Avocats en Commercial Litigation

Keith Ashby

Partner

Level

Keith Bintley

Managing Director and Costs Lawyer

KB Legal Costs Services Limited

Keith Cheung

Denis Chang’s Chambers

Keith Hummel

Keith R. Hummel is a member of the Litigation Department and Co‑Chair of the Intellectual Property Practice. He has extensive experience litigating complex commercial, intellectual property and antitrust disputes for plaintiffs and defendants in diverse fields, including biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, home automation, computer hardware and software, telecommunications, coating systems, and wine and spirits. Known as an “excellent trial lawyer” and praised as “ingenious, resourceful, resolute and unflagging—there is nothing he cannot do when it comes to complex legal conflict,” Mr. Hummel is consistently recognized as one of the country’s leading practitioners in the intellectual property arena, particularly in critical multi‑jurisdictional patent disputes. (Chambers USA; IAM Patent)

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

Keith Hyland

Keith is a Senior Associate in Walkers' Insolvency and Dispute Resolution Group and is based in the Ireland office. Keith's principal practice areas are formal insolvency procedures, debt recovery and commercial litigation. In particular, Keith advises financial institutions, private equity firms and other creditors in relation to security enforcement, strategy and remedies available in distressed loan situations. He advises on all options available under loan facilities and security documentation and is involved in High Court and Commercial Court proceedings against defaulting borrowers including judgment, possession and bankruptcy proceedings.

Walkers

Keith Klein

Partner - Corporate and Finance Transactions

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Keith Letourneau

Keith Letourneau focuses his practice on maritime and energy transactions and litigation matters, including: contract negotiations and disputes vessel arrests & attachments collisions and allisions oil and hazardous materials pollution complex commercial litigation OCSLA transactions and disputes oilfield contracts insurance coverage opinions cargo damage Mr. Letourneau’s government contract experience includes shipyard bid protests, labor standards disputes, appeals of contracting officers’ final decisions before boards of contract, as well as solicitation and bid reviews and evaluations. He has also defended document-intensive shipyard and oil rig repair contract disputes. For more information about Mr. Letourneau, please click here to view his full biography

Blank Rome LLP

Keith Oliver

Keith is the Head of International and one of the firm's key partners, having trained at the firm and following qualification in 1980, appointed to partner in 1983. He has frontline experience at the cutting edge of international fraud litigation, asset recovery and disputes with a dynamic focus on achieving the very best result for every client whatever the challenge. Keith specialises in commercial, regulatory and trust litigation, and heads the specialist commercial litigation and civil fraud and asset freezing team at Peters & Peters. He specialises in international disputes and the location, freezing and recovery of misappropriated assets involving emergency relief procedures and the management of legal teams from many jurisdictions. His work often involves multi-jurisdictional actions in the USA, continental Europe and worldwide. He is widely recognised as one of the UK’s leading lawyers in civil fraud with a reputation for addressing and resolving the most intractable of disputes and crises faced by individuals and companies.

Peters & Peters Solicitors LLP

Kellie Jones

Kellie's practice encompasses a wide range of commercial and property litigation. Kellie has substantial experience in dealing with commercial litigation for privately owned companies, family businesses and high net worth individuals, acting for both claimants and defendants. Many cases involve an international element. She has particular experience in partnership and joint venture disputes, breach of fiduciary duty, high value contractual claims, professional negligence claims, misrepresentation claims, and debt recovery, insolvency and enforcement. Kellie also has substantial experience in dealing with all aspects of property litigation, including enforcing freehold restrictive covenants, disputes over rights of way, development disputes, party wall claims, enfranchisement litigation and claims under the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996. Kellie acts for estates, freeholders, landlords, tenants and individuals. Kellie also advises on all landlord and tenant matters in commercial, residential and mixed use buildings, including advising on business lease renewals, both contested and uncontested, possession, service charge issues and breaches of covenant including dilapidations, repair, alterations, assignment and remedies, including forfeiture. Kellie has experience of acting for clients in proceedings in the First Tier Tribunal (Property Chamber), Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber), County Courts, High Court, Commercial Court and Court of Appeal.

Boodle Hatfield LLP

Kellie Williams-Jauvel

Kellie is a highly experienced Dispute Resolution Partner who specialises in contentious probate matters and complex business disputes. Kellie is Head of Dispute Resolution at Morr & Co. Having worked in commercial litigation since 2004, Kellie brings over 20 years of expertise to complex disputes, with a focus on shareholder and director conflicts, partnership disputes and contentious probate matters. She has particular expertise in contentious probate matters and has recently led her team to win the Best Contentious Probate Provider at the 2024 Probate Industry Awards. She combines detailed technical knowledge with a straightforward, practical approach, helping clients achieve swift resolutions while preserving important business and family relationships wherever possible. Her experience includes: Commercial and shareholder disputes Successfully representing clients in high-value shareholder disputes involving complex business valuations and unfair prejudice claims, achieving favourable settlements through mediation and court proceedings £5 million contested probate case with international assets Acting in contested probate matters involving challenges to will validity, removal of executors and Inheritance Act claims, including a recent complex case involving international assets worth over £5 million Complex Court of Protection applications Advising on contentious Court of Protection applications regarding statutory wills and deputyships, successfully protecting vulnerable clients’ interests while managing sensitive family dynamics

