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What the Team is Known For

Herbert Smith Freehills enjoys a superb reputation for handling a vast range of local and international litigation for blue-chip clients from the firm's office in Hong Kong. The firm is also well placed to serve high net worth individuals and is distinguished by the depth and experience of its bench of litigators, allowing the team to commit substantial resources to the largest and most complex cases. It is notably visible in litigation arising out of financial services litigation and shareholder disputes, as well as general commercial disagreements. Clients benefit from the firm's alternative legal services team based in Shanghai, which offers support on the review of Chinese language documents, as well as from its joint-operation local firm, Kewei.

Work Highlights

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  • Herbert Smith Freehills defended Bank of China International and BOCI Securities in Hong Kong against mis-selling claims brought by their private bank client who is a high-net-worth Mainland Chinese individual. 

Strengths

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They are able to work closely with professionals in other areas for a holistic approach and are adaptable to various situations in accommodating client needs while maintaining professional standards.

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Herbert Smith Freehills responds to any question within a short timeframe and is very amenable to clients' needs.

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They always offer really good pragmatic and sound commercial advice. They are at the top of their game from the partner level all the way down to the associates and trainees.

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Notable Practitioners

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Gareth Thomas
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Gareth Thomas is head of Herbert Smith Freehills' commercial litigation team in Hong Kong and a seasoned adviser to major corporates, financial services clients and high net worth individuals.

Gareth is considered an elder statesman in the area of litigation, with a wealth of experience.

Gareth Thomas is among the best in the market.

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Rachael Shek
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Rachael Shek is known for handling a variety of commercial litigation, including asset recovery and shareholder disagreements. She also has noted experience in banking disputes.

Rachael considers each action with a balanced cost-benefit consideration, which makes our decision-making process more efficient.

Rachael is among the best in the business for crypto-related litigation matters. She is a go-to person for these cases.

She offers really good sound commercial advice. I think her manner makes it very easy for her to guide her clients. She builds a rapport with them.

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Jojo Fan
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Jojo Fan is a rising partner whose practice spans restructuring and insolvency disputes, misappropriation claims and enforcement actions. She frequently handles litigation for a range of Chinese banking clients.

Jojo is always very helpful and capable of delivering outcomes beyond our expectations.

She's a great litigation partner to work with.

She's an excellent lawyer who is competent, client-oriented and commercial; she's a rising star.

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Paul Quinn
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Paul Quinn wins respect from the market for his wide-ranging litigation work across audit negligence claims, fraud recovery matters and contract disputes.

He's a very thorough old-school litigator. He's very good.

He has the benefit of having seen may large-scale litigations to conclusion and is able to reflect on those experiences for present cases.

Paul works hard, takes calls in the middle of the night and leads from the front. He is constantly there and very well respected.

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Gareth Thomas
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Rachael Shek
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Jojo Fan
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