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Adrian Budgen

Partner Adrian Budgen leads the firm’s Asbestos and Occupational Disease team and is widely recognised as a leading practitioner in this field. In 2026 he was awarded an OBE in the King’s Birthday Honours in recognition of his contribution to supporting those affected by asbestos-related diseases. With a career spanning more than 35 years, he has focused on representing individuals and families, particularly in cases involving mesothelioma, securing accountability and financial redress in complex and often sensitive circumstances. Adrian has supported hundreds of clients and their families, and has been closely involved in a number of significant cases. These include acting for June Hancock in the Armley environmental asbestos case, which established that mesothelioma can result from environmental exposure to asbestos and enabled others in similar circumstances to bring claims. He has also secured what was, at the time, the highest award for an industrial disease fatal injury claim, totalling £4.37 million. Beyond his casework, Adrian has contributed to broader efforts to raise awareness of asbestos exposure and its long-term impact. He has provided evidence to government inquiries and supported initiatives aimed at the removal of asbestos from public buildings, including schools and hospitals. His work has had particular relevance in communities across Yorkshire and the East Midlands. Adrian has written and lectured extensively on asbestos-related disease and personal injury litigation. He is also a founding trustee of the June Hancock Mesothelioma Research Fund, reflecting his commitment to supporting research and improving outcomes for those affected.

