Who's Moving Where In Wealth Management? – Reed Smith, T Rowe Price

Editorial Staff

6 December 2024

Reed Smith
Global law firm has hired Arthur Tso to join its global corporate group and Hong Kong office.

Tso was previously at DLA Piper where he was partner and co-head of international equity capital Markets. His practice is focused on advising clients on capital markets transactions, mergers and acquisitions, equity financing, outbound investments, corporate restructuring and regulatory compliance.

He represents issuers, shareholders, underwriters and sponsors on IPOs, including secondary and dual primary listings, on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Tso also represents listed companies, private equity funds, large corporations and professional investors on a wide range of transactions including public and private mergers and acquisitions, strategic investments, general offers, privatisations, investments in equity and convertible instruments.

In other roles, Tso regularly advises listed issuers, controlling shareholders and SFC licensed persons on handling queries from the Hong Kong securities regulators.

Tso has previously worked at international law firms Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Kirkland & Ellis as well as the legal and compliance department of Morgan Stanley.

Tso was recognised in the LexisNexis Top 40 Under 40 in 2022 and has been named as a Recommended Lawyer for Capital Markets Equity (Hong Kong) by Legal 500 Asia Pacific for the last three consecutive years.

T Rowe Price
, a global asset manager with $1.61 trillion asset under management, has promoted Cassandra Crowe to head of Asia-Pacific consultant relations.

Crowe, who is Sydney-based head of consultant relations for Australia and New Zealand, will assume her new role from Sydney at the start of next year. In addition to her current responsibilities, she will join the APAC distribution leadership team and provide coverage across consultants for the region. She is supported by Sydney-based Alycia Vassallo, who joined as senior consultant relations manager last December.