Harold Tin > Norton Rose Fulbright > Hong Kong, Hong Kong > Lawyer Profile

With demonstrable experience in the financial services, fintech, retail, leisure, and transportation sectors, Norton Rose Fulbright‘s technology and innovation team is active across a broad spectrum of TMT work, spanning technology agreements, outsourcing transactions, cryptocurrency regulation, DeFi products and internet regulatory issues. Practice head Anna Gamvros is a key figure behind the firm’s recognised expertise in cyber breach response and compliance. Gamvros frequently works alongside fintech expert Etelka Bogardi, who is well-versed in the regulatory challenges faced by digital asset exchanges and wider blockchain projects. US and Hong Kong-qualified lawyer Harold Tin is frequently involved in equity and debt capital markets transactions, while Ruby Kwok and Edward Yau further boast the practice’s expertise in data protection.

Norton Rose Fulbright handles contentious and non-contentious insurance-related work as a function of its broader corporate and commercial litigation offerings. On the contentious front, senior associate Charlton Lin has played a more visible role on insurance matters since the recent relocation of Declan McDaid to London, including advice on policy coverage and defending claims against the insured. Capital markets expert Harold Tin also handles intermittent issuances for insurance companies, as well as work at the intersection of insurance and finance as part of his fintech expertise.

Highly attuned to market developments and benefiting from good relationships with the regulators, Norton Rose Fulbright is a popular choice advising across a broad range of ECM and related matters, including listings and follow on offerings, pre-IPO investments, spin-offs, public M&A and ongoing compliance. Under the steady leadership of the vastly experienced Psyche Tai , the team has developed particular strength advising issuers and underwriters on mid-market HKEX IPOs, including within the TMT sector. Counsel Aldo Chan  also provides valuable assistance on HKEX IPOs, with Chinese issuers also benefitting not only from his strong legal credentials but also Cantonese and Mandarin language skills. Harold Tin  oversees the firm’s US securities practice in Asia which was recently strengthened by the arrival in August 2023 of Ethan Chen from Kirkland & Ellis. Terence Lau left the firm in February 2023.