Irwin Mitchell

Adrian C.K. Wong

Adrian joined the Bar in 2011 upon completion of his pupillage with Mr. Edwin Choy S.C., HH Judge Andrew SY Li, Mr. Kumar Ramanathan S.C., Mr. Andrew Mak, Mr. Ambrose Ho S.C. and Mr. Paul Shieh S.C.. He has been with chambers since its founding in 2022. Adrian has a broad civil practice which covers the full range of commercial, banking, companies, trust and probate, land, personal injury and employment disputes, with extensive experience in the insolvency area. He has appeared at most levels of courts as well as arbitrations, conducting trials and appeals both in his own right and as a led junior. He also provides advisory work on the above matters, both locally and for matters in mainland PRC. Adrian also takes a keen interest in teaching and promoting the rule of law and advocacy. He has been teaching as course lecturer at the Peking University Faculty of Law “Common Law-Public Law Course”. He has also been a Part-time Lecturer in Civil Advocacy, PCLL as well as a moot coach in multiple international moots at the University of Hong Kong. RECENT HIGHLIGHTS China CITIC Bank Corporation Ltd. & Ors, Tianjin Branch v Silver Starlight Ltd– HCCW 295/2021: Acting for the Respondent in a winding-up petition allegedly based on loans of HK$8 billion secured by charges over shares and mortgage over pieces of land in Tianjin The Official Receiver v Samuel Ajmal Victor– [2021] HKCFI 2441: Acting for the Respondent in a 3-days trial in the ORO’s application for disqualification of director under Companies (Winding Up and Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance (Cap. 32) s. 168D/168H based on a “start-up” company’s alleged failure to ensure due payment of wages of employees. The Respondent was cleared of all allegations. Asian Creative Capital Ltd. v Li Qing- HCA 1735/2019: Acting for the Defendant in the dismissal of an O. 14 application concerning alleged loans of US$47M based on case of waiver, collateral agreement and estoppel Up Profit Ltd. v Wat Fung Ying v Chu Kong (3rd Party)– HCA 197/2017: Acting for the Defendant director in a derivative action alleging breach of fiduciary duties, successful third-party application for indemnity against 3rdparty who instigated the same derivative action Xing Fa (Hong Kong ) Imp. & Exp.v Sunsan International Co. Ltd– [2019] HKCFI 271: Acting for the Plaintiff in a successful mareva injunction application involving US$6.6M in a letter of credit fraud case against a suspected accomplice Bio Chem Technology (HK) Ltd. v Rich Leaf International(HK) Ltd- HCA 476/2017: Acting for the Defendant in a dismissal of an O.14 application and applying for stay of proceedings under s. 20 of the Arbitration Ordinance for US$3.8M claim and US$5M cross-claim regarding cross-border sale of feed additive from PRC via HK to Pakistan Multiple bankruptcy/winding-up related matters, including: Resisting of bankruptcy petitions based on abuse of process/damage to surety Multiple successful sale of co-owned properties and equitable accounting actions based on Partition Ordinance (Cap. 352) acting for bankruptcy trustees Multiple successful bankruptcy petitions based on loans, guarantees and/or mortgages acting for banks Advice and resisting of derivative action/ unfair prejudice claim against directors for alleged misuse of company properties Multiple banking related matters, including: Setting aside of judgment and writ of fi fa against bank based on alleged overcharging of interest Application for O.88 mortgage enforcement against defendant alleging clog of equity of redemption Advice and action on credit card debts against defendant alleging unauthorized use of card via Apple Pay payment services Resisting of O. 14 application against bank for alleged receipt of deposit as agent for sale of real properties in Mainland PRC Advice and action on business loans against defendant alleging wrongful freezing of accounts OTHER NOTABLE CASES Bankruptcy (On-going) Resisting of on-going simultaneous bankruptcy petitions claims against same Respondent on grounds of inter alia abuse of process Wong Kwok Ki Stephen & Anor v Wong Kin Keung & Anor, HCA 594/2017, [2018] HKCFI 178 : successful striking out of parts of defence on ground of irrelevance, claim involves application for sale under Partition Ordinance (Cap. 352) by bankruptcy trustees Application for sale under Partition Ordinance (Cap. 352) by bankruptcy trustees, including: Re Lo King Leung & Anor, DCCJ 1112/2021 Re Lam Ming Fung Clarence & Anor, DCCJ 1716/2020 Re Lo Bun Hung William, DCCJ 6344/2020 Re Fan Yuen Ping, DCCJ 5122/2020 Re Lau Yu; Patrick Cowley & Anor v All Poweful Holding Ltd & Anor, HCB 104/2017, [2018] HKCFI 1802, [2018] HKCFI 2542: led by Mr. Ambrose Ho S.C., resisting of proprietary injunction based on Chabra jurisdiction against assets of companies shares of which owned by bankrupt defendant Re Fook Hau Trading Company (a firm), HCB 6222/2016, [2018] HKCFI 165: successful bankruptcy application against partnership, partners located in PRC/passed away, enforcing debts worth HK$22M Re Moran Wayne AnthonyHCB 108/2021: successful bankruptcy application against professional alleging reasonable prospect to repay debt by selling of yachts/vessels owned but delay in so selling caused by COVID Re Cheng Tun Sang HCB104/2017, [2018] HKCFI 58 Re Tsang Hing WongHCB 7696/2012 Re 李偉賢HCB4815/2012 Re Gin Yiu Chung JamesHCB 5685/2011 Re: Krzysztof Marszalek, Yu Shin Leung Grady[2012] 3 HKLRD 431 Banking and Finance (On-going) Successful Setting aside of judgment and writ of fi fa against bank based on alleged overcharging of interest invoking international legislations and banking regulations (On-going) Application for O. 88 possession order enforcing mortgage, defendant’s case that unconstitutionality of letter of no consent issued by police affects legality of bank’s actions/inactions rejected (On-going) successful resistance of Resisting of O. 14 application against bank for alleged receipt of deposit as agent for sale of real properties in Mainland PRC Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited v Pak Kwan Ho, HCA 1269/2015: successful O.14 application enforcing guarantee for claims in the sums of HK$14M and US$2M Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited v Shayne Chandler LimitedDCCJ 1855/2020 Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd. v Ease Keen International Ltd., HCMP 2687, 2688/2016 Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited v Lie Farren, HCMP 78/2021, [2021] HKCFI 3429 Standard Chartered Bank & Anor v Ease Keen International Ltd & Others, HCA 1622/2016 Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited v Ravissant LtdHCMP 306/2016 Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited v Hong Kong Tun’s Paper LimitedHCMP 1752/2016 Advised on credit card debts against defendant alleging unauthorized use of card via Apple Pay payment services Advised on business loans against defendant alleging wrongful freezing of accounts Advised on (in Chinese to Mainland-PRC clients) legality of Loan Agreements and Charges over shares under HKSAR Law Land Sea Reach Limited v Chu Siu FaiHCA 1014/2015: successful resisting of O.14 summary judgment application in case regarding possible development and/or sale and purchase of Ding House Superene Ltd. v Metro Fair Ltd., CACV230/2013: led by Mr. Edward Chan S.C., successful opposition to appeal regarding dispute over ownership of external wall of building Hung Shun Yee v Secretary for Justice, HCA 1809/2015: successful application for injunction in adverse possession claim regarding unleased government land The IO of Jing Hui Garden v Ng Kei Sang, CACV 242/2010: appeal regarding enforcement of DMC and contempt of court proceedings The IO of Fu Fai Gardens v China Concept Technology Co. Ltd., DCCJ 4044/2013- successful enforcement action of DMC against unauthorized partitioning of flat Advised on issuance of proceedings, lis pendens registration and effect of the same on possible attempts to sell flat by defendant in wrongful ownership/possession of real property Advised on building management/DMC disputes regarding alleged denial of access and wrongful possession of common parts Advised on claim for implied grant of right of way by way of simultaneous disposition Advised on terms and conditions of sale/Government grant and obligation of purchase of land in the preservation, conservation and/or compensation of particular trees in the Lot Advised on issues regarding legality of “Ding” house sale and purchase agreements Garnishee proceedings Eferton DMCC v Standard Chartered Bank (HK) Ltd (as Garnishee), HCCT 32/2016: resisting of garnishee and discovery proceeding based on a UK arbitration award to the value of US$37M Depula & Clark Inc. v Mulimba Ndumbi & SCB (HK) Ltd, DCCJ 4013/2014: resisting of garnishee proceeding based on claim of email fraud by person unknown Trusts and Estates Lily Dorothy Chan & Anor v Chan Orlando Yiu-Kui, HCMP 1043/2018, [2020] HKCFI 388: defending of application for change of executor of estate valued at more than CAD$20M Advised on the proper administration and distribution of estate Insurance AIA International Limited v Cheung Siu Yin, DCCJ 1456/2014: successful summary judgment application on behalf of insurance company in agency contract/advancement dispute against insurance agent) AIA International Limited v Wong Yuet Yue, DCCJ 4054/2014: assessment of damages on behalf of insurance company in agency contract/advancement dispute against insurance agent Personal Injury Man Yun Fei Angela v Chan See King & Anor, DCPI 1744/2013: representing defendant in a 3 day personal injury trial, defendant pleaded guilty to careless driving charge, causation disproved and quantum adjudicated at HK$0 Advised on Evidence, Liability, Quantum and Sanctioned Offers/Payments for personal injury claims for both plaintiffs and defendants Arbitration Conducted 5-day ad-hoc arbitration trial in US$3.9 claim and US$5M counterclaim in international sales of goods case from PRC to Pakistan via Hong Kong Successful US$2.3M claim for a PRC telecom company against a Taiwan computer chip manufacturing company in the HKIAC on contract for development of chips (both initial 1 month trial and subsequent re-hearing on limitation issue) Advised on garnishee proceedings based on London arbitration award against sums in bank accounts in Hong Kong and set-off thereof Criminal HKSAR v Rafael Hui & Ors, HCCC 98/2013, CACC 444/2014, [2017] 2 HKLRD 1: bribery/misconduct in public office charge against the former Chief Secretary of Hong Kong, at trial and on appeal Others Advised on limitation of action related matters Advised on taxation of costs and “indemnity principle” Advised on trademark and product description related matters of alcohol hand sanitizer products sold in USA Advised on claim for return of money advanced to money exchanger subsequently frozen by Bank/Police Force under letter of no consent Advised on company dispute and interpretation of Memorandum/Articles of Association Advised on possible judicial review application regarding environmental issues by nearby manufacturing plant Advised on family status discrimination against employee Advised on alleged disability discrimination by employee against employer PUBLICATIONS 收回土地條例>>補償 ─ 土地發展潛力的非黑即白 article regarding Lands Resumption Ordinance (Cap. 124) and the test for assessing development potential of land. Article:“Hong Kong court upheld arbitration clause and rejected attempts to argue limited scope and waiver (Bio-Chem Technology (HK) Ltd v Rich Leaf International (HK) Ltd)” Seminars “Hong Kong Legal Topics Seminar (Dongguan)” hosted by the Guangdong Lawyers Association and Dongguan Lawyers Association, Topic, “Mainland China and Hong Kong cross-border recognition and enforcement of civil judgments and arbitration awards” (2018)

