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Law Society of Hong Kong Honors Morrison & Foerster with Pro Bono and Community Work Recognitions

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The Law Society of Hong Kong has honored Morrison & Foerster with the Silver Law Firm Award as part of its 2020 Pro Bono and Community Work Recognition Programme. The award honors local and foreign law firms who have demonstrated outstanding

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The Law Society of Hong Kong has honored Morrison & Foerster with the Silver Law Firm Award as part of its 2020 Pro Bono and Community Work Recognition Programme. The award honors local and foreign law firms who have demonstrated outstanding commitment to volunteer pro bono and community work. In addition, seven lawyers from the firm’s Hong Kong office received individual recognitions for their contributions to pro bono service, including:<ul><li>Gigi Yuen, Associate – Gold</li><li>Thomas Chou, Partner – Silver</li><li>Timothy Blakely, Managing Partner – Bronze</li><li>Stephen Birkett, Senior Consultant – Bronze</li><li>Sunandini Das, Associate – Bronze</li><li>Marcus Sik Kin To, Associate – Bronze</li><li>Gary Zeng, Associate – Bronze</li></ul>Morrison & Foerster’s Hong Kong lawyers live out the firm’s proud pro bono tradition every day. Their work ranges from counseling nonprofit organizations and social enterprises on legal needs to individual advocacy for people who otherwise would be shut out from access to justice. You can view more information about our firm’s commitment by visiting our <a href="/culture/pro-bono">Pro Bono</a> page.The Law Society of Hong Kong Pro Bono and Community Work Recognition Programme was launched in January 2010 with the aim to promote and encourage the Law Society members to actively participate in pro bono and community work. In response to COVID-19, this year’s award ceremony has been launched on the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/probonoaward">Facebook page of the Law Society’s Pro Bono and Community Service Award Presentation Ceremony</a> and shared via the Law Society’s <a target="_blank" href="https://www.hklawsoc.org.hk/pub_e/probono/2020_InfoKit.pdf">information kit</a>.

Law Society of Hong Kong Honors Morrison & Foerster with Pro Bono and Community Work Recognitions

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Gigi’s practice focuses on technology transactions, data privacy, and regulatory compliance advisory work across various industries. She has significant experience with private cross-border M&A and private equity investments. Gigi also has extensive knowledge of cross-border commercial technology transactions. She has worked with clients on a variety of projects from traditional technology transfer arrangements to complex collaborative development relationships. She has provided specialist operational technology law advice to clients in Greater China and Asia.Gigi handles all types of data advisory work across Greater China. She regularly advises clients on cutting-edge technology and IP regulatory matters covering data privacy, data security, data localization, cross-border data transfer, cybersecurity, and fintech.Prior to joining Morrison Foerster, Gigi was an associate in the Hong Kong office of a major international law firm.Gigi is fluent in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin.<h4>Representative Experience:</h4><ul><li>An NYSE-listed U.S. video game engine company in connection with<ul><li>Establishment and operation through a leading Chinese online partner of PRC-based cloud services for development studio customers in China; and</li><li>Establishment of a joint venture with multiple Tier 1 Chinese Internet technology companies to create, develop, and roll out a China-specific platform and ecosystem based on the client’s industry-leading products, technologies, and online services.</li></ul></li><li>A U.S. multinational consumer technology company with respect to its international payment network, including advising on regulatory requirements in Hong Kong and Macau, and issues pertaining to stored value card use of NFT wallets in metro transport systems.</li><li>The venture arm of an international payment network with respect to strategic investments in<ul><li>Early stage fintech companies, including a B2B and B2C SaaS platform for tax processing and payment in Singapore; </li><li>An open finance tech platform providing solutions for financial institutions in Southeast Asia (SEA); and</li><li>An Indonesian B2C travel services platform operating throughout SEA.</li></ul></li><li>A leading Chinese Internet services company in multiple debt and equity financings of a securities fintech business licensed by the SFC and which offers a Chinese language app for trading equities in select international markets.</li><li>A number of multinationals in various industries including technology, consumer health, and hospitality on data privacy and regulatory issues.</li></ul>

