Mr. Lawrence Yeung

– Partner –

Mr. Lawrence Yeung

 Partner

He was admitted as solicitor of the HKSAR in 1994, and England and Wales in 1997. Since the 1990s, he actively acts for Hong Kong listed companies, licensed banks, fund houses, financial advisors, securities firms, insurance agents, insurance broker firms and startup companies in a wide range of deals as well as litigations and alternate dispute resolution and is knowledgeable about and experienced in the financial services, insurance laws, Fintech, and other business and commercial arrangements. Lawrence is also engaged by Fintech companies to provide advice on Fintech services.

Furthermore, he advices on the capital / debt market transactions and is engaged as the external legal advisor for listed companies in Hong Kong. Further, he has also been appointed by the broker-dealer firms and financial advisors to draft documents for capital markets and debt market transactions.

Lawrence is also the deputy director of Teamwork Yu, Chan & Yeung (Nansha) Law Firm established in Guangzhou.

He has experience in setting up and operation of Hong Kong and offshore funds. His team has been engaged as the Hong Kong legal counsel for the funds from time to time. It also represents clients throughout the SFC licensing cycle and handling compliance reviews, SFC investigations, enforcement and disciplinary hearings for the clients licensed by the SFC.

In addition, Lawrence has profound experience in banking business and advising banking clients on banking operations and compliance. In particular, he is continuously engaged by Hong Kong licensed banks as the external legal counsel. He has also represented Hong Kong licensed banks in regulatory and disciplinary actions commenced by the regulatory authorities.

Lawrence has extensive experience in the mediation and arbitration of commercial disputes, especially disputes arising in securities and banking business. During his practice, he has handled mediation and arbitration cases pertaining to commercial, securities and banking disputes. He is also acquainted with the arbitration rules of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC).

Areas of Practice

• General Commercial and Corporate
• SFC Licensing
• Regulatory Compliance
•  Merger and Acquisition
• Capital / Debt Market Transactions
• Banking and Finance
• Funds
• Commercial Litigations
• Alternate Dispute Resolution
• Fintech

Qualification

• Solicitor of HKSAR, 1994
• Solicitor of England and Wales (non-practice), 1997

Language

• Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin)
• English

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