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Mr Antony Yung

+852 2803 3774 antony.yung@howsewilliams.com View profile

Work Department

Banking and Finance

Position

Antony has experience in a broad range of banking and finance matters, including bilateral and syndicated lending, international trade finance, project finance, acquisition finance, ship finance, general cash management and liquidity products, asset and debt recovery, security enforcement actions, banking regulation and compliance, sanctions, AML, KYC and various regulatory project and remediation works. He also specialises in a diverse range of trade finance matters, including supply chain finance programs, open account finance, letter of credit and bank guarantee disputes, export credit agency backed finance, structured trade finance, warehouse finance, prepayment and deferred payment finance, documentary credits refinance and credit risk portfolio management.

Career

Antony previously worked at J.P. Morgan where he was an Executive Director and Assistant General Counsel. Antony set up and headed the bank’s APAC trade finance legal team as well as the APAC lending practice group from 2011. He also co-headed the bank’s APAC transaction services legal group. Antony has an excellent understanding of banking products, internal operations and risk appetite as a result of his in-house banking experience.

Languages

English and Cantonese

Memberships

2016 Professional Member, International Compliance Association
2015 Council Member, IIBLP Council on International Standby Practices
2012 Legal Committee, Asia Financial Supply Chain Committee, BAFT-IFSA
2010 Certified Documentary Credit Specialist, ICC & BAFT-IFSA Endorsed
2002 Associate, Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators
2002 Associate, The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
2001 Solicitor, Hong Kong

Education

2015    The University of Manchester, UK & International Compliance Association: International Diploma in AML
2013    APLMA: Certificate in Syndicated Loan Market
2010    ifs School of Finance, UK: Certificate for Documentary Credit Specialist and Diploma in International Trade and Finance
2009    ifs School of Finance, UK Certificate in International Trade and Finance
2004    People’s (Renmin) University of China: LLM (PRC Law)
1999    City University of Hong Kong: PCLL and LLB
1995    Raimondi College, Hong Kong