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Our client base is both global and local. Hill Dickinson’s international network includes offices in the United Kingdom, Singapore, Greece and Monaco.

The accent is on disputes. Our award-winning team in Hong Kong has established a first class reputation for their expertise in multi-jurisdictional litigation and arbitration in the areas of corporate, commercial, maritime, and insolvency.

Our arbitration experts concentrate on commercial, trade, commodities, construction and maritime cases, often on an emergency basis. We frequently handle jurisdictional challenges and applications for interim relief. We are engaged at all stages, from the drafting of arbitration agreements to the enforcement of awards.

Our restructuring and insolvency team advises the full range of stakeholders in distressed situations, advising on litigation and enforcement strategy and how to maximise value, and on applicable insolvency procedures in Hong Kong and other jurisdictions (where we are qualified to advise) and the likely outcomes, based on our decades of experience working in this field. The practice is multi-jurisdictional and usually involves working alongside other professional service providers in Hong Kong and elsewhere, including Mainland China.  

We have seen an uptick recently in company liquidations and individual bankruptcies, shareholder disputes (including “quasi partnership” disputes), joint venture disputes, employee and director fraud and misfeasance, investment product mis-selling, banking and finance disputes generally as well as more routine debt/asset recovery matters; also, internet crime (business email compromise scams/CEO fraud), fraudulent sale of goods disputes and business diversion issues.

All fee earners have recent experience of conducting interim relief applications to trace, preserve and recover assets, to appoint provisional liquidators and receivers, and to obtain Anton Piller and discovery orders. 

Clients consult us in respect of both contentious and non-contentious maritime and trade matters. The Hong Kong office handles all types of maritime disputes including problem loans and mortgage enforcement work for banks and shipowners, ship arrest and detention work, commodities disputes, cargo mis-delivery, loss and damage claims, charterparty disputes, claims under ship management agreements, shipbuilding and conversion disputes and casualty work generally. 

We enjoy a strong reputation for Admiralty work. As a firm, we boast a large stable of seven former mariners plus technicians from the maritime industry who specialise in electronic ship data collection, interrogation and analysis, transcription and track plotting. Hill Dickinson’s wet specialists in Asia, and globally, comprise our emergency response team, which is available 24/7. They have more than 100 years of seagoing experience in aggregate and many years of experience of collisions, groundings, salvage and pollution issues. The firm advises insurers and the international group of P&I clubs, ship owners, charterers, cargo, salvors, traders, brokers and banks.

For private clients, we handle high profile disputes and advisory work for families and high net worth individuals, including shareholder disputes, real estate matters (residential, commercial, industrial) and contested probate work.

Our employment and regulatory team advises businesses, directors and employees in all situations and at all stages of the business cycle. We handle insurance cases on contentious coverage and defence issues. We also assist with regulatory inquiries and investigations by the SFC and the ICAC. 

Data privacy is a growth area in which we have gained substantial expertise and profile in recent years.

Our non-contentious lawyers handle corporate services, shareholder matters, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, start ups, SMEs, trusts, offshore structures, real estate, probate, and business and asset sale and purchase matters. We also act for high net worth individuals on super yacht sale and purchase transactions.

Damien Laracy heads up the office and specialises in commercial and maritime litigation and international arbitration. He also sits as an arbitrator.

Languages spoken in our Hong Kong office include: English, Cantonese and Mandarin.

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33B United Centre
95 Queensway
Admiralty
Hong Kong Island
Hong Kong SAR China

MTR Station - Exit D of Admiralty Station
Airport: Hong Kong International Airport