Hogan Lovells 2024 Election Impact and Congressional Outlook Report
Michael Wong
Partner Corporate & Finance
Languages
English, Cantonese, Mandarin
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Overview
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Experience
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Credentials
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Insights and events
Michael is a private funds lawyer with over 20 years of experience. Michael is ranked among the leading individuals for China investment funds and China financial services regulations by Chambers Asia Pacific and is a recommended lawyer in the areas of investment funds and financial services regulations by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific since 2013.
Michael’s practice focuses on the structuring and formation of private equity, private credit and hedge funds and regularly advises on secondaries, co-investment arrangements, seeding arrangements and LP investments. Michael also has extensive experience advising on regulatory matters relating to asset managers. His clients include some of the Asia largest fund managers, sovereign wealth funds and financial institutions.
Michael is a member of the regulatory committee and digital asset working group at AIMA and is a frequent contributor to funds and financial services publications and is a regular speaker at industry events.
Representative experience
A Korean-backed private equity manager on the formation of various private equity and private credit funds and co-investment vehicles*
A Chinese private equity manager on the formation of a USD 600 million private equity buyout fund and USD 550 million infrastructure fund*
A PRC insurance company on the formation of various private credit funds, fund of funds and co-investment vehicles*
Fund counsel to a private credit fund with a U.S./Cayman master-feeder fund structure managed by one of the largest Asian private credit manager*
A PRC insurance company on a USD 650 million private credit secondaries transaction, which was one of the largest private credit secondaries transaction globally at the time*
An Asian insurance company as purchaser of a portfolio of private equity investments in a GP-led secondaries by a PRC private equity manager*
An Asian sovereign wealth fund in its US$200m investment in an inter-government operated Luxembourg-domiciled private equity fund*
A Korean conglomerate in connection with its joint venture and cornerstone investment in a private equity fund that focuses on investments in the new mobility sector*
Various sovereign entities and financial institutions on their investments in funds managed by leading European and US asset managers, including Vista, CVC, HarbourVest, Ares, Cheyne and Brookfield*
Various high net worth individuals, family offices and institutional investors in connection with their investment in private equity and private credit fund*
Fund counsel to an award winning hedge fund managed by a Taiwanese hedge fund manager (with approximately USD 3 billion AUM)*
Fund counsel to 9 hedge funds of a leading Chinese-based hedge fund manager with AUM over USD15 million *
An Asian sovereign wealth fund in connection with its investments in various hedge funds including those managed by Bridgewater Associates and Blackrock*
An European hedge fund of funds manager as seeder to a number of Hong Kong-based hedge funds*
Fund counsel to 11 hedge funds of a renowned Chinese hedge fund manager*
*Matter handled prior to joining Hogan Lovells.
Credentials
Education
- Graduate Diploma in Law, The College of Law in Sydney, Australia, 2002
- P.C.LL., The University of Hong Kong, 2001
- LL.B., The University of New South Wales, 2000
- B.Com., The University of New South Wales, 1999
Bar admissions and qualifications
- Hong Kong
- New South Wales