Hong Kong SAR - Jurisdiction Rankings

Withers

Firm overview

Withers is one of the world’s first international law firms dedicated to the business, personal and philanthropic interests of successful people, their businesses, families and advisers. With over 220 partners and more than 1,500 employees in 17 offices across Europe, US, Asia Pacific and the Caribbean, Withers has unparalleled expertise in helping businesses and individuals across all major financial centres around the world.

In 2008, Withers established its Hong Kong office to offer on-the-ground support in Asia for the firm’s international client base. Today, its multinational team of lawyers and legal professionals offers one of the most comprehensive arrays of client services in relation to UK, US and Hong Kong law. Withers is also able to put together a cross-disciplinary team of advisers with the relevant experience and expertise for complex, cross-border transactions in the region. Its team understands both domestic and international issues and how different legal regimes interact and impact each other.

Payne Velasco

Firm overview

Gregory Payne, founder and principal of the firm, has been practising law in Hong Kong since 1993, and has established himself as a market-leading, highly successful litigator who regularly represents clients in high-profile cases.

We have established ourselves as leading advocates for victims of large-scale frauds and successfully made recoveries for them. We also have considerable experience identifying, freezing and recovering monies that have been stolen through email fraud, internet fraud, sham investment schemes, ponzi schemes and fake stockbrokers, and employee fraud.

Our lawyers are equally experienced in acting for both major corporations and high-profile individuals in complex civil litigation and criminal defence in the District and High Courts and Court of Appeal. Our ever-growing success and profile in the Hong Kong litigation arena has been recognised by an expanding number of accolades and awards in the past few years. We are an experienced, creative and tenacious litigation force in Hong Kong.

Fangda Partners

Firm overview

One-firm Approach

Founded in 1993, Fangda Partners is a full-service law firm advising on PRC and Hong Kong laws. We have approximately 800 lawyers in our six offices in major Chinese cities: Beijing, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Nanjing, Shanghai and Shenzhen. We operate as a single, integrated partnership, not as an alliance of lawyers in different locations.

Our lawyers collaborate seamlessly across practice groups and locations to provide our clients with exceptional service, sophisticated advice and practical solutions founded on our legal expertise, sound knowledge of market practice, deep understanding of the industry landscape and proven ability to assist our clients achieve their business objectives.

Firm of Choice for the Most Difficult Legal Issues

We are the firm of choice for businesses requiring solutions to their most difficult and complex legal issues. Leading companies and financial institutions in China and around the world turn to us for legal representation or counseling on their most significant legal and business challenges, whether transactions or disputes.

Cross-Border Capabilities with a China Edge

We are known for our cross-border capabilities with a China edge. Our team consists of lawyers qualified in Australia, England and Wales, Singapore, U.S., Hong Kong and the PRC.

The diversity of our professionals and our strong local law capabilities enable us to bridge legal, regulatory, language and cultural differences that clients inevitably face in transactions and disputes involving multiple jurisdictions.

At the Forefront of Chinese Commercial Practice

We have been at the forefront of the development of commercial law practice in China for 30 years.

We have a proven track record advising clients on groundbreaking transactions or defending them in unprecedented disputes. Some selected notable matters on which we have advised include:

First initial public offering by a Chinese company involving an international underwriter
The first domestic listing by a company incorporated outside the PRC (so-called red chip company)
Formation of the first open-end mutual fund in China
First foreign acquisition of a controlling stake in a Chinese public company
First FRAND litigation in China
Representing the claimant in obtaining the first injunction in an IP litigation under Chinese procedural law
First public interest environmental litigation brought by an NGO against a multinational company in China

William KW Leung & Co

Firm overview

Boutique law firm (with our principal and founder, Mr William Leung, a Hong Kong Solicitor Advocate) specializing in international trade transportation logistics; international (multi-jurisdictional including offshore jurisdiction) commercial, investment intellectual property litigation/ arbitration; transnational corporate and commercial transportation disputes. Our uniqueness include our having our own offices in two jurisdictions: both Hong Kong and British Virgin Islands.

We succeed in the year of 2001 acting for a private enterprise from city of Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province China in winning against Jardine group company for misdelivery of cargo: Center Optical (Hong Kong) Limited -v- Jardine Transport Services (China) Limited which was reported in the reputable Lloyd’s Law Reports [2001] Vol 2. page 678 – 690.