Dentons Hong Kong‘s litigation team possess a well-established practice, advising in a wide variety of complex disputes concerning boardroom and shareholder disputes, with particular expertise in professional indemnity and disciplinary matters. The team recently enhanced its commercial litigation, international arbitration and insolvency offering with the hire of Alfred Wu, senior consultant Philip Nunn and Muriel Cheng who joined from Norton Rose Fulbright in September 2024. Keith Brandt focuses on commercial litigation in the energy, transport and financial sectors.  Brandt is supported by Allan Leung whose remit covers environmental disputes, product liability claims, contentious insolvency and employment matters. Richard Keady is recommended for banking and finance disputes and insolvency.

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  • ‘Details oriented, attentive, cross-culture capability.’

  • ‘Highly capable team excels at delivering complex litigation and dispute resolution services in Hong Kong. The team has a wealth of experience in dealing with complex and novel issues. Provides support in a manner which is client-centric and focused on outcomes.’

  • ‘Dentons is very good at understanding the needs of its clients, and can deliver advice or solutions that are tailored to the needs promptly.’

  • ‘Allan Leung is very knowledgeable and experienced at a broad spectrum of litigation issues faced by statutory bodies including judicial review, statutory interpretation, and is good at explaining the interplay between different statutory regimes that may impact on the problems faced by statutory bodies.’

Key clients

  • Abercrombie & Fitch Co
  • Amazon
  • BASF
  • Berpu Technology Co., Limited and Provision Investment Co., Limited
  • Changchun High & New Technology Industries Development Parent Company
  • Dr Martens
  • Ernst & Young
  • EY Corporate Advisors Pte. Ltd.
  • Hammond Power Solutions Inc.
  • Hong Kong Competition Commission
  • Hong Kong Solicitors Indemnity Fund
  • Huarong International Securities Limited
  • Jiangsu Shagang Materials Trading Co., Limited
  • Just Classic Limited
  • Kim Dotcom and Megaupload Limited
  • Lane Xang Minerals Limited
  • Ocean Sino Limited, PBM Asset Management Limited
  • Sebastian Ostling
  • Virgin Atlantic

Work highlights

  • Acting for the joint and several liquidators of Goldin Fund Pte. Ltd. in obtaining recognition of their appointment as Goldin’s liquidators in the High Court of Hong Kong and defending a claim against Giant Achiever Holdings Limited.
  • Acting for the Commission in enforcement proceedings arising out of a bid-rigging agreement between various companies and individuals in relation to a large number of procurement tenders in the air conditioning sector.
  • Defending companies associated with Lunan Pharmaceutical Group Ltd in the latest chapter of protracted trust litigation relating to competing claims for ownership of a substantial shareholding in this major PRC pharmaceuticals company.

Lawyers

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Keith Brandt

Other key lawyers

Allan Leung, Richard Keady, Robert Rhoda, Alfred Wu, Philip Nunn, Muriel Cheng