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Scott Bache specialises in advising financial institutions, hedge funds, private equity funds, financial advisers and turnaround professionals on the full range of restructuring matters, including corporate restructuring, distressed mergers and acquisitions and special situations investing. He also advises clients on a broad range of insolvency issues, security enforcement and general banking litigation. He has over 20 years experience working in Greater China. Scott is widely recognised as a leading lawyer for Restructuring and Insolvency by independent legal directories, including The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, Chambers Asia-Pacific, IFLR1000 and Best Lawyers guide book.

Angela has almost two decades of experience advising on a broad range of debt capital markets transactions, including international bond offerings, medium term note programmes, regulatory capital, hybrid securities and equity-linked products such as convertible bonds and exchangeable bonds. In recent years, Angela is particularly active in advising Chinese clients on their offshore bond issuances, including Chinese state-owned and privately owned enterprises, as well as prominent state-owned banks and other financial institutions.

Mark is admitted in New South Wales, Australia, England and Wales and Hong Kong. He specialises in a wide range of debt and equity-linked capital markets products. Mark advises both issuers and underwriters on standalone debt issuances, medium term note, certificate of deposits and commercial paper programmes, convertible and exchangeable bonds, corporate hybrid capital and regulatory (bank and insurance) capital products, ESG-related issuances, liability management exercises (including tender and exchange offers and consent solicitations and debt restructurings) as well as bespoke private capital markets financings.

Emma Davies is a Corporate partner in our London office. She has 25 years of experience advising financial institutions, industrial groups, trading companies, and global investors on strategic investments, restructurings, and partnerships in Greater China and the wider APAC region. Emma Davies is a Corporate partner in our London office. She has 25 years of experience advising financial institutions, industrial groups, trading companies, and global investors on strategic investments, restructurings, and partnerships in Greater China and the wider APAC region. Emma's recent work includes advising clients on the restructuring of their PRC operations in response to the rapidly evolving macroeconomic and geopolitical landscape. This has involved business carve-outs, spin-off listings, and new business combinations with leading listed and unlisted enterprises in China. Emma led the China Corporate/M&A group in Shanghai from 2002–2012 and founded the Firm’s China antitrust practice.

Francis Edwards

Francis Edwards is the head of our Derivatives and Structured Finance Practice in Greater China and a market leading derivatives and structured finance specialist. Francis specialises in all forms of derivatives, financial market products and structured finance, including repackagings, credit derivatives, equity derivatives and other OTC derivatives, structured products, securities lending and repos, as well as netting, collateral, clearing, custody and credit risk management issues. His focus is on complex transactional matters and innovative market developments in Asia Pacific. Francis also regularly advises on Hong Kong regulatory matters and on issues arising from the global OTC derivatives regulatory reforms. Francis is a regular speaker on derivatives and regulatory matters, including for ISDA and other trade associations.

Matthias Feldmann

Matt has extensive experience establishing private investment funds; advising on fund structuring and legal and regulatory aspects. Matt has worked on some of the largest fund launches in the region. He also acts for institutional investors on their investments in funds and separate accounts.

Helen has extensive experience in advising and representing multinational corporations, listed companies and financial institutions in high-value commercial litigation, complex regulatory investigations and employment matters.

Julie Fu specialises in PE investments and M&A. She regularly advises private equity funds, multinational corporates and financial institutions on cross-border buyouts, minority investments, secondary investments, PIPE, disposals and joint ventures. Her industry experience includes consumer goods and retail, technology, real estate, healthcare, manufacturing and financial institutions.

Paul Greenwell specialises in asset and structured finance, in particular, in relation to the PRC and Japanese markets, and has extensive experience acting for financiers (debt and equity) and lessors in all aspects of aircraft finance and leasing including limited recourse and structured financing, commercial debt financing (including syndicated lending), securitisation of receivables, export credit financing, portfolio transactions (including multi-aircraft purchases and lease novations), corporate acquisitions and disposals, sale and leasebacks, tax leases, finance leases, operating leases, leasing joint ventures and airline defaults, insolvencies and restructurings and aircraft repossession.

