King & Wood Mallesons
Client SatisfactionKing & Wood Mallesons has acted in high profile regulatory reform mandates in the fintech space in 2024, most notably assisting with the Hong Kong government’s Digital Transformation Strategy and Fintech 2025 strategy. Additionally, the group has acted on cross-border data transfer and GDPR matters through the APAC region. Practice head Peter Bullock is an experienced data and cyber security lawyer, who is noted for his proficiency in the technology sector, characteristic of the wider group’s expertise in the FinTech sector, particularly Urszula McCormack who has a strong emerging technologies practice.
Testimonials
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‘Peter Bullock has been instrumental and very helpful. He is technically solid and always offers useful advice. Peter's knowledge and experience in technology area definitely helps this practice a lot.’
‘Peter Bullock is a very experienced data and cyber security lawyer in the field, and his team is helpful and hardworking.’
Key clients
- The Hong Kong Association of Banks
- Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation
- China Ping An Insurance Overseas (Holdings) Limited
- The World Bank
- L’Oreal (China) Co., Limited
- The Icon Group
Work highlights
- Acted for the Hong Kong Association of Banks (HKAB) as lead counsel in supporting regulatory reforms in line with the Hong Kong Government’s Digital Transformation Strategy and the Fintech 2025 strategy of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA).
- Acted for The Hong Kong Government’s Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation in a joint initiative to launch a verification platform for cross-border data in order to facilitate cross-border activity between Hong Kong and Shenzhen in the Mainland of China, both key cities in China’s Greater Bay Area (GBA).
- Acted for The World Bank as lead counsel to support the Ministry of Home Affairs of Indonesia to introduce e-KYC and an official digital ID system and/or trust framework (Digital Identity Project).
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Peter Bullock, Susan Ning