Rede Chambers

Adrian Camilleri

Adrian Camilleri is a Senior Associate within Ganado Advocates’ corporate and litigation teams. Prior to joining Ganado Advocates, Adrian ran his own legal practice for thirteen years. He specialised in litigation, including criminal law cases, and had an extra-judicial practice with a focus on matters relating to sports law, company and commercial law and aspects of civil law including family law. He has been appointed by the courts on numerous occasions as a legal referee and arbiter in civil and commercial matters and has also been appointed as a court expert in criminal inquiries.

Ganado Advocates

Adrian Chadwick

Adrian is a Commercial Dispute Resolution specialist. He has substantial experience handling a wide range of general commercial disputes through litigation, arbitration, or alternative dispute resolution (ADR). Adrian was admitted as a Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales in 1987. In addition, he was admitted as a solicitor in Hong Kong (1990), as a Solicitor and Barrister of the Australian Capital Territory (1993) and as a Barrister of the High Court of Australia (1993). He has worked in several jurisdictions namely England (1985-89 and 1995-2008), Hong Kong (1989 – 1995) and Dubai, UAE (February 2008 to date). He regularly represents his clients as Counsel in arbitrations governed by various institutional rules including DIAC, DIFC-LCIA, ICC, and LMAA. He has also been appointed as a Sole Arbitrator by DIAC for several arbitration matters. He is a member of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA). Adrian is registered as a Legal Practitioner of the DIFC Courts with full rights of advocacy and has appeared many times as an Advocate before these Courts and before the Special Tribunal relating to Dubai World and its subsidiaries. He is a current member of the DIFC Courts’ Rules Committee and a former Chair and Deputy Chair of that Committee. He is a lecturer for the DIFC Academy of Law and handled the leading case heard by the DIFC Court on forum non conveniens. He also regularly works with our UAE Advocates in connection with a wide range of disputes before the UAE Courts where the governing law of the dispute is UAE Law as applied in the Emirate of Dubai. Adrian is licensed to advise on UAE Law by the Dubai Government’s Legal Affairs Department. Adrian has developed particular experience handling multi-jurisdiction enforcement of judgments and arbitration awards including directly through the UAE Courts or through the DIFC Court as a conduit court for enforcement in onshore Dubai. He has appeared as an expert witness before Courts and Arbitration Tribunals including, before the Sudanese Courts on enforcement of foreign court judgments in England. For a considerable part of his legal career Adrian specialised in handling shipping and international trade matters in London (with Waterson Hicks, a boutique specialist shipping and international trade practice) and in Hong Kong (with Clyde & Co) and this remains an important part of his workload. He handles both contentious and non-contentious shipping work. As well as dealing with charterparty and bill of lading disputes he has considerable experience of shipping finance, newbuilding and vessel repair and ship sale/purchase transactions.

Hadef & Partners

Adrian Chee

Head of Corporate M&A Partner

Christopher & Lee Ong

Adrian Chew

Adrian specialises in advising clients on all issues relating to the enforcement and validity of patents and supplementary protection certificates, including topical issues such as medical use claims, plausibility, antibody functional claims, Article 3 of the SPC Regulation, and the doctrine of equivalents. Adrian also acts for clients in contractual disputes involving patent rights, both before the High Court and in private international arbitrations. In addition to his expertise in English proceedings, Adrian frequently assists clients with the coordination of litigation in other jurisdictions, working with law firms in Europe, Korea, India, China and the Middle East. In particular Adrian advises a top five pharmaceutical company in the enforcement of its worldwide patent portfolio for two of its blockbuster drugs.

Bristows LLP

Adrian Chirvase

Partner

Popescu & Asociatii

Adrian Clossick

Partner, Head of Divorce and Family, Leeds and Head of Professional Practices Group Described by Chambers as “phenomenal” and by CityWealth magazine as “one of the most well respected matrimonial finance practitioners in the North”, Adrian is Head of Divorce and Family in our Leeds office and specialises in the resolution of complex financial issues for high net worth individuals. Adrian is Head of our Professional Practices Group due to his considerable expertise in acting for professional clients and their spouses. A significant number of Adrian’s cases involve trusts (both on and offshore), commercial and tax issues, family businesses, inherited wealth, international aspects and the tracing of assets. He has considerable expertise in the negotiation of pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements and the treatment of personal injury damages on divorce. Adrian has a particular interest in cohabitation claims, including the property rights of unmarried families. He has commentated in the local and national press on cohabitation issues. He also advises on disputes relating to children, including paternity, residence, international relocation and financial provision.

Stewarts Law LLP

Adrian Crawford

Adrian is a partner in the employment practice. His particular interests include TUPE and outsourcing, and issues arising in the financial services industry, including bonus disputes, regulatory issues and partnership issues. He regularly provides seminars and workshops for clients. Adrian’s work includes acting for a wide range of businesses, including well-known law firms and other professional service firms, banks, commodity and financial futures brokers, hedge funds, and individuals.

