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

Hong Kong legislation agency ONC Lawyers has dropped its technologies expert, Joshua Chu, to Singapore-headquartered metaverse blockchain firm Coinllectibles.

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

Coinllectibles, a fully owned subsidiary of Hong Kong expenditure keeping enterprise Cosmos Group Holdings Inc., curates and mints collectible things into its proprietary Fusion non-fungible tokens (NFTs). It allows creators and collectors bridge the gap among actual physical and digital artwork, which are underpinned by sensible contracts and legal documents stored on the blockchain.

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

In addition to his placement at Coinllectibles, Chu retains concurrent positions as a guide at OhKims Advisory (HK) Restricted, the blockchain and regtech enterprise consulting arm of South Korean regulation company OhKims Regulation & Enterprise, and at Hong Kong fintech consultancy ProSynergy Consulting Limited.

Before signing up for ONC as a advisor, Chu practiced at Hong Kong corporations Georgiou Payne Stewien, formerly recognized as GPS McQuhae, and at Robinsons Attorneys. His stints at both companies targeted on tech-linked disputes.

In advance of he started off working towards law, Chu worked and experienced in IT.