Vivien Teu & Co LLP is delighted to have been invited to contribute to the Chambers & Partners Global Practice Guides, on the Trends & Developments for Investments Funds 2019 for Hong Kong.
We welcome feedback, comments and questions on our write-up, and look forward to working together as the funds market evolves and develops.
“Breaking Boundaries”
Last week our team participated at the annual gathering of AVPN (Asian Venture Philanthropy Network) – an incredible opportunity to interact with over 1000 impact actors and stakeholders across the region: among impact investors, funders, social enterprises, social innovators, asset managers, service providers, foundations and government agencies.
Climate Action, ESG and Impact Investing are key themes this year. While global foundations shared their impact and social innovation programmes, Standard Chartered chairman Jose Vinals gave a keynote speech emphasising the central role banks can play in furthering sustainable finance, and how finance is a powerful tool for change, from doing no harm to actively doing good. Financial market players including banks, asset managers and impact funds can make a real difference.
There’s an annual 2.5 trillion gap in investment globally to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. As an international financial center, Hong Kong has a critical role to play.
We are glad to be a member of #AVPN and to have been at #avpn2019. Collaborate and strengthen ESG focus and sustainable finance.
#esginvesting #impact #UNSDGs
Vivien Teu & Co LLP is pleased to have been invited by Corporate Livewire to contribute a Hong Kong chapter to its Expert Guide series – Investment Funds 2019.
Access the full guide at Corporate Livewire (registration required): http://www.corporatelivewire.com/guide.html?id=investment-funds-2019
Here’s a copy of our Hong Kong chapter:
张慧雯律师事务所谨此通知我们的客户与朋友们，本所与中国内地通力律师事务所的联营关系已于2018年11月终止，我们寻求重新强调以我们的创始理念前行——专注于核心领域的精品律师事务所。本所将会继续加强和建立我们处于领先地位的资产管理和金融服务业务的声誉，其涵盖涉及跨越不同资产类别的投资和融资安排的企业和商业工作，以及私人财富管理和信托安排。
符合本所的在特定领域提供知识和专业服务的策略，我们很高兴国际税务律师严志坚律师加盟本所。作为税务方面的顾问，严律师将和本所合伙人张慧雯律师和高级律师孙凯宁律师一起紧密工作，在本所就资产管理、基金构建、企业服务方面提供税务建议的组成部分服务中扮演关键角色。针对本所向私人客户就私人财产、企业和信托事务提供法律及咨询服务，这也是极为重要的。 在越趋复杂的国际税务问题的大环境下，我们认为税务考虑是必要，特别是我们的工作多属跨境和多司法管辖区性质。
作为一家拥有独特专注领域的独立律师事务所，我们期待与本地和国际客户，以及其他一致希望提供最好法律服务的律师事务所加深合作及发展新机会，以满足我们客户在日趋复杂化的商业、法律和合规环境下所需要的不寻常、专门制订或量身订制的法律方案。
在接下来的数个月里，我们有意邀请更多具有与我们业务和行业焦点相应的专业知识和专长的律师加盟，以应对持续增长的客户要求，其中包括在新兴特定领域例如金融科技、支付服务和虚拟资产、负责任金融及社会企业投资等方面的项目和思想引导倡议。
如果您对本所和我们的服务有兴趣，或有意探索与我们一同工作，欢迎联系我们。我们热衷分享我们的理念和策略，并期待与您取得达共识及建立共同利益。
感谢您们的关注与支持。
Vivien Teu & Co LLP would like to inform our clients and friends that we are moving forward with renewed emphasis on our founding philosophy as a boutique law firm focusing on core areas, with the end of our association with Mainland China law firm Llinks Law Offices in November 2018. Our firm shall continue to strengthen and build on our established reputation as a leading practice in asset management and financial services, covering corporate and commercial work involved in investments and financing arrangements across asset classes, as well as private wealth management and trusts.
In line with the firm’s strategy of offering knowledge and expertise in specific areas, we are delighted that international tax lawyer Kenneth Yim has joined our firm. As a consultant in tax, Kenneth shall play an important role alongside partner Vivien Teu and senior associate Christina Suen as we spearhead our efforts in offering tax advisory services as an integrated part of our legal services on asset management, funds structuring and formation, corporate and commercial work. This is also highly relevant for our firm’s legal and advisory services to private clients on their private assets, corporate and trusts matters. We see taking tax into considerations as key amidst the evolving complexity of international tax issues, especially given the bulk of our work is cross-border and multi-jurisdictional in nature.
As an independent law firm and with our unique focus areas, we are looking forward to deepening collaboration and developing new opportunities working with local and international clients, as well as other law firms with aligned desire of offering best-of-breed legal services, to meet the expanding needs of our clients who require esoteric, customised or bespoke legal solutions in increasingly complex business, legal and regulatory environments.