Kingsley Napley LLP

Adrian Dagnall

Bevan Brittan LLP

Adrian Dan

Dr. iur., Attorney at Law, Partner

Kellerhals Carrard

Adrian Daniels

Partner, HighTech

Arnon, Tadmor-Levy

Adrian Denton

Adrian has 10 years’ experience representing his clients in clinical negligence claims. He deals with many types of medical and dental cases, from those of the utmost severity to complex claims of a lesser value. Adrian is noted for his attention to detail and tenacious pursuit of his client’s interests to obtain the best outcome which properly compensates for the results of negligent medical care. He is a lawyer based in Nottingham.

Freeths LLP

Adrian Doxey

Partner

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

Adrian Dörig

Partner, Head of Banking & Finance Practice Group. Adrian Dörig is primarily active in banking and finance. He specialises in structured finance transactions, in particular acquisition, restructuring and lease financing. He also deals with regulatory and contractual issues relating to financial services, collective investment schemes and asset management. In addition, he advises clients on M&A projects and real estate transactions.

VISCHER

Adrian Emch

Consultant

Hylands Law Firm

Adrian Farrell

Partner

McCann FitzGerald LLP

Adrian Follacchio

Associate

DSA LAW

Adrian Fong

Adrian Fong is an associate in the Hong Kong office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Corporate Department and Financial Institutions Industry Group. Adrian focuses on financial regulation, including licensing matters, prime brokerage arrangements, asset management, securities dealing, financial market regulations, intermediary and distribution arrangements, product development and structuring, and fintech. Prior to joining Latham, Adrian worked in the Hong Kong office of a leading international law firm.

Latham & Watkins LLP

Adrian Footer

Adrian has significant expertise in real estate law including acting for corporate occupiers and landlords in the prime central London office market and hospitality & leisure sectors. Adrian also advises inward investors to the UK on real estate transactions and has particular expertise in complex real estate transactions and mixed-use schemes. He is a member City of London Law Society Land Law Committee. In his spare time Adrian is a passionate supporter of Tottenham Hotspur. In Legal 500 Adrian is recommended for his work on Commercial property, noted as being ‘approachable and commercial‘. The ‘hardworking, diligent and thorough’ team specialise in acting for overseas entities with a development aspect. Adrian is ‘consistently on the ball with good sound technical advice‘. “Adrian Footer combines a profound knowledge of his subject with a practical and commercial approach to his work” “Adrian Footer makes a point of really getting his head around the details of any deal we might be doing, understands what really matters to us as his client and applies a “can do” attitude to getting deals over the line. His no nonsense, practical approach is refreshing, as is his ready accessibility and responsiveness” “Adrian Footer is extremely capable, articulate and commercially minded” Adrian Footer combines a profound knowledge of his subject with a practical and commercial approach to his work “I’ve worked with Adrian Footer on many commercial property deals and his advice has always been sound, practical and useful. He focuses on the aspects that matter most to us and getting the job done. He’s very approachable, responsive and knows his stuff!”

Druces LLP

Adrian Gabarretta

Adrian Gabarretta is a Consultant at Ganado Advocates. He has advised on a wide-range of international and local projects and transactions and regularly assists with cross-border corporate and commercial law matters. His clients range widely from private entrepreneurs and start-ups to well-established international corporate groups and listed entities, as well as HNWIs, with many referrals emanating from leading law firms throughout the world, but notably London, Frankfurt and New York. He has mustered considerable practical and transactional experience in structuring and executing deals over the past 30 years and has also been involved in asset restructuring and financial reprogramming. He regularly assists with both vendor and purchaser legal due diligence processes pertinent to the sale and purchase of going concerns and corporate entities (including Government-owned entities). Adrian has in the recent past been involved in the privatisation of a significant number of public entities, including major industrial operations, manufacturing sector enterprises and general Government services in various forms, such as asset sales, share allotments, management concessions or long term property grants. In earlier years, he was very active in shipping and ship finance before moving on several years ago to help develop the firm’s now burgeoning corporate practice. He served for 6 consecutive years on the Council of the Institute of Financial Services Practitioners (the body acting as the industry’s primary interlocutor with the Malta Government and the Malta Financial Services Authority in this sector).

Ganado Advocates

Adrian Hackett

Tax partner. Specialisms: corporate restructuring, tax structuring of investment funds, property taxes. Cases include a number of demergers, structuring inward investment into large renewable energy projects, recapitalisation of the UK subsidiaries of a large multinational and structuring several private equity and property funds.

Freeths LLP

Adrian Hoggarth

Partner

Jurit LLP

Adrian Jaggard

CEO of the AIIC Group & Taylor Rose

Taylor Rose