Gallant

Banking and Finance, Corporate and M&A, Trust, Compliance and Regulatory, China Trade and Investment, Notarization and Attestation

Managing Partner

Head of Commercial Department

Philip Wong provides legal services in relation to banking and finance, corporate and M&A, trust and other cross-border transactions to a large number of corporations and financial institutions.  He is the annual legal advisor of various banks, trust companies and securities companies in Hong Kong, Macau and the PRC.

 

Banking

Philip regularly advises on secured and unsecured lending in Hong Kong and cross-border loans including project financing, real estate financing, syndicated loans and trade finance. He advises banks and lenders from Hong Kong, the PRC, Macau and other countries in relation to Hong Kong and cross-border legal and quasi-legal regulations on lending, security, compliance, registration, enforceability, insolvency and connected transaction issues.

Commercial

Philip regularly advises on a wide range of commercial matters, such as corporate re-structuring and re-organization. In addition to preparing and advising on corporate and commercial documents (including shareholders and joint venture agreements), he also advises startup incubation joint ventures, shareholding structures, call and put options, and investment arrangements involving listed companies and private equities.

Commercial Trust

Philip advises on share award scheme, share match scheme and other employee incentive scheme for listed companies and private companies (including foreign exchange and tax compliance advisory matters involving PRC domestic employees and PRC domestic companies). He also advises on pre-IPO trust and structuring alternative incentive schemes.

Regulatory

Philip regularly provides legal services to licensed corporations in Hong Kong regulated by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission ("SFC"), mostly holding Type 1, 4 and 9 licenses. He advises on a wide variety of regulatory and compliance matters such as the Securities and Futures Ordinance and the relevant subsidiary legislation codes, rules and guidance notes issued by SFC, anti-money laundering, data protection, IPO and margin financing and market misconduct.

Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin) and English

Honorary Law Lecturer for P.C.LL. of the University of Hong Kong since 1999 Honorary Legal Advisor of Hong Kong Watch Manufacturers Association Ltd. since 2006 Member of Pro Bono and Community Work Recognition Committee, The Law Society of Hong Kong since 2014 Member of Belt and Road Committee Sub-Group, The Law Society of Hong Kong since 2016 Legal Adviser of The Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association since 2017 Legal Adviser of The Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Charitable Foundation Limited since 2017 Legal Adviser of Po Leung Kuk since 2017 Hon Legal Adviser of The Hong Kong Society for the Aged since 2017 Non-scientific member of the Institutional Review Board of the University of Hong Kong/Hospital Authority Hong Kong West Cluster since 2018 Member of Disciplinary Tribunal Panel of the Association of China-Appointed Attesting Officers Limited since 2018 Deputy Tribunal Convenor of the Notaries Public Disciplinary Tribunal Panel since 2019 Member of Belt and Road Conference Organising Committee, The Law Society of Hong Kong since 2020 Vice-Chairman of The Legal “Fact Check” Committee, The Law Society of Hong Kong since 2020 Chairman of Practice Management Committee, The Law Society of Hong Kong since 2021 Member of Hospital Authority Central Institutional Review Board (Central IRB) since 2021

Qualifications

Solicitor of Hong Kong (1994) Solicitor of England and Wales (1995) (non-practising) Civil Celebrant of Marriages (2006) Notary Public (2006) China-Appointed Attesting Officer (2009) Certified Tax Adviser of Hong Kong (2010)

Education

B. (Hons.) University of Hong Kong M. University of Hong Kong B.A. Open University of Hong Kong