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Our litigation practice has grown from a single associate in 2015 to a market leading 25-member team in 2023. Through a carefully curated recruitment process we have built a full-service litigation practice adept at navigating the most complex claims across Greater China. Our breadth of experience covers all general commercial and civil claims, international arbitration, compliance, and government and internal investigations. Most of our team members are bi- or trilingual, many are qualified in multiple jurisdictions, and are all are operating at the top of their fields. 

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Dispute Resolution: Litigation (International Firms) - China

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Band 6

What the Team is Known For

Kirkland & Ellis' dispute resolution practice in Hong Kong is held in high regard for its deep experience in professional negligence cases, as well as in acting for liquidators in insolvency litigation. The team is also regularly mandated to handle fraud recovery matters and pursue bond defaults, in addition to a variety of other commercial litigation.

Work Highlights

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  • Kirkland & Ellis advised ad hoc committee of investors in bonds issued by Unigroup International Holdings on pursuing recoveries following a default on the bonds.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Fergus Saurin
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Fergus Saurin
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Up and Coming

Fergus Saurin is one of the heads of the Kirkland & Ellis disputes practice in Hong Kong and is rapidly winning a stellar reputation for handling professional negligence, bond default and fraud recovery disputes.

Fergus is strong overall, particularly in litigation.

Fergus offers laser-focused advice, clear recommendations and tactical acumen. He has my trust and respect.

When I work with him he only thinks about what is best for the client and is happy to go through a pretty extensive amount of info so he understands the dynamics and weights the pros and cons.

Paul Quinn
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Paul Quinn
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Up and Coming

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

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

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

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

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Fergus Saurin
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Fergus Saurin
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Up and Coming
Paul Quinn
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Paul Quinn
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Up and Coming

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