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The Firm

Timothy Loh LLP is an independent and internationally recognized legal adviser to some of the world's most sophisticated consumers of legal services. The firm represents Fortune Global 500 companies, family offices, asset managers, financial institutions and other business organizations and their key executives in matters of Hong Kong and international law.

Measured by the firm's rankings and those of its lawyers by independent editorial publications, the firm is a leader in banking, financial regulation, hedge funds, private equity, unit trusts and mutual funds, capital markets and corporate finance.

Why Clients Choose Us

We produce results.

We are deliberately small compared to our international law firm peers, adopting the highest level of selectivity in our recruitment and affording each client matter true senior level attention.

About Us

  • Who We Are
  • Awards and Rankings
  • Leadership

Services

Timothy Loh LLP advises and represents clients in mergers & acquisitions, the resolution of commercial disputes, securities litigation, white collar criminal defence and financial market and financial services activities.

Lawyer Contacts

For more information on how we can help you, please contact:

Timothy Loh
Managing Partner
Tel: +852 2899 0190
E-mail:

Practice Areas

  • Advisory
  • Litigation
  • Mergers And Acquisitions

Industry Sectors

  • Banking
  • Broking and Dealing
  • Electronic Systems
  • Hedge Funds
  • Insurance and Reinsurance
  • Mutual Funds
  • Private Equity

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Current Issues

  • The New Private Funds Exemption: an Update on Discussions with the Inland Revenue Department
  • SFC Imposes Restrictive Code of Conduct Updates upon Intermediaries to Combat Mis-Selling
  • Open-Ended Fund Companies: IRD Confirms Availability of Offshore Funds Exemption
  • Private Funds Tax Exemption: New Legislation to Re-Center Hong Kong as an Asset Management Center
  • Increased Transparency at Heart of Hong Kong Regulatory Changes
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Featured Publications

  • A Guide to the Proper Execution of Deed in Hong Kong
  • PIPEs on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong: A Primer for Private Equity and Hedge Funds
  • Setting Up In Hong Kong: A Guide for the Finance Industry
  • SFC Enforcement Action: Do's And Don'ts For Firms Receiving Investigation Notices
  • Financial Services Acquisitions: A Primer To Buying Securities Firms, Asset Managers, Insurers And Banks

Register for Events

The lawyers at Timothy Loh LLP regularly comment on legal developments and speak on the state of the law. Join us at one of our many events to hear our lawyers speak on current legal issues relevant to you.

To select one of our events, please click on the event title in the column to the right.

Events

  • Seminar: Defending An SFC Investigation: 2019 Annual Review
  • Seminar: Defending An SFC Investigation: 2019 Annual Review (February 20, 2019)
  • Seminar: Defending An SFC Investigation: 2019 Annual Review (February 18, 2019)
  • Seminar: Defending An SFC Investigation: 2019 Annual Review (February 13, 2019)
  • Seminar : The Proposed New Private Funds Exemption and Other Developments Affecting the Taxation of Funds (January 17, 2019)

Latest News

  • Another Landmark Case for Timothy Loh LLP as Firm Represents Activist Short Seller Andrew Left for Appeal
  • Chambers and Partners Identifies Firm Managing Partner as Leading Lawyer for 2019
  • IFLR1000 2019 Positions Firm As a Leading Practice
  • AsiaLaw Profiles 2019 Recognises Firm Position across Corporate and M&A, Investment Funds and Regulatory Practices
  • Insurance Specialist joins Timothy Loh LLP
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Work with us

Timothy Loh LLP is committed to delivering results for clients. At the heart of this mission, we select individuals who have demonstrated superior intellectual ability, a passion for excellence and a desire to work as part of a collegial team.

Experienced Lawyers

  • Collegial Environment
  • Professional Development
  • Partnership Opportunities

Law Students and Graduates

  • Vacation Scheme
  • Trainee Solicitors
  • Scholarship
  • Global Scholars Programme

Business Services Professionals

  • Working at the Firm

Experienced Lawyers

Collegial Environment

Our associates are our future

We look for associates whom we believe have the potential to join us in partnership. Because of this, we don't regard our associates as human capital to be leveraged.

We don't have minimum billing hours and we don't treat their billable hours each month as a measure of their worth. We expect our associates to work hard, not because of billable hour targets but because we are working together towards common goals, namely to provide the most sophisticated and efficient representation to our clients and to continually develop the breadth and depth of our legal talent pool and intellectual capital.

We treat our associates as we would like to be treated -- as real people. We offer a collegial and non-hierarchical environment where our lawyers can thrive professionally. We are transparent with the firm's strategies, results and managerial decision making process. We welcome suggestions from all quarters on how to advance the firm's results over both the short-term and the long-term.

 

Professional Development

Genuine development opportunities

We devote an extraordinary amount of time and effort to identifying and recruiting top talent and we commit significant resources to their professional development. We believe that better associates become better partners, so we help our associates to develop technical excellence, an understanding of the complexities of the industries in which our clients operate and the skills generally to serve as well-rounded counselors and advocates in both contentious and non-contentious settings. Our approach relies upon 3 cornerstone principles:

1. Access to Clients, Regulators and Counterparties

We delegate substantial responsibility to our associates. From the very beginning, our associates work directly with clients, regulators and transactional counterparties on significant matters under the firm's close supervision. This direct contact enables our associates to learn about different facets of the industries in which our clients operate and to appreciate market norms. We believe that these benefits would not be possible if our associates were limited to receiving instructions from more senior lawyers.

2. Opportunities for Multi-Disciplinary Learning

We expect our associates to practise across a range of legal disciplines, including corporate law, securities law, banking law and general commercial law. We expect them to engage in their own legal research and to develop an understanding not only of prevailing market practices but also of the laws underlying these practices. We believe that this approach produces complete, well-rounded lawyers with breadth, sophistication and depth of knowledge of a wide variety of legal disciplines, the ability to think independently and creatively and the skills to identify and resolve legal issues in cutting edge work where market practices have yet to evolve or where market practices are not suitable.

3. Mentoring

We actively mentor our associates, guiding them in their development and instilling in them the confidence to approach legal problems. Each hire is the beginning of a process of continued communication.

4. Road to Partnership

We have no bureaucracy and we have no pre-conceived timelines for partnership. You don't have to be a 10 year associate to become a partner. All you need to do is to demonstrate the ability to take on the responsibilities of partnership. If you have what it takes, you will advance quickly within the firm.

Partnership Opportunities

Real Responsibility. A True Meritocracy.

Our associates get as much responsibility as they can handle from the start.

Under our supervision and guidance, they attend meetings to speak to clients and to counterparties, not to take notes; they draft correspondence and documents, not photocopy them. Our associates often assume day-to-day responsibility for the conduct of client matters and serve as the regular point of contact between ourselves and the client.

If you have what it takes, you will advance quickly within the firm.

We have no bureaucracy and we have no pre-conceived timelines for partnership. You don't have to be a 10 year associate to become a partner. All you need to do is to demonstrate the ability to take on the responsibilities of partnership.

How to Apply

If you would like to apply for an associate position, please send your full curriculum vitae to Mr. Francis Comtois, Partner, at .

 

 
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