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Our associates in Hong Kong have a long history of advising clients on their most challenging transactions, matters and disputes across all key areas of business. We are widely recognised for our expertise in handling complex, multi-jurisdictional transactions.
Practice areas
Banking
Our banking practice has played a leading role in almost every major development in the modern financial markets and, with over 1,000 lawyers worldwide, it’s one of largest in the industry. Few firms can match our top tier position across the full range of finance specialisms. Join us and you’ll work at the heart of the world’s financial markets, advising leading global businesses and institutions on complex transactions and drawing on your experience to deliver commercial advantage for your clients.
Corporate
As part of our global Corporate, M&A and ECM practice, you will advise leading international and local corporations, financial institutions and government bodies on all aspects of corporate and commercial law. You can expect to tackle everything from mergers and acquisitions, public takeovers and international equity offerings to joint ventures, corporate restructurings and day-to-day regulatory matters. Working closely with the PRC team, our lawyers combine excellent transactional skills with specialist expertise in areas such as antitrust, tax, employment and anti-corruption.
Dispute Resolution
Our Hong Kong Dispute Resolution practices advises clients from a broad range of sectors on all forms of dispute resolution, but is broadly divided into two sub-groups, one focusing on commercial litigation and regulatory investigations and the other focusing on international arbitration. Both teams are leaders in their fields.
Our Litigation team has a particular focus on the banking and financial services industry and advises all of the major international and domestic financial institutions in Hong Kong on a wide range of high profile, complex litigation often requiring sophisticated strategic planning and a deep understanding of our clients’ businesses.
Our international arbitration team is one of the leading practices in the world and has an established track record of achieving successful outcomes for our clients in high-value, complex disputes. Our team advises on commercial arbitrations as well as on investment treaty arbitrations involving claims against states. Our Hong Kong and Singapore arbitration teams work as a single practice, advising businesses and governments on high-value arbitrations claims throughout Asia and across the world.
International Capital Markets
With over 450 lawyers based all over the world, our ICM Team is one of the largest in the global legal industry. We enjoy a top-tier position across the full range of capital markets products, and we’ve played a big part in almost every major development in our field. Rapidly changing economic, political and regulatory conditions have made the last few years challenging, and we’ve helped clients address the fallout from several sovereign debt crises. As our focus shifts towards big-picture, long-term projects, we increasingly work with colleagues from other practice areas to develop innovative solutions that incorporate complex financing techniques.
Regulatory
Our Hong Kong Regulatory Group has extensive experience of advising Hong Kong based domestic and international clients on regulatory matters, with a particular focus on financial institutions. Our experience spans a broad range of issues, including advising on obtaining appropriate licenses from the SFC and HKMA, change of control and regulatory approval requirements, data protection and privacy, anti-money laundering, corporate governance, conduct requirements and market misconduct. We also frequently assist clients on establishing public or private fund structures, provide regulatory support for insurance M&As and advise on fintech matters, including initial coin offerings, mobile and online payments and e-wallet solutions and other stored value facilities.
The strong relationships we have developed with the Hong Kong regulators including the Securities Futures Commission (SFC) and Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), is a key selling point in helping clients manage regulatory and reputation risk. Through our experience working with the regulators in Hong Kong, we have developed a sound knowledge of the legal and regulatory environment ensuring we are always at the forefront of any changes.
Working environment
It may be a cliché to suggest that Hong Kong lies at a crossroads for international business, but it is nonetheless true and our office here is an extremely important piece of the Allen & Overy jigsaw across Asia Pacific. We’re proud to service clients in every jurisdiction here in Asia Pacific and across the Globe.
Our Hong Kong office is a stimulating environment where work will be demanding yet enjoyable. Both our clients and lawyers at the firm have commented extensively on the friendly yet professional interactions they have with us. We also recognise that there is life beyond work and we’ll encourage you to pursue your interests and develop your skills both inside and outside of work.
Learning and development
The A&O Business School will provide you with the commercial and personal skills that you need to navigate through an ever-changing business landscape, while helping you build the skills you need for your career - whether that is at A&O or elsewhere.
The Business School offers a variety of excellent courses relevant to your career stage, with an emphasis on practical skills and business insight, to complement advanced legal knowledge. The school also offers a unique opportunity to interact with and learn from partners and gain valuable insights from the world of business. From cutting edge content to world-class coaches, our partners design the courses and act as faculty members to share their experience and expertise.
The A&O Leadership Centre equips our Partners with the business skills to inspire others, encourage innovation and develop deeper and more strategic relationships with our clients. The Centre offers a combination of programmes, master classes, personal coaching, mentoring and access to relevant experience and opportunities, so you can tailor your personal development to your own needs and aspirations.
Benefits
We’ll equip you for the future, both yours and ours, whatever it may bring. That’s why we’re proud to offer one of the most competitive and innovative employment packages available in the market.
Health and wellbeing
In order to provide peace of mind to our people and their families, we provide insurance coverage including:
- Global medical and dental insurance
- Life assurance and permanent health insurance (for long-term disabilities)
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
Flexible working policies
We create and build trusted working relationships across an unrivalled international network and have several initiatives to help you achieve the necessary work/life balance.
- Flexible working arrangement (“iFlex”)
- Part-time working/ reduced or fixed working hours
- Job sharing
- To encourage our staff to engage in pro bono activities we provide two days’ paid leave per year for volunteering/community investment work.
Our locations
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Europe
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Africa
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Asia Pacific
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Middle East
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North America
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Latin America
In addition to countries where we have offices, we also have a number of International Desks advising clients on large scale international transactions in Europe.
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