Helen Fok

Partner
Simmons & Simmons

Helen is a partner in the financial markets group. She is a financial regulatory specialist with over 16 years of experience and she has profound knowledge on a full range of technical and complex financial regulatory matters.

Helen covers regulatory issues for both the sell-side and the buy-side, including conflicts of interest, client facilitation trading, digital assets, electronic trading platforms, product distribution due diligence, governance and suitability related issues across multiple asset classes and robo-advisory platforms. Helen has assisted the best-known financial institutions on launching trading platforms and apps with ground breaking features.

Helen advocates on behalf of members of ASIFMA and AIMA on key regulatory initiatives and  PWMA with the Securities and Futures Commission and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority. She sits on the AIMA’s Hong Kong Regulatory Sub-Committee, the PWMA’s ESG Committee and she is the co-author of ASIFMA’s IBOR Transition Guide for Asia.