Mark Cummings
Partner
Hong Kong
Mark specialises in funds work with an emphasis on advising private equity and investment funds and managers on a broad range of legal issues, including fund formation and structuring, acquisitions and disposals, regulatory and governance matters, restructuring and the winding up and termination of funds.
In addition to his funds practice, Mark also advises in relation to all aspects of corporate work, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, capital markets, the formation and operations of special purpose investment vehicles, including LLCs and segregated portfolio companies, and public and private offerings of debt and equity involving Cayman Islands and BVI structures.
Mark joined Walkers in September 2013 and is a member of our Global Corporate & Investment Funds Group.
Mark joined Walkers in September 2013 and is a member of our Global Corporate & Investment Funds Group.
"Mark brings to the table many years of experience, knowledge and insights. He also obviously takes a leadership role and steers the ship at Walkers Hong Kong."
Experience and recent work
Prior to joining Walkers, Mark worked for another leading offshore firm in Hong Kong and prior to that he acted as a funds and corporate law specialist in a law firm in the Cayman Islands and for a global law firm in Ireland as well as in the London corporate teams of Bird & Bird and CMS Cameron McKenna.
Qualifications
Admitted in:
- Cayman Islands
- British Virgin Islands
- Bermuda, Registered Associate
- Ireland (not practising)
- England and Wales (not practising)
- New York (not practising)
- Northern Ireland (not practising)
Education:
- Upper second class Law Degree, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
- Professional Legal Studies, Queens University, Belfast, Ireland
2026 Chambers Asia Pacific - Notable Practitioner - "Mark brings to the table many years of experience, knowledge and insights. He also obviously takes a leadership role and steers the ship at Walkers Hong Kong." "Mark is very attentive on transactions and you can rely on him to get to the bottom of an issue."
2026 Legal 500 Asia Pacific: Greater China – Key Lawyer – "Mark Cummings and his team have been responsive, pragmatic and efficient in their approach to handling our Cayman Hedge Fund establishment and management, a pleasure to work with."
2025 Legal 500 Asia Pacific - Key Lawyer – "Noted for his longstanding corporate expertise, Mark Cummings often advises on joint ventures and the formation of segregated portfolio companies."
2024 Legal 500 Asia Pacific - Key Lawyer
2023 Legal 500 Asia Pacific - Key Lawyer
2023 Who's Who Legal: Recommended – Mainland China, Hong Kong SAR & Macao SAR (Private Funds)
2023 Who's Who Legal: Recommended – Private Funds - Formation
2020 Who's Who Legal: Private Funds (Recommended Lawyer)
2019 The Legal 500 Asia Pacific - Recommended Lawyer - "The 'very professional' Mark Cummings, who excels at handling corporate and fund formation work for private equity sponsors and hedge funds"
2019 Who's Who Legal: Private Funds (Recommended Lawyer)
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