HONG KONG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Walkers Management Services, the leading international provider of corporate and fiduciary services, is pleased to announce that its Hong Kong team is now complete with the appointment of Michele Wan as Senior Vice President with Walkers Corporate Services.
Ms. Wan joins Walkers Corporate Services from Walkers law firm in Hong Kong, where she worked as an associate in the firm’s Corporate and Finance Group, specialising in asset finance, acquisition finance, structured finance and debt capital markets.
With a strong team of experienced professionals in place, led by Ms. Wan, Walkers Corporate Services is well placed to provide the complete range of local corporate services to clients in Hong Kong. These services include the formation and set up of Hong Kong corporate entities, as well as the provision of local services for Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands companies.
“We are delighted that Michele has joined us to lead Walkers Corporate Services’ expansion in Hong Kong,” said Nancy Lewis, chief executive officer of Walkers Management Services. “Michele is a highly experienced attorney and is qualified in all the key jurisdictions that we operate in. She understands exactly what our clients need and with her operational skills and management expertise, will prove an extremely valuable addition to our team.”
“I am very excited to be working with Walkers Corporate Services and overseeing our expansion in Hong Kong,” Ms. Wan said. “With our suite of innovative services, high quality professionals and value proposition, Walkers Corporate Services is recognised globally for providing clients with an exceptionally compelling service offering.”
“Our international expansion, which has taken place across three continents during the past year, ensures that we are able to meet the requirements of our clients in the markets that they want us to be present in,” Ms. Lewis continued. “These developments in Hong Kong are just the latest phase of this expansion and the team there are all Hong Kong nationals, offering language capability in Cantonese, Mandarin and Japanese, as well as German, so we can service our clients’ needs in the most appropriate time zone and language.”
In 2010, Walkers Management Services established an office in Delaware in the United States, in response to requests from clients who said they wanted to receive the same high quality services and added value applied to their Delaware entities that they were already receiving from Walkers Management Services in other jurisdictions. Also in 2010, Walkers Management Services opened an office in Dublin, providing timely and effective services based on an in-depth knowledge of the regulatory and commercial environment in Ireland.
Clients of Walkers Management Services also receive the benefit of the firm’s innovative, market-leading Client Portal, which provides 24/7, secure, online access to statutory information and corporate records across their entire corporate structures.
About The Walkers Group
From offices in the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Delaware, Dubai, Dublin, Hong Kong, Jersey, London and Singapore, the Walkers Group provides legal and management services to leading FORTUNE 100 and FTSE 100 global corporations and financial institutions, capital markets participants, investment fund managers, and growth-and middle-market companies. The Walkers Group is comprised of leading international law firm, Walkers and Walkers Management Services, which specialises in corporate and fiduciary services.
Walkers’ expertise has been validated by numerous awards including “Offshore Law Firm of the Year” by Alpha Magazine, The Lawyer, PLC Which Lawyer? and Asian Legal Business. Walkers has also been honoured as the PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook Leading Cayman Islands Law Firm, Who's Who Legal Law Firm of the Year: Cayman Islands and has shared honours for “Offshore Legal Team of the Year” by the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP).
For more information on the Walkers group, visit us on the web at www.walkersglobal.com or contact us by e-mail at info@walkersglobal.com. To contact Walkers by phone, call our Hong Kong office at +852 2284 4566.