Bio

Fiona Chan is a partner in the corporate department of Appleby’s Hong Kong office, leading the Banking and Finance, Private Client & Trusts practices in the Hong Kong office as well as Appleby’s Technology & Innovation Group and Economic Substance Working Group in Asia. Fiona has almost 20 years of offshore and onshore experience in the Asian market and advises on the laws of Bermuda, British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands. Her broad offshore law practice spans banking and finance transactions including acquisition, leveraged and project financing, shipping and aircraft financing, structured products, fund financing, bond issuance and restructuring of corporates and financial institutions. In the private client practice space, Fiona specialises in advising on Bermuda insurances and trust structures of various offshore jurisdictions. Fiona is routinely instructed by major international and Asian financial institutions, listed and private companies, securities providers and leading onshore law firms. Fiona is the editor of the firm’s quarterly publication Appleby Asia Alert. She is also a member of the InsurTech Committee of the FinTech Association of Hong Kong and Women in Law Hong Kong. Fiona has been widely recognised by her clients as well as legal directories, such as “Rising Star” by IFLR 1000 from 2018 – 2021 and “Next Generation Partners” by Legal 500 Asia Pacific Guide from 2019 – 2021. Legal 500 described her as “client-oriented”. She was also selected as one of the region’s 10 most notable offshore lawyers of the Asian Legal Business’ Offshore Client Choice List 5 years in a row from 2017-2021. Fiona leads the Female Lenders network for Appleby Hong Kong which brings together women in senior positions across the jurisdictions in which the firm operates. She was named as “Lawyer of the year for Offshore” at the Women in Business Law Awards 2020 and shortlisted as Women Lawyer of the Year by Asian Legal Business in 2019 and 2020. She was also selected as one of the 2017 Influential Women in Re/Insurance by Intelligent Insurer and recognised in Legal 500 Asia Pacific (Offshore). Fiona is fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese.