HONG KONG Law and Practice Contributed by: Vincent Sum and Sylvia Leung, Mayer Brown
Mayer Brown is a leading global law firm po - sitioned to represent the world’s major corpo - rations, funds and financial institutions in their most important and complex transactions and disputes. The structured finance practice is one of the largest and most balanced in the industry, with genuine strengths across the entire range of asset classes, from mortgage-backed secu - rities, asset-backed commercial paper, credit
cards and auto/equipment loans and leases, to IP assets, marketplace loans, renewable en - ergy, whole businesses and insurance-linked securities. A key factor in the firm’s ability to structure cutting-edge transactions is its depth of knowledge resulting from decades of indus - try leadership on the entire range of regulatory, securities, bank capital, accounting and other issues that affect securitisations.
Authors
Vincent Sum is a partner at Mayer Brown. He focuses on complex capital markets matters, including structured products, securitisations, derivatives (including equity derivatives, credit derivatives, corporate derivatives, fund derivatives and commodity derivatives), retail and non-retail funds (including SFC-approved funds, UCITS and ETFs), secured lending and financing and debt capital markets matters. He advises underwriters, arrangers, portfolio managers, issuers, trustees and institutional investors, and is qualified to practice in Hong Kong, New York, and England & Wales. Vincent has practised in New York for almost ten years and has also practised in Tokyo and London prior to relocating to Hong Kong.
Sylvia Leung is a senior associate at Mayer Brown. Sylvia focuses on structured finance, securitisations, international debt capital markets (including high-yield
bonds, investment-grade bonds, convertible bonds and medium-term notes), derivatives (including equity derivatives, credit derivatives and corporate derivatives), retail and non-retail funds, asset management, secured lending and complex cross-border financing. She also regularly advises on banking regulatory and SFC matters. She advises trustees, portfolio managers, institutional investors, leading PRC and international financial institutions, corporate borrowers and private clients. Sylvia is qualified to practice in Hong Kong and England & Wales. Prior to joining Mayer Brown, Sylvia practised in an international law firm focusing on structured and asset finance.
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