Chambers Review
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Family/Matrimonial (International Firms) - China
What the Team is Known For
Based in Kong Kong, Ip & Heathfield is a law firm specialising in family and matrimonial law. The department offers experience in divorce disputes, marriage and financial matters within this sector. The team also displays strengths in handling the full range of children's work and is singled out for its contributions towards modern family cases, including those related to LGBTQ+ couples and IVF.
Strengths
They've got good clients and strong teamwork. They have a really good structure.
The team are intensely professional, informed, hard-working and utterly dedicated. They are also very commercially astute.
Notable practitioners
Jennifer Ip handles a range of family and matrimonial matters, and is particularly known for her presence in PRC cases. A founding partner of Ip & Heathfield, she is also highlighted for advising on multi-jurisdictional mandates.
She's of course very respected in the area and doesn't micro-manage, but is good at managing the bigger picture.
Jennifer Ip has been the heart and soul of the firm and continues to be a rainmaker.
Charmaine Leung is an up-and-coming practitioner who specialises in child custody and schooling cases as well as asset division and maintenance matters.
Charmaine is a superb practitioner.
She knows the law and she is very approachable as well. Her clients all trust her very much.