Dedicating to Impact Ecosystem Building and Practice

Purpose. Sustainability. Integrity.

About us

The creation of Vivien Teu Law Practice is the culmination of more than two decades of legal practice at the intersection of finance, capital markets, and sustainability.

With more than 25 years of in-depth experience in capital markets, financial institutions and asset management industry, financial services, financial and securities regulatory matters, funds formation, investment and finance transactions, Vivien is market leading in her focus on ESG legal and regulatory issues, increasingly integrated into her advisory and transactional practice.

Vivien began her career in leading international and regional firms, including Clifford Chance and Deacons, before taking on senior in-house legal roles, notably as Head of Legal, Greater China at global asset management firm Invesco. She later founded and led Vivien Teu & Co LLP, a Hong Kong firm with established reputation and accolades in the areas of investment funds, banking & finance, financial services, regulatory, private equity, private equity funds, private client and wealth management. Most recently, she served as Partner and Head of Asset Management & ESG at Dentons Hong Kong, where she held global leadership roles, including Global Sustainable Finance Lead on the Global ESG Steering Committee, ESG Lead for the Global Financial Institutions Practice Group, and member of the Global Funds Leadership Group.

While advising the financial services sector globally, Vivien recognised a growing need to align capital with sustainability, responsibility, and purpose. Over time, she developed a market-leading focus on ESG, sustainable finance, responsible investment, impact investing, and social finance. Since launching her ESG and impact law practice in 2018, Vivien has advised across the spectrum of capital on ESG issues for different asset classes, public and private markets, for-profit, non-profit organisations or hybrid structures, and range of sustainable financing instruments and ESG or impact fund structures. She has been active in impact ecosystem building, contributing to standard setting and industry engagements on sustainability, ESG and impact issues, specifically in the investment and capital markets, from regulatory, legal and policy perspectives.

Vivien’s work has been recognised with industry accolades, including Thought Leader of the Year, North Asia at the ALB Women in Law Awards 2021, multiple commendations from Asialaw Profiles as a leading lawyer in investment funds and corporate M&A, and inclusion in China Business Law Journal’s A-List Elite 100 Foreign Lawyers for China practice in 2020 and 2021.

The launch of Vivien Teu Law Practice marks the next chapter in this journey – a specialist, impact-focused firm dedicated to financial services, asset and wealth management, investment funds, sustainable and social finance, impact investing, and philanthropy. It is a platform not only for legal excellence but also for ecosystem building, innovation, and capacity development, supporting clients in achieving financial goals while driving positive change in the world.

Purpose, Sustainability, Integrity
Seek first His Kingdom & His Righteousness

Vivien Teu’s Industry Leading Positions & Memberships (Current or recent):
• Member of Hong Kong Green Finance Association, active participation and contribution to several working groups – Present;
• B Lab Regional Standards Advisory Group for Asia, Member – Present
• Board Member – Present (Since May 2024); Advisory Board Member (April 2020 – June 2023), Asian Venture Philanthropy Network (AVPN)
• Board Member (July 2023 to present), Asia Pacific Board Member (March 2020 to present), Global Alliance of Impact Lawyers;
• ASEAN Advisory Group Member, Financial Services Development Council – Present
• Hong Kong Board Member – Present, EMpower The Emerging Markets Foundation;
• Board Member – Present, Hong Kong Momtrepreneurs Limited
• Member of Asia Pacific Loan Market Association Green & Sustainable Lending Committee
• Dentons’ Representative Member for International Capital Markets Association Sustainability-Linked Bonds Working Group
• Legal Advisor & Member of Chinese Asset Management Association of Hong Kong – 2020 to Present

