Summary: The law firm of Mayer Brown JSM has announced that Vincent Sum has joined the firm in its Hong Kong office.
It was announced today that Mayer Brown JSM has added Vincent Sum to the firm as a partner in the Finance practice, according to a release from the firm. Sum will work in the firm’s Hong Kong office.
Sum’s practice is focused on structured products, retail funds, securitisations, derivatives, non-retail funds, secured lending, debt capital markets matters and financing.
His clients include institutional investors, portfolio managers, arrangers, underwriters, trustees and issuers.
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Sum has been ranked multiple times for work performed in securitisation, structured products and derivatives. He has been ranked in Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners for his work. He has also been named a ‘leading lawyer’ in capital markets, securitisation and structured finance by IFLR1000 for 2014.
Richard Stock, the Finance practice leader at Mayer Brown JSM, said, “Vincent is an important addition to our practice. His structured products, derivatives and securitization capabilities will further expand our global footprint. We look forward to working with him.”
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The co-leader of the Structured Finance practice at Mayer Brown JSM, Stuart Litwin, said, “Asia, and particularly China, is becoming a more significant focus of our Structured Finance practice. Vincent is a well-known and extremely capable structured finance lawyer who speaks fluent English, Cantonese and Mandarin. He serves terrific clients and has a great reputation in the market. We are very proud that Vincent has joined our firm.”
Sum holds degrees in Master of Laws, Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Economics and is admitted to practice in Hong Kong, New York and England and Wales.
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