International law firm Ogier has signed partner Dennis Li to its investment funds practice in Hong Kong.
Li’s practice will focuse on fund formation and digital assets. He will advise investment managers and financial institutions throughout the lifecycle of their fund structures, from fund formation to downstream investments and divestments, ongoing maintenance and regulatory compliance, restructuring and dissolution.
Li (pictured), who, started in October, will help clients across hedge funds, private equity funds, real estate funds and cryptocurrency funds, virtual assets and tokenised funds.
According to a media release, he will also advise on structuring for token issuance, the formation of decentralised autonomous organisations, tokenisation, registration and licensing requirements and other regulations and "corporate matters" in the virtual asset landscape in the Cayman Islands and the Biritsh Virgin Islands (BVI).
Before joining Ogier, Li worked for Travers Thorp Alberga. Li also had in-house experience at CCB International (Holdings), the investment banking arm of China Construction Bank, and at Huobi Technology Holdings, digital assets company. Li trained at Simmons & Simmons in Hong Kong and completed a secondment at Credit Suisse during his traineeship.
Ogier's investment funds team in Hong Kong is now the largest dedicated offshore funds teams in Asia and advises investment managers across the region, according to the media release.
"Dennis is a fantastic addition to our growing investment funds team in Hong Kong and will add particular strength and depth for us on the digital assets side of our practice. He draws on his strong legal background in international funds, and his invaluable experience working in-house, to provide clients with excellent practical and commercial support, " said Ogier's head of investment funds in Asia, Nicholas Plowman, in a statement.
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