Contributions to standard setting and best practices
• Member of LMA/LTSA/APLMA Green, Social and Sustainability-linked Loan Principles Update Taskforce
• Member of LMA/APLMA Transition Loan Taskforce
• Key member and contributor to the working groups led by Hong Kong University LiteLab on transposing or adapting selected climate clauses of The Chancery Lane Project, engaging with other private practitioners and inhouse counsels in reviewing and developing provisions and playbook, on Green Capital Markets, Green Loans, Green Construction & Real Estate, Green Investment Funds – Present
• Supporting trainer for ICMA Sustainable Bonds Certificate Course
• Lead Project Partner for global jurisdictional review across 25 jurisdictions, providing analysis on local policy, law and regulations to identify any potential barriers to B Lab’s proposed new B Corp certification standards to enhance responsible business conduct and corporate ESG performance requirements
• Consultation response to Hong Kong Stock Exchange 2019 updates to ESG Reporting Guide for Hong Kong listed companies
• Consultation response to Hong Kong Stock Exchange 2021 updates to Corporate Governance Code for Hong Kong listed companies
• Consultation response to Hong Kong Securities & Futures Commission 2021 proposed requirements to Hong Kong licensed fund managers on management and disclosure of climate-related risks
• Consultation response to CFA Institute proposed global ESG disclosure standard for investment products
• Participated in the 2023 UN Human Rights Special Procedures Expert Consultation on Investors, ESG and Human Rights, of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transitional corporations and other business enterprises
• Consultation response to UNPRI proposed framework for investors on business and human rights
• Consultation response to IOSCO Discussion Paper on Voluntary Carbon Market
• Consultation response to Hong Kong Stock Exchange 2023 proposed enhanced climate-related disclosure requirements for Hong Kong listed companies to adopt ISSB Climate Standards
• Policy Recommendations on “Wealth for Good: Hong Kong as a Regional Philanthropic Hub”, Working Group member of Hong Kong Financial Services Development Council

Contact Us

We would be delighted to discuss how we may assist on any or all of the above with our dedicated practice areas or to help seek solutions. When we are engaged, your goals become our goals to meet, your issues our issues to solve.

Contact us at our general email: enquiry@vteu.co, and we will be in touch shortly.

For a deeper perspective on Vivien Teu’s journey and earlier contributions, visit the archived website of Vivien Teu & Co LLP at archive.vteu.co. The archive captures the firm’s foundations in corporate and commercial law, with a strong focus on asset management, funds, and financial services in Hong Kong and Greater China. Today, Vivien Teu Law Practice leads with impact focus, with its emphasis and dedication on sustainable finance, ESG integration, impact investing, social finance and philanthropy, reflecting a continued commitment to aligning law and purpose.

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Vivien Teu is Founder & Principal of Vivien Teu Law Practice / VTLP Impact.  With more than 25 years in-depth experiences in capital markets, financial institutions and asset management industry, financial services, financial and securities regulatory matters, funds formation, investment and finance transactions, Vivien is market leading in her focus on ESG legal and regulatory issues, increasingly integrated into her advisory and transactional practice. She has been active in impact ecosystem building, contributing to standard setting and industry engagements on sustainability, ESG and impact issues and sustainable finance, specifically in the investment and capital markets, holistically covering regulatory, legal and policy perspectives, and advises across the spectrum of capital, ESG issues and asset classes, public and private markets, for-profit, non-profit organisations or hybrid structures, and range of fund structures and financing instruments.

Prior to establishing Vivien Teu Law Practice / VTLP Impact, Vivien has solid industry experience from strategic roles throughout her career, including senior in-house legal experience with global asset management firm, Invesco, and practised with leading international funds and regulatory practice including magic circle law firm Clifford Chance, and most recently with global law firm Dentons, where Vivien assumed key roles as sustainable finance lead on the Global ESG Steering Committee, Global Funds Leaders Group and Global Financial Institutions Practice Group, driving impact focus within mainstream finance and capital markets.  Vivien’s leadership in sustainable finance, global funds and industry engagement is matched with her commitment to community and ecosystem building. 

With the vision of the role of law in purposeful partnerships and projects, to align capital with sustainability and increasing focus on measurable positive environmental and social outcomes, Vivien’s experiences include advising asset owners, asset managers and also charitable foundations in establishing purpose-led initiatives, related stewardship and governance considerations and structure design, B Lab’s legal requirements and certification standards for B Corps, green and sustainable finance frameworks and instruments, legal issues of carbon markets and climate transition, climate mitigation and adaptation strategies and funds, nature-based solutions and finance, impact term-sheets and other innovative finance instruments for impact, advocacy efforts as well as engaging in market proposals for policy, legal and regulatory levers for advancing sustainability and impact.   

 

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