Kristi Swartz |
DLA Piper has added Kristi Swartz as a partner in its intellectual property and technology practice, based in Hong Kong. She joins from Swartz, Binnersley & Associates, a boutique firm she established in 2018 to reach a niche market serving innovative fintech clients. Prior to this, she was the Hong Kong managing partner of Bryan Cave for five years.
Originally a corporate finance lawyer, Swartz has focused on the fintech sector since 2010, and is now a regulatory and licensing expert for fintech businesses. She advises on a broad range of matters for technology and fintech clients, including structuring, licensing and corporate governance, as well as regulation and licensing requirements for digital assets, security and asset-backed digital tokens, stablecoins, payments, developing equity crowdfunding platforms, robo advisory apps and the structuring, set-up and running of compliant crypto exchanges.
Alan Yeung |
Clifford Chance has strengthened its US securities law and debt offering with the addition of Alan Yeung as a partner in Hong Kong. Yeung is a highly-experienced, US-qualified practitioner advising clients for more than 20 years in Asia Pacific. He is widely recognized for his extensive work on many market-leading debt and equity issuances, including high yield and investment grade bond offerings, and IPOs. He joins from Shearman & Sterling, where he was a partner who advised on debt and equity offerings of securities into the US, high yield and investment grade debt offerings, Rule 144A/Regulation S placements, and liability management transactions. He represents leading financial institutions and corporate clients. Yeung first worked at Clifford Chance in Hong Kong as an associate from 2000-2005 in the finance and capital markets practices. He received his JD from the University of British Columbia, has a BA in Economics, Asian Studies and International relations from Cornell University, and is fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese.