Cameron Hassall

Cameron Hassall leads the Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice in Asia Pacific. Maintaining a practice in both Hong Kong and Australia, Cameron specialises in commercial litigation and international arbitration arising from corporate M&A, private equity, venture capital, energy & infrastructure, aviation and banking disputes. Cameron has full rights of audience in Hong Kong and has appeared as both counsel and arbitrator in across APAC, including with seats in Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Geneva, London and Ghana and under the AAA, CIETAC, HKIAC, ICC, LCIA, SCC, SIAC and UNCITRAL Rules.

Connie Heng is Clifford Chance's Regional Managing Partner in Asia Pacific and partner of the Greater China Capital Markets team. During her 20-plus year career, she has assisted many Hong Kong and Chinese issuers with their securities offerings in the international debt capital markets and has advised on numerous landmark transactions. She is recognised as a Leading Individual by Chambers Asia Pacific and Legal 500 and has received a Highly Regarded ranking from IFLR 1000. Chambers Asia Pacific, Legal 500 and IFLR 1000 have all ranked the capital markets (debt and equity) practice as Band 1 for five consecutive years. Connie is a member of the Firm's Group Global Executive Leadership Group and has represented the firm as part of its delegation to the World Economic Forum in Davos since 2012. Connie is an active supporter of diversity and gender issues and founded the region's first women's network.

Ling Ho has spent over 30 years advising clients on intellectual property related matters in the Greater China region. Her expertise covers the full spread of contentious and non-contentious IP issues. She is the head of the Hong Kong Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice and is a core member of the firm's global Tech Group with particular focus on IP, cyber, tech disputes and risk management. Ling has extensive trial, deal and strategic counselling experience, and has acted in leading cases in the fields of trademarks, patents, copyright, designs to confidential information. Ling is regularly involved in negotiating and drafting brand usage, technology transfer and other IP related collaboration agreements for clients investing into Asia markets. Ling's practice also spans arbitration, commercial litigation, cyber, data privacy, defamation as well as product liability claims. Her clients range from multinational corporations and government agencies to leading businesses and individuals in the region, across a broad spectrum of industries including healthcare, technology, media, consumer goods and retail, financial services and leisure.

Soo Khim Keoy is a seasoned litigator with over two decades of experience. He has represented listed companies, financial institutions and HNW individuals in complex commercial disputes. Soo Khim’s practice focuses on corporate/commercial litigation, shareholders/joint venture and M&A disputes, contentious insolvency proceedings, financial/banking litigation and property related disputes.

Bryan Koo specialises in M&A. He regularly advises private equity funds, corporates and financial institutions on public and private M&A transactions in Asia, including leveraged buyouts, takeovers, minority investments and joint ventures.

Charmaine Kwong

Charmaine Kwong has extensive experience in advising on intellectual property related matters covering a spectrum of contentious and non-contentious IP issues. She has acted for consumer brands, financial institutions, pharmaceutical and technology companies, and also advised various statutory bodies in Hong Kong on regulatory investigations and contractual claims.

Anita Lam practises across all areas of employment law, with a particular focus on contentious employment, discrimination and data privacy disputes. As a seasoned litigator, Anita is one of the very few solicitors in Hong Kong who has Higher Rights of Audience granted by the Higher Rights Assessment Board. Anita's clients include banks, listed companies, airlines, tertiary institutions, hospitals, theme parks, stock brokers, foreign law firms, railway corporations, tunnel operators, publishers, pharmaceutical companies and fashion retailers. Anita is a member of our global People Risk team.

Virginia Lee advises on various corporate matters in Hong Kong, including mergers and acquisitions (both private and public), takeovers, initial public offerings, pre-IPO investments, joint ventures and equity fundraisings. Virginia also advises on matters concerning compliance with the listing rules, the Securities and Futures Ordinance and the Code on Takeovers and investigations by regulatory bodies.

Edith Leung is experienced in leveraged & acquisition finance (both sponsor and lender sides), general banking, and restructuring transactions.

