OLIVIA NGAN’s practice focuses on cross-border finance transactions.
Olivia provides strategic counsel to financial institutions, private credit providers, bond issuers, and corporate borrowers across a broad spectrum of financing structures. Having led numerous high-profile, innovative, and award-winning transactions, her expertise spans venture debt, structured finance, acquisition finance, real estate finance, fund finance, corporate credit lending, and equity margin finance, with a particular focus on transactions involving China-related elements.
Her experience extends to debt capital markets, non-contentious restructurings, and regulatory compliance matters.
Olivia has been recognized as a leading individual in Banking & Finance: Hong Kong-based (International Firms) by Chambers Greater China Region 2023 - 2025. Clients praised her as being “an excellent and professional lawyer with broad business knowledge and excellent communication skills” (2025), and “an extremely reliable and trustworthy lawyer who handles all situations well”; they also described her as “detail-oriented, proactive and responsive” (2024), and having “extensive experience and . . . very strong in banking finance; she can deliver quick and constructive comments to protect clients’ interests” (2023). She has also been recognized as a recommended lawyer by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2023, 2024, and 2025 for Banking and Finance as well as for Restructuring and Insolvency in Hong Kong. Clients commented that “she possesses good, updated knowledge, works well with the client, and attends to all details” (2025); “she is very knowledgeable in banking and financing area, and has strong technical skills and extensive experience” (2024); and “the very professional Olivia Ngan possesses excellent knowledge and experience in banking finance matters” (2023). Adding to the accolades, Olivia has been named among “Growth Drivers” in China Business Law Journal’s A-List 2024-25.
She is a member of the Asia Pacific Loan Market Association (APLMA) Documentation Committee.
Prior to re-joining Sidley, Olivia was counsel in the Hong Kong office of a Magic Circle firm. Earlier in her career, she practiced at a number of other leading international law firms in London.
Olivia is dual-qualified in England and Wales and in Hong Kong and she is qualified as a CPA Australia, having trained at a Big Five accounting firm.
Olivia is fluent in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin.