East Asia - Hong Kong

Hogan Lovells

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Hogan Lovells often litigates in complex and high-profile proceedings in courts locally and around the world, with in-depth expertise across commercial and financial services litigation, corporate shareholder disputes, and fraud and anti-corruption investigations. Practice head Chris Dobby advises clients on a broad range of cross-border commercial, insolvency, professional negligence and fraud related disputes. Adept across the range of commercial and contentious regulatory matters, Mark Lin regularly deals with courts, tribunals and regulators in Hong Kong, Singapore and the wider Asia Pacific region.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘In-depth expertise on a wide range of topics across the financial industry.’

  • ‘The whole litigation team and in particular the partners Mark Lin and Antonia Croke are really good in particular on the strategic thinking to stir complex situations to the right outcome.’

  • ‘Led by Mark Lin, their dispute resolution provides solid work in a timely manner.’

  • ‘Mark Lin. He is responsive, knowledgeable and experienced. ’

  • ‘The team under the supervision of Mark Lin is superb. They are tech savvy and are able to understand the importance of effective case management. For example, they offered to use a dedicated secured link to transmit court bundles and confidential documents to ensure the process is smooth and the files are easily stored and retrieved.’

  • ‘Mark Lin is a highly regarded seasoned litigator with a wealth of dispute resolution experience. He has exceptional strong commercial and strategic mindset. He can see big picture at the very outset and offer pragmatic advice and strategy, not to mention the first-rate technical skills.’

Key clients

  • FTI Consulting
  • Kroll
  • Citicorp International Limited
  • Asahi Beer Asia Ltd
  • Standard Chartered Bank
  • Perun Consultants

Work highlights

  • Acted for Citicorp International Limited (in its role as Trustee), in obtaining a $483m judgment in a bond default dispute against Tsinghua Unigroup Co. Ltd.
  • Advising Madison Pacific Trust Limited on strategic and Hong Kong law related issues in defending a claim brought by the Joint Administrators of African Minerals Limited before the Supreme Court of Bermuda.
  • Acting for Traxys in a dispute arising from a loan facility granted by Traxys to an exploration and mining company.

Lawyers

Leading individuals

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Chris Dobby

Other key lawyers

Mark Lin, Antonia Croke, Byron Phillips