Wilkinson & Grist is regularly instructed in shareholders’ disputes, defamation and professional negligence matters. The team is led by Ivan Chu , who excels in civil litigation as well as shareholder disputes, defamation, employment and professional negligence matters. Florence Chan handles high-profile probate matters for private clients.
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Testimonials
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‘Expertise and communication skills.’
‘I work with Ivan Chu who has passion and outstanding expertise to support the clients. He is exemplary in giving advice that helps to solve practical problems by fully taken in to account the specific situation of the clients.’
Key clients
- Alvarez & Marsal
- Ernst & Young
- FTI Consulting
- Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Ltd
- KPMG
- Mr Timothy Fok Tsun Ting
- PriceWaterhouseCoopers
- RSM Nelson Wheeler
- The Bank of East Asia, Limited
- Ms Christine Fung (descendant of the late Mr Fung Ping Shan)
Work highlights
- Represented Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (“HKSTP”) in HCAL 1890/2018 and CACV 80/2020, and assisted HKSTP in a massive reconsideration exercise pursuant to the Court of Appeal’s Judgment dated 31 May 2022.
- Advising and representing Grand Network Technology Limited in various legal actions commenced by XY, LLC (the “Plaintiff”), which sought to recover assets from our client on the purported basis that our client is holding assets on trust for a third party who was held liable to pay damages to the Plaintiff under a Canadian Judgment.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Ivan Chu