Leveraging the firm’s banking and finance offering, as well as the firm’s broader litigation function, Deacons assists financial institutions with standalone advisory work, transactional-related regulatory advice, and regulatory investigations/enforcement actions, and private litigation. Team head Jeremy Lam provides ‘clear and direct’ advice across a range of regulatory issues for private and retail funds including in relation to establishment and licensing with the SFC, and ongoing compliance issues. As part of his wide-ranging commercial litigation offering, Joseph Kwan regularly defends clients in regulatory investigations by the SFC, HKMA and HKSE.
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- 'They understand market trends and closely track regulatory developments.'
- 'Jeremy Lam provides clear and direct advice.'
Work highlights
- Assisting a leading investment firm with obtaining substantial shareholder approval for a potential listing project of $2bn.
- Assisting leading MPF providers with their transition to the new eMPF platform as required by the MPFA.
- Advising major trustee entities owned by global banking institutions on the new SFC corporate licence (known as type 13 regulated activity) for depositaries of retail funds.
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Jeremy Lam