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Look has over two decades of extensive experience in company, commercial and financial disputes and advisory work. He is internationally well-known for his high level of legal expertise and frequently advises on transactions involving novel and complex legal issues. He often works on prominent and precedent-setting cases. He also often provides expert evidence in foreign court and arbitration proceedings.

Look has internationally-renowned expertise in corporate insolvency and restructuring, with a strong focus on cross-border matters.

Look is listed as arbitrator on South China International Arbitration Center (HK)’s panel of arbitrators.

Look is also a Door Tenant at Erskine Chambers in London, a widely recognised pre-eminent set of barristers for company, insolvency and commercial disputes and advisory work.

Before joining the Bar, Look practised for more than 15 years as a solicitor in London and Hong Kong at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and was the Asia head of restructuring and insolvency.

Look’s experience includes advising on:

General civil and commercial disputes (including arbitration)
Injunctions and urgent relief in domestic and international disputes
Equity, trust and property
Conflict of laws (including jurisdiction disputes in respect of keepwell arrangements, recognition of foreign officeholders, enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards, and Hong Kong/Mainland mutual assistance arrangements)
Security enforcement (including retention of title, guarantees, and set-off)
Banking and finance (including bond issuance, P2P platforms, structured finance, project finance, derivatives, stock lending, repo, and prime brokerage)
Financial services
Regulatory compliance (including securities legislation, listing requirements and resumption of trading)
International sanctions
Professional negligence
Economic torts
Construction disputes
The largest corporate insolvencies over the past two decades
Debt restructuring (including schemes of arrangement and consent solicitations)
Solvent corporate reorganisations
Privatisation of listed companies
Corporate finance
Corporate governance and shareholder disputes
Hedge funds, private equity and joint ventures
Personal bankruptcies

Look has published extensively on insolvency and conflict of laws matters. His publications are widely cited internationally, including with approval by the Hong Kong High Court, UK Supreme Court, English Court of Appeal, English High Court, US Bankruptcy Court, Singapore Court of Appeal, Singapore High Court, Australia Federal Court, New Zealand High Court, and Isle of Man High Court.

Look is the only barrister in Hong Kong listed in Who’s Who Legal: Restructuring & Insolvency.

Look holds a BA (first class) in Jurisprudence from the University of Oxford, a BCL (first class) from the University of Oxford, an LLM (first class) from the University of Cambridge, and an LLM from New York University School of Law. At Oxford, he was a British Chevening Scholar, and at Cambridge, he was a Cambridge Commonwealth Trust Scholar.

Memberships & Appointments

Co-Chair of the Asia Regional Committee, International Insolvency Institute
Co-Founder of the Company and Insolvency Law Society (COINS)

Selected Cases

Civil and commercial disputes

Li Jie v Hong Kong Airport Services Ltd [2024] HKDC 111. Extension of writ of summons
Cheung Kwai Chi v King Charter Enterprises Ltd [2023] HKCFI 3031 Enforcement of oral contract
Tsai Lee Ting v Best Leader Precious Metals Ltd [2023] HKCFI 2871. Stay of execution pending appeal
Bank of China (Hong Kong) Ltd v Wong Koon Lup [2022] HKCFI 1461. Enforcement of guarantees
Patrick Cowley and Wong Wing Sze Tiffany v All Powerful Investment Ltd [2021] HKCFI 1944; [2021] HKCLC 1015. Stay of execution pending appeal
Pacific Andes Enterprises (BVI) Ltd v Ng Joo Siang [2019] HKCFI 2862. Security for costs

Injunction

Skybound Capital UK Limited v 465 Holdings Limited (22 December 2023, HCMP 2459/2023). Proprietary injunction and court receivership
Tsai Lee Ting v Best Leader Precious Metals Ltd [2023] HKCFI 2124. Representative action, Mareva injunction and proprietary injunction
Emperor UA Cinemas Ltd v Lark China Cinema Investments Ltd [2022] HKCFI 2316. Injunction to restrain the presentation of winding-up petition
Patrick Cowley v All Powerful Holding Ltd [2021] HKCFI 2132. Variation of Mareva injunction
Shanghai Shipyard Co Ltd v Reignwood International Investment (Group) Co Ltd [2021] HKCFI 3794; [2021] HKCLC 1735. Judgment debt and application to restrain the presentation of winding-up petition
Fountain II Limited v Ping An Securities Group (Holdings) Limited (2019). Ex parte injunction against rights issue
Ding Yi v Shum Tung [2019] HKCA 1195; [2019] HKCLC 1015. Bankruptcy and anti-suit injunction
Re Ding Yi [2019] HKCFI 1232; [2019] 2 HKLRD 1177. Bankruptcy and anti-suit injunction