Liu Fang focuses on both securities offerings and mergers and acquisitions. He represents issuers and global investment banks in Hong Kong IPOs, SEC-registered offerings, share placements as well as Rule 144A and Reg. S bond offerings. He also advises PRC state-owned and private companies, multinationals and private equity firms on China inbound and outbound acquisitions, investments, dispositions and related financings. His deal experience extends across a wide variety of industry sectors, including technology, new energy, healthcare/consumer goods and financial services.

Maggie Lo has over 20 years of experience and has a track record of advising both lender-side and borrower-side on cross-border financings, including project finance, acquisition finance, fund finance, receivables finance, pre-IPO finance, corporate loan transactions, non-performing loan transactions and restructuring mandates. Apart from advising international financial institutions on their transactions in Greater China, Maggie also focuses on advising Chinese financial institutions on significant outbound financings and investments, particularly in the real estate, manufacturing, energy and resources, infrastructure and industrials sectors.

Phoebe Lo specialises in non-contentious corporate insolvency and restructuring work. Phoebe has advised creditors, debtors and insolvency office holders in corporate restructuring and formal insolvency processes, including issues on enforcement of security, creditors' schemes of arrangement and loan and security assignments.

Viola specialises on the structuring and formation of a broad range of closed-ended and open-ended private investment funds (including private equity funds, real estate funds, hedge funds and hybrid funds, set up either offshore or in the form of HK LPFs and HK OFCs). Viola is a member of AIMA Hong Kong's Executive Committee (previously a member AIMA Hong Kong's Regulatory Committee), Vice-Chairman (Legal) of the Technical Committee of the HKVCA, a core member of the PWMA Advisory Council and a committee member of the Professional Standards Committee of ANREV. She is also one of the key partners of Clifford Chance's APAC ESG Leadership Team and is very active in advising on ESG/sustainability related matters relating to the funds and investment management industry. In addition, Viola is a Steering Committee member of Accelerate>>> Hong Kong, the Firm's gender parity group.

Vicky Ma advises Chinese and international investors and financiers on a wide range of cross-border financing and commercial transactions, including acquisition finance, project finance, real estate finance, margin finance and general banking transactions.

Dauwood Malik has extensive experience in debt finance, including corporate credit, infrastructure financing, real estate development and investment financing.

Dayu Man specialises in antitrust and competition law. Dayu has advised multinational and domestic corporations, investment banks and private equity firms on antitrust matters in relation to global merger control filings, FDI filings as well as antitrust conduct rules across a range of sectors.

Rocky Mui focuses on transactional funds and regulatory advisory practice. He specialises in fund establishment, authorisation of funds, licensing and regulatory advice, PRC investment programs (QFI/Stock Connect/Bond Connect/CIBM Direct Access), cross-border mergers & acquisitions and general corporate related work. Rocky also focuses on Tech / Fintech and has developed expertise in cryptocurrency/blockchain related matters.

David Olds is a technology and telecommunications lawyer based in Hong Kong. David's practice focuses on technology and telecommunications-related matters in the Asia Pacific region, specialising in telecommunications regulation, IT contracting, outsourcing, cybersecurity and data privacy. He helps clients to enter important markets in the region and manage the risks that may arise as their businesses expand, and as legal and regulatory environments evolve.

Michael Pallaras

Michael Pallaras specialises in acquisition finance, real estate finance and private credit transactions, covering the Asia Pacific region from Hong Kong. Michael has been based in our Hong Kong office for more than 10 years and regularly acts for sponsors, credit funds and financial institutions on transactions across the entire credit spectrum, from investment grade to distressed debt. He also has extensive experience in cross-border real estate and development financings, including hospitality, integrated resorts, data centres, logistics, commercial and retail assets.

Dianna is a commercial arbitration specialist and regularly advises clients on cross-border commercial disputes in the Asia-Pacific region and particularly in Greater China. She has helped clients across a wide range of industries with a particular focus on private equity, venture capital and M&A related disputes. Dianna has lead numerous arbitrations including under the HKIAC, SIAC, ICC, CIETAC and UNCITRAL rules.

Charlotte Shieh

Charlotte Shieh has worked on a range of contentious litigation, employment and regulatory matters. Charlotte has assisted clients including financial institutions, tertiary institutions, and insurance companies.

