Ms. Lau is an Associate of the firm. She has responsibility for client on-boarding. 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.
Experience
Ms. Lau 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.
Education
City University of Hong Kong (LLB); Dean's List
Admissions
Hong Kong SAR
Languages
English
Cantonese Chinese
Mandarin Chinese