Conflict of laws

Re Trinity International Brands Ltd [2023] HKCFI 1581. Hong Kong letter of request to the Shanghai court
Re RZ3262019 Ltd [2022] HKCFI 3602. Recognition of BVI provisional liquidators
Nuoxi Capital Ltd v Peking University Founder Group Co Ltd [2022] HKCA 1514. Jurisdiction over keepwell arrangements and recognition of Mainland insolvency proceedings
Re Seahawk China Dynamic Fund [2022] HKCFI 1994. Recognition of Cayman solvent liquidator
Re Global Brands Group Holding Ltd [2022] HKCFI 1789. Recognition of Bermuda provisional liquidator
Independent Liquor & Gaming Authority v Melco Resorts & Entertainment Limited [2022] NSWSC 294 (acting as expert witness in Australian proceedings). Service of Australian proceedings in Hong Kong
Nuoxi Capital Ltd v Peking University Founder Group Co Ltd [2022] HKCFI 635; [2022] HKCLC 237. Jurisdiction over keepwell arrangements and recognition of Mainland insolvency proceedings
Nuoxi Capital Ltd v Peking University Founder Group Co Ltd [2021] HKCFI 3817; [2021] HKCLC 1749. Jurisdiction over keepwell arrangements and recognition of Mainland insolvency proceedings
Re Hong Kong Fresh Water International Group Ltd [2022] HKCFI 924; [2022] HKCLC 395. Hong Kong letter of request to the Shanghai court
Re Ozner Water International Holding Ltd [2022] HKCFI 363; [2022] HKCLC 167. Hong Kong letter of request to the Shenzhen Bankruptcy Court
Re HNA Group Co Limited [2021] HKCFI 2897; [2021] HKCLC 1463. Recognition of PRC reorganisation
Re Samson Paper Co Ltd [2021] HKCFI 2151; [2021] HKCLC 1053. Hong Kong letter of request to the Shenzhen Bankruptcy Court
Re The Joint Liquidators of Nuoxi Capital Ltd [2021] HKCFI 572; [2021] HKCLC 205. Recognition of BVI liquidation in the Peking University Founder Group
Re FDG Electric Vehicles Limited [2020] HKCFI 2931; [2020] HKCLC 1537. Recognition of Bermuda soft-touch provisional liquidation
Re Joint and Several Provisional Liquidators of Rare Earth Magnesium Technology Group Holdings Limited [2020] HKCFI 2260; [2020] HKCLC 1295. Recognition of Bermuda soft-touch provisional liquidation
Re Shenzhen Everich Supply Chain Co Ltd [2020] HKCFI 965; [2020] HKCLC 891. Recognition of PRC liquidation
Re Joint and Several Provisional Liquidators of China Oil Gangran Energy Group Holdings Ltd [2020] HKCFI 825; [2020] HKCLC 803. Recognition of Cayman soft-touch provisional liquidation
Re CEFC Shanghai International Group Limited [2020] HKCFI 167; [2020] HKCLC 1. Recognition of PRC liquidation
Re Guangdong International Trust & Investment Corporation Hong Kong (Holdings) Ltd [2018] HKCFI 2498; [2018] 5 HKLRD 396. Interaction between Hong Kong pari passu distribution and Mainland exchange control rules

Equity and trust

Hip Hing Construction Company Ltd v Hong Kong Airlines Ltd [2024] HKCFI 370. Retention money and trust
Stanton Sally Louise v Connaught West Ltd [2023] HKCFI 2035. Liquidation of a pension fund trust
Re Shanghai Huaxin Group (Hongkong) Ltd [2022] HKCFI 1060; [2022] HKCLC 499. Co-guarantor’s equitable contribution and proprietary subrogation
Re Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander (No 2) [2011] UKSC 48; [2012] 1 AC 804. The rule in Cherry v Boultbee (right of quasi-retainer)
Re Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander [2009] EWHC 3377 (Ch). The rule in Cherry v Boultbee (right of quasi-retainer)
Re Lehman Brothers International (Europe) [2009] EWCA Civ 1161; [2010] Bus LR 489. Scheme of arrangement and trust claims
Re Lehman Brothers International (Europe) [2009] EWHC 2141 (Ch). Scheme of arrangement and trust claims

