Lawyers in Hong Kong

Martin Tam

Partner

Baker McKenzie

Martin Tse

Partner

Oldham, Li & Nie

Mary Ho

Consultant

Nixon Peabody CWL

Mary Lam

Mary Lam is a Managing Associate. She is responsible for non-partner level legal professional staff in Hong Kong, including the recruitment and development of trainee solicitors, law student interns, legal executives and paralegals. She has a broad range of experience in both corporate, regulatory and dispute resolution matters. Mary Lam advises banks, private equity sponsors, private clients and businesses in a wide range of corporate, securities, commercial and insolvency matters on both a contentious and non-contentious basis. She has represented clients in the establishment of private equity funds, including Hong Kong limited partnership funds, and in M&A, including share sale and purchases and asset sale and purchases. She has significant experience with M&A involving regulated financial services firms and with M&A involving complex insolvency issues. She has advised on transactional and non-transactional regulatory and compliance issues and on debt restructurings, including through voluntary workouts and schemes of arrangement. Mary Lam has represented clients in commercial disputes, asset recovery and regulatory enforcement action. Her experience includes advising on contractual disputes, including M&A related disputes, cross-border asset recovery in banking fraud, as well as recovery of funds lost in cyber fraud. Her experience spans both litigation before the Hong Kong courts as well as arbitral proceedings before the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC). She has advised clients in regulatory investigations and proceedings including those brought by the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC).

Timothy Loh LLP

Matthew Chow

Matthew Chow is a partner in Mayer Brown’s global Energy practice, splitting his time between Hong Kong and Singapore. As a construction lawyer by training, he has advised project sponsors, contractors and lenders on some of the largest projects across Asia and the Middle East, ranging from power plants (both thermal and renewables) to LNG-to-power, LNG import facilities (both onshore and offshore), petrochemical facilities, mining and other major infrastructure. Matthew’s core practice focuses on front-end project delivery, where he leads the drafting and negotiation of both standard form (including FIDIC) and bespoke construction contracts, tender documents, and related agreements. He also advises on other critical project documents including PPAs, concession and O&M agreements, supply and offtake agreements, FSRU construction contracts (both newbuild and conversion), and consultancy agreements. With 18 years’ experience in the construction industry in both legal and commercial roles, he has a deep-rooted understanding of the challenges that typically arise during the development phase of construction projects. This experience enables him to foresee potential risks before they materialise and to work with clients to develop effective mitigation strategies, ensuring smoother project execution and minimising costly disruptions. Almost all of the projects which Matthew has worked on involve project financing. He has worked both alongside and opposite major DFIs, MLAs and ECAs such as ADB, IFC, AIIB, MIGA, CDB, KEXIM, and KDB and is highly attuned to each of their specific bankability requirements. This expertise allows him to bridge the gap between sponsor, contractor, and lender interests, helping clients navigate the complexities of multi-source financings and achieve successful financial close. Matthew’s track record includes advising on multiple first-in-market transactions across Asia and emerging markets, including the landmark 1,500MW Quang Ninh LNG-to-power project in Vietnam, which is set to be one of the first LNG-to-power projects in Vietnam to reach financial close; Honduras’ first LNG-to-power project; the first four LNG import projects in Bangladesh developed by Summit; the development of Hong Kong’s first FSRU/LNG import project; one of Senegal’s first land-based LNG import terminals; the Lotus wind power project, Vietnam’s first and largest financing of a wind power project to utilise long-term US$ limited recourse financing without export credit agency cover; Bangladesh’s first two solar power projects to be internationally project financed; the Shweli 3 hydropower project, Myanmar's largest hydropower project to date; the Deedoke run-of-river hydropower project, Myanmar’s first internationally developed hydro-IPP selling exclusively into the Myanmar market; the Myingyan 225MW gas-fired power project, Myanmar's first internationally competitively tendered power project and first (and to date only) multi-lender multi-sourced international project financing; the CPHGC 1320MW coal fired power project, Pakistan’s first power project to be developed under the China Pakistan Economic Corridor initiative; and Mongolia’s first three solar power projects with battery storage solutions.

Mayer Brown

Matthew Durham

I am an experienced Asia employment lawyer specialising in mainland China matters. I have spent over 20 years working for international law firms in Shanghai after starting my career in London. I am happy to have joined the dynamic Lewis Silkin team in mid-2023. I focus on helping multinational companies to navigate a wide range of employment and people-related issues in mainland China. I also work on cross-border and multi-jurisdictional projects with a nexus to Hong Kong and the wider Asian region. My work encompasses a broad array of sectors, including banking and finance, technology, retail, media and professional services.

