Overview
The finance industry across Asia is transforming at an unprecedented pace. As regulatory frameworks intensify and new technologies disrupt traditional business models, forward-thinking guidance is critical to ensure your organisation’s success.
Commitment and Innovation
Our team at Haldanes fully understands these challenges and is committed to supporting our clients with innovative solutions.
We advise established and emerging players across a wide range of areas, from dynamic transactions and sensitive regulatory matters to high-stakes disputes.
At a time of continual change, our clients value the reliable guidance and integrated global capabilities we provide.
With a strong support network across the region with other legal firms, our team is uniquely positioned to provide borderless solutions.
Our unwavering commitment to responsive and innovative client service, makes Haldanes your trusted partner in navigating the ever-evolving financial services landscape in Hong Kong and overseas.
Navigating Regulatory Change and Compliance
We help navigate a complex web of sustainability, conduct, anti-money laundering and data privacy standards across dynamically evolving jurisdictions.
With extensive transaction experience spanning all aspect of financing, including debt and equity offerings, mergers and acquisitions, and more, we excel in seamlessly coordinating the synthesis of financial, commercial, and jurisdictional challenges.
Our advisory services cover digital payments, tokenised assets, and other emerging trends.
This integrated approach allows us to deliver tailored solutions that cater to your specific needs and provide competitive advantages in the market.
Mitigating Risk
As new ventures, products, and disruptive technologies evolve, we advise both established and emerging players in the financial services industry.
Whether you are commercialising innovations in digital payments, tokenised assets, or other ventures, we can help you ensure robust structures, controls, and policy frameworks to mitigate future risks.
Our team closely tracks technological advances and regulatory changes, guiding you through digital assets, AI governance, and other emerging trends.
By engaging in in-depth dialogue and providing agile solutions, we help you navigate the dynamic landscape and capitalise on the opportunities presented by these innovations.
Dispute Prevention and Resolution
At Haldanes, we believe in a proactive approach to managing legal risk.
Through preventative measures, such as conducting health checks and implementing best practices in documentation, we aim to reduce the likelihood of downstream issues.
However, in the event of litigation, our trial-tested team deploys its financial and regulatory expertise rigorously to secure the best possible outcomes for our clients.
Our seasoned litigators rigorously defend high-value regulatory investigations and litigation. With deep-seated financial and jurisdictional experience, they secure the optimum solutions whenever a crisis arises.
Growing Alongside Our Clients
We take great pride in developing long-standing relationships and growing together with our clients. Many of the financial institutions we advise have been with us for decades, trusting us to guide them through both opportunities and challenges as their businesses evolve.
Beyond traditional brokerage firms and asset managers, we also work closely with family offices of ultra-high net worth entrepreneurs.
For these private wealth establishments, our services span comprehensive trust and succession planning to corporate restructuring and philanthropy setup. By understanding their unique ownership structures and multi-generational needs, we provide continuity and personalised solutions.
Whether supporting long-time clients or welcoming new ones, we remain committed to understanding your strategies from the ground up.
Such insights allow us to anticipate emerging issues proactively and provide strategic counselling aligned with each institution’s DNA, risks and ambitions as they transform over time.
Our Services
Haldanes offers a comprehensive range of services to meet the diverse needs of financial institutions, including:
- Compliance matters, including the establishment of compliance systems and anti-money laundering.
- Regulatory issues and investigations.
- Mergers and acquisitions.
- Corporate structuring and fund formations.
- Debt financing and restructuring.
- Data protection and privacy.
- Litigation and dispute resolution.
- Protection and commercialisation of intellectual property rights.
- Enforcement against infringing use of trademarks, trade names, or domain names.
Representative Experience
- Provided legal counsel to a family office in preparing investment management agreements for both corporate and individual clients and offered ongoing advisory services regarding its regulatory compliance obligations.
- Advised a family office on establishing an appropriate corporate structure to suit its investment objectives and commercial needs and ensured the proposed structure complied with licensing requirements under Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Ordinance.
- Provided legal and strategic guidance to a family office on setting up a private investment fund, including recommending an appropriate legal structure and formation process.