Arbitration

Best Field Inc v Triangular Force Construction Engineering Ltd [2022] HKCFI 2017. Arbitration and stay of proceedings
Best Field Inc v Triangular Force Construction Engineering Ltd [2022] HKCFI 1641; [2022] 5 HKC 44. Arbitration and stay of proceedings
Sit Kwong Lam v Petrolimex Singapore [2019] HKCA 1220; [2019] HKCLC 1207. Bankruptcy – interaction between bankruptcy petition and arbitration clause
Re Sit Kwong Lam [2019] HKCFI 920; [2019] HKCLC 215. Bankruptcy – the interaction between bankruptcy petition and arbitration clause
Acted for the holder of Hong Kong arbitration awards in respect of the Arrangement Concerning Mutual Enforcement of Arbitral Awards between the Mainland and the Hong Kong
Acted for claimants in multiple arbitrations in respect of the sale and purchase of corporate groups
Acted for a respondent in an emergency arbitration in respect of an injunctive relief

Construction

Hip Hing Construction Company Ltd v Hong Kong Airlines Ltd [2023] HKCFI 1430. Retention money and injunction claim
Hip Hing Construction Company Limited v Hong Kong Airlines Limited (HCCT 107/2022) (2 December 2022). Retention money and injunction claim
CLSA Limited v Ling Chi Contracting Limited (DCCJ 1405/2020) (11 August 2022). Negligence claims against contractor and use of expert evidence
Re Hsin Chong Construction Co Ltd [2021] HKCFI 3451; [2021] HKCLC 1657. Interaction between insolvency set-off and eligibility to vote at creditors’ meeting

Banking and finance

Nuoxi Capital Ltd v Peking University Founder Group Co Ltd [2023] HKCFI 1350. Keepwell arrangements
Lomas v Burlington Loan Management [2016] EWHC 2417 (Ch); [2017] Bus LR 1475. ISDA Master Agreement – calculation of post-default interest
Re Lehman Brothers International (Europe) [2015] EWCA Civ 485; [2016] Ch 50. Subordination agreement and non-provable claims
Cattles v Welcome Financial Services [2010] EWCA Civ 599; [2010] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 514. Subordination agreement
Cattles v Welcome Financial Services [2009] EWHC 3027 (Ch). Subordination agreement
Lomas v JFB Firth Rixson [2012] EWCA Civ 419; [2012] 2 A11 ER (Comm) 1076. ISDA Master Agreement – condition precedent and anti-deprivation principle
Lomas v JFB Firth Rixson [2010] EWHC 3372 (Ch); [2011] 2 BCLC 120. ISDA Master Agreement – condition precedent and anti-deprivation principle

Security enforcement and set-off

Hammer Capital Private Investments Ltd v Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Ltd [2018] HKCFI 2603. Receivership – powers and duties of receivers
Re Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander [2009] EWHC 2308 (Ch); [2010] Bus LR 428. Solvent and insolvency set-off
Re Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander [2009] EWHC 740 (Ch); [2009] 2 BCLC 137. Solvent and insolvency set-off
Acted for property receivers in respect of Mareva injunctions against the mortgagor

Regulatory matters

Re MUFG Securities Asia Ltd [2022] HKCFI 948; [2022] HKCLC 289. Unclaimed client assets held by stock brokers
Provided opinions to listed companies on compliance with the listing rules
Brazzill v Willoughby [2010] EWCA Civ 561; [2010] 2 BCLC 259. Administration and liquidation – treatment of client money
Brazzill v Willoughby [2009] EWHC 1633 (Ch); [2010] 1 BCLC 673. Administration and liquidation – treatment of client money

