Investment Funds: Registered Funds
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025 : Asia-Pacific Region
Band 1
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Provided by Dechert LLP
Doing business successfully in Asia Pacific requires commitment, local knowledge and adaptability. Faced with complex regulations and business practices, incoming investors appreciate counsel that combines robust representation with respect for local sensitivities. Asian corporations, in turn, often require a law firm with sophisticated commercial judgment and cross-border capabilities when establishing or expanding a footprint outside the region.
Dechert’s offices in Asia are staffed by an interdisciplinary team comprised of US-qualified, UK-qualified and locally qualified lawyers. As a result, financial services entities of all types — from banks to broker-dealers, from investment managers to insurance companies — rely on Dechert’s investment fund lawyers in Asia. Our clients in Asia include both U.S. and European financial services companies of global breadth, as well as Asian financial services companies of all sizes.
With offices in the financial hubs of Beijing, Hong Kong and Singapore, Dechert helps global corporations, financial institutions and private investors meet their legal and regulatory needs. Our team includes eminent legal figures, who facilitate clients’ expansion by maintaining a network of relationships with regulatory authorities throughout Asia, including China, Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korea.
Chambers Review
Dechert's legal team has a broad funds practice that is frequently engaged by asset management clients to advise on the authorisation, listing and regulatory maintenance of registered funds. The firm provides particular expertise with regard to unit trusts and mutual funds. Its extensive offshore experience covers formation, structuring and management, and the firm has a strong record of advising on cross-border mandates. It is active counsel on hedge and hybrid fund formations and increasingly involved in the private equity sphere.
Singapore-based Dean Collins is a key contact.
Work Highlights
- Dechert served as lead international counsel with respect to the formation of Panthera Growth Fund II, a newly established fund in the form of a Singapore variable capital company.
- Dechert assisted Future Viet on launching Future Vietnam Commercial Fund SP, a segregated portfolio of Future Viet Fund SPC.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Their promptness in addressing our legal needs, coupled with their expertise across various areas of law, has greatly contributed to successful outcomes."
"Dechert's team are knowledgeable, familiar with the relevant legal issues and regulatory regime, and can always provide constructive advice."
"Their promptness in addressing our legal needs, coupled with their expertise across various areas of law, has greatly contributed to successful outcomes."
"Dechert's team are knowledgeable, familiar with the relevant legal issues and regulatory regime, and can always provide constructive advice."