East Asia - Hong Kong

Baker McKenzie

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Baker McKenzie provides ‘high quality and commercially sensible advice’ to major insurers, including Allianz and Zurich, across a range of standalone regulatory matters and transactions. Up-to-date on industry trends, team head Martin Tam provides ’valuable insights into regulatory matters’, ensuring that he is able to provide very effective advice to clients on his own, as well as in collaboration with other practitioners throughout the international if necessary on cross-border matters. As well as working alongside the corporate team on insurance-related M&A, and having proficiency in relation to distribution and bancassurance, Tam is also regularly instructed on regulatory investigations. As part of his overarching contentious financial services prowess, Bryan Ng is also a key resource to insurance clients on litigation they may face.

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  • 'They provide high quality and commercially sensible advice.'
  • 'Martin Tam provides valuable insights into regulatory matters.'

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Key clients

  • Allianz
  • Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

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Work highlights

  • Acting for Cigna in the disposal of its life and accident insurance business in Hong Kong and five other jurisdictions to Chubb, and successfully assisted both Cigna and Chubb to obtain the regulatory approval in Hong Kong.
  • Acting for China Merchants Insurance and CMB Wing Lung Insurance in the restructuring of their insurance businesses including an insurance portfolio transfer from China Merchants Insurance to CMB Wing Lung Insurance and consolidation of their insurance business

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