Herbert Smith Freehills LLP is widely regarded as ‘the best banking litigation team’ that ‘provides in-depth and commercial solutions’. The team works extensively on a range of disputes including regulatory investigations, insolvency and restructuring, fraud and criminal activities leading to asset tracing. Practice head Gareth Thomas holds expertise in the complete range of litigation work and is particularly experienced in handling financial services regulatory investigations and disputes in the private client space. Jojo Fan is a consistent leader in high-value matters, appearing continuously in cases involving the full spectrum of litigation work, including financial services, retail and hospitality and mining, acting particularly in insolvency defence and restructuring. Rachael Shek specialises in complex commercial litigation, with a particular focus on banking litigation, corporate loan recovery, joint venture and shareholder disputes, and private wealth disputes.
Testimonials
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‘Jojo Fan is outstanding! Very hands-on, close to the matter. Very accessible and attentive to the client.’
‘HSF is probably the best banking litigation team out there.’
Key clients
- UBS AG and UBS Europe SE
- Bank of China International Limited and BOCI Securities Limited
Work highlights
- Acting for UBS AG, as the co-sponsor of the IPO of China Metal Recycling (Holdings) Limited in the defence of litigation in Hong Kong brought by the liquidators of the Company for compensation in the sum of HK$5 billion.
- Defending two leading Chinese financial institutions in Hong Kong against mis-selling claims brought by their private bank client who is a high-net-worth Mainland Chinese individual.