Antony Yung
Greater China Region Guide 2024
Band 4 : Banking & Finance: Hong Kong-based (International Firms)
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Band 4
About
Provided by Antony Yung
Practice Areas
Antony has experience in a broad range of banking and finance matters, including bilateral and syndicated lending, international trade finance, project finance, acquisition finance, ship finance, general cash management and liquidity products, asset and debt recovery, security enforcement actions, banking regulation and compliance, sanctions, AML, KYC and various regulatory project and remediation works. He also specialises in a diverse range of trade finance matters, including supply chain finance programs, open account finance, letter of credit and bank guarantee disputes, export credit agency backed finance, structured trade finance, warehouse finance, prepayment and deferred payment finance, documentary credits refinance and credit risk portfolio management.
Antony previously worked at J.P. Morgan where he was an Executive Director and Assistant General Counsel. Antony set up and headed the bank's APAC trade finance legal team as well as the APAC lending practice group from 2011. He also co-headed the bank's APAC transaction services legal group. Antony has an excellent understanding of banking products, internal operations and risk appetite as a result of his in-house banking experience.
Career
2016 Howse Williams
2007 JP Morgan Chase
2006 Mallesons Stephen Jaques
1999 DLA Piper
Professional Memberships
2016 Professional Member, International Compliance Association
2015 Council Member, IIBLP Council on International Standby Practices
2012 Legal Committee, Asia Financial Supply Chain Committee, BAFT-IFSA
2010 Certified Documentary Credit Specialist, ICC & BAFT-IFSA Endorsed
2002 Associate, Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators
2002 Associate, The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
2001 Solicitor, Hong Kong
Chambers Review
Greater China Region
Antony Yung heads Howse Williams' banking and finance practice. He frequently acts for both sides of the lending relationship, advising regional banks as well as corporates on asset-backed finance, pre-IPO finance, bilateral and syndicated lending.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Antony was willing to spend time to understand our needs and proposed helpful advice."
"Antony is an excellent partner. He is very hands-on and responsive, and has great commercial awareness."
"Antony was willing to spend time to understand our needs and proposed helpful advice."
"Antony is an excellent partner. He is very hands-on and responsive, and has great commercial awareness."