AVPN Global Conference 2023 | 20 - 22 June 2023

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Vivien Teu
Partner and Head of Asset Management & ESG

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Dentons Hong Kong LLP

About

Vivien Teu is a partner and head of Asset Management & ESG at Dentons Hong Kong, and is a key member of the Dentons Global ESG Steering Committee as the co-lead for Sustainable Finance. In her role, Vivien is active galvanising and working alongside colleagues with multi-regional and multi-sectoral knowledge and expertise within Dentons, in advising financial institutions as well as corporate clients on legal, regulatory and compliance matters over a range of ESG issues and in meeting challenges and opportunities in the transition to a low-carbon economy across key sectors and regions. Dentons is the first global law firm with a purpose statement, renewed for sustainability and purpose-driven impact on our people, clients and communities. With more than 20 years’ extensive corporate and commercial experience advising financial institutions and financial services sectors, including numerous strategic joint ventures, mergers & acquisitions, Vivien has acted for some of the largest global and regional financial institutions and asset managers on legal and regulatory matters for cross-border financial markets access, investments and platform building, as well as extensive experience advising investors and other market participants. Having deep and broad focus in the areas of asset management, Vivien has advised on the structuring and formation of diverse forms of investment funds across asset classes and structures, retail funds and privately placed funds, investments in public markets, private equity, real estate and alternative investments. Vivien’s broader practice experience also includes advising on trusts and tax matters, international tax issues, wealth management and private client matters, pre-IPO trust structures and employee incentive plans and share schemes, and also advising on establishing or structuring of charities, foundations, philanthropic giving or social enterprise. In recent years, Vivien is market-leading in having developed a unique focus in her practice on corporate and regulatory issues around environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG), sustainable finance, responsible investment, impact investing and social finance. Vivien proactively contributes regularly to the development of ESG standards for the asset management and funds industry, providing perspectives not only for Asia but also with global relevance. Examples are consultation responses to the Hong Kong financial and securities market regulator on the requirements for fund managers’ management and disclosure of climate-related risks, submission on the proposed Human Rights Framework for Institutional Investors of the Principles for Responsible Investment and CFA ESG disclosure standards for investment products. Vivien was recently named Thought Leader of the Year, North Asia at the inaugural Thomson Reuters Asian Legal Business Women in Law Awards 2021, and received commendations by Asialaw profiles for three consecutive years (2018 to 2020) as a leading lawyer for the practice areas of investment funds and corporate M&A. She is listed by China Business Law Journal in the 2020 and 2021 A-List Elite 100 foreign lawyers for China practice. Throughout her career, Vivien has been involved in many pioneering transactions and projects. She has been highly rated for technical ability and innovation, while carrying in-depth international experience along with deep China knowledge. Prior to joining Dentons in 2021, Vivien was founder and managing partner of Vivien Teu & Co LLP, a Hong Kong firm with established reputation and accolades in the areas of investment funds, banking & finance, financial services, regulatory, private equity, private equity funds, private client and wealth management. Vivien previously held lead roles in China and Hong Kong funds practice at tier-one regional and global law firms Deacons and Clifford Chance, and as senior in-house legal counsel, Head of Legal Greater China at Invesco, a global investment management firm. Vivien is qualified as a solicitor in Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and in England & Wales, and is bilingual in English and Chinese (Mandarin & Cantonese).