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Financial Services (International Firms) - China

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Band 2

What the Team is Known For

King & Wood Mallesons boasts a strong presence in Hong Kong and the PRC, ensuring comprehensive advice to clients on a range of matters, including complex regulatory investigations and the development of innovative financial products. The firm offers experience in contentious regulatory matters spanning SFC audits, HKMA investigations and appearances before the MMT. It is especially sought out for guidance on the changing regulatory landscape in Mainland China, including on ESG regulations, and is noted for its retail structured products practice and experience advising fintech clients. King & Wood Mallesons assists a range of virtual asset services providers with virtual banking licences, compliance regimes and regulatory issues relating to online payment systems.

Work Highlights

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  • King & Wood Mallesons represented Rio Tinto in its purchase of International Renewable Energy Certificates and PRC Green Energy Certificates that prove that electricity was produced from renewable sources. 

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Richard Mazzochi
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Band 1

Richard Mazzochi is head of King & Wood Mallesons' banking and finance team and is highly sought after for non-contentious regulatory matters by clients in the fintech and broader technology sectors for his broad-ranging expertise in regulatory issues and licensing applications.

His commercial vision is very strong. He has a deep understanding of the regulatory landscape in APAC, and the guidance he provides is always well thought through and commercial.

He's effective at corralling all the advice together and getting it across the language barriers and regulatory regimes.

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Minny Siu
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Minny Siu of King & Wood Mallesons' Hong Kong office maintains a notable practice in the financial regulatory space. She continues to advise virtual banks, fintech clients and other financial institutions on a variety of regulatory issues.

She is a great lawyer to work with, a problem solver with wide-ranging expertise and someone who understands the importance of commercially viable solutions.

She is always responsive and provides commercial and top-quality advice. She is one of our most trusted regulatory and financial products legal advisers in the market.

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Urszula McCormack
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Urszula McCormack remains a noted adviser in the digital payments space and continues to assist international banks with licensing applications and virtual asset regulatory frameworks, in addition to advising international organisations on policymaking.

Urszula is a great lawyer with excellent commercial awareness and expertise in the virtual asset space.

She understands the business and how the SFC thinks. She is incredibly passionate and knows how banks and other asset providers think.

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Financial Services: Non-contentious Regulatory (International Firms)

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Richard Mazzochi
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Minny Siu
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Urszula McCormack
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