Gallant

Intellectual Property, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Insolvency and Restructuring

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

Solicitor of Hong Kong (1996) Solicitor of England and Wales (2007) (non-practising)

Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin) and English

Member of the Panel of Adjudicators of the Obscene Articles Tribunal (July 2011 - July 2017)

LL.B. (Hons.) City University of Hong Kong