袁律师的业务重点为多个行业的技术交易、数据隐私及合规工作。她在处理非上市公司跨境并购和私募股权投资方面亦拥有丰富经验。袁律师还深谙跨境商业性技术交易。她曾协助客户处理过各种项目，从传统的技术转让安排到复杂的协同开发关系，并曾向大中华区和亚洲的客户提供专业的运营技术法律服务。袁律师在大中华区各地处理各种数据咨询工作。她经常就涵盖数据隐私、数据安全、数据本地化、跨境数据传输、网络安全和金融科技等的前沿技术和知识产权监管事宜向客户提供法律服务。<h4>具有代表性的项目：</h4><ul><li>代表某在纽交所上市的美国视频游戏引擎公司<ul><li>处理其通过中国领先的在线合作伙伴，为在中国开拓工作室客户设立和运营基于中国的云服务相关事宜。</li><li> 处理其与多家中国一级的科技互联网公司成立合资企业的事宜，以客户行业领先的产品、技术和在线服务为基础，创建、开发和推出中国特有的平台和生态系统。</li></ul></li><li> 代表一家美国跨国消费技术公司处理其国际支付网络的相关事宜，包括就香港和澳门的监管要求以及在储值卡、地铁运输系统中使用 NFT 钱包有关的问题提供法律服务。</li><li> 代表某国际支付网络的风险投资部门处理其对一系列公司和平台进行的战略投资：<ul><li>某早期金融技术公司，包括应用于新加坡税务处理和缴费业务的B2B和B2C软件服务平台；</li><li>某开放式金融技术平台，为东南亚地区的金融机构提供解决方案；</li><li>在整个东南亚开展业务运营的印度尼西亚某B2C旅游服务平台。</li></ul></li><li>代表一家中国领先互联网服务公司处理对一家在香港和深圳的证券金融技术企业的多次债务及股权融资。这家证券金融技术企业提供用于在所选国际市场上交易股权的中文应用程序。</li><li>为科技、消费者健康、酒店等各种行业的数家跨国公司提供数据隐私和监管问题方面的法律建议。</li></ul>

Gigi Yuen

Of Counsel

Thomas has devoted more than a quarter century to advising sophisticated and impactful clients to complete complex, market-leading transactions globally, with deep experience in the U.S. and Asia Pacific region. He concentrates his practice on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and emerging company and venture capital advisory and transactional work. Thomas’ clients include industry-leading emerging growth companies and a broad range of investors who fund them (traditional private equity and venture capital funds, prominent Asian family offices, the corporate/strategic investment arms of large corporates, insurance companies, and sovereign wealth funds). His broad industry coverage includes biopharma, MedTech and digital health; mobile, gaming, and entertainment; material science and semiconductors (equipment and design); Deeptech/AI; Fintech (payments, remittances, and digital assets); PropTech; FoodTech; health and wellness; and consumer products and retail.Clients and outside ranking organizations routinely cite Thomas’ accomplishments:<ul><li>Thomas is “a strong advocate for his client, offering strategic and actionable advice, evaluating and clearly prioritizing the key issues in complex situations and proactively anticipating concerns from counterparties in negotiations."</li><li>“Thomas Chou is excellent in understanding the industry and leads the team in working on the same. He is very responsive and works 24 hours responding to the clients.”</li><li>“Thomas has significant experience handling complex cross–border transactions across the Asia–Pacific region. His counsel is frequently sought by global technology corporations to advise on their investments in the region. He also commands considerable respect from private equity clients.”</li><li>His clients pinpoint his “decades of venture capital experience both in the United States and in Asia,” with one noting: “He is patient, attentive to details and someone who has clearly conquered many battlefields.”</li><li>Thomas is particularly praised for his communications skills, with clients saying, “Any issues we had he would always provide a solution. He is not only interpreting regulations, but he is also commercially savvy.”</li></ul>At MoFo, Thomas is an active member of our Emerging Company + Venture Capital, Private Equity, and M&A practices, all of which are consistently highly ranked in major independent industry league tables and lawyer ranking organizations.Thomas is also a proud member of the board of directors of the Starlight Children’s Foundation.

