Eva Chan

Eva is the Head of our Hong Kong office and she specialises in investment funds. She has more than 20 years of experience advising international and mainland Chinese fund managers on a variety of public and private funds in different structures. She is one of the most experienced Chinese-speaking funds lawyers in Hong Kong.

Eva has advised on many of the first launch of Hong Kong’s innovative funds, such as the first public open-ended fund company, the first listing of fund on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited adopting a master-feeder structure, the first ESG ETF, and the authorisation of the first German domiciled fund, the first synthetic ETF and the first inverse and leveraged products. Additionally, she regularly advises on complex fund restructurings.

Eva joined Simmons & Simmons in 2005 and has played an instrumental role in developing the firm’s funds practice in Hong Kong, which has been consistently ranked Band 1 by Chambers Asia Pacific and The Legal 500.

Academic Activities

• She is a veteran mentor of the students and young alumni of a secondary school.
• She regularly speaks at career talks and comments on gender diversity.

Memberships

• Outside the firm, Eva is one of the founding committee members of the Women in ETFs, Hong Kong Chapter.

Awards and Recognitions

• For more than a decade, Eva has constantly earned recognitions from Chambers Asia Pacific and The Legal 500.
• Clients praised her as "the most reliable person to go to and will always provide advice firmly", "extremely responsive, business-friendly and understands the business dynamics", and appreciated her "diplomatic approach to the negotiation process".