Lawyers in Hong Kong

Vincent Chan

Vincent Chan is a partner in the Corporate department of Appleby´s Hong Kong office. He has more than 15 years of offshore law experience specialising in IPO/equity & debt capital markets, pre-IPO restructuring & financing, public & private mergers & acquisitions, privatisations (by way of schemes of arrangement, mergers and tender offers & compulsory acquisitions), private equity investments & venture capital, joint ventures and corporate reorganisations. Clients include Bermuda, British Virgin Islands (BVI) and Cayman Islands companies listed on stock exchanges in Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, New York, NASDAQ and London, as well as private companies, banks, financial institutions, private equity houses and asset management firms.

Appleby

Vincent Law

Global corporates, including gaming entities (from Macau, Singapore, and the US), financial institutions, racing clubs, listed entities and their officers, and other private clients trust Vincent Law in commercial litigation matters, especially regarding regulatory investigations and major commercial disputes such as: Investigations by regulatory bodies, including competition related investigations (for listed companies, directors, financial institutions, and professional firms) Internal investigations relating to suspected bribery, money laundering, competition and other regulatory issues (for major corporations) Major shareholders and family disputes Insolvency litigation (for liquidators and trustees-in-bankruptcy) Gaming-related litigation (for gaming entities) Disciplinary proceedings and internal regulatory matters Arbitrations Vincent speaks English, Cantonese, and Mandarin.

Johnson Stokes & Master

Vincent Sum

Vincent Sum is a partner of Mayer Brown. He focuses on complex capital markets matters, including structured products, securitisations, derivatives (including equity derivatives, credit derivatives, corporate derivatives, fund derivatives and commodity derivatives), retail and non-retail funds (including SFC approved funds, UCITS and ETFs), secured lending and financing and debt capital markets matters. He advises underwriters, arrangers, portfolio managers, issuers, trustees and institutional investors, and is qualified to practice in Hong Kong, New York, and England and Wales. Vincent has been ranked as a leading individual in Capital Markets: Derivatives & Structured Products and Securitisation in both Chambers Asia Pacific (2013-2018) and Chambers Global (2013-2017). He was accredited as a recommended lawyer in Structured Finance and Securitisation (Hong Kong) in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2013-2018) and a highly regarded/leading Lawyer in both Capital Markets: Derivatives and Capital Markets: Structured Finance and Securitisation (Hong Kong) in IFLR1000 (2013-2019).

Mayer Brown

Viola Lui

Viola specialises on the structuring and formation of a broad range of closed-ended and open-ended private investment funds (including private equity funds, real estate funds, hedge funds and hybrid funds, set up either offshore or in the form of HK LPFs and HK OFCs). Viola is a member of AIMA Hong Kong's Executive Committee (previously a member AIMA Hong Kong's Regulatory Committee), Vice-Chairman (Legal) of the Technical Committee of the HKVCA, a core member of the PWMA Advisory Council and a committee member of the Professional Standards Committee of ANREV. She is also one of the key partners of Clifford Chance's APAC ESG Leadership Team and is very active in advising on ESG/sustainability related matters relating to the funds and investment management industry. In addition, Viola is a Steering Committee member of Accelerate>>> Hong Kong, the Firm's gender parity group.

Clifford Chance

Virginia Lee

Virginia Lee advises on various corporate matters in Hong Kong, including mergers and acquisitions (both private and public), takeovers, initial public offerings, pre-IPO investments, joint ventures and equity fundraisings. Virginia also advises on matters concerning compliance with the listing rules, the Securities and Futures Ordinance and the Code on Takeovers and investigations by regulatory bodies.

Clifford Chance

Vivian Tsang

Associate

Baker McKenzie

Vivien Chan

Founding and senior partner

Vivien Chan & Co

Vivien Leung

Denis Chang’s Chambers

Wai Hung Peter Yeung

Consultant

Tung & Co.

Wai Tung Yu

Partner

Deacons

Wallace Wong

Partner

Deacons

Wayne Ma

Senior Foreign Legal Consultant (New York)

CMS

Wei Hsuen Chan

Of Counsel

CMS

Wei Kang

Partner

Stephenson Harwood

Wei Wei

Wei Wei is a counsel in the Beijing office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Corporate Department. Ms. Wei advises Chinese companies on initial public offerings in the US and Hong Kong, as well as corporate finance transactions involving debt and equity offerings and mergers and acquisitions. She is fluent in Mandarin and English.

Latham & Watkins LLP

Wei-Yang Lim

Partner

Kirkland & Ellis

Wendy Fong

Partner

Charles Russell Speechlys LLP

Wendy Wong

Wendy is a partner, and the Head of our Asia Employment group. She is an experienced Hong Kong qualified employment lawyer who advises on both contentious and non-contentious matters. Wendy has extensive experience in all areas of employment law, including drafting and reviewing employment contracts, policies and employee handbooks, advising on employment arrangements, including bonus and employee incentive schemes, advising on termination strategies and preparing separation documentation as well as advising on Labour Tribunal claims and investigations conducted by the Equal Opportunities Commission, employment investigations, restrictive covenants, data privacy and discrimination and harassment. Wendy regularly provides training and writes on employment related topics. Wendy has been seconded to our Beijing, Shanghai and London offices. She has also completed client secondments with two major investment banks. Wendy is trilingual and is fluent in English, Cantonese and Mandarin.

Simmons & Simmons

Wendy Wysong

Partner, Hong Kong Managing Partner Wendy Wysong focuses her practice on regulatory compliance and white-collar defense of international laws, including the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Export Administration Regulations (EAR), US sanctions laws and regulations administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), and US anti-boycott laws, as well as government fraud and public corruption. She represents clients throughout the United States and Asia in the logistics, defense, aerospace, healthcare, telecommunications, gaming, consumer goods, and energy sectors. Wendy is the managing partner of Steptoe's Hong Kong office and co-chair of the firm's Investigations and White-Collar Defense group. Ranked as a Band 1 practitioner by Chambers in its Asia Pacific and Global guides, clients report that Wendy is "at the top of her game technically" and "brilliant at bringing to bear a global picture of how regulators react." One insider noted that "she is the most experienced white-collar export lawyer that I know." Additionally, Global Investigations Review named her as one of the 100 remarkable women operating in the field of investigations around the world. Her notable experience includes leading an international team that represented a Chinese telecommunications company charged with violating US export controls and sanctions, and securing the first ever "Temporary General License" enabling the company to stay in business during the multi-agency investigation. As a former Assistant US Attorney in Washington and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement in the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry & Security (BIS), Wendy offers clients a unique combination of experience and insight as both a prosecutor and regulator before courts and agencies.

Steptoe LLP

Wilfred Ng

Partner

Bird & Bird

Willa Chan

Willa Chan is the Founding Principal of Willa Legal and a well-recognized Hong Kong qualified funds lawyer.

Willa Legal

Willard Li

Partner

Haldanes

William Ahern

Partner

Haldanes

William Ho

Of Counsel

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP