The disputes resolution team at Mayer Brown is highly experienced across multiple disciplines and jurisdictions, with a notable offering in the fields of commercial, banking and finance, and real estate litigation, as well as recognisable skill in the regulatory investigations space. Co-head of the firm’s global litigation practice Geoffrey Chan fronts the Hong Kong offering and is especially highly regarded for his skills handling complex contentious construction matters. Alan Linning also brings over three decades of commercial litigation experience, with his practice focusing on financial services regulatory matters and investigations.

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Key clients

  • Junefield Gold Investments Limited
  • First Laser Limited

Work highlights

  • Represented a developer in Hong Kong in its compulsory sale application of an industrial building in Quarry Bay with a reserve price of HK$5bn in an auction to expand its hub in the eastern part of Hong Kong Island.
  • Acting for the plaintiff in the long-running dispute of First Laser Limited v Fujian Enterprises (Holdings) Company Limited & Anor.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Geoffrey Chan

Other key lawyers

Alan Linning, John Hickin, Susanne Harris, Billy Lam, Menachem Hasofer, Vincent Law, Nancy Leung, Bill Amos, Vivien Yip, Mei Ling Lew, Raymond Chan, Wilson Fung