Luxembourg-based firm Arendt & Medernach has opened a representative office in Hong Kong to focus primarily on public and private funds and direct investment in Asia.

The office will mark the firm’s first foray into the Asia-Pacific market and follows its launch in Dubai this time last year. The firm said it will work alongside law firms it has established relations with in the region.

The firm is aiming to capture the growth market for investment funds in Hong Kong. “As outward investment funds from Asia are likely to increase fairly dramatically over the short term, and given the changes and reforms that are being implemented in multiple jurisdictions, the need for up-to-date advice …is likely to grow,” said partner Claude Niedner, one of three lawyers based in the new office.

Niedner will be supported by senior associate Stéphane Karolczuk who will head the office, and founding partner Guy Harles (pictured).

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