Morr & Co LLP

Kelly A. Librera

Winston Taylor

Kelly Anne Luther

Commercial Litigation: Mass Tort, Toxic Tort and Product Liability Litigation

Kasowitz LLP

Kelly Calvert-Evers

Senior Associate

Bowmans

Kelly E. Farnan

Kelly Farnan, director at Richards, Layton & Finger, focuses her practice on complex commercial and intellectual property litigation in Delaware’s state and federal courts. She has been involved in numerous bench and jury trials and has also been successful in resolving disputes in her clients’ favor through dispositive motions. Kelly focuses her IP litigation practice on complex patent disputes in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, representing national and international manufacturing, telecommunications, technology, and pharmaceutical companies. She has also represented clients in arbitrations under the Delaware Uniform Arbitration Act and by the American Arbitration Association. Kelly is active in the Delaware chapter of the Federal Bar Association, the association through which the Delaware district court interacts with the intellectual property bar. She is past president of the Delaware chapter of the FBA and is a past participant and coordinator of the Federal Trial Practice Seminar sponsored by the district court and the FBA. PRACTICES Arbitration & Mediation Intellectual Property Commercial Litigation Administrative Law

Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A.

Kelly Sandill

Partner

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

Kelly Shum

Kelly commenced full practice in 2018 following the successful completion of her pupillage with Mr Horace Wong S.C., Mr Peter Duncan S.C. (on extension), Mr MC Law (now Mr MC Law S.C.), Mr Norman Nip (now Mr Norman Nip S.C.) and Ms Catherine Wong. She has a wide spectrum of practice encompassing civil, land and regulatory law. Kelly is frequently instructed together with lead counsel or alone. Kelly also has experience in different levels of Court, including having appeared as sole advocate in the District Court and the Court of First Instance, and having been led in the Court of First Instance and the Court of Appeal. Kelly is also conversant with arbitration, including those administered under the HKIAC rules, the UNCITRAL rules and the ICC Rules. Kelly graduated with a First Class Honours degree in Law from the University of Hong Kong and was on the Dean’s Honours List for three consecutive years from 2013 to 2015. She then obtained a Master of Laws degree from the University of Cambridge (with first class overall) and PCLL from the University of Hong Kong (with distinction). During her PCLL year, she obtained the Thomson Reuters Law Prize for being the most promising student intending to be a barrister and the Brian McElney Medal in Law for achieving the best overall performance in compulsory PCLL courses. Kelly has a professional command in Cantonese, Putonghua and English, and is capable of delivering written work in Chinese and English. RECENT HIGHLIGHTS Securities and Futures Commission v DFRF Enterprises LLC & Ors(HCA 2189/2016): Acted for the SFC in proceedings under s213 of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) for recovery of sums made by investors failing victim to investment scams (led by Mr Norman Nip S.C.). Southwest Securities (HK) Brokerage Ltd v Nieumarkt Investments Ltd & Ors[2020] HKCFI 1050 & [2021] HKCA 740: Instructed by the Plaintiff as junior counsel on an appeal against the first instance Judge’s ruling and successfully obtained final judgment for claimed sum against D1 and D2 on appeal (with Mr MC Law (now Mr MC Law S.C.)). An ICC Arbitration concerning Breach of distributor agreement claim: Instructed by a famous liquor distributor as junior counsel for a 4 evidentiary hearing under the ICC Rules involving a HK$150 million claim and a HK$100 million counterclaim arising from a distributor agreement (with Mr MC Law (now Mr MC Law S.C.)). OTHER NOTABLE CASES Commercial Disputes Ferrari North America, Inc v Changhon International Energy Co Ltd & Ors[2019] HKCFI 2318: Instructed by the 7th Defendant as junior counsel to oppose the Plaintiff’s summary judgment application and successfully obtained unconditional leave to defend (with Mr Norman Nip (now Mr Norman Nip S.C.)). FWD Life Insurance Company (Bermuda) Limited v Lam Chi Chuen Alpha & Sin Chau Yuk (HCA 1159 & 1160/2017): Instructed by the Plaintiff as junior counsel and successfully obtained summary judgment against two insurance agents for recovery of claw-back payments (with Mr Norman Nip (now Mr Norman Nip S.C.)). FWD Life Insurance Company (Bermuda) Limited v Poon Cindy(HCA 2202/2008): Acting for the Plaintiff in proceedings against a former insurance agent for recovery of claw-back payments (led by Mr Norman Nip S.C.) (ongoing). Re Cheung Hing Chik[2020] HKCFI 2234: Successfully obtained a bankruptcy order on the basis of an indisputable debt due to the petitioning creditor. Advised an insurance company on lawfulness in backdating a deed of assignment and joinder of parties after expiry of limitation period (as sole counsel). Advised on merits of pursuing a duty to account claim arising from an alleged agency agreement (as sole counsel). Financial Services Advising the SFC on merits of proceedings under ss214 and 277 of the Securities and Futures Ordinance concerning the management and/or former management of a listed company (led by Mr Norman Nip S.C.). Advising the SFC on merits of proceedings under s214 of the Securities and Futures Ordinance against the former management of a listed company (led by Mr Norman Nip S.C.). Land An UNCITRAL Arbitration: Assisted the Tribunal (constituted by Mr Horace Wong S.C.) as a tribunal assistant in a 14 days trial under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules involving a tenancy dispute concerning a HK$500 million lease. Geoffrey Holdings Ltd v Lam Che Chung & Anor[2020] HKDC 1001: Instructed by the Defendants as sole counsel to resist the Plaintiff’s application for leave to adduce expert evidence on demolition costs of fixtures in the context of adverse possession. Advised on title issues in relation to a piece of New Territories land (including issues of encroachment and title) estimated to worth over HK$600 million (as sole counsel). Arbitration Instructed as junior counsel to challenge the appointment of the sole arbitrator under the ICC Rules on the ground of apparent bias, independence and impartiality (with Mr MC Law (now Mr MC Law S.C.)). An UNCITRAL Arbitration: Assisted the Tribunal (constituted of Mr Horace Wong S.C.) as a tribunal assistant in a 14 days trial under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules involving a tenancy dispute concerning a HK$500 million lease. A HKIAC Arbitration: Assisted the Tribunal (constituted of Mr Horace Wong S.C.) in a 2 days trial under the HKIAC rules involving a commercial dispute for repayment of loans PUBLICATIONS Contributing Editor, Hong Kong Civil Procedure (2022 – Present) Editor of UK Supreme Court Yearbook (2015-2016) Student Editor for Asia-Pacific Journal of Human Rights and Law (Sept 2015 – August 2016) Interests of Youth Suspects are at Risk: Implementing the Right to the Presence of Parent or Guardian and the Right to Legal Assistance at the Police Stations in the Case of Youth Suspects in Hong Kong (2015) 45 Hong Kong Law Journal 127