Over the coming months, we look to bring on board more lawyers with established professional knowledge and expertise within our practice and industry focus, in view of growing client requests, including in projects and thought-leadership initiatives in new specific areas, such as financial technology, payment services and virtual assets, responsible finance and impact investing.
We welcome enquiries if you would like to find out more about our firm and our services as we re-shape in our focus, or if you would like to explore working with us. We are excited to share our vision and strategy, and look forward to meeting of minds and building on shared interests.
Thank you for your attention and support.
近日，亚洲知名法律评级机构 《亚洲法律概况》(Asialaw Profiles)发布了2019年度榜单。凭借出色的专业服务及良好的市场口碑, 张慧雯律师事务所在投资基金业务领域中被列为受高度推荐香港律所。
本所也于以下四项业务领域被列为受推荐香港律所：
同时，本所就私人客户业务领域被列为积极活跃香港律所。
管理合伙人张慧雯律师就投资基金业务领域及企业、并购业务领域获评”领先律师”。
本所非常感谢业界及客户们的支持及认可，在此致谢！
本所排名（仅英文版）
《亚洲法律概况》2019 香港律师事务所排名（仅英文版）
In the recent 2019 Asialaw Profiles published by Asialaw, the distinguished legal media outlet covering comprehensive analysis on leading regional and domestic law firms in the Asia-Pacific region, based on strong clients feedback and peer review on the firm’s professionalism, Vivien Teu & Co LLP has been ranked “Highly Recommended” Hong Kong law Firm for the investment funds practice area.
Our firm has also been ranked “Recommended” Hong Kong law Firm for the following 4 categories of practice areas:
At the same time, our firm is ranked as “Active” for private clients practice.
Our Managing Partner, Vivien Teu, has been named “Asialaw leading lawyer” for the investment funds practice area and for corporate and mergers & acquisition.
We are grateful for the support and recognition from our friends and clients in the industry – with all our thanks!!
Full Asialaw Profiles 2019 Hong Kong rankings
Vivien Teu & Co LLP represented MS Group Holdings Limited (“MS
Group”) in its share offer and successful listing on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on 1 June 2018. First Shanghai Capital Limited acted as
the sole sponsor while First Shanghai Securities acted as the bookrunner and lead manager of the share offer.
MS Group produces and sells plastic bottles and cups for infants and toddlers and plastic sports bottles on
an OEM basis for overseas markets and in 2012 commenced the production and sales of infant and toddler products under its own brand for the PRC market.
张慧雯律师事务所有限责任合伙代表万成集团股份有限公司（“万成集团”）完成其于2018年6月1日香港联合交易所主板上市及股份发售。第一上海融资有限公司作为本次股份发售的独家保荐人，第一上海证券作为此交易的账簿管理人及牵头经办人。
万成集团按OEM模式为海外市场生产和销售婴儿及幼儿塑料樽及杯以及运动塑料水樽，并于2012年开始就中国市场以自有品牌生产及销售婴儿及幼儿产品。
Vivien Teu & Co LLP represented Elegance Commercial and Financial Printing Group Limited in its share offer and successful listing on GEM of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on 11 May 2018. VBG Capital Limited acted as the sole sponsor in the share offer. VBG Capital Limited and Quasar Securities Co., Limited acted as the joint bookrunners and joint lead managers in the share offer.
Elegance Commercial and Financial Printing Group Limited was founded in 1980 in Hong Kong and principally provides commercial printing and financial printing services in Hong Kong.
張慧雯律師事務所有限責任合夥代表精雅商業財經印刷集團有限公司，完成其於2018年5月11日在香港聯合交易所GEM的成功上市及股份發售。建泉融資有限公司作為本次股份發售的獨家保薦人。建泉融資有限公司及駿昇証券有限公司作為本次股份發售的聯席賬簿管理人及聯席牽頭經辦人。
精雅商業財經印刷集團有限公司於1980年在香港成立，主要於香港提供商業印刷及財經印刷服務。
Vivien Teu & Co LLP represented Messis Capital Limited, being the sole sponsor of the share offer and successful listing of i.century Holding Limited on GEM of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on 16 April 2018. Astrum Capital Management Limited and Quasar Securities Co., Limited acted as joint bookrunners and joint lead managers in the share offer.
i.century Holding Limited was founded in 2008 in Hong Kong and is principally engaged in providing apparel supply chain management services. Its apparel products have been sold to over 30 countries.
張慧雯律師事務所有限責任合夥代表大有融資有限公司作為愛世紀集團控股有限公司的獨家保薦人，完成其於2018年4月16日在香港聯合交易所GEM的成功上市及股份發售。阿仕特朗資本管理有限公司及駿昇証券有限公司作為本次股份發售的聯席帳簿管理人及聯席牽頭經辦人。
愛世紀集團控股有限公司於2008年在香港成立，主要從事於服裝供應鏈管理服務，其服裝產品曾銷往30多個國家。