Our Leadership
in Hong Kong

Timothy Loh is the Founder and Managing Partner. Since inception in 2004, he has been responsible for the firm’s overall management and direction.

He has advised clients on mergers & acquisitions, the aggregate value that has exceeded US$79 billion. He has particular expertise involving regulated financial institutions and has acted on a number of instructions involving the purchase and sale of Securities and Futures Commission (“SFC”) licensed asset managers, wealth managers, brokerage firms, insurance companies and insurance brokers regulated by the Insurance Authority (“IA”).

Timothy has represented clients in a wide range of white collar and regulatory enforcement matters, as well as commercial litigation and arbitration proceedings. He has particular experience defending investigations and other enforcement action undertaken by the SFC including disciplinary actions and Market Misconduct Tribunal proceedings. He has served as counsel to clients in respect of commercial disputes involving issues of breach of contract, fraud and asset recovery. He has taken a lead roles in representing clients at all levels of court in Hong Kong, including the Court of First Instance, the Court of Appeal and the Court of Final Appeal, in a number of seminal cases defining the ambit of the law governing financial markets and financial services in Hong Kong.

He has also appeared before the Legislative Council of Hong Kong a number of times to speak on proposed legislative changes to redefine the regulatory framework governing the financial markets in Hong Kong, including in relation to the regulation of over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives and anti-money laundering (“AML”).

Timothy is active assisting private clients in employment, trust, tax and immigration matters.

Gavin Cumming is a Partner of the firm. He is responsible for the firm’s non-contentious financial services practice.

Gavin Cumming has broad and deep experience in corporate, commercial and tax matters with a particular focus on representing asset managers, investment banks, private banks and other wealth managers, insurance companies, broker-dealers and electronic trading and clearing platform operators.

He has extensive experience dealing with the Securities and Futures Commission (“SFC”), including the Licensing Department, Intermediaries Supervision, Investment Product, Supervision of Markets, Enforcement and Corporate Finance.

He regularly advises clients on the authorization of automated trading services, the formation of private funds, including hedge funds and private equity funds, capital raising for funds, SFC authorization of unit trusts and mutual funds and investment linked assurance schemes for sale to the retail public, private equity portfolio transactions, change of control transactions involving regulated financial institutions including SFC regulated hedge fund managers and Insurance Authority (“IA”) regulated insurance companies, and ongoing compliance issues for SFC, IA and Hong Kong Monetary Authority (“HKMA”) regulated financial institutions.

Mary Lam is a Managing Associate. She is responsible for non-partner level legal professional staff in Hong Kong, including the recruitment and development of trainee solicitors, law student interns, legal executives and paralegals.

She has a broad range of experience in corporate, regulatory and dispute resolution matters and regularly advises financial institutions in these areas.

She advises investment advisors, asset managers, private equity sponsors, insurance firms, banks and private clients and businesses. She has represented clients in the establishment of private equity funds, including Hong Kong limited partnership funds, and in co-investment arrangements. She has significant experience with M&A involving regulated financial services firms and with M&A involving complex insolvency issues. She has advised on transactional and non-transactional regulatory and compliance issues and on debt restructurings, including through voluntary workouts and schemes of arrangement.

In respect of dispute resolution, Mary has represented clients in commercial disputes, as well as in pursing or defending against asset recovery action involving both traditional and digital assets. Her experience spans across litigation before the Hong Kong Courts as well as arbitral proceedings before the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) and the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC).

In respect of regulatory enforcement action, Mary has advised clients in regulatory investigations and proceedings including those brought by the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and heard at the Market Misconduct Tribunal (MMT), the Court of Appeal (CA) and the Court of Final Appeal (CFA).

Sally is a Managing Associate of the firm. She has a broad range of experience in both contentious and non-contentious financial services, including money lending, money laundering, sanctions compliance, SFC licensing and ongoing compliance, as well as in corporate law, employment law and white collar crime.

Sally has represented clients in enforcement matters involving investment services firms, including operators of digital asset exchanges and corporate finance advisers, and has substantial experience advising on blockchain and other distributed ledger technology (“DLT”), non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”), stablecoins, crypto currencies and crypto currency derivatives, with a particular focus on corporate and commercial law issues, securities regulation and anti-money laundering (“AML”) compliance.

She has advised clients on employment arrangements, including preparing employment agreements, restrictive covenants and service company agreements, and represented clients in disputes between employers and employees.

She has particular experience with internal investigations of employees, employment disputes involving employees who are licensed or registered or otherwise regulated by a regulatory agency, including the SFC and with regulatory issues, including licensing, registration and enforcement related matters, arising from termination of employment.

She has advised extensively on creditor-debtor relationships, with a particular focus on secured lending transactions.