Company & Insolvency

• Re Three Towns Capital Limited
  • [2019] HKCFI 2120; [2020] HKCFI 273; [2021] HKCFI 1705 – trial of unfair prejudice petition and cross-petition by co-founders of a multinational fisheries business (led by Dr. William Wong SC, JP and with Mr. Justin Lam)
  • [2020] HKCFI 279 – successful application for interim payment and resisting intervention by a non-party (with Mr. Justin Lam)
  • [2020] 3 HKLRD 240 – successful application for removal of court appointed valuer on ground of basis (led by Dr. William Wong SC, JP and with Mr. Justin Lam)
• Re Jutal Offshore Old Services Limited [2021] HKCFI 1503 – application for injunction restraining the passing of board resolutions pursuant to ss.728 to 730 of the Companies Ordinance (Cap.622) (led by Dr. William Wong SC, JP)
• Re CA Cultural Technology Group Limited (HCCW 190/2022) – acting for supporting creditors in successful application to substitute as petitioners (as sole advocate)
• Re Textile Council of Hong Kong Limited (HCMP 1473/2020; HCMP 253/2021); Re Federation of Hong Kong Garment Manufacturers (HCMP 1474/2020; HCMP 259/2021) – successful applications for rectification of information on the Companies Register pursuant to s.42 of the Companies Ordinance (Cap.622) (as sole advocate)
• Re Hagen Pets Trading Limited; Fehlmann Associates Limited – successful applications to restore companies to the Companies Register pursuant to s.765 of the Companies Ordinance (Cap.622) (as sole advocate)
• Wong Tak Ming & Another v Creative Pacific Limited [2020] HKCFI 973 – resisting minority shareholders’ application for inspection of company’s documents pursuant to s.740 of the Companies Ordinance (Cap.622) (as sole advocate)

General Civil & Commercial

• The Incorporated Owners of Sun Hing Building v Join Profit (Hong Kong) Limited & Another [2022] HKLdT 56; [2024] HKCA 589 – trial and appeal involving construction and implication of agreement between incorporated owners and shop-owners to in effect swap certain shop space with common parts of the building (led by Mr. Anson Wong SC)
• New Castle Investments Limited v WFC Holding Limited [2020] HKCFI 537; [2020] HKCFI 829; [2020] HKCA 755; [2021] HKCFA 5 – resisting application to set aside default judgment (with Mr. Michael Lok); and on appeal (led by Mr. Edward Chan SC and with Mr. Michael Lok)
• Phillip Doodt & Others v Huang Shihua & Others [2021] HKCFI 305 – successfully resisted application for security for costs against foreign plaintiffs on grounds of merits and stifling of the plaintiffs’ claim and on appeal; successfully obtained summary judgment on liability (as sole advocate)
• Credit One Financial Limited v Leung Wing Lok & Another [2020] HKCFI 2919 – trial of money lender and mortgagee action involving handwriting expert evidence (with Mr. Christopher Chain, now Mr. Christopher Chain SC)
• Credit One Finance Limited v Leung Siu Fan (HCA 1859/2016) – trial of money lender and mortgagee action involving issues of collusion and construction of various provisions under the Money Lender Ordinance (Cap.163) (as sole advocate)
• Tang Yuan Yi v Tokyo International Investment Limited [2020] HKCFI 1133; [2021] 2 HKLRD 623 – successfully obtained summary judgment for unjust enrichment claim and resisted the defendant’s appeal  (as sole advocate)
• Danbury Enterprises Limited & Another v MIHK Limited (HCA 1663/2020) – successfully obtained O.14A determination on construction of contract and summary judgment for return of deposit based on implication of terms (as sole advocate)
• Lee Ming Tee (李明治) & Others v Chin Kam Chiu (秦錦釗) aka Chun Kam Chiu (秦錦釗) & Another (HCA 2138/2019) – successfully resisted application for striking out of the plaintiffs’ claim based on harassment, trespass, nuisance, defamation and malicious falsehood (with Mr. Christopher Chain, now Mr. Christopher Chain SC)
• Zeus Aircraft Owner 2 Limited & Another v Polar Pay Limited [2023] HKDC 1674 – successfully defended action brought by victims of email fraud against a licensed Money Service Operator; established good faith relying on common industry practice known as “settlement approach” and guidelines issued pursuant to the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Ordinance (Cap. 615) (with Mr. Christopher Chain, now Mr. Christopher Chain SC)
• 魏貞民 v 小米科技（香港）有限公司 & 小米集團 (DCCJ 2019/4050) – successful application for striking out and dismissal of action (as sole advocate)
• Wong Hon Chuen v Chung King Chung [2019] HKDC 1712 – successfully resisted an application seeking discovery pursuant to O.24, r.7A of the Rules of the District Court (Cap.336H) representing a non-party (as sole advocate)
• OCBC Wing Hang Bank Limited v Affhan Trading Company Limited (DCCJ 4724/2020) – successfully resisted application to set aside default judgment (as sole advocate)  

