Experienced in a wide spectrum of contentious work, ‘litigation powerhouse’ Herbert Smith Freehills LLP is widely respected for its insurance, restructuring, insolvency and employment litigation credentials. Other key areas for the Hong Kong-based team are international arbitration, financial services regulatory, competition, and corporate crime and investigations. Clients additionally benefit from the firm’s ability to provide PRC legal advice for China-related disputes, through its joint operation with Kewei Law Firm in mainland China. Leading the Hong Kong commercial litigation practice, Gareth Thomas is a highly-rated litigator; commercial litigation expert Rachael Shek focuses on banking-related conflicts, corporate loan recovery work, and joint venture, shareholder and private wealth disputes; and commercial litigator Jojo Fan is ’the perfect choice for large-scale commercial cases’.
Testimonials
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‘HSF probably has the best banking litigation team out there.’
‘HSF's litigation team provides legal advice to Chinese clients on syndicated loans, cross-border financing, bankruptcy reorganisation and complex project financing.’
Key clients
- UBS
- UBS Europe
Work highlights
- Defended UBS, as co-sponsor of the IPO of China Metal Recycling (Holdings), against litigation in Hong Kong that was brought by the liquidators of the company for compensation of HK$5bn.
- Defending two Chinese financial institutions in Hong Kong against mis-selling claims brought by their private bank client, who is a HNW mainland Chinese individual.