Yucheng Fan is a partner in our Funds & Asset Management group based in our Hong Kong office. He specialises in offshore fund matters, advising on the structure, formation, launch, and maintenance of all types of funds, including private equity funds, venture capital funds, hedge funds, and fund of funds using corporate (stand-alone and SPC), partnership as well unit trust structures.
Yucheng also covers transactions related to Web 3.0 space (digital assets, cryptocurrencies and blockchain), representing fund managers, investors and start-ups, including how offshore entities play a role when funds and fintech start-ups raise funds v
...Yucheng Fan is a partner in our Funds & Asset Management group based in our Hong Kong office. He specialises in offshore fund matters, advising on the structure, formation, launch, and maintenance of all types of funds, including private equity funds, venture capital funds, hedge funds, and fund of funds using corporate (stand-alone and SPC), partnership as well unit trust structures.
Yucheng also covers transactions related to Web 3.0 space (digital assets, cryptocurrencies and blockchain), representing fund managers, investors and start-ups, including how offshore entities play a role when funds and fintech start-ups raise funds via methods such as Crypto funds, Web 3.0 funds, decentralised finance (DeFi), decentralised autonomous organisation (DAO) and simple agreement for future tokens (SAFT).
Yucheng is one of the only offshore lawyers with a Japanese attorney qualification (Bengoshi). His fluency in the Japanese language, familiarity with both Japanese general and business culture, as well as a legal career at both leading Japanese onshore and offshore law firms, helps to differentiate his practice and offering in the market.
Yucheng frequently speaks at market leading events on topics related to funds and Web 3.0 space.
Prior to joining Harneys, Yucheng was at the Hong Kong office of another offshore law firm and also worked with Anderson Mori & Tomotsune in Japan (which included a secondment to Hengeler Mueller in Dusseldorf, Germany). He also completed a legal apprenticeship at The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan.
