FinTech Legal (International Firms) - China
What the team is known for
Baker McKenzie is a prominent international law firm with expertise in insurance, investment funds, banking and finance, and corporate/M&A. The firm’s FinTech practice includes peer-to-peer lending, virtual banking, e-payments, robo-advisory and cryptocurrency matters.
Strengths
"Baker McKenzie demonstrates a high degree of commercial acumen in the digital assets, FinTech and financial services sectors."
"They are very fluent across the many aspects of the virtual asset industry, including niche areas such as NFT, STO and DeFi."
"The Baker McKenzie team is very responsive and always available."
Work highlights
Baker McKenzie advised UBS on regulatory, data privacy and technology matters relevant to its tokenised bond issuance in Hong Kong.
Notable practitioners
Karen Man is head of the firm's financial services regulatory practice. Man advises on both the transactional and regulatory aspects of FinTech work. "Karen is very helpful and provides real value-added advice." "Karen is a regulatory all-rounder."