周至恒（Thomas Chou）律师在公司业务领域非常活跃，重点处理跨境并购（中国境内外）、合资、私募股权和风险资本融资业务。他的客户包括新兴成长型公司，传统以及非传统投资者（私募股权和风险投资基金，家族办公室，公司/公司的战略投资部门，金融机构以及主权财富基金）。他的执业领域主要是技术、媒体和电信、医疗和生命科学以及消费和零售业。客户和外部评级机构都经常称赞周律师的成就：<ul><li>“周律师在处理亚太地区复杂跨境交易方面经验丰富，全球科技公司常因在该地区的投资而寻求其意见，他也广受私募股权客户推崇。”</li><li>“（周律师）资历深厚，精于各种风险投资及私募股权事宜，包括前期与后期的投资及并购，他在科技领域的经验尤其丰富。”</li><li>客户赞赏他“在美国及亚洲均有数十年风险投资经验”，并称其“非常耐心，注重细节，实战经验丰富”。</li><li>周律师的沟通技巧尤其为人所称道，他的客户指出：“不管我们出现任何问题，周律师都能提出解决方案。他不仅能准确把握法律条文，同时极具商业头脑。”</li></ul>周律师是美富亚洲私募股权业务的联席主管，也是新兴公司 + 风险投资业务组和并购业务组的活跃成员。他在上述业务领域均持续受到独立的法律行业排行榜和律师评级机构的高度认可。周律师还是星光儿童基金会的董事会成员。

Thomas Chou

Partner

Tim is managing partner of Morrison & Foerster’s Hong Kong office. He is also head of the firm’s Hong Kong Litigation Department. Tim’s practice focuses on government and internal investigations and complex commercial litigation and international arbitration matters.Tim represents companies and individuals in, among other matters:<ul><li>Government investigations</li><li>Regulatory enforcement proceedings</li><li>Internal investigations</li><li>International arbitrations</li><li>Securities class action lawsuits</li><li>Complex dispute-related matters</li><li>Regulatory compliance issues</li></ul>Tim has represented multinational and Chinese clients in various industries, including telecommunications, biotechnology, publishing, pharmaceuticals, and financial services.Tim also is a member of both the firm’s FCPA + Global Anti-Corruption and Global Ethics + Compliance teams. He conducts internal investigations throughout Asia of potential violations of anti-corruption laws, leads pre-acquisition anti-corruption-related due diligence and post-closing remediation, and regularly provides advice, counseling, and training to clients about FCPA and anti-corruption related issues.Tim has deep experience representing companies and individuals in high-stakes contentious matters involving U.S. and Hong Kong law. Before relocating to Hong Kong in 2011, he spent 10 years practicing in New York and California, handling fraud, misrepresentation, breach of contract, securities litigation, investment disputes, commercial arbitration, and enforcement-related matters, from inception through trial. His practice continues to have a strong U.S. nexus, and he regularly advises clients facing disputes and enforcement actions originating in the U.S. and involving U.S. law.As a Hong Kong solicitor, Tim has been instructed by clients in key contentious proceedings and arbitration-related matters before Hong Kong courts, as well in proceedings with Hong Kong regulators and statutory tribunals. He has advised clients in investigations by, inter alia, the Securities & Futures Commission, and in proceedings before the Telecommunications (Competition Provisions) Appeal Board. He regularly acts for clients in Hong Kong-seated, international arbitration proceedings.Chambers Asia-Pacific quotes clients saying that Tim “is incredibly intelligent and always well prepared. He is an excellent interviewer and his depth of knowledge of the subject matter is outstanding” and that he “knows Western practices but also appreciates and understands the peculiarity of Chinese laws and practice.”