Fraud, Tracing and Trusts

• Chan Wai Lung v Lee Shu Yen & Another [2024] HKCFI 2664 – successfully resisted application to discharge undertakings given in lieu of injunction and obtained order for payment into court and indemnity costs against the defendants (as sole advocate)
• 800 Columbia Project Company, LLC v Various Defendants (HCA 149, 153, 156, 164 & 393/2020)
  • successfully obtained a series of urgent ex parte Mareva and proprietary injunctions against a total of 21 recipients of stolen funds in a cyber fraud scheme involving US$5.7 million; and disclosure order against the defendants’ banks (as sole advocate)
  • [2020] 3 HKLRD 674; [2020] HKCFI 1527 – successfully obtained monetary and declaratory reliefs against various recipients of the fraudulent funds in default of defence (as sole advocate)
• Martin Bencher (Scandinavia) A/S v O Ying Trade Limited & Another (HCA 2052/2019) – successfully obtained urgent ex parte Mareva and proprietary injunction based on a fraud claim (as sole advocate)
• Re Wing Fat Securities Limited [2021] HKCFI 3851; Re China Hong Kong Capital Asset Management Company Limited (HCMP 833/2022); Re Tongfang Securities Limited (HCMP 1933/2022) – successful applications by licensed securities brokers to pay unclaimed assets into court and/or power to deal with the same pursuant to ss.56 and 62 of the Trustee Ordinance (Cap.29) (as sole advocate)
• Re Tam Kwong Cheung [2020] HKCFI 1387 – successful application for appointment of trustee relying on the inherent jurisdiction of the court and vesting order (as sole advocate)
• China Railway International Trading (HK) Limited v Lau Chung Hoi (HCA 689/2019) – successful application against 9 banks for the disclosure of bankers’ books and records (as sole advocate)
• NFLSRE 51 Sleeper LLC v TJSS E-Commerce Co., Ltd (DCCJ 2409/2021) – acting for a company within the Nan Fung Group in a successful application for disclosure of bankers’ books and records (as sole advocate)

Bankruptcy

• Re Yuan Yiqiang [2019] HKCFI 3168, [2020] HKCFI 259; [2020] HKCA 930 – representing the petitioning judgment debtor in bankruptcy petition; resisting application to review and rescind bankruptcy order (with Mr. Michael Lok); and on appeal (led by Mr. Jenkin Suen SC and with Mr. Michael Lok)
• Re Foo Wai Lok [2020] HKCFI 258; [2020] HKCA 931 – representing the petitioning judgment debtor in bankruptcy petition (with Mr. Michael Lok); and on appeal (led by Mr. Jenkin Suen SC and with Mr. Michael Lok)
• Re To Yuk Fung [2021] HKCA 995 – appeal against bankruptcy order (led by Dr. William Wong SC, JP)

Judicial Review

• Ng Moon Lam v The Ombudsman – [2020] 3 HKLRD 699 successfully resisted leave to apply for judicial review representing the putative respondent (with Mr. Justin Lam)

Arbitration

• Magnus Leonard Roth v Vitaly Petrovich Orlov [2021] HKCA 639 – resisting application to stay proceedings in favour of arbitration and challenge to constitutionality of s.20(9) of the Arbitration Ordinance (Cap.609) (led by Dr. William Wong SC, JP and with Mr. Justin Lam)
• Commercial Arbitration – HKIAC Rules – contractual dispute arising out of patent license agreement, involving issues concerning FRAND obligations under the agreement and PRC law (led by Mr. José Maurellet SC with Ms. Ellen Pang)
• Commercial Arbitration – HKIAC Rules – contractual dispute arising out of share repurchase / share repo arrangements, involving issues concerning force majeure provisions and counterclaim of over US$480 million (led by Mr. José Maurellet SC and Mr. Christopher Chain, now Mr. Christopher Chain SC)
• Commercial Arbitration – HKIAC Rules – contractual dispute in relation to breaches of a tripartite supply arrangement for the manufacture of robot vacuum cleaners (as sole advocate)

• Trinity College Graduate Studentship (2017)
• Harry Liu Postgraduate Scholarship (2017)
• Lizette Bentwich Prize (2015, 2016 & 2018)
• Trinity College Senior Scholarship (2015 & 2016)
• Trinity College Council Prize (2015 & 2016)

Administrative Review, Commercial Judicial Review, Constitutional Review, Arbitration as counsel, Enforcement of Arbitral Award, Commercial Mediation, Mediation Advocacy, Bankers’ Duties, Financial Mis-selling, Moneylenders’ Actions, Contract, Conflict of Laws, Equity, Tort, Unjust Enrichment, Sale of Goods, Corporate Governance, Derivative Action, Unfair Prejudice Petition, Bankruptcy, Winding-Up, Breach of Confidence, Trusts, Wills, Probate and Administration of Estates, Anton Piller Relief, Asset Tracing, Bankers’ Books Orders, Discovery, Injunction, Norwich Pharmacal Orders, Adverse Possession, Building Management, Landlord & Tenants Disputes