With more than 25 years in-depth experiences in capital markets, financial institutions and asset management industry, financial services, financial and securities regulatory matters, funds formation, investment and finance transactions, Vivien Teu is market leading in her focus on ESG legal and regulatory issues, increasingly integrated into her advisory and transactional practice. Vivien launched her ESG and impact law practice in 2018, and advises across the spectrum of capital, ESG issues and asset classes, public and private markets, for-profit, non-profit organisations or hybrid structures, and range of fund structures and financing instruments. She has been active in impact ecosystem building, contributing to standard setting and industry engagements on sustainability, ESG and impact issues and sustainable finance, specifically in the investment and capital markets, from regulatory, legal and policy perspectives.
Vivien was an Advisory Board Member of AVPN from 2020-2023, and is a board member of a number of NGOs on youth and gender: EMpower – The Emerging Markets Foundation, and Hong Kong Momtrepreneurs Ltd. Vivien currently sits on the Global Board as well as APAC Regional Board of Global Alliance of Impact Lawyers. She is also active advising B Lab and B Corps, and is a member of the B Lab Asia Regional Standards Advisory Group. Vivien is also a board member of the Malaysia national partner of GSG Impact, Malaysia Impact Alliance, and separately appointed by the Hong Kong Financial Services Development Council as an ASEAN Advisory Board Member. In further commitments to the impact ecosystem, Vivien has launched her law firm to offer specialist legal support for the financial services, asset & wealth management, investment funds, sustainable finance, social finance, impact and philanthropy sectors, dedicated to supporting and developing market practice and communities of practice, towards ecosystem and capacity building for the impact economy and impact investing.
Prior to establishing Vivien Teu Law Practice / VTLP Impact, Vivien has solid industry experience from strategic roles throughout her career, including senior in-house legal experience with global asset management firm, Invesco, and practised with leading international funds and regulatory practice including magic circle law firm Clifford Chance, established a boutique firm offering specialist legal services for the financial services and asset & wealth management sectors, and with the largest global law firm Dentons, as a partner and Head of Asset Management & ESG in Hong Kong. At Dentons, Vivien assumed key roles as sustainable finance lead on the Global ESG Steering Committee, Global Funds Leaders Group and Global Financial Institutions Practice Group, driving impact focus within mainstream finance and capital markets, alongside colleagues with multi-regional and multi-sectoral knowledge and expertise within Dentons, on legal, regulatory and compliance matters in relation to sustainability, sustainable finance, impact investing and impact finance, and also in contributing to Dentons global pro bono efforts for positive impact causes. Vivien was also an active member of the Global Tax Practice and Global Family Office Practice Group, contributing and engaging with her breadth and depth of experiences, especially offering the Asia voice and insights. In the sustainable finance industry, Vivien is a member of the Green & Sustainable Lending Committee of Asia Pacific Loan Market Association, and has also been active engaging with the international green and sustainable bonds market through the International Capital Market Association.
