Practice Areas
- Financial services regulatory
- Enforcement and investigations
- Investigations
- Compliance advisory
- Governance and risk management
Career
Hannah is a partner based in our Hong Kong office. Hannah heads the award-winning Financial Services Regulatory practice in Asia, advising clients on contentious and non-contentious matters. Hannah helps financial institutions, fintech firms, listed companies and their senior individuals on high stakes cases involving, for example, systems and controls breaches, anti-money laundering failures, product mis-selling and insider dealing. She is praised by clients for her "very level-headed and practical advice". Hannah has helped clients in connection with multiple cross-border matters covering Hong Kong, Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia, Korea, Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom and Jersey. She has particular expertise in advising clients on the conduct of high profile board-led, independent investigations, particularly in relation to culture and conduct. Hannah also regularly advises clients on a broad range of regulatory topics, including senior management accountability, payments, cybersecurity, market abuse, anti-money laundering, fraud and scams, client assets and complex licensing issues. Hannah's team regularly leads discussions with regulators on behalf of the financial services industry in relation to regulatory reform initiatives. This includes working closely with leading industry bodies, including ASIFMA, AIMA and the Hong Kong Association of Banks. Hannah is the chair of AIMA's Hong Kong Regulatory Committee, a co-chair of the firm's Global Banks Sector Group, is a member of Women in Finance Asia and regularly speaks on industry panels.
For additional information on Hannah’s professional background, please visit: https://www.hsfkramer.com/our-people/h/hannah-cassidy