Timothy Blakely律师是美富律师事务所香港办事处的管理合伙人，同时也是本所香港诉讼部门的主管。Blakely律师的主要业务为政府和内部调查，以及复杂的商业诉讼和国际仲裁事宜。Blakely律师经常代表公司和个人处理的事宜包括：<ul><li>政府调查</li><li>监管程序</li><li>内部调查</li><li>国际仲裁</li><li>证券集体诉讼</li><li>复杂的争议相关事宜</li></ul>他也就监管合规问题向客户提供法律服务。Blakely律师曾代表电信、生物技术、出版、医药及金融服务等多个行业的跨国及中国客户处理有关事宜。Blakely律师也是本所全球反腐败及合规工作组的成员。他在全亚洲就可能违反各国反腐败法的行为开展内部调查，领导进行收购前关于反腐败的尽职调查工作和交割后的纠正事宜，并经常向客户提供关于美国《反海外腐败法》及反腐败问题的法律服务及培训。Blakely律师在代表公司和个人处理涉及美国和香港法律的高案值争讼事宜方面拥有丰富经验。在2011年移居香港之前，Blakely律师曾在纽约和加州执业十年，处理欺诈、不实陈述、合同违约、证券诉讼、投资争议、商业仲裁及执行的相关事宜，其工作贯穿从初始到案件审判的全过程。目前，Blakely律师的业务仍与美国密切相关，他经常协助客户处理源于美国或涉及美国法律的争议和执法行动。作为一名拥有香港事务资格的律师，Blakely律师曾受客户委托在香港法院处理重要的争讼程序和仲裁相关事宜，以及在香港监管机构和法定特别法庭处理各种程序。他曾就由香港证券及期货事务监察委员会等进行的调查以及在香港电讯（竞争条文）上诉委员会进行的程序向客户提供咨询。他还经常代表客户处理在香港进行的国际仲裁程序。

Timothy Blakely

Managing Partner, Hong Kong

Stephen has practiced in Hong Kong for over 25 years and specializes in capital markets advisory and transactional matters, regulatory issues, and mergers and acquisitions transactions. His experience includes advising on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Listing Rules, including numerous IPOs, and the Hong Kong Takeovers Code, as well as corporate and securities law and regulations generally. This includes advising clients on SFC licensing issues for intermediaries, non-contentious employment matters, and general commercial transactions.Prior to joining Morrison & Foerster, Stephen served for three years as Senior Director of Corporate Finance with the Securities and Futures Commission in Hong Kong. Before that, he was a partner and Head of Corporate Finance in a leading international firm in Hong Kong. He was a member of the Hong Kong Government Standing Committee on Company Law Reform from 2011 until the end of his six-year tenure.Stephen is a frequent speaker at conferences on Hong Kong securities legal issues and has authored chapters on the Hong Kong Takeovers Code and Listing Rules in the popular “Practitioner’s Guide” series.Stephen is fluent in French and Spanish.

白士文律师在香港的执业时间已超过25年，专门处理资本市场咨询和交易事宜、监管问题以及并购交易。他的经验包括就《香港联交所上市规则》提供法律意见，其中涉及多次首次公开发行、《香港收购守则》以及一般公司及证券法律法规事宜。他曾就中间机构获取证监会牌照事宜、无争议性雇佣事宜以及一般商业交易提供法律意见。在加入美富之前，白律师担任香港证券及期货事务监察委员会（证监会）的高级董事三年。之前亦曾经担任香港一家具领导地位的国际律师事务所的合伙人及企业融资部门主管。白律师从2011年起出任香港公司法改革常务委员会的成员，直至其六年任期期满为止。白律师经常就香港证券的法律问题发表演说，并且曾经撰写广受欢迎的“执业者指引”（Practitioner’s Guide）系列中有关《香港收购守则》及《上巿规则》的章节。白律师精通法语和西班牙语。

