Deacons

Litigation and Dispute Resolution

Partner, Litigation and Dispute Resolution

Gillian has handled and resolved a wide range of disputes and compliance issues. Her experience includes general commercial/corporate disputes, shareholders’ disputes, trust/private wealth disputes, cyber fraud recovery, commercial fraud and bribery investigations, employment disputes and investigations, and product liability.

In recent years, she has assisted numerous clients in dealing with complex cyber fraud and asset tracing cases and has successfully recovered substantial sums for them.  She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and has handled international arbitrations under the HKIAC, ICC and ICDR Rules. She also managed a number of multi-million-dollar private wealth/ trust disputes as well as defamation cases (including one that went to the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong).

On the compliance side, she has advised on and conducted various investigations involving employment, bribery and compliance issues for multi-national companies, as well as product recalls for well-known brands.

As a solicitor advocate, Gillian has gained full rights of audience to appear before all levels of Hong Kong courts as an advocate in civil proceedings since 2017.

Gillian has worked on substantial matters with cross-border elements across multiple jurisdictions, collaborating closely with lawyers from around the world.  Over the years, Gillian has served multi-national corporations, listed companies, major financial institutions and high net worth individuals.

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Member, The Law Society of Hong Kong Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

LL.B (Hons), University of Hong Kong PCLL, University of Hong Kong LLM, London School of Economics and Political Science