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Joyce Li

+852 2825 9318 joyce.li@deacons.com View profile

Work Department

Financial Services practice group

Position

Partner

Career

Joyce has extensive experience advising on the establishment of a wide range of funds for Hong Kong retail distribution and private offerings in Hong Kong. Her experience includes establishing Hong Kong domiciled unit trusts, Hong Kong open-ended fund companies, Cayman Islands open-ended investment companies and Cayman Islands segregated portfolio companies.

She handles both private and retail fund clients, including well-known and market leading asset managers. She is exceptionally skilled in advising clients on private funds with complex and bespoke features. Her expertise includes negotiation and technical drafting of sophisticated fund documentation.

Joyce also advises clients on Hong Kong regulatory requirements, ongoing compliance obligations in relation to both the fund and fund manager, the rules on marketing of investment products in Hong Kong, and reviews and drafts various funds related agreements.

Highlights

• Advising on the establishment of Hong Kong domiciled funds and offshore funds for retail distribution and private offering and preparation of fund documentation.
• Assisting clients in establishing and seeking the SFC’s authorisation of collective investment schemes in Hong Kong and preparation of documentation.
• Advising clients on Hong Kong regulatory requirements and post SFC-authorisation compliance obligations, issues and procedures and marketing of investment products in Hong Kong.
• Reviewing and drafting of fund related agreements.

Languages

English
Cantonese
Mandarin

Memberships

Member, The Law Society of Hong Kong

Education

BA (Hon) Law, University of Nottingham, 2005
PCLL, The University of Hong Kong, 2006