The Hong Kong-based practice at Morrison Foerster specialises in assisting clients with the formation of private equity, venture capital, and real estate funds. Banks and insurance companies regularly feature on the group’s client roster and benefit from the team’s expertise in regulatory and fund governance matters. Practice head Serena Tan has focused her practice on the formation of private funds, as well as advising sponsors on regulatory matters, carried interest plans, and operational matters. Associate Sylvia Cheng supports the partners on fund formation matters.
Testimonials
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‘The team has top-notch specialized expertise on fund operation and management and highly reliant team. Outside of fund management, their work extended to extraordinary circumstances, including change of control of investment manager, US regulatory compliance, legal dispute between placement agent and compliance consulting on underlying investment, that affected funds we have managed. ’
‘Serena Tan has been the partner who had oversight of the team and she has always keen on our accommodation and general direction of the firm's service.
- 'Bryan Lam has been a legal professional who helped us with myriad of transactional documents, which we have been satisfied with, and the work has been done in a highly professional manner.'
- 'Jeffrey Lau has assisted us with navigating through jurisdictional compliance and filing for the fund management, which has been essential to us and our fiduciaries.’
Key clients
- Affirma Capital
- Ally Bridge Group
- Ascendent Capital Partners Asia
- BHG Long Hills
- CBC Group (formerly C-Bridge Capital)
- China Ping An Insurance
- China International Capital Corporation
- FWD Group
- GLP PTE (GLP)
- Hony Capital
- Junson Capital
- KHL
- Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia
- ORIX Asia Capital
- SBVA Future Innovation Fund
- Sino-Ocean Capital
- SoftBank Ventures Asia
- Taiwania Capital
Work highlights
- Represented MSPEA in the formation and ongoing operations of a PRC-domiciled, RMB-denominated private investment fund focused on investments in China.
- Represented an Asian-based fund manager in the formation of its first flagship USD-denominated Cayman private fund, intended to be an evergreen fund that generates long-term capital appreciation and dividend income for both affiliated investors and third-party investors.
- Advised Sino-Ocean Capital on the formation of a $600m credit fund to invest in residential or residential-anchored real estate in China.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Serena Tan