Charles Russell Speechlys has added Gaven Cheong as Partner within the Funds team in Hong Kong. He joins from Tiang & Partners, where he served as Head of Investment Funds for three years from 2021, and was instrumental in establishing the Investment Funds practice. Cheong has almost 20 years of fund formation and Hong Kong regulatory experience. His practice covers the establishment and structuring of a wide range of collective investment schemes, including hedge funds, real estate funds, private equity arrangements, hybrid funds and other private investment structures, and regulatory advice in relation to general investment management activity. Cheong is a pioneer in the crypto fund formation and regulatory advice space, having helped obtain the first regulatory licences in Hong Kong for the management of a fund of crypto funds and, shortly after that, a pure virtual assets fund. Qualified to practise in Western Australia, Hong Kong and England & Wales, Cheong is fluent in English and Cantonese, and is conversant in Mandarin.
