ship finance, general cash management and liquidity products, asset and debt recovery, security enforcement actions, banking regulation and compliance, sanctions, AML, KYC and various regulatory project and remediation works. He also specialises in a diverse range of trade finance matters, including supply chain finance programs, open account finance, letter of credit and bank guarantee disputes, export credit agency backed finance, structured trade finance, warehouse finance, prepayment and deferred payment finance, documentary credits refinance and credit risk portfolio management. · Howse Williams

Hong KongBanking & Finance, Trade FinanceEnglish, Cantonese

About

Antony Yung is a Hong Kong-based banking and finance lawyer at Howse Williams with broad experience in bilateral and syndicated lending, international trade finance, project and acquisition finance, ship finance, cash management, asset/debt recovery, security enforcement and banking regulatory and compliance matters including sanctions, AML and KYC. He previously served at J.P. Morgan as an Executive Director and Assistant General Counsel where he set up and led the APAC trade finance legal team, the APAC lending practice group and co‑headed the APAC transaction services legal group.

Practice areas

Banking & FinanceTrade FinanceProject FinanceAcquisition FinanceShip FinanceAsset & Debt RecoveryRegulatory Compliance

Office

Expertise

Supply Chain FinanceOpen Account FinanceLetters of Credit & Bank GuaranteesExport Credit Agency‑Backed FinanceStructured Trade FinanceWarehouse FinanceDocumentary Credits RefinanceCredit Risk Portfolio ManagementSanctions, AML & KYC

Education

  • 2015: International Diploma in AML, The University of Manchester & International Compliance Association
  • 2013: Certificate in Syndicated Loan Market, APLMA
  • 2010: Certificate for Documentary Credit Specialist and Diploma in International Trade and Finance, ifs School of Finance (UK)
  • 2009: Certificate in International Trade and Finance, ifs School of Finance (UK)
  • 2004: LLM (PRC Law), People's (Renmin) University of China
  • 1999: PCLL and LLB, City University of Hong Kong
  • 1995: Raimondi College, Hong Kong

Admissions

  • Solicitor, Hong Kong (admitted 2001)
  • Certified Documentary Credit Specialist (ICC & BAFT‑IFSA endorsed)
  • Associate, Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators
  • Associate, The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

Languages

EnglishCantonese