About

Phillip Meyer joined Oasis Management in 2007 and serves as its general counsel, chief compliance officer and chief operating officer. In this the role he is responsible for the full spectrum of the private investment management company’s legal and regulatory affairs from its offices in Hong Kong and leads a team of six. Meyer has been identified by one source for having ‘overseen the legal and compliance infrastructure that has supported the growth and success of the firm, which requires deep insights of the rapidly evolving regulatory environment in the markets that Oasis trades in whilst advising the firm on novel and complex investments that is a trademark of the firm’s success’. His skills have been vital for a company that aims to enter new markets ahead of its competitors and he has achieved this by ensuring the legal team is capable of making the company nimble when having to adapt. Meyer also developed a compliance programme as an overarching plan, rather than an ad hoc function that simply ‘plugs holes’, to create a dynamic multi-functional ethos in the legal team. He believes one of his biggest achievements is winding down a flagship fund in the aftermath of the financial crisis; a time that taught him a lot in terms of retaining key staff, and utilising people and resources to their fullest extent. Operating in multi-jurisdictional markets where there is no unified regulatory landscape and facing frequent issues of “first impression” in emerging markets, Meyer is recognised by peers for building relationships with the regulators and ‘playing a leading role in the industry’. To this effect he is involved in a number of industry bodies and is co-chair of the Alternative Investment Management Association Hong Kong Regulatory Committee, serves on the Sohn Hong Kong conference planning committee for the Karen Leung Foundation, and is a frequent contributor and speaker at various industry educational events and forums. A distinguishing feature of his contribution to the in-house market has been running an informal monthly networking lunch for fellow GCs to discuss their challenges and offer advice on various matters. Offering his own advice, Meyer says identifying the key industry contacts among external counsel as vital and hopes to see the roll-out of the robust technological systems that private practice firms enjoy but are too expensive for in-house currently. Immediately prior to his current role, Meyer was an associate in New York at Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman (which became part of Dechert in 2005) between 2002 and 2007.