Financial Services (International Firms)

Carl Fernandes has over 25 years of experience under his belt and is particularly renowned for his deep expertise in the China and UK markets. His expertise in a variety of regulatory and compliance matters is sought after by many investment banks, fintech entities and asset management firms.

He is very responsive and very helpful. He worked in London for a long time and is able to bring a different European perspective, which is very helpful.

We appreciate how pragmatic, calm and hands-on he is.

Andrew Chung of Linklaters' Hong Kong office leads advice for banks and financial institutions on both internal and external investigations. He leverages his practice with his previous in-house experience at an investment bank.

He is commercially minded and gives very reasonable and thought-out advice to financial institutions. The reviews he's conducted are detailed, simultaneously giving very commercially-minded advice.

He is focused, detailed, thorough and highly responsive. He readily makes himself available at short notice notwithstanding juggling the demands of multiple clients. 

Kishore Bhindi has experience advising on regulatory matters, including licensing requirements and product specifications in both the Hong Kong and UK markets. He assists with investigations and other enforcement actions as well as regulatory aspects of transactions and the implementation of regulatory changes.

He has very strong knowledge of local regulation as well as a good sense of regulator expectations and local market practice.