Based in Hong Kong, we are a boutique consulting firm with extensive expertise in the legal and finance industries. We provide cost-effective negotiation services for complex agreements, ensuring compliance with applicable regulations and achieving favorable outcomes in a dynamic regulatory landscape. Our founder has experience in legal and prime brokerage roles at top-tier banks in Paris and Hong Kong. He has developed unique skills in contract law, regulatory compliance, and hedge fund business. This expertise enables us to guide clients through the complexities of legal negotiations.
We offer specialized legal negotiation support, helping hedge funds secure favorable terms in derivatives trading documentation.
Our expertise covers key agreements and trading documentation such as ISDA agreements, prime brokerage agreements, and vendor contracts, along with regulatory protocols like Dodd-Frank and EMIR, as well as tailored solutions for global financial firms. We also provide color on fund structures and compliance frameworks.
Whether working with startups or established funds, we ensure each agreement meets regulatory requirements, mitigates risk, and protects your interests, providing market insights and strategic advice for trading and operations.
We specialize in reviewing and negotiating a broad spectrum of derivatives, trading, and counterparty agreements, including ISDA, prime brokerage, futures, repo, securities lending, and electronic trading documentation (e.g., MCA). Our expertise is particularly strong in prime brokerage, ISDA agreements, and equities documentation. With experience working alongside leading prime brokers and derivatives counterparties, we bring in-depth knowledge of both market-standard and region-specific terms, especially within Asian markets, to support clients in all areas of their trading needs.
We have extensive experience with various fund structures, including UCITs, SPCs, SPVs, and master/feeder structures, across major jurisdictions such as the Cayman Islands, BVI, Hong Kong, and UCITS. We specialize in providing commercial insights to both established entities and start-ups, balancing strong counterparty relationships with client protection. Our services encompass reviewing and negotiating new agreements, as well as assessing and renegotiating existing documentation. With deep market experience, we offer valuable insights on market standards, recent trends, and key client issues.
We help our clients navigate the regulatory hurdles, including ISDA protocols for Dodd-Frank, EMIR, UK EMIR, MiFID I and II, MiFIR... to secure compliant agreements. We also have an in-depth expertise on the FCA rules.
Having been working in Asia over a decade covering equities markets, we are experts in Asian markets (India ODI, China Connect, Taiwan, Korea...).
Our clients receive expert guidance and continuous dialogue throughout the negotiation process, ensuring timely and efficient completion with a focus on key terms. Leveraging our sell-side experience, we provide insight into market-standard commercial terms, keeping clients informed of essential offerings. Upon completion, we deliver a summary of key terms, valuable for clients' key stakeholders (CIO, CEO, COO, trading, and operations).
Experience
AG Fund Consulting was founded by Adrien GUERRERO. With over 10 years of expertise in the legal and finance industry, Adrien has built unique skills such as contract law, regulatory compliance and deep hedge fund business knowledge (commercials, operations, market nuances, best practice).
Adrien holds in LLB in Law and Political Sciences, two LLM in International Business Law (from Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne and King's College London), and an Advanced Master in Management from ESSEC Business School.
After roles at Société Générale and Morgan Stanley, he is dedicated to maintaining high professionalism and ethical standards.
Office
Our Hong Kong office is strategically located in the heart of Asia, providing deep expertise in Asian markets. With a strong understanding of the region’s unique business landscape, we operate within the local time zone to ensure seamless communication and real-time support across global markets.
