Notably active in the payments and digital assets space, Eversheds Sutherland‘s Hong Kong-based team is equipped to guide clients through the regulatory labyrinth connected to the use of emerging technologies such as blockchain, artificial intelligence, big data and CBDCs. Practice co-chair Rhys McWhirter advises on a broad range of strategic collaborations designed to help clients distribute financial products across key jurisdictions. Fellow co-chair Michael Yau is also head of the firm’s banking and finance Asia group. The ’knowledgeable and responsive’ Frankie Tam, who was promoted to the partnership in May 2023, is a key contact for mandates relating to cross-border payments. Senior associate Philip Chow focuses on strategic technology arrangements in the financial services and aviation sectors.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- 'The team has experience in the technology field.'
- 'Frankie Tam is knowledgeable and responsive.'
Key clients
- Thought Machine Group
- Bittrade
Work highlights
- Advised a consortium of global banks in Hong Kong in relation to the cross-border connectivity of eTradeConnect, the world’s first cross-border trade finance platform underpinned by distributed ledger technology.
- Advised Thought Machine on various strategic core banking transformations with leading global financial institutions across Asia – including Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam, Taiwan and Korea.