Teddy Lam

Full Profile

Teddy supports clients in the financial sectors to navigate the regulatory field, including securing the necessary licences and developing robust compliance frameworks and programs.

Before joining Clyde & Co in April 2026, Teddy has worked in the Hong Kong Insurance Authority and the Securities and Futures Commission, where he gained valuable insights on a broad range of areas from the perspective of a financial regulator, including life and non-life insurance, reinsurance, corporate governance, licensing, market conduct, policy development, enforcement of insurance and securities laws and prosecution of related court proceedings.

Teddy was trained at a leading local firm and qualified as a solicitor of the High Court of Hong Kong in 2023. His professional works span from corporate transactions, banking and finance, debt recovery and general commercial litigation. 

Experience

Corporate and Commercial

• Assisted in business reorganisations of insurers involving portfolio transfers.
• Represented offeror in a general offer for shares of a listed company with consideration of over HK$700 million.
• Advised listed companies on matters ranging from mergers and acquisitions to share options schemes and bond issuance.
• Advised on share purchase agreements, distribution agreements and other key commercial agreements. 

Regulatory

• Supported the regulator on policy development and legal drafting of the group-wide supervision regime, the insurance intermediary conduct regime and other policy initiatives, e.g. the Qualifying Deferred Annuity Policy (QDAP). 
• Advised the regulator on assessing and approving new authorizations for life and non-life (re)insurers, digital insurers and insurance intermediaries.
• Handled cases on behalf of the regulator before the Insurance Appeals Tribunal.
• Conducted investigation and enforcement action on the misconduct of insurers and insurance intermediaries under the Insurance Ordinance (Cap. 41), and market misconduct offences under the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571).

Banking and Finance

• Represented major banks in loan projects and debt recovery actions. 

Commercial Litigation

• Represented parties in commercial litigation cases including shareholders’ disputes and winding-up petitions