Olivia Chung
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025
Band 4 : Investment Funds: International
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About
Provided by Olivia Chung
Practice Areas
Olivia Chung is the partner in charge of Akin’s Singapore office. She assists private fund sponsors on matters involving the formation, structuring and ongoing operation of U.S. and offshore private equity funds and hedge funds, as well as managed accounts and customized investment solutions. Olivia represents some of the world’s most prominent private equity, hedge fund and fund of funds sponsors. She also represents institutional investors acquiring and selling investments in private funds and establishing co-investment arrangements.
Olivia has extensive experience in drafting a wide range of bespoke fund fee structures and can advise on the costs and benefits of the available options, giving managers the ability to attract and retain investors. She also ensures that her clients are fully compliant with evolving regulatory schemes.
Olivia assists alternative investment fund sponsors and investors with fund formation, regulatory compliance for investment advisers, complex fund restructurings, co-investment arrangements, managed accounts, LP-side fund reviews and negotiations, strategic investments and seed investments.
Career
The Best Lawyers in Singapore 2023 recognized Olivia as a top practitioner in the investment funds category.
Personal
Olivia received her B.A. from Duke University, and her J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law.
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
Olivia Chung is an investments funds lawyer based in the Singapore office of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld. She often acts on private equity and venture capital fund formation mandates together with international teams of the firm.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Olivia is constantly available to advise us on whatever issues there are. She focuses on commercial points and has a good sense of what is important to us as a client."
"She is a leader at the firm, a very impressive person."
"Olivia is constantly available to advise us on whatever issues there are. She focuses on commercial points and has a good sense of what is important to us as a client."
"She is a leader at the firm, a very impressive person."