Lawyers in Hong Kong

Thomas Wong

Denis Chang’s Chambers

Tiffany Tam

Senior Associate

CMS

Tiffy Wan

Tiffy is a cousel in Carey Olsen's corporate, M&A and finance team in Hong Kong where she advises our Asia and PRC-based clients on a wide variety of offshore corporate transactional matters. Tiffy’s legal practice focuses on commercial and corporate finance transactions, including Hong Kong and US-based initial public offerings (IPOs), secondary securities offerings, restructurings (including schemes of arrangement), mergers and acquisitions, cross-border investments, fund-raising and fund finance transactions for both public and private companies, and other general corporate instructions. Tiffy has acted for a broad range of corporations and financial institutions in the Asia-Pacific region with particular experience in acting for China-based issuers and strategic acquirers.

Carey Olsen Hong Kong LLP

Tim Au

Partner

Tanner De Witt

Tim Drew

Partner

Tanner De Witt

Tim Elliott

Partner

CMS

Tim Haynes

Tim has joined Carey Olsen's dispute resolution and litigation team in Hong Kong. Tim has over twenty years’ experience representing a wide range of Asia Pacific-based clients in all aspects of commercial dispute resolution, from corporate shareholders and liquidators to high-net-worth individuals. He advises on and litigates high value, cross-border management, shareholder, commercial, insolvency and corporate restructuring disputes, often with a connection to Hong Kong, under the laws of the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands and Bermuda. He is particularly skilled at handling high-stakes management and shareholder disputes and other contentious matters arising out of distressed corporate and investment vehicles. In addition to being a Chartered Arbitrator, Tim is an experienced advocate who has appeared in numerous cases before first instance and appellate courts and in arbitration.

Carey Olsen Hong Kong LLP

Timothy Hia

Timothy Hia advises clients on their most complex financing transactions across Asia, particularly in Singapore, India, Indonesia, and Thailand. Timothy draws on two decades’ experience as a trusted advisor and pragmatic problem-solver to guide private equity sponsors, major corporate borrowers, and private capital lenders across the entire credit cycle on: Leveraged and acquisition financings Infrastructure finance transactions Corporate securities and capital markets offerings He closely collaborates with clients and colleagues to unlock the resources of Latham’s robust global platform, devising creative solutions that help clients achieve their commercial objectives. A recognized leader at the firm, Timothy is former Local Chair of the Finance Department in Asia and has previously served on the firm's former Diversity Leadership Committee, Associates Committee, and Pro Bono Committee. Timothy prioritizes giving back to the community. He currently serves as the Chairman of Youth Guidance Outreach Services, a social services organization benefitting youth at risk in Singapore, and as Vice-Chair of The Helping Hand, a halfway house assisting people with substance use disorder. He maintains an active pro bono practice, including advising Standard Microgrid, whose mission is to provide clean, modern, and affordable energy services to poor rural communities in Africa.

Latham & Watkins LLP

Timothy Loh

Timothy Loh is the Founder and Managing Partner. Since inception in 2004, he has been responsible for the firm's overall management and direction. He is recognized by independent editorial publications, including Chambers & Partners, the Asia-Pacific Legal 500, Who’s Who Legal and Asialaw Leading Lawyers, as a leading lawyer in a number of practice areas, including financial markets regulation, investment funds, hedge funds, private equity, corporate law and mergers and acquisitions. He has a broad experience representing regulated financial institutions, private clients, senior executives and a wide range of businesses in a range of matters. Since founding this firm, he has advised clients on mergers & acquisitions, the aggregate value that has exceeded US$30 billion. He has a particular expertise involving regulated financial institutions and have acted on a number of instructions involving the purchase and sale of Securities and Futures Commission (“SFC”) licensed asset managers, wealth managers, brokerage firms, insurance companies and insurance brokers regulated by the Insurance Authority (“IA”). He has represented clients in a wide range of white collar and regulatory enforcement matters, as well as commercial litigation and arbitration proceedings. He has a particular experience advising on regulatory action undertaken by the SFC including enquiries, investigations, disciplinary action and Market Misconduct Tribunal proceedings. He has served as counsel to clients in respect of commercial disputes involving issues of breach of contract, fraud and asset recovery. He has taken lead roles in representing clients at all levels of court in Hong Kong, including the Court of First Instance, the Court of Appeal and the Court of Final Appeal, in a number of seminal cases defining the ambit of the law governing financial markets and financial services in Hong Kong. He has also appeared before the Legislative Council of Hong Kong a number of times to speak on proposed legislative changes to redefine the regulatory framework governing the financial markets in Hong Kong, including in relation to the regulation of over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives and anti-money laundering (“AML”). He is active assisting high net worth and ultra high net worth individuals as well as senior executives and bankers in employment, trust, tax and immigration matters.

