Johnson Stokes & Master

About JSM

Senior Partner: Terence Tung

Number of Partners: 40

Firm Overview:

Johnson Stokes & Master (JSM) is a pre-eminent law firm in Hong Kong with representative offices in Beijing and Shanghai and a Beijing IP agency which handles trademark registration matters in Mainland China. JSM advises clients on the full spectrum of legal issues arising on the most complex deals and disputes in and from Hong Kong and Mainland China.

Key Service & Sector Areas:

Banking & Finance

For more than 160 years JSM has played a pivotal role in establishing Hong Kong as a global financial hub. JSM’s Banking and Finance practice offers a unique combination of international insight and local expertise, supporting businesses in navigating both domestic and cross-border transactions.

Corporate & Securities

As a leading corporate law firm in Hong Kong, JSM’s Corporate & Securities practice offers comprehensive transactional advice on all types of equity and equity-linked transactions and the full array of public and private mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity and venture capital investments and exits, inbound and outbound from Hong Kong and Mainland China.

Employment & Benefits

JSM’s Employment team is at the forefront in developing sophisticated solutions to the most complex employment and benefits related issues facing clients in the region. Renowned for its extensive experience advising a diverse portfolio of clients which includes leading international banks and corporations, domestic conglomerates and government bodies.

Intellectual Property

JSM’s practice in Hong Kong spans virtually every key sector, and together with a wholly-owned IP Agency in Beijing, provide strategic guidance and legal advice to help clients effectively manage and protect their intellectual assets in a competitive market. Whether it involves assessing IP portfolios, conducting due diligence for acquisitions, securing vital trademarks or copyrights, or resolving disputes through litigation, our commitment is to safeguard our clients’ investments, amplify their market share and solidify their competitive position.

Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Renowned for handling high-stakes disputes across a broad spectrum of public and private institutions, including leading regional and international banks in Hong Kong. With more than 70 litigation and dispute resolution lawyers across Hong Kong and Mainland China, JSM is one of the most established and dynamic practices in the region.

Real Estate

JSM delivers comprehensive, full-service legal advice across the real estate development life cycle through a fully integrated and award-winning Real Estate team. Leveraging extensive, practical experience across the real estate landscape in Hong Kong and Mainland China, JSM understands the nuances and challenges arising in these dynamic markets.

Restructuring & Insolvency

JSM’s restructuring team has extensive experience managing some of the region's largest and most intricate restructurings, guiding clients through a range of distressed situations. We manage cases of all scales, from multi-billion-dollar cross-border insolvency proceedings to highly specialised transactions, offering representation tailored to the complexity of each situation.

Construction & Engineering

JSM’s award-winning, Construction & Engineering team is among the largest and most experienced in Hong Kong and Mainland China. Preferred choice for companies undertaking ambitious projects, thanks to their reputation for managing both front-end contract work and back-end dispute resolution.

Financial Institutions

JSM is synonymous with the financial sector in Hong Kong. For more than 160 years they have been instrumental in the development and growth of many of the region’s leading organisations into iconic global financial institutions. JSM’s team provides a full range of services tailored to meet these needs, offering practical solutions that help financial institution clients achieve their operational, regulatory and transactional goals.

Healthcare

The Healthcare team at JSM is dedicated to offering legal assistance on a wide range of medico-legal matters, with decades of experience advising public and private healthcare institutions, healthcare professionals, healthcare indemnity providers and insurance companies on among others, medical malpractice claims and complaints, disciplinary proceedings, death inquests and other regulatory matters.

Insurance

With a legacy spanning decades, JSM’s insurance practice is at the vanguard of the insurance sector, providing clients with exceptional legal insight and strategic guidance.As a longstanding partner to insurers, reinsurers brokers, and their clients, JSM have earned a reputation for delivering exceptional results across a range of matters, from complex regulatory challenges and coverage disputes to high-stakes litigation and regulatory investigations.

Private Capital

JSM offers clients a comprehensive range of services to optimise strategic investments, inbound and outbound from China. Whether advising private equity, venture capital, hedge, HNWI or family office investors, they provide multi-disciplinary guidance on structuring investments and exits, portfolio investments and transactions, and regulatory matters.

Shipping

JSM is widely recognised as the pre-eminent law firm for shipping in Hong Kong with a full-service practice and experience that extends across the full spectrum of maritime law, covering ship finance & leasing and shipping litigation and arbitration across Asia's busiest ports.