Penelope Shen
Stephenson Harwood
Hong Kong
Funds practitioner Penelope Shen has taken up a key role across Stephenson Harwood’s holistic sustainability offering, having established the firm’s Asia ESG working group, which hosts quarterly meetings to facilitate sustainability discussions across its regional offices. In client work, she leads in legal advice and training which support major fund managers and industry actors in integrating responsible and sustainable considerations within their practices.
Shen led the firm’s entry into the Hong Kong Green Finance Association, through which she helped create a platform for sustainable development across the region by serving as drafting partner of a policy paper which explores how Hong Kong can become a green infrastructure investment fund hub. Assuming a key role in supporting major industry associations in their green engagements, she also sits as a member of the Alternative Investment Management Association’s working group on the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission’s consultation on climate-related risks and requirements.
Within the legal sector, Shen assists in the firm’s participation in the Hong Kong Chancery Lane Project, helping develop new contracts and model laws which help fight climate change.