Timothy Loh LLP

Timothy Wan

Partner

Haldanes

Tina Xia

DLA Piper

Tom Fu

Tom Fu is a partner of JSM. He has extensive experience advising on issues arising from construction projects. Tom has been named Hall of Fame in China Real Estate and Construction (Foreign Firms) in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2023, 2024) and he was a leading individual between 2020-2022. In 2023, he was awarded Real Estate and Construction Lawyer of the Year at The Legal 500 China Awards. Tom is also recognised as a Litigation Star in China and Hong Kong Construction by Benchmark Litigation Asia Pacific (2024), and is named in the construction chapter of the Who’s Who Legal list (2014-2015, 2020-2023) and the Chambers Asia Pacific and Greater China Region guide (2012-2024). He has been appointed by the China Association of International Engineering Consultants (CAIEC) as a member of its committee of experts in 2019. Tom has extensive experience handling cross-border disputes. He is listed in The Arbitration Powerlist: Hong Kong by The Legal 500 (2023). He is a fellow member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) and the Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators (HKIArb), and is listed on various panels of arbitrators. He has also been appointed by the China International Council for the Promotion of Multinational Corporations (CICPMC) as a committee member of its international legal affairs Committee of Experts since 2010. Tom also frequently counsels MNCs on investigation work in China. Tom advises on compliance and regulatory matters with a focus on the construction industry and also on environmental issues such as China RoHS, WEEE and carbon emissions trading. Tom is named as a Leading Environment Lawyer in China by PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook (2009) and PLC Cross-Border Finance Handbook (2009/10), and nominated as a Recognised Environment Lawyer in PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook (2008 & 2011). Tom was admitted in Hong Kong in 1999 and England & Wales in 2000. He speaks English, Cantonese and Mandarin.

Johnson Stokes & Master

Tom Fyfe

Tom has a focus in commercial fraud, regulatory investigations & enforcement and audit negligence, having acted in several cases arising out of high-profile corporate collapses. He also has experience in a range of commercial and financial disputes, including those arising from the sale of financial products and services, M&A transactions and joint ventures. He has advised numerous individuals and commercial organisations in responding to investigations and enforcement actions, principally those led by the Hong Kong SFC, Police, FRC and Institute of CPAs. Tom is a recognised individual in Chambers and Legal 500. "Tom is exceptionally bright, identifies the crux of issues quickly, and is equally adept at identifying technical legal arguments and commercial solutions to the most complex cross-border commercial disputes." Tom is a contributing editor of Hong Kong Civil Procedure (‘the White Book’).

Simmons & Simmons

Tom Pugh

Tom advises on Bermuda, British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands law and he leads our Insolvency, Restructuring & Dispute Resolution Group in Asia. Tom focuses on advising insolvency practitioners, creditors, and debtors and shareholders in respect of cross-border insolvencies and restructurings as well as funds and financial institutions on investment disputes, with experience in consensual workouts; court-led restructurings and recovery processes; and enforcement / strategic investment advisory reviews. He frequently advises on corporate law and investment matters for a variety of stakeholders, including redemption issues, other exit options, directors' duties, protective steps, enforcement and remedies and strategies involving consensual and/or court-based approaches. Tom has worked on a variety of large-scale cross-border liquidations and restructurings such as Lehman Brothers and MF Global (acting for the liquidators in Hong Kong), Asia-related Chapter 11 cases such as Pacific Andes/China Fishery and TMT and advised the steering committee representing the interests of more than 30 bank lenders and credit support providers/ECAs in connection with Hong Kong-listed Genting's US$3.5bn debt restructuring, as well as cross-jurisdictional recognition cases such as Z-Obee, Changang and Huiyuan Juice involving interplay among the courts of Hong Kong and Bermuda/the Cayman Islands. Restructuring and liquidation work has involved advising on cross border asset recoveries and settlements, court processes to resolve key issues affecting liquidators’ ability to determine and distribute assets, matters arising in the administration of failed brokerages, and assignments involving China, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland and Japan.

Walkers

Tommy Liu

Partner

Hogan Lovells

Tony Chow

Partner

Zhong Lun Law Firm

Tony Leung

Tony is a Partner whose practice focusses on insurance-related matters, complex commercial litigation and arbitration proceedings. He has been with the firm since he joined as a Trainee Solicitor in 2012. Tony has extensive experience in a range of contentious and non-contentious commercial matters, and frequently acts for and advises clients in court and arbitration proceedings on misrepresentation claims, asset recovery, shareholder disputes, internet fraud claims, fraud investigations, and construction related claims. He has significant experience in building management and tenancy related claims, and his clients include leading real estate / property service companies. Tony has advised on matters relating to data privacy, and acted for a telecommunications / media company in a key case relating to the production of journalistic materials. He also has experience in acting for professional associations and bodies in conducting and defending judicial review proceedings. Tony has particular experience in insurance-related matters, and frequently advises and acts for clients in connection with claims involving directors and officers as well as professional negligence claims (usually with the involvement of an insurer). He also has experience with policy disputes in relation to medical, life and cargo insurance. He has been a Panel Solicitor for the Hong Kong Solicitors Professional Indemnity Scheme since 2014, advising upon both coverage and defence of a broad range of professional indemnity claims.

Howse Williams

Tony Tse

Consultant

Nixon Peabody CWL

Tow Lu Lim

With over 25 years of experience, TL is one of the leading insurance lawyers in Hong Kong. He is a trusted adviser for professional indemnity, D&O and financial lines matters, and possesses a solid track record of successfully defending and resolving complex and high-value claims. He is a "recognised" leader in cyber security, where his "unparalleled" experience helps clients navigate the evolving and complex risks and challenges arising from high-stakes cyber security incidents, whether they are ransomware or nation-state attacks. He heads the firm's Directors & Officers Liability and Professional Indemnity Insurance Group. His clients include solicitors, auditors, architects, engineers, investment and asset management advisers, insurance intermediaries, property investment companies, corporate trustees and other professionals, who rely on his extensive experience in defending professional negligence claims. He is also called upon to advise insurers on complex coverage issues. He also provides strategic advice on insurance regulatory matters, such as licensing, compliance and regulatory investigations, for insurers, insurance intermediaries and financial institutions.

Johnson Stokes & Master

Tracy Li

Partner

Deacons

Tracy Wut

Partner

Baker McKenzie

Tracy Yip

Partner

Oldham, Li & Nie

Trinh Hoang

DLA Piper

Troy Greig

Partner

Tanner De Witt