Lawyer With Large Hong Kong Law Firm Leaves to Head Up Risk Function at Blockchain NFT Business

Hong Kong law organization ONC Lawyers has shed its technological know-how consultant, Joshua Chu, to Singapore-headquartered metaverse blockchain organization Coinllectibles.

Chu is moving in-dwelling to Coinllectibles, which is publicly traded on the around-the-counter markets in the U.S., as chief chance officer.

Coinllectibles, a completely owned subsidiary of Hong Kong financial investment keeping corporation Cosmos Team Holdings Inc., curates and mints collectible things into its proprietary Fusion non-fungible tokens (NFTs). It will help creators and collectors bridge the gap among physical and electronic artwork, which are underpinned by wise contracts and legal documents stored on the blockchain.

At ONC, Chu labored on cybersecurity investigations, tech- and fintech-linked litigation and encouraged on tokenization initiatives. With his departure, the tech group at ONC will be led by one particular contentious exercise partner—Dominic Wai.

In addition to his situation at Coinllectibles, Chu holds concurrent positions as a expert at OhKims Advisory (HK) Confined, the blockchain and regtech small business consulting arm of South Korean legislation firm OhKims Regulation & Company, and at Hong Kong fintech consultancy ProSynergy Consulting Limited.

Right before joining ONC as a advisor, Chu practiced at Hong Kong corporations Georgiou Payne Stewien, previously regarded as GPS McQuhae, and at Robinsons Legal professionals. His stints at each corporations centered on tech-associated disputes.

In advance of he started out practising regulation, Chu worked and educated in IT.