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Dispute Resolution: Litigation (International Firms) - China

2
Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Dentons boasts a deep Hong Kong-based bench with widespread coverage of the Greater China and wider Asia region. The team acts in a broad range of commercial disputes, including shareholder disputes, real estate litigation, insolvency disputes and professional indemnity cases. It also regularly handles matters relating to judicial review and interim measures, as well as misappropriation of funds and fraud recovery. The client roster includes SOEs, professional services firms and corporates in the manufacturing, retail, tech and pharmaceutical sectors.

Work Highlights

  • Dentons acted for Able Profit in defending a claim brought by GH Property in relation to the sale of shares in a Hong Kong company, Golden Horse Development.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Allan Leung
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Allan Leung
S
Senior Statespeople

Allan Leung is a longstanding market leader in Hong Kong in disputes ranging from commercial landlord-tenant disagreements to shareholder disputes to applications for judicial review. He is frequently sought out by clients in the financial services and professional services areas.

I am 100% satisfied with the work involving Allan.

His approach is to ask his clients what their end goal is and then he tries to adopt the strategies to try and reach the end goal. He focuses on the client's commercial objective.

Keith Brandt
3
Keith Brandt
Head of Dispute Resolution: Litigation (International Firms)
3
Band 3
Keith Brandt is Dentons' head of department in Hong Kong and is active on fraud recovery actions, interim measures and injunctions, as well as general commercial disputes. His clientele includes financial institutions, investment funds, asset management firms and corporates.

Keith Brandt is highly regarded for his exceptional expertise and leadership. Keith's ability to handle complex matters and his dedication to client care make him a standout figure.

Keith is a trusted partner to us, consistently providing excellent service and willing to invest time to understand clients' needs and concerns.

He's a great guy, very knowledgeable and great at dealing with multinational things and explaining the differences in different areas of law. He's also cost-effective and strategic.

Richard Keady
3
Richard Keady
3
Band 3
Richard Keady is regularly mandated on professional negligence claims, investigations, banking disputes and general commercial disputes. He has experience acting for local and foreign clients.

Richard is an experienced litigator who can provide strategy and client-oriented solutions to achieve a favourable outcome for the client. He is very client-friendly and commercially minded.

Richard has been excellent - extremely responsive and efficient.

He is practical, experienced and user-friendly. He is very likeable and calm, which is helpful when things get messy.

Robert Rhoda
4
Robert Rhoda
4
Band 4

Robert Rhoda has a broad disputes practice encompassing civil and criminal matters in the mining, pharmaceutical, and oil and gas sectors, among others. He acts on behalf of entities in a range of sectors such as technology, pharmaceuticals, mining and manufacturing.

Robert is a very good lawyer.

He's very proactive, and if there is anything we need, he always provides a prompt reply.

Alfred Wu
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Alfred Wu
5
Band 5

Alfred Wu has a broad Hong Kong-based commercial disputes practice, with notable strengths in the construction field, as well as in disputes stemming from property transactions, competition disputes and mis-selling claims.

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Dispute Resolution: Litigation (International Firms)

Allan Leung
S
Allan Leung
S
Senior Statespeople
Keith Brandt
3
Keith Brandt
Head of Dispute Resolution: Litigation (International Firms)
3
Band 3
Richard Keady
3
Richard Keady
3
Band 3
Robert Rhoda
4
Robert Rhoda
4
Band 4
Alfred Wu
5
Alfred Wu
5
Band 5