Desmond Lee

Regulatory and Compliance; Dispute Resolution

Desmond is one of our partners specialising in contentious regulatory and compliance matters as well as complex cross-border commercial and shareholders’ disputes.  Desmond regularly advises and represents financial institutions, multinational corporations, state-owned enterprises, start-ups and private clients.

In particular, Desmond is experienced in representing clients on complex investigations by law enforcement agencies and market regulators in Hong Kong and abroad, such as the SFC and ICAC.  He also represents clients across a range of commercial litigations in court and arbitration including cross-border commercial / trade disputes, corporate restructuring/insolvency, debt and asset recovery, disputes relating to financial products, investors/shareholders’ disputes, and fraud/white-collar crimes.

2007 Postgraduate Certificate in Laws (PCLL), The University of Hong Kong, 2006 Postgraduate Diplomas in Legal Practice (Merit), Monash University, Melbourne 2005 LLB (2:1 Hons), Monash University, Melbourne 1998 Bachelor of Business Systems, Monash University, Melbourne