Jill Wong

Partner

Hong Kong

Jill has extensive experience advising on banking and securities laws, as well as data privacy, cybercrime, and financial crime issues. She advises on both contentious matters (including regulatory investigations, internal inquiries, and dawn raids) and non-contentious matters (including licensing and approvals, drafting client documents and disclosures, and carrying out regulatory gap analyses). Jill is also active in advising clients on emerging regulatory issues, such as virtual asset trading and exchanges, Web3, NFTs, and ESG.

Experience

Representative matters

Represented and advised several international financial institutions in regulatory investigations on KYC/AML issues arising from Hong Kong’s laws on customer due diligence and money laundering.
Represented and advised sponsors in regulatory investigations relating to due diligence for IPOs.

Represented and advised asset managers and traders in regulatory investigations relating to allegations of insider dealing and misconduct.

Recognitions

  • Listed in Lexology Index for Banking, 2025
  • Ranked in Chambers Greater China Region for Financial Services: Contentious Regulatory (International Firms), 2023-2025, and for Financial Services: Non-contentious Regulatory (International Firms), 2025
  • Listed as Highly Regarded in IFLR1000 Global for Hong Kong: Banking; Financial Services Regulatory; Investment Funds; and Private Equity, 2023-2024

Credentials

Education

  • Monash University, 1984, LL.B.
  • Monash University, 1983, Bachelor of Economics

Professional admissions & qualifications

  • Hong Kong
  • England and Wales

Professional affiliations

  • Previous Chair of the British Chamber of Commerce’s Financial Markets Committee in Hong Kong
  • Fellow of The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute, and appointed to one of the Institute’s disciplinary bodies, the Investigation Group
  • Served on the Disciplinary Panel of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants for seven years

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