Lewis Silkin

Matthew Laight

Partner

Bird & Bird

Matthew Lam

Managing Partner

Nixon Peabody CWL

Matthew Suen

Denis Chang’s Chambers

Matthew Truman

Matthew Truman is Global Co-Head of Leveraged Finance. He has over two decades of experience advising on acquisition finance, syndicated lending and restructuring transactions. Matthew regularly advises private equity sponsors, private credit funds, corporates, financial institutions, and banks across a variety of sectors including real estate, healthcare and life sciences, technology, manufacturing, and consumer. Matthew has been based in Asia since 2005, and plays a pivotal role in complex, cross-border financings across the Asia Pacific region. Matthew has practiced in London, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Singapore.

Clifford Chance

Matthew Watson

Matthew is a Partner in our Dispute Resolution and Litigation practice in the Hong Kong office. His practice is focused on acting for high-net-worth clients and major corporations in insolvency and restructuring contexts, as well as high value and complex commercial, corporate, trust and estate litigation under the law of Bermuda. Matthew is highly recommended by peers and clients and is ranked in leading legal directories Chambers and the Legal 500, where he has been described as, "an absolute delight to work with: incredibly hard-working, excellent commercial brain, superb attention to detail and a first-rate lawyer." Other client testimonials praise his "superb tactical litigation skill" and "unwavering dedication to excellence and total commitment to the case". Matthew is also one of the leading private client professionals ranked in the Global Private Client Elite.

Carey Olsen Hong Kong LLP

Matthias Feldmann

Matt has extensive experience establishing private investment funds; advising on fund structuring and legal and regulatory aspects. Matt has worked on some of the largest fund launches in the region. He also acts for institutional investors on their investments in funds and separate accounts.

Clifford Chance

Maureen Liu

Maureen is a Partner in Howse Williams' medico-legal and healthcare team. Maureen specialises in dispute resolution and medico-legal matters. She has extensive experience in advising healthcare professionals, clinics and hospitals on clinical negligence claims and complaints, Coroner’s inquests, disciplinary proceedings and Department of Health investigations. She also advises on non-contentious matters such as general compliance with the professional code of conduct and personal data legislation in a healthcare professional's day to day practice.

Howse Williams

May Lau

Partner

Baker McKenzie

May Ng

DLA Piper

Maynard Leung

Partner

Deacons

Mei Ling Lew

Clients turn to Mei Ling Lew for her experience in litigation, arbitration and mediation matters, specifically with disputes arising from building construction projects. Mei Ling also advises on environmental regulatory and compliance issues, and non-contentious construction matters, including preparation and drafting of tender and contract documentation. Clients also seek her counseling on public/administrative law cases. Mei Ling is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a Mediator on the General Panel of HKIAC Mediators, and an associate member of The Institute of Quarrying. Legal guides have recognized Mei Ling for her litigation skills. Clients she has served include statutory bodies, blue-chip developers, hotels, quarry operator, universities, leading charitable organization in Hong Kong, and SOE contractor.

Johnson Stokes & Master

Mena Shuk-Man Lo

Partner.

Wilkinson & Grist

Menachem Hasofer

International clients seek out Menachem Hasofer for his experience in litigation, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution. His work focuses on handling documents-intensive disputes arising from building construction and infrastructure projects. Menachem advises companies on records retention and management, including storage and retrieval of electronically stored information and e-discovery. Menachem has significant experience in public/administrative law cases, particularly in representing Hong Kong land owners and NGOs in judicial review proceedings concerning town planning, environmental and land lease decisions. He also counsels clients on public procurement/tendering issues under the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA). He is a co-author of chapters on international litigation and arbitration in Electronic Discovery Deskbook, published by Practising Law Institute.

Johnson Stokes & Master

Meng Ding

Partner

Sidley Austin LLP

Mengyi Chen

Senior Associate

CMS

Mengyu Lu

Partner

Kirkland & Ellis

Michael Ceulen

Michael Ceulen is a Partner of the Firm’s Private Funds Practice. He specializes in the organization, structuring and operation of global private equity funds, with a focus on the Asia-Pacific region. Having worked in both Simpson Thacher’s New York and London offices before relocating to the Hong Kong office in 2014, Michael is able to offer clients an international perspective. He has extensive experience advising on fundraisings across numerous asset classes, including buyout, growth, real estate, infrastructure, and credit. In addition to traditional private equity fundraising initiatives, Michael regularly advises sponsors with respect to customized fund arrangements, separately managed accounts, co-investment vehicles, and carry plans and other internal arrangements, as well as regulatory compliance and fund-related aspects of M&A and financing transactions.

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Hong Kong

Michael Chik

Partner

Withers