Stephen Birkett

Senior Consultant

Gary’s practice focuses on investigation and dispute resolution matters for multinational and Asia-based companies. Gary has extensive experience in investigating allegations of corruption, fraud, conflict of interest, and other business misconduct in various industries including IT, finance, medical products, real estate, and manufacturing. He frequently assists multinational investors in pre-investment anti-corruption due diligence reviews of investments in China and other jurisdictions, as well as regulatory risk assessments of China business operations.   Gary also advises multinational companies in negotiating and litigating China-related business disputes. His experience includes assisting clients in connection with disputes arising out of Sino-foreign joint ventures, private antitrust enforcement, intellectual property, complex commercial contracts, and other business matters. In addition, he has extensive experience in assisting multinational companies in coordinating responses to Chinese regulatory inquiries.Gary is a Registered Foreign Lawyer with the Law Society of Hong Kong. He passed the PRC Bar Exam in 2005. Fluent in English, Mandarin, and Cantonese, he once worked as an in-house counsel for a major Fortune 500 company, advising on various contentious and regulatory matters in China.<h4>Representative Experience</h4><h5>Investigation/compliance</h5><ul><li>U.S. technology company in internal investigation of potential FCPA and corruption issues in China involving interactions with third party business consultants and Chinese government officials.</li><li>U.S. technology company in internal investigation of alleged bribery and fraudulent practices of senior management in China relating to sale of IT products through government procurement bids. </li><li>U.S. semiconductor company in internal investigation of potential FCPA and corruption issues in China, the U.S., and Europe involving cooperation with third party business consultants and interaction with Chinese state-owned enterprises.</li><li>Former senior executive of a major international investment bank in U.S. government investigations into hiring practices in Asia.</li><li>U.S. medical device company in M&A due diligence review of a China-based medical device company concerning anti-corruption internal controls and compliance with the FCPA and PRC anti-corruption laws.</li><li>Major U.S. private equity firm in pre-transaction FCPA and anti-corruption due diligence related to investment in a commercial real estate business in China. </li><li>Major international consulting company in M&A due diligence review of China-based companies concerning anti-corruption, internal controls, and compliance with PRC competition laws.</li><li>Two major international chemical companies in China compliance matters concerning environmental protection, product import, work safety, and other regulatory areas.  </li><li>Hong Kong listed Chinese companies in response to enquiries from Hong Kong regulatory authorities concerning operational and financial issues in mainland China. </li></ul><h5>Dispute Resolution</h5><ul><li>U.S. software company in a private anti-monopoly litigation alleging abuse of market dominance brought by former business partner in a PRC court.</li><li>Major Japanese chemical company in a Sino-foreign equity joint venture dispute with a Chinese SOE group concerning two joint venture companies in China. </li><li>U.S. technology company in connection with PRC court proceedings against Chinese distributor arising out of distribution of electrical equipment.</li><li>Leading Chinese financial database company in shareholder dispute and intellectual property-related dispute with U.S.-based minority shareholders.  </li><li>U.S. software company in a dispute with its China distributor and related internal investigation of alleged misconduct by the software company’s China managers.</li><li>U.S. software company in a computer software copyright infringement action against a Chinese company in a PRC court. </li><li>Major Chinese telecom company in a contractual dispute with business partners in the U.S. and China concerning complex telecom service contract performance issues.</li></ul>

曾宇律师的执业领域主要是为国际和亚洲公司处理与中国相关的调查和争议解决事宜。曾律师在处理调查事宜方面拥有丰富的经验，涉及反腐败、欺诈和其他业务不当行为主张的调查以及涉及信息技术、金融和制造等行业的调查。曾律师在协助跨国公司与中国监管机构的协调，并针对该类机构的质询做出答复以及处理其他争议及诉讼事宜方面也拥有丰厚的经验。他还拥有开展与合规问题相关的尽职调查工作的经验。在其职业生涯早期，曾律师在一家大型《财富500强》公司的中国公司担任两年多公司法律顾问。在担任公司法律顾问期间，针对各种争议和监管事宜提供法律意见。曾律师在2005年通过了中国司法考试。曾律师精通英语、粤语和普通话。他是香港律师会注册外国律师。