Penelope Shen

Partner, Investment Funds, Stephenson Harwood

Penelope is a leading funds lawyers who counts among her clients the region’s top asset managers.  She advises investment funds on a myriad of matters. These range from establishment and structuring, restructuring and redomiciliation, to regulatory and compliance matters, and issues related to making and exiting investments.

Her expertise, culled from nearly two decades of top-level experience, extends to advice concerning fund distribution as well as ISDA and prime brokerage agreements, and negotiation of side letters.

Further, Penelope kickstarted Stephenson Harwood's (the Firm) Asia ESG initiative, and was instrumental in the Firm joining the Hong Kong Green Finance Association. As a premier funds practitioner, and corporate/social responsibility advocate, Penelope is especially dedicated to ESG issues affecting fund managers in the region.