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Dispute resolution: Litigation: foreign firms

Clifford Chance LLP

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Clifford Chance LLP‘s ’litigation team is absolutely top-notch‘. With longstanding on-the-ground experience in Greater China, the firm’s disputes practice is consistently selected by both corporations and individuals to act in high-value commercial litigation. Representative areas of expertise include shareholder disputes, as well as trust and commercial conflicts that involve cross-jurisdictional issues. Clients further appreciate the firm’s regulatory defence practice’s credentials. IP and technology disputes expert Ling Ho is Hong Kong litigation and dispute resolution head; Donna Wacker is a renowned senior practitioner who handles complex commercial, financial services and insolvency litigation; Soo Khim Keoy is a ’first-rate litigator‘; and Thomas Walsh is an aviation and insolvency-related litigation specialist. Also in Hong Kong, Michael Wang focuses on banking litigation and contentious regulatory matters, and Jonathan Wong represents financial institutions, investors and multinationals in disputes. In Shanghai, PRC, Hong Kong and New York-qualified practitioner Lei Shi is experienced in PRC-related commercial litigation.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Clifford Chance's litigation team is absolutely top-notch, providing top-of-the market services across key areas, such as civil/commercial litigation, financial services, international arbitration, and regulatory/competition matters.’

  • ‘Soo Khim Keoy is a highly knowledgable and skilled strategic thinker, and a first-rate litigator. He provides clients with accurate, digestible, commercially-focused advice, and is a constant force of calm even in high pressure, make-or-break situations.

  • 'Thomas Walsh is a highly respected disputes lawyer.’

Work highlights

  • Representing the liquidators of a cryptocurrency exchange platform, which went into liquidation following the theft of cryptocurrency assets from the exchange's hot wallets.
  • Defended a US bank before the Court of Final Appeal against a claim by a former client for reconstitution of its account by excluding wrongful debits.
  • Assisted a client with tackling a fraudulent scheme perpetrated against it, including assisting with the process of recovering listed shares that were pledged to a lender company and put in the custody of two custodian firms as a result of said fraud.

Lawyers

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Lei Shi

Lei Shi

Clifford Chance LLP

Lei Shi is a partner in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group of Clifford Chance. Lei specialises in China-related international arbitration over M&A, private equity, banking, technology and other commercial disputes, as well as under investment treaties. Lei's practice also covers regulatory compliance and investigation (especially anticorruption, sanctions and anti-money laundering) and commercial litigation. Lei joined Clifford Chance in 2010 and became a partner since 2019. Lei is admitted in Hong Kong and New York and also holds a PRC legal professional qualification certificate (not holding current practicing certificate). Lei is a native Mandarin speaker and fluent in English.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Ling Ho

Other key lawyers

Donna Wacker, Soo Khim Keoy, Thomas Walsh, Michael Wang, Jonathan Wong, Lei Shi, Cameron Hassall

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