Eason Huang
Partner
About
Eason is a partner in the Corporate department of our Hong Kong office. He has extensive offshore experience specialising in the structuring, formation, organisation and operation of all types of open- and closed-ended funds, including private equity and hedge funds, and their related investment management entities. He advises funds in all stages of their operations, and regularly assists with fund formation and governance matters.
Eason is recognised by a wide range of sponsors as one of the “go-to” offshore funds lawyers on fund formation matters, as well as institutional investors in making investments in private equity and hedge funds in the region.
Eason also has experience in advising on crypto-related fund launches including crypto funds and tokenised funds domiciled in the Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands (BVI). Eason is one of the few offshore lawyers in Hong Kong who has practical experience advising on the fintech regulatory landscape for participants in the virtual asset ecosystem and a variety of virtual asset projects.
Eason is a native Mandarin speaker and fluent in English and Cantonese. His clients include APAC fund managers, Hong Kong SFC-licensed fund managers, fund sponsors and venture capitalists. He also has a particular focus on fund clients with a Greater China and Japan nexus.
Experience
- Investment Funds
- Blockchain & FinTech
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Work highlights
- Advised a leading Japanese conglomerate, co-sponsored by the other leading domestic and regional private equity fund managers on the launch of the USD 1 billion climate tech focused fund
- Advised a leading Japanese middle market private equity firm in the formation of a structured GP secondary transaction that closed at ¥17.9 billion and in the formation of the fund V series funds
- Advised a leading Japanese middle market private equity firm and a leading Australia based private equity firm, on the set up of various co-investment vehicles to allow both GPs to do a “club-deal” to acquire a leading HR software-as-a-service player in Japan
- Advised a leading Chinese private equity fund manager in forming and launching numerous close-ended private equity funds each structured as a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership, providing investors with a well-constructed and well-balanced exposure to the outperforming innovative companies in China’s “New Economy”
- Acted as legal counsel and listing agent for a leading Chinese asset management company’s various Cayman corporate structure hedge funds whose classes of shares are listed on the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange (CSX)
- Advised various leading Mainland Chinese and Hong Kong managers and asset management companies in setting up Cayman SPC funds with multiple investment strategies investing in various class assets in China and US markets
- Advised a preeminent Chinese private equity and venture capital firm, on the launch of its first digital asset focussed fund, structured as an open-ended Cayman Islands mutual fund with a BVI approved manager
- Advised a global venture capital firm known as a pioneer in early-stage enterprise investments on the launch of their multi-million closed-ended venture capital fund focused on early-stage blockchain opportunities
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Qualifications and admissions
- Attorney-at-Law of the Cayman Islands, 2026
- Attorney of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court of the British Virgin Islands (BVI), 2025
- Registered Foreign Lawyer, Hong Kong, 2022
- Solicitor of Supreme Courts of England & Wales (non-practicing), 2022
- Attorney at Law of the People’s Republic of China (non-practicing), 2011
- City University of Hong Kong (LLM), Distinction
- Zhejiang Gongshang University (LLB), First Class Honour
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Recognition and Awards
- Eason is ranked as a ”Rising star partner” by IFLR1000 from 2022 to 2026
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