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Maria Sit
Work Department
Complex Commercial Litigation
Position
Partner
Career
Maria Sit is a partner in the firm’s Hong Kong office. She is the Asia head and global co-leader of Dechert’s White Collar, Compliance and Investigations practice. She is a former in-house counsel at the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong.
Ms. Sit has expertise in handling joint investigations by a range of regulatory bodies, both in Asia and elsewhere. These include the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Justice, China Securities Regulatory Commission, Securities & Futures Commission of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the Commercial Crime Bureau of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Independent Commission Against Corruption, Monetary Authority of Singapore and Financial Supervisory Commission (Taiwan).
Ms. Sit has built her career as a litigator with two decades of experience focusing on complex commercial litigation and has a notable track record representing clients in a broad variety of high-profile cases in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and other jurisdictions around the world including the United Kingdom, the Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands and Bermuda.
Memberships
Arbitrator, Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration (also known as South China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission)
Education
- University of Hong Kong, LL.B., Law, 2000
- University of Hong Kong, Postgraduate Certificate in Laws, 2001
- Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, M.B.A., 2008
Lawyer Rankings
Hong Kong > Regulatory
(Next Generation Partners)Dechert is best known for the regulatory work it undertakes for funds clients. Michael Wong, who heads up the non-contentious offering, ‘possesses a deep knowledge of the rules and regulations’. As well as handling work within the hedge, private equity, and credit space, Wong is also active in the digital assets space, advising fund managers seeking to gain the relevant regulatory approvals to establish crypto funds in Hong Kong. Maria Sit takes the lead on the contentious front, regularly handling complex regulatory investigations and enforcements, often involving a nexus to China.