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Financial Services (International Firms) - China

2
Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Clifford Chance houses a deep bench of regulatory practitioners with a breadth of experience acting for various financial services clients on both contentious and non-contentious work. The law firm is known for its criminal law and white-collar expertise and continues to be at the forefront of regulatory development, including in relation to the cryptocurrency and cybersecurity spaces. The team draws on its strong global network to advise clients on international and domestic regulatory matters, while offering clients expertise in negotiations with and applications to regulators. It acts for a wide range of banks and financial institutions, also advising regulators.

Work Highlights

  • Clifford Chance advised Animoca Brands on the formation of a joint venture with Standard Chartered and Hong Kong Telecom (HKT), which aimed to obtain a stablecoin issuer licence from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA).

Strengths

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Clifford Chance is a full service firm that covers the depth and breadth of our needs. It truly excels in complex and sophisticated matters. Its expertise is solid and its speed to execution is great.

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Clifford Chance is one of the firms that you can count on to handle complex and sophisticated matters. It is the go-to solution provider.

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Notable Practitioners

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Donna Wacker
3
Donna Wacker
3
Band 3

Donna Wacker's regulatory practice spans both advisory and contentious work, including internal investigations, SFO applications and MMT proceedings. Her clients include financial institutions and investment firms.

Donna is not content in thinking in one way and always comes up with the best solutions and rightly justified her course of actions.

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4
Jonathan Wong
4
Band 4
Jonathan Wong has a notable practice that predominantly covers contentious financial regulatory work. He frequently advises financial institutions and investment management companies on regulatory and internal investigations, as well as assisting them with responding to various enquiries.

Jonathan Wong is very smart and provides commercial, practical and efficient advice. He does not shy away from taking a viewpoint and explaining the risk mitigants to help clients make decisions.

He is my go-to lawyer for legal advice.

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Rocky Mui
4
Band 4

Rocky Mui possesses noteworthy expertise in undertaking regulatory compliance work. He serves a host of China and US-headquartered banks and asset management groups from Clifford Chance's base in Hong Kong.

Rocky is a reliable solution provider with cutting-edge understanding and expertise on complex regulatory issues.

Rocky Mui has the ability to marry traditional laws and regulations to modern day needs. He advises clients on big issues and reminds them of smaller ones to help them balance their risk appetite.

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Ranked Lawyers at
Clifford Chance LLP

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Financial Services: Contentious Regulatory (International Firms)
Donna Wacker
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Donna Wacker
3
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4
Jonathan Wong
4
Band 4
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Financial Services: Non-contentious Regulatory (International Firms)
4
Rocky Mui
4
Band 4
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