Rede Chambers

Kelly Tinkler

Kelly is a dual-qualified barrister and solicitor with more than 20 years’ experience in commercial litigation and arbitration in City of London firms. His practice has a distinct international focus and includes banking, shareholder disputes, professional negligence, fraud, and money laundering issues. Kelly has extensive experience in dealing with financial services and regulatory issues which has seen him work with an array of high-profile clients, on numerous reported cases. In addition, Kelly often advises on the enforcement of restrictive covenants across the finance, legal, recruiting, insurance and yacht brokerage sectors.

Keystone Law

Kelvin Poon, SC

Deputy Managing Partner, Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP Head, International Arbitration

Rajah & Tann Asia

Kenneth Kuwayti

Kenneth Kuwayti | Morrison Foerster Ken has more than 25 years of experience in intellectual property and other complex, high-stakes commercial litigation and trials. His cases have involved a broad range of technology industries, including software, semiconductor, Internet, and medical devices. Ken has successfully brought and defended numerous trade secret cases in state and federal court. He was a member of the team that successfully tried a recent high-profile smartphone case leading to a jury verdict of over $900 million. He also represented the University of California in patent litigation against a leading life sciences company over a pioneering patent involving human growth hormone. The resulting $200 million settlement, reached after a six-week jury trial, remains one of the top-ten settlements in any biotechnology patent case in the United States. Ken also represents public companies and their officers and directors in securities class actions, shareholder derivative suits, internal investigations, and SEC proceedings. He frequently litigates disputes arising out of mergers and acquisitions and other strategic transactions. In addition, he represents privately funded and emerging companies in disputes over corporate governance and breaches of fiduciary duty, as well as in disputes among boards of directors, investors, partners, and founders.

Morrison Foerster

Kenneth Mallin

Senior Counsel - Litigation and Investigations

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Kenneth Suria

Member, and Federal Practice Leader

Estrella LLC

Kerry Gwyther

Partner

TLT

Ketrina Bakewell

Senior Counsel - Litigation and Investigations

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Kevin Finnerty

Kevin Finnerty represents global insurers and reinsurers in significant coverage disputes, and helps financial services companies, biotech companies, and other industry-leading companies to resolve complex commercial litigation successfully and efficiently. He has handled cases in a variety of state and federal courts, and in arbitration. In 2017, Kevin served as a Special Assistant District Attorney with the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office. Kevin’s clients have included Starr Insurance Companies, John Hancock Financial, and Alnylam Pharmaceuticals.

Choate, Hall & Stewart