24 April, 2019
King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) is pleased to announce the addition of Rachel Yu as a partner in the Dispute Resolution practice of the Hong Kong office.
Rachel is a next generation dispute resolution lawyer who joins from Herbert Smith Freehills. She has over 12 years of experience advising clients primarily on complex financial disputes. She regularly advises on regulatory investigations by regulatory and enforcement authorities such as the Securities and Futures Commission, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and on commercial disputes including mis-selling, fraud, injunctions, debt recovery, security enforcement, joint venture and shareholders’ disputes. Rachel also advises clients on associated PR and internal crisis management strategies.
Fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese, Rachel’s clients include PRC and global investment banks, retail banks, private equity funds, asset managers, brokerages, Chinese listed companies and high net worth individuals.
Commenting on Rachel’s addition to the team, Paul Starr, Head of Dispute Resolution of the Hong Kong office, said: “We have interviewed so many candidates to identify the right fit for our financial clients. Rachel’s background reveals a perfect blend of complex financial and regulatory work (not to mention her fluent Putonghua).”
Richard Mazzochi, Head of Banking & Finance of the Hong Kong office, added: “This is another step in strengthening our offering to conduct both contentious and non-contentious matters for our banking and financial institutional clients. Rachel’s experience enhances our existing and established Asia regulatory practice and allows us to better assist our clients on all types of regulatory investigation and litigation issues.”
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金杜香港迎来余曼丽律师，扩充金融争议和监管业务实力 |
金杜律师事务所宣布香港办公室的争议解决部迎来一位新合伙人余曼丽律师。
余曼丽律师是争议解决领域新一代的精英人才。在加入金杜前，余律师任职于史密夫斐尔律师事务所。余律师拥有超过12年的执业经验，擅长为客户处理各种复杂的金融争议事宜。余律师在处理与证券及期货事务监察委员会、香港交易所和香港金融管理局等监管和执行机构的监管调查事宜以及就违规销售、欺诈、禁令、债务索偿、资产执行、合资企业和股东纠纷等商业争议方面有丰富的经验。余律师也为客户制定公共关系和内部危机管理战略提供咨询服务。
凭借流利的英语、普通话和广东话等语言优势，余律师的客户行业覆盖甚广，其中包括境内和国际投资银行、零售银行、私募股权基金、基金经理、外汇经理、国内上市企业和高净值人士。
金杜香港办公室争议解决部主管合伙人保罗仕达 (Paul Starr)表示：“余律师是我们在众多候选人中认定与我们金融领域的客户最契合的人选。不仅熟悉中西文化还拥有流利普通话的语言优势，余律师在金融争议和监管领域的执业经验更加体现她的综合优势。”
金杜香港办公室银行和融资部主管合伙人马绍基（Richard Mazzochi）补充：“深化争议与非争议业务，是我们吸引和维护银行和金融机构客户的重要举措之一。余律师的执业经验将为我们在亚洲监管业务方面起到关键作用，并进一步增强我们为客户处理各种监管调查和诉讼事宜的服务实力。”
