Marine and international trade
Acting on behalf of shipowners in relation to oil spill and pollution incidents, defending criminal prosecutions and litigating civil claims in the Hong Kong Court.
Casualty and incident investigation and crisis management on behalf of shipowners and their insurers in the Asia Pacific region.
Obtaining decrees from the Hong Kong Court limiting shipowners' liability under the 1976 Convention.
Ship finance enforcement in the Hong Kong Courts acting for lenders, including judicial sales in mortgage structures and repossessing vessels financed under sale and leaseback.
Forum non conveniens applications and jurisdictional challenges in the Hong Kong Courts.
Acting for buyers and sellers of superyachts in the Hong Kong market and in yacht related disputes.
Arbitrating charterparty disputes and claims concerning the carriage of goods by sea under Hong Kong and English law.
Enforcing foreign judgments and arbitral awards in Hong Kong and obtaining interim relief in aid of arbitration.
Ship arrest.
Trade finance litigation concerning receivables financing, letter of credit fraud, and warehouse receipt fraud.
Maritime sector restructuring and insolvency.
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Commercial litigation
Obtaining Court injunctions to restrain breaches of restrictive covenants, to prevent the misuse of confidential information, and to remove individuals from various premises on grounds of trespass and nuisance.
Acting for a private landowner in a redevelopment premium dispute with the Hong Kong Government.
Acting for a shareholder in an unfair prejudice petition in the Hong Kong Court involving parallel anti-suit proceedings in England and forum non conveniens applications in Hong Kong.
Acting for a global freight and logistics company defending and prosecuting Hong Kong Court actions arising out of a large fire that burnt down a freight consolidation warehouse in Hong Kong.
Advising private clients on high value claims, and resolving disputes for Family Offices in Hong Kong, Singapore, Mainland China, and the BVI.
Acting for a private landowners in a compulsory acquisition dispute with the Victorian Government concerning the rezoning of land.
Acting for banks in claims concerning allegations of misselling of investment products.
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Fraud and asset recovery
Prosecuting a US$90 million trade finance fraud in the Hong Kong Court.
Obtaining search and seizure orders in a case involving the alleged theft of intellectual property from a financial services business.
Acting in a US$20 million claim in the Hong Kong Court concerning fraudulent mortgages.
Advising in relation to warehouse receipt fraud and repurchase (repo) agreements for physical commodities in Mainland China.
Acting in trade finance litigation and English arbitrations involving bill of lading fraud, and misdelivery claims in scenarios of commodity trader insolvency.
Acting in a US$25 million claim in the Victorian Supreme Court for conspiracy and breach of directors duties.
Obtaining a prohibition order to prevent an individual in contempt of court from leaving Hong Kong.
Obtaining and defending Mareva injunctions, Norwich Pharmacal relief, proprietary injunctions and asset tracing remedies in aid of both Hong Kong litigation and international arbitration.
Cross border enforcement of judgments and arbitral awards.
Providing independent expert testimony on questions of Hong Kong law in foreign litigation and international arbitration.
Assisting victims of cyber fraud and other scams to recovery monies paid into Hong Kong bank accounts.
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Restructuring and insolvency
Acting for a creditor owed US$60 million in a Hong Kong insolvency in a successful application to remove the company's liquidators.
Acting for creditors and stakeholders in corporate insolvency and personal bankruptcy in Hong Kong and Australia.
Enforcement advice in relation to distressed ship financing, repossession of ships under sale and lease back structures, and the judicial sale of multiple ships in the Hong Kong Courts on behalf of mortgagee lenders.
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International arbitration
Acting as Counsel in HKIAC, SIAC, LCIA, SCMA, LMAA, and ad hoc international arbitration.
Enforcing foreign judgments and arbitral awards in Hong Kong.
Obtaining interim relief in aid of arbitration from the Hong Kong Courts.
Acting in Hong Kong litigation concerning arbitration agreements and jurisdiction clauses.
Arbitrator appoints for institutional arbitration in the Asia Pacific Region.
Acting as an independent expert on Hong Kong law in foreign arbitrations.