East Asia - Hong Kong

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Dispute resolution: litigation

Dentons Hong Kong

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Dentons Hong Kong handles a large volume of cross-border contentious work, particularly disputes around the Greater Bay Area for major Chinese corporates and SOEs. The practice has carved out a notably strong reputation in the field of high-stakes boardroom and shareholder disputes, as well as complex professional indemnity and disciplinary matters. Keith Brandt heads the practice and brings almost four decades of dispute resolution experience in Asia, with his work focusing on commercial litigation in the energy, construction and financial services sectors. Senior consultant Allan Leung is experienced across a spectrum of complex disputes areas including environmental, contentious insolvency, and employment, while Richard Keady brings extensive knowledge of high-value banking and finance disputes.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Breadth and depth: corporate, commercial and shareholder disputes, financial services and regulatory investigations, judicial review, white collar crime, environmental disputes, product liability, cross-border contentious insolvency, fraud and asset recovery, and employment actions.’

  • 'Allan Leung is one of the most well-established litigators. His advice and strategy is always top-notch, and comes with decades of wisdom and experience.'

  • ‘The Dentons team is very client friendly and easy to work with. They can turn around very high quality legal work on short notice and are generally very responsive to clients.’

  • ‘Richard Keady is knowledgeable and easy to work with at the same time. Nigel Chan is diligent, hardworking, and very client friendly.’

  • 'Allan Leung and Robert Rhoda are excellent practitioners.'

  • 'Keith Brandt - top quality legal brain, highly organised, proactive and very well liked by clients.'

Key clients

  • Abercrombie & Fitch Co
  • Amazon
  • BASF
  • Berpu Technology Co., Limited and Provision Investment Co., Limited
  • Changchun High & New Technology Industries Development Parent Company
  • Chifeng Jilong Gold Mining Co., Ltd.
  • China Sonangol International Limited
  • Dr Martens
  • Ernst & Young
  • 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
  • Law Society of Hong Kong
  • Ocean Sino Limited
  • PBM Asset Management Limited
  • Virgin Atlantic
  • Zhenjiang Danyang Zhengtong Investment Fund

Work highlights

  • Acting for the Hong Kong Competition 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 Berpu Technology Co., Limited and Provision Investment Co., Limited in trust litigation relating to competing claims for ownership of a substantial shareholding in a PRC pharmaceuticals company.
  • Acting for Changchun High & New Technology Industries Development Parent Company in a shareholder dispute.

Lawyers

Leading individuals

Keith Brandt

Keith Brandt

Dentons

Keith is Managing Partner and head of Litigation and Dispute Resolution group of Dentons Hong Kong. He has more than 37 years’ experience in heavyweight dispute resolution, including high court/commercial court litigation, domestic and international arbitration, expert determinations, alternative dispute resolution, and mediations with particular focus on the energy, construction and financial services sectors. Keith has been widely recognised by various legal publications. He has been named one of the Top 15 Litigators in Asia by Asian Legal Business. Chambers Greater China 2022 and Legal 500 Asia Pacific ranked Keith as a leading individual in Dispute Resolution: Litigation for China/Hong Kong. Keith has a varied client base with an international background operating in a diversified number of jurisdictions, with particular experience in Asia Pacific including Hong Kong, mainland China, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and the Middle East, including the Indian sub-continent.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Keith Brandt

Other key lawyers

Allan Leung, Richard Keady, Robert Rhoda, Jenny Zhuang

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