Ms Emily Chick > Gallant > Hong Kong, Hong Kong > Lawyer Profile
Gallant Offices
5TH FLOOR, JARDINE HOUSE
1 CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL
HONG KONG
Hong Kong
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Ms Emily Chick
Work Department
Intellectual Property, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Insolvency and Restructuring
Position
Head of Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department
Experience
- Handling a wide range of contentious intellectual property work such as instituting and defending trademark / copyright / patent / registered design infringement claims and applications for cancellation of existing registrations; advising on domain name dispute; handling claims against passing off; representing clients in their applications for interlocutory injunctions to protect their intellectual property rights
- Extensive experience in handling property disputes; representing clients in the Court of Appeal and the Court of Final Appeal in various property disputes involving arguments on land title and forfeiture of deposit
- Wide experience in banking litigation; acting for local and international banking corporations and advising on various aspects of banking practice; instituting proceedings and taking enforcement action to recover securities
- Handling a wide range of contractual disputes, including shareholders’ disputes and international trade disputes
- Advising on enquiries and investigations by the Independent Commission Against Corruption and the Commercial Crime Bureau
- Handling bankruptcy and winding-up cases; advising creditors and liquidators on insolvency matters; acting as liquidator and trustee-in-bankruptcy
Career
- Solicitor of Hong Kong (1996)
- Solicitor of England and Wales (2007) (non-practising)
Languages
Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin) and English
Memberships
- Member of the Panel of Adjudicators of the Obscene Articles Tribunal (July 2011 – July 2017)
Education
- LL.B. (Hons.) City University of Hong Kong
Lawyer Rankings
Hong Kong > Intellectual property
Combining strong local knowledge with deep substantive law expertise, Gallant is a popular choice among domestic and multinational corporates seeking to protect, commercialise and enforce IPR throughout the region. In this context, as well as a considerable volume of work for private sector companies, the team has niche strength acting for Hong Kong-based education institutions. Head of litigation Emily Chick handles a considerable volume of contentious IP work and is a pivotal member of the team that also includes consultant Rebecca Lo.