Hughie Wong

Partner

London

T +44 (0)20 7220 4982

M +44 (0)7827 368432

E hughie.wong@walkersglobal.com

Practice Areas

Hughie Wong is a partner in Walkers' London office, and the co-head of the firm's London Investment Funds Practice Group.

He has more than 25 years' experience in private practice, and advises clients on matters of Cayman and BVI law mainly in relation to hedge, PE and venture capital funds – including digital assets and crypto-currency funds - and also on their downstream corporate and financing matters, including structured finance, M&A and regulatory issues.

Hughie is recognised by Chambers & Partners, Legal 500 and Who's Who Legal for the quality of his advice.

He works with onshore counsel, investment managers and funds on issues relating to the set-up and launch of investment funds, their financing and all aspects of fund activity and regulation, as well as fund restructurings and distressed situations.

Prior Employment Experience

Prior to joining Walkers in 2008, Hughie trained and qualified at Slaughter and May in London, where he spent 13 years.

Admitted in & Qualifications

Admitted In:
British Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands
England and Wales (not practising)

Qualifications:
Jurisprudence, Corpus Christi College, Oxford University

Other Distinctions

2022 Legal 500 - "Hughie Wong is one of the smartest guys in the business, as well as being personable and helpful."

2022 Chambers and Partners UK Guide - Band 3: "He is professional and approachable, providing top-drawer technical legal advice in a commercial and effective manner."

2020 Chambers and Partners UK Guide - Notable Practitioner: "He is a true class act who is bright and has a great, detailed knowledge. He is commercial, practical and a pleasure to deal with."

2020 Legal 500 - (Offshore) Recommended Lawyer

2019 Who's Who Legal - Private Funds (Recommended Lawyer)

2018 Legal 500 - (Offshore) Recommended Lawyer

2018 Who's Who Legal - Private Funds (Recommended Lawyer)

2018 Chambers UK Guide - (Corporate & Finance) A Notable Practitioner:

"He is exceptional. Very commercial and really knows his stuff. He's exceptionally bright and very personable."

2017 Legal 500 - (Offshore) Recommended Lawyer

"Hughie Wong is ‘knowledgeable, available and a great problem solver who tailors his advice according to clients’ needs’."

2017 Chambers UK Guide - (Corporate & Finance) A Notable Practitioner:

"Hughie Wong is commended by clients for his ability to 'provide commercially helpful solutions while ensuring that investors are protected'."

2016 Chambers Global Guide – (Corporate & Finance) A Notable Practitioner

2016 Chambers UK Guide - Commentators say Cayman law expert Hughie Wong "is a phenomenally bright guy."

2015 Chambers UK Guide - "He specialises in offering advice in connection with funds, and is regarded by market sources as 'a class act'."

2015 Chambers Global Guide – (Corporate & Finance) A Notable Practitioner

News, Matters and Publications

EVENTS

HFM European Operational Leaders Summit 2023 - We are proud to be a headline sponsor of the HFM European Operational Leaders Summit 2023, taking pl...
IBA 21st Annual International Conference on Private Investment Funds - Our global Investment Funds practice group is one of the largest specialist teams worldwide and offe...
Walkers Virtual Fundamentals 2021 Seminar - Please join us on Tuesday 9 November for a live broadcast of Walkers Fundamentals where we will expl...
Walkers Virtual Fundamentals Seminar - Please join us for pre-event networking, followed by a live broadcast of Walkers Fundamentals a...
Walkers to Sponsor HFM Compliance European Legal Summit 2018 - Walkers is to sponsor the HFM Compliance European Legal Summit 2018 at Grove House, UK, on 24 and 25...

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NEWS

Walkers' top-tier London office further strengthened with two associate recruits - Walkers market-leading Cayman Islands, BVI & Bermuda law team based in London has been further stren...
Walkers sponsoring With Intelligence's HFM European Operational Leaders Club - We are delighted to announce that we are Headline Partner of With Intelligence's HFM European Operat...
Walkers maintains Pre-Eminent ranking amongst offshore law firms in London - Walkers' team in London have once again maintained their position as the pre-eminent offshore law ad...
Walkers wins four titles at Who's Who Legal Awards 2022 - Walkers, the international law firm, has won four titles at the prestigious Who's Who Legal Awards 2...
Walkers maintains Pre-Eminent ranking amongst offshore law firms in London - Walkers has once again maintained its position as the pre-eminent offshore law firm based in London,...

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ADVISORY

Updated Procedures for De-Registration of Cayman Islands Mutual Funds and Private Funds - On 17 August 2022, the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (“CIMA”) published a set of new regulat...
Commencement of Cayman Islands Virtual Asset (Service Providers) Act, 2020 - The Cayman Islands government has now issued a commencement order for the Virtual Asset (Service Pro...
EU recognition of Cayman Islands tax cooperation and removal from Annex I list - The European Union (“EU”) has announced that the Cayman Islands has been removed from Annex I of...
Changes to the Cayman Islands Private Funds Law - The Cayman Islands Government has approved an amendment to the Private Funds Law 2020 (the “PFL”...
Cayman Islands Private Funds Law - This note has been updated since its original publication on 10 February 2020 to reflect further inf...

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MEMO

Cayman Islands - The Private Funds Act - This memorandum summarises the key features of the Private Funds Act (as amended) (the "Act") and ho...
(Cayman) The Directors Registration and Licensing Law - The Directors Registration and Licensing Law, 2014 (as amended) (the "DRLL") came into force on 4 Ju...
(Cayman) Company Migration to the Cayman Islands - The object of this Memorandum is to provide clients of Walkers with information on the process invol...
(BVI) Statutory Mergers - Walkers is interested to note that businesses have been increasingly taking advantage of the statuto...
(BVI) Merger of BVI Companies with Foreign Companies - This Memorandum summarises some of the key provisions under the BVI Business Companies Act, 2004 (th...