Especially well-known for high value and complex disputes in the financial services sector, the litigation team at Ashurst works in conjunction with the firm’s financial regulatory, restructuring and insolvency practices to provide a comprehensive full-service offering. James Comber spearheads the practice and brings extensive experience in corporate, insolvency and contractual disputes, as well as contentious regulatory matters. Cliff Chow continues to receive instructions from major international and PRC banking and financial institution clients, handling both sensitive investigations and significant disputes.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘James Comber is a strong litigation lawyer in the Hong Kong disputes market.’
‘Having worked alongside Sylvia Tee on a large professional negligence matter I found her to have an excellent attention to detail and a strong grasp of the key technical and factual issues relevant to our work.’
Key clients
- HNA Group Co Limited
- Royal Bank of Canada
Work highlights
- Acted for CMB in two sets of Norwich Pharmacal proceedings in the High Court of Hong Kong in which disclosure orders and anonymity orders were sought by the plaintiffs against CMB.
- Acted for ADM in a series of inter-related proceedings in Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia, to secure debts owing to it of approximately $85m.