Lei Shi is the Managing Partner of Clifford Chance's Mainland China offices and specialises in China-related dispute resolution matters, including international arbitration, regulatory compliance and investigation, and commercial litigation. Lei also co-leads the firm's Greater China international arbitration practice. In the arbitration area, Lei has extensive experiences in acting for clients in arbitration under HKIAC, ICC, SIAC, CIETAC, LCIA, SCC, AAA, UNCITRAL and ICSID Rules in relation to M&A, corporate governance, banking, technology, life science, mining and other commercial or investor-state disputes. He also sits as arbitrator and is on the list of arbitrators of HKIAC and SHIAC. Lei is a member of ICC's Belt and Road Commission. In the regulatory area, Lei advises client in daily compliance, due diligence, internal investigation and government investigation, with a focus on anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, sanctions and export control. Lei has worked at our Hong Kong and New York offices for many years. Prior to joining Clifford Chance, he practiced at a leading PRC firm for three years.

Matthew Truman is Global Co-Head of Leveraged Finance. He has over two decades of experience advising on acquisition finance, syndicated lending and restructuring transactions. Matthew regularly advises private equity sponsors, private credit funds, corporates, financial institutions, and banks across a variety of sectors including real estate, healthcare and life sciences, technology, manufacturing, and consumer. Matthew has been based in Asia since 2005, and plays a pivotal role in complex, cross-border financings across the Asia Pacific region. Matthew has practiced in London, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Singapore.

Tania Tse

Thomas Walsh leads the firm's Hong Kong Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice and is the co-head of the firm's Greater China international arbitration group, with a particular focus on private capital and technology disputes. Reflecting his standing in the community, Thomas holds key leadership positions at major arbitral institutions. He serves on the HKIAC's Executive Committee, Council, and as Chair of its Appointments Committee. For the ICC, he is the elected Chair of the Hong Kong Nominations Committee and a member of the Hong Kong Executive Committee. A respected thought leader, Thomas is the General Editor of Hong Kong's leading arbitration commentary, "The White Book" (Arbitration and ADR Volume, Hong Kong Civil Procedure). He is currently an adjunct professor at Peking University and has previously taught at Hong Kong University, Seoul National University, and Yonsei University.

Anthony Wang specialises in syndicated and acquisition financing, project financing and commercial projects work. Anthony has extensive experience in advising arrangers and lenders in relation to acquisition financing and syndicated loans in Asia.

Jonathan David ("JD") Wong represents financial institutions, large corporations and private equity firms on significant regulatory enforcement matters, litigation and arbitration, with a focus on international and Greater China matters. He is a global co-head of our Regulatory Investigations and Financial Crime (RIFC) Practice. JD's sector expertise covers banking and fintech, funds and investment management, insurance, retail and life sciences. His regulatory defence work notably includes representing clients in matters involving securities, banking, listing, competition, insurance, AML and privacy regulators; he also regularly advises clients on related regulatory compliance.

Liyong Xing is a Partner in the Hong Kong office and a member of the APAC Private Funds Group. Liyong focuses her practice on advising both established and emerging fund sponsors across different strategies, including private equity, private credit, real estate and infrastructure, energy, and fund of funds, on a broad range of strategic and operational matters. Liyong also has represented sponsors and investors in secondary transactions and similar liquidity solutions, as well as other customized transactions, including joint ventures, platform formations, new business line launches, anchor investments, warehouse vehicles, co-investments, separately managed accounts, annex funds, and sponsor internal equity arrangements. Prior to joining the firm, Liyong was a partner of another international law firm.

Terry Yang specialises in derivatives, structured products and financial regulatory matters. Terry has worked on a number of significant structured finance projects in Greater China, including China Connect, Bond Connect and the establishment of OTC Clear. He regularly advises both buy-side and sell-side clients on structured note investments, margin financing transactions and cross-border acquisitions involving OTC derivatives. Terry speaks regularly at industry conferences on financial regulatory developments affecting China and Hong Kong.

Clarice is a telecoms, media and technology lawyer based in Hong Kong with a substantial data protection practice. With over 20 years of experience, she advises clients on corporate, commercial and regulatory matters in the TMT sector.