- Overview
- Experience
Introduction
Yi is a counsel advising funds and banks on master agreements, derivatives, and cross-border financial regulatory matters across Asia and London.
Yi Man is experienced in advising investment funds, international banks and financial institutions on reviewing and negotiating a variety of master agreements (including ISDA, CSA, GMRA, GMSLA, NAFMII and SAC master agreements).
He also advised clients on a wide range of financial regulatory matters in relation to banking and securities sectors with a focus on structured products, OTC derivative transactions, cross-border financial activities and asset management business (including QDII, QFII, Stock Connect and Bond Connect regimes).
He has previously worked in Shanghai, Beijing and London.
Yi Man is admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales. He is fluent in Mandarin and English.
- Sovereign wealth fund | Advising a sovereign wealth fund on the review and negotiation of a broad range of financial markets and trading documentation, including ISDA Master Agreements and related collateral arrangements, GMRAs, GMSLAs, prime brokerage agreements, custody agreements and other financial services agreements, as well as on transactions referencing a range of asset classes, including interest rates, credit and commodities.
- Quantitative trading firms | Advising leading quantitative and proprietary trading firms on establishing and developing their trading arrangements across multiple markets, including the review and negotiation of ISDA Master Agreements and related collateral arrangements, prime brokerage agreements and other trading documentation, and advising on the structuring of OTC derivatives transactions referencing a broad range of underlying assets.
- International investment banks | Advising leading international investment banks on the negotiation of master trading agreements and transaction documentation across derivatives, securities financing and other financial products, as well as on the structuring, documentation and regulatory treatment of complex cross-border transactions. Advising leading investment banks and other financial institutions on a wide range of PRC financial regulatory matters relating to structured investments and access to the PRC capital markets, including the equity and bond markets and the QFI, Stock Connect and Bond Connect regimes.
- PRC commercial banks | Advising leading PRC commercial banks on their investments in offshore financial products, including the structuring, documentation and regulatory aspects of transactions involving derivatives, structured products and other cross-border investments.