People
Hannah Cassidy
Biography
Hannah leads the financial services regulatory practice in Hong Kong, with extensive experience advising on both advisory and contentious regulatory matters.
Hannah has substantial experience advising financial institutions, investment managers, fintech firms, listed companies and their senior individuals on complex advisory and regulatory matters, including senior management accountability, payments, cybersecurity, market abuse, anti-money laundering, fraud and scams, client assets and complex licensing issues.
Her expertise spans complex cross-border matters across Asia Pacific and other key global financial markets.
Hannah also has significant expertise in advising clients on the conduct of regulatory investigations, particularly in relation to culture and conduct.
Hannah and her team regularly lead discussions with regulators on behalf of the financial services industry in relation to regulatory reform initiatives. This includes working closely with leading industry bodies, including ASIFMA and AIMA.
Hannah chairs AIMA’s Hong Kong Regulatory Committee and regularly speaks on industry panels. Hannah is also a member of the HKEX’s Listing Review Committee.
Practice areas
- Financial services advisory and regulatory
- Digital assets
Sectors
- Banks
- Financial institutions
- Private credit
- Fintech
- Technology
Selected experience
- Multiple international and regional financial institutions on strategic advisory matters, including in relation to complex licensing issues, product offering, culture and conduct, payments, money lending, and corporate restructuring.
- Several global investment banks on anti-money laundering and counter-financing terrorism (AML/CFT) compliance.
- Multiple banks and fintech firms in relation to virtual-asset related activity.
- A large Korean financial institution in relation to issues arising from an investment into a Hong Kong-managed hedge fund.
- A Hong Kong listed company and its subsidiary on an independent investigation into alleged misconduct relating to certain investments.
- A European investment bank in relation to an investigation into unauthorised trading.
Education
- Legal Practice Course, BPP Law School, 2006
- GDL Law Conversion Course, BPP Law School, 2005
- BA (Hons) in French, University College London, 2004
- Lettres Modernes (Licence en deuxième année), L'université Paul-Valéry-Montpellier, 2003
Admissions
- Admitted as solicitor, Hong Kong, 2017
- Admitted as solicitor, England and Wales, 2008
