Corporate | Banking and Finance

Fiona Chan is a partner in the corporate department of Appleby’s Hong Kong office, leading the Banking and Finance practice in the Hong Kong office as well as Appleby’s Technology & Innovation Group in Asia. Fiona has over 20 years of offshore and onshore experience in the Asian market and advises on the laws of Bermuda, British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands.

Her broad offshore law practice spans banking and finance transactions including acquisition, leveraged and project financing, privatisation financing, shipping and aircraft financing, structured products, fund financing, bond issuance and restructuring of corporates and financial institutions.

Fiona is routinely instructed by major international and Asian financial institutions, listed and private companies, securities providers and leading law firms.

Fiona has been widely recognised by her clients as well as legal directories, such as "Highly Regarded" and "Women Leaders" (2023) and “Rising Star” (2018 – 2022) by IFLR 1000 and “Leading Individuals” (2023) as well as “Next Generation Partners” (2019 – 2022) by Legal 500 Asia Pacific Guide. Legal 500 described her as “client-oriented”. She was also selected as one of the region’s 10 most notable offshore lawyers of the Asian Legal Business’ Offshore Client Choice List 5 years in a row from 2017-2021.

She was named as “Lawyer of the year for Offshore” at the Women in Business Law Awards 2020 and shortlisted as Women Lawyer of the Year by Asian Legal Business in 2019 and 2020.  She was also selected as one of the 2017 Influential Women in Re/Insurance by Intelligent Insurer and recognised in Legal 500 Asia Pacific (Offshore).

She is also the editor of the firm’s quarterly publication Appleby Asia Alert.

Fiona is fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese.

She sits on the firm’s global Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Committee and leads the Women’s Leadership Network in Hong Kong. She is also a committee member of the InsurTech Committee of the FinTech Association of Hong Kong, Women in Law Hong Kong and Greater Bay Area Young Talents Association.

University of Oxford, England

College of Law, London (England)