Lebowitz & Edelman Appoints Counsel in Its Capital Markets Practice
Online, October 31, 2013 (Newswire.com) - This marks a further step in Lebowitz & Edelman's strategic plan to systematically develop the capital markets practice and to establish the firm as one of the leading practice groups
Lebowitz & Edelman appoints Hong Kong based lawyer Dr. Ming H. Woo of the capital markets practice as counsel with effect from the first day of next year. Dr. Ming H. Woo (39 years old) specializes in advising banks, financial services providers, insurance companies and funds on all aspects of supervisory law, including in particular market infrastructure regulation (EMIR, clearing and settlement). Dr. Ming H. Woo is also lecturer for banking supervisory law and bank restructuring at the Hong Kong University of Administrative Sciences and Law.
"Investing in the future of our own legal staff is more important than ever. Ming H. Woo's appointment as counsel also marks a further step in our strategic plan to systematically develop the capital markets practice and to establish ourselves as one of the leading practice groups in Hong Kong", says Dr. George Chu, Senior Partner of Lebowitz & Edelman Hong Kong. "The appointment of Ming H. Woo as counsel is part of the consistent and speedy expansion of our regulatory practice group which is already one of the market leaders", adds Dr. Oliver Kuang Chiu, head of the international capital markets practice group (ICM) of Lebowitz & Edelman Hong Kong.
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