Linklaters

Forming a combined fintech and financial services regulatory offering, a reflection of the increasing interlinkage between the traditional and the new, Linklaters provides ‘bespoke and business-savvy legal guidance’ to an impressive client base that includes banks, funds and exchanges. In this context, the ’knowledgeable’ team is very well-connected with the key regulatory decision-makers and therefore is well-placed to not only guide clients on existing regulations but to also influence and shape regulatory development. Much of the work it handles is also of a multi-disciplinary nature where the group will provide the regulatory overlay on often first-of-kind transactions. Many of these mandates have taken place within the capital markets space, and as well as advising HKEX on its digitalisation transformation, it has also worked for underwriters on the Hong Kong government’s first and second round issuance of tokenised green bonds. Kishore Bhindi took the lead on the regulatory front on the tokenised bond mandate and co-heads the overarching financial services regulatory offering alongside the vastly experienced Carl Fernandes.