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These terms and conditions set out herein are applicable to Vivien Teu Law Practice* and VTLP Impact Circle** and shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Hong Kong.   

*Vivien Teu Law Practice is registered as a Hong Kong law firm with the Hong Kong Law Society, and separately registered as a Malaysia law firm with the Malaysia Bar Council. 

**VTLP Impact Circle is convened by Vivien Teu Law Practice further to the firm’s dedication to advance sustainability and impact outcomes in legal practice in capital markets and transactions, as a network bringing together  a committed group of lawyers, law firms and  like-minded business leaders and stakeholders  to navigate the intersections of law, finance and sustainability.   The activities of VTLP Impact Circle and the input of Advisory Council members are in the nature of general knowledge sharing and capacity building, each entity or person operating independently of the others and not in the nature of any partnerships or affiliations, unless expressly specified otherwise.  Engagement of Vivien Teu Law Practice and/or any law firm(s) in the network on any project and establishing client-attorney relationship are subject to usual professional standards and requirements of confidentiality, conflicts and client take-on process in each case. 

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We would be delighted to discuss how we may assist on any or all of the above with our dedicated practice areas or to help seek solutions. When we are engaged, your goals become our goals to meet, your issues our issues to solve.

Contact us at our general email: enquiry@vteu.co, and we will be in touch shortly.

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For a deeper perspective on Vivien Teu’s journey and earlier contributions, visit the archived website of Vivien Teu & Co LLP at archive.vteu.co. The archive captures the firm’s foundations in corporate and commercial law, with a strong focus on asset management, funds, and financial services in Hong Kong and Greater China. Today, Vivien Teu Law Practice leads with impact focus, with its emphasis and dedication on sustainable finance, ESG integration, impact investing, social finance and philanthropy, reflecting a continued commitment to aligning law and purpose.

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Vivien Teu is Founder & Principal of Vivien Teu Law Practice / VTLP Impact.  With more than 25 years in-depth experiences in capital markets, financial institutions and asset management industry, financial services, financial and securities regulatory matters, funds formation, investment and finance transactions, Vivien is market leading in her focus on ESG legal and regulatory issues, increasingly integrated into her advisory and transactional practice. She has been active in impact ecosystem building, contributing to standard setting and industry engagements on sustainability, ESG and impact issues and sustainable finance, specifically in the investment and capital markets, holistically covering regulatory, legal and policy perspectives, and advises across the spectrum of capital, ESG issues and asset classes, public and private markets, for-profit, non-profit organisations or hybrid structures, and range of fund structures and financing instruments.

Prior to establishing Vivien Teu Law Practice / VTLP Impact, Vivien has solid industry experience from strategic roles throughout her career, including senior in-house legal experience with global asset management firm, Invesco, and practised with leading international funds and regulatory practice including magic circle law firm Clifford Chance, and most recently with global law firm Dentons, where Vivien assumed key roles as sustainable finance lead on the Global ESG Steering Committee, Global Funds Leaders Group and Global Financial Institutions Practice Group, driving impact focus within mainstream finance and capital markets.  Vivien’s leadership in sustainable finance, global funds and industry engagement is matched with her commitment to community and ecosystem building. 

With the vision of the role of law in purposeful partnerships and projects, to align capital with sustainability and increasing focus on measurable positive environmental and social outcomes, Vivien’s experiences include advising asset owners, asset managers and also charitable foundations in establishing purpose-led initiatives, related stewardship and governance considerations and structure design, B Lab’s legal requirements and certification standards for B Corps, green and sustainable finance frameworks and instruments, legal issues of carbon markets and climate transition, climate mitigation and adaptation strategies and funds, nature-based solutions and finance, impact term-sheets and other innovative finance instruments for impact, advocacy efforts as well as engaging in market proposals for policy, legal and regulatory levers for advancing sustainability and impact.   

 

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