Adrian Hei-Yin Fong

Adrian’s experience includes advising:

• Multiple international insurers on sale of their Hong Kong insurance business, establishing authorized insurers in Hong Kong and other insurance regulatory matters*
• A private wealth manager on restructuring its client and intragroup agreements, as well as in respect of new precious metals and cryptocurrency product lines*
• A major retail bank on introducing a portfolio-based suitability wealth management service, including drafting terms and conditions, opining on digital offerings, and advising on various associated banking and securities requirements*
• A cryptocurrency derivatives exchange on establishing new product lines, launching mobile apps, preparing an inter-dealer broker agreement, and drafting their contractual documentation, terms of service, and exchange rules*
• Financial institutions on various near-contentious matters, including regulatory inspections and investigations into unlicensed activities and possible breaches of regulatory requirements*
• A major APAC fund, acting as fund counsel on general fund obligations, co-investment transactions, fund restructuring, side letters, regulatory queries, and general day-to-day fund matters*
• A multinational trading firm on various regulatory matters including the establishment of a new introducing business line and licensing matters arising out of their associated businesses*
• A leading global bank’s restructure of its global legal and business operations in connection with its ring-fencing and resolution planning, advising on a variety of local and regional regulatory aspects to provide strategic analysis and advice including on licensing requirements, regulatory legal opinions, operational continuity, as well as capital and liquidity*
• A leading Hong Kong bank on various local and regional regulatory issues relating to, among other things, licensing, change of control, banking exposure and financial products requirements*
• An international bank on the closure of multiple regulated branches in Asia as part of the bank’s strategy of consolidating its international operations*
• Financial institutions on licensing, authorization, and regulatory issues in Hong Kong, in particular banks, money brokers, licensed corporations, money lenders, insurers, automated trading service providers, and insurance intermediaries*
• Fund managers, in particular private equity and hedge funds, on the licensing and marketing regime in Hong Kong and implications of regulatory change in Hong Kong*
• Financial institutions on major compliance and regulatory obligations (including in the form of jurisdictional regulatory reviews) under the banking, securities, insurance, and data protection regimes*
• Financial institutions with respect to regulatory issues arising as a result of global business reorganizations*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham