LAWYER PROFILE

Leonard Ng

UK 2026

Sidley Austin LLP

Ranked in 1 practice area

Financial Services: Non-contentious Regulatory

UK-wide

15 years ranked

About

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UK

Practice Areas

LEONARD NG is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee, co-managing partner of Sidley’s Singapore office, and head of the UK/EU Financial Services Regulatory group. Leonard advises a wide range of global financial institutions on complex UK/EU financial services regulatory issues. He has particular experience in advising clients on operating under the regulatory framework established after the last financial crisis, and more recently on Brexit, sustainable finance/ESG, and crypto-asset regulation. Leonard is a past member of the Board of the Managed Funds Association (MFA), the global trade association for hedge funds, and is a frequent speaker at industry conferences.

Leonard has been interviewed widely for his thought leadership, including in such national publications as the Financial Times, Reuters, The Wall Street Journal and New York Times’ Dealbook. He has also been featured in numerous industry outlets, including Bloomberg Briefs, HFMWeek, Financial News, Risk, Private Equity News, Asian Investor, Law360, Institutional Investor Magazine and Global Risk Regulator.

Chambers Review

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Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

Financial Services: Non-contentious Regulatory - UK-wide

Band 2

Individual Editorial

Leonard Ng is head of the UK/EU financial services regulatory group at Sidley Austin. He attracts praise for advising his clientele of major financial services institutions across the regulatory piece.

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Leonard is a trusted adviser.
Financial Services: Non-contentious RegulatoryChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
Leonard offers consistently good and prompt advice on all manner of regulatory queries. He has a remarkable ability to contextualise complicated regulatory problems which makes him indispensable.
Financial Services: Non-contentious RegulatoryChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
He is an incredibly technical and impressive lawyer, he delivers advice on complex issues in a very digestible and user-friendly manner.
Financial Services: Non-contentious RegulatoryChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
Leonard offers clear background analysis of regulations, focusing on what is key for clients and how it impacts us, at the same time he provides commercial and practical guidance.
Financial Services: Non-contentious RegulatoryChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
Leonard gives useful advice and helps us with European matters, his advice is timely and he is a great resource from a business perspective.
Financial Services: Non-contentious RegulatoryChambers Guide to the Legal Profession