Restructuring and schemes of arrangement

Re Zhongliang Holdings Group Company Ltd [2024] HKCFI 808. Scheme of arrangement – debt restructuring
Re Sunac China Holdings Ltd [2023] HKCFI 2850. Scheme of arrangement – debt restructuring
Re Century Sunshine Group Holdings Ltd [2023] HKCFI 2041. Scheme of arrangement – debt restructuring
Re Fullsun International Holdings Group Co., Limited (HCMP 2129/2022, 26 June 2023). Scheme of arrangement – debt restructuring
Re China Bozza Development Holdings Ltd [2023] HKCFI 1620. Scheme of arrangement – debt restructuring
Re Hong Kong Airlines Ltd [2022] HKCFI 3792. Scheme of arrangement – debt restructuring
Re Unity Group Holdings International Ltd [2022] HKCFI 3419. Scheme of arrangement – debt restructuring
Re AKM Industrial Co Ltd [2022] HKCFI 2321; [2022] HKCLC 965. Privatisation scheme of arrangement
Re Rare Earth Magnesium Technology Group Holdings Ltd [2022] HKCFI 1686. Scheme of arrangement – debt restructuring
Re Century Sun International Ltd [2022] HKCFI 1237; [2022] HKCLC 511. Scheme of arrangement – debt restructuring
Re China Saite Group Co Ltd [2022] HKCFI 1128; [2022] HKCLC 403. Scheme of arrangement – debt restructuring
Re Da Sen Holdings Group Ltd [2022] HKCFI 185; [2022] HKCLC 25. Scheme of arrangement – debt restructuring
Re China Wood International Holding Co., Limited (HCMP 156/2022, 22 March 2022). Scheme of arrangement – debt restructuring
Re Asia Today Ltd [2021] HKCFI 3841; [2021] HKCLC 1797. Scheme of arrangement and provisional liquidators’ expenses
Re Century Sun International Ltd [2021] HKCFI 2928; [2021] HKCLC 1477. Scheme of arrangement – debt restructuring
Re China Oil Gangran Energy Group Holdings Ltd [2021] HKCFI 1592; [2021] HKCLC 911. Scheme of arrangement – debt restructuring
Re Burwill Holdings Ltd [2021] HKCFI 1318; [2021] HKCLC 823. Scheme of arrangement and provisional liquidators’ expenses
Re Cosmos Machinery Enterprises Ltd [2021] HKCFI 2088; [2021] HKCLC 1045. Privatisation scheme of arrangement
Re Allied Properties (H.K.) Ltd [2020] HKCA 973; [2020] HKCLC 1549. Privatisation scheme of arrangement
Re Hong Kong Building and Loan Agency Ltd [2019] HKCFI 2088; [2019] HKCLC 753. Scheme of arrangement – debt restructuring
Re China Singyes Solar Technologies Holdings Ltd [2020] HKCFI 467; [2020] HKCLC 379. Scheme of arrangement – debt restructuring
Re China Lumena New Materials Corp [2020] HKCFI 338; [2020] HKCLC 161. Scheme of arrangement – debt restructuring

Provisional liquidation

Re Nimble Holdings Co Ltd [2022] HKCFI 519; [2022] HKCLC 201. Assessment of provisional liquidators’ remuneration
Re LT Commercial Ltd [2021] HKCFI 2867; [2021] HKCLC 1459. Appointment of provisional liquidators
Chau Cheok Wa v CT Environmental Group Ltd [2021] HKCFI 2602; [2021] HKCLC 1423. Appointment of provisional liquidators
Re Nimble Holdings Co Ltd [2021] HKCFI 1668; [2021] HKCLC 905. Provisional liquidators’ expenses
Re X Ltd [2019] HKCFI 2959; [2020] 1 HKLRD 745. Appointment of provisional liquidators
Re Sunwell Trading (HK) Company Limited [2019] HKCFI 2767; [2019] HKCLC 1221. Appointment of provisional liquidators
Re Asia Today Limited (HCCW 76/2020, 27 March 2020). Appointment of provisional liquidators
Re China Shanshui Cement Group Ltd [2015] (2) CILR 255. Provisional liquidation – company’s locus to commence insolvency proceedings

Liquidation

Re Silver Base (Holdings) Ltd [2024] HKCFI 586. Stay of execution of winding-up pending appeal
Re China Evergrande Group [2024] HKCFI 363. Adjournment of winding-up petition for restructuring purposes
China Evergrande Group v Triumph Roc International Ltd [2023] HKCFI 2432. Staying arbitration proceedings against a company subject to a winding-up petition
Re Leading Holdings Group Ltd [2023] HKCFI 1770. Beneficial noteholders’ standing to present a winding-up petition
Re Jiayuan International Group Ltd [2023] HKCFI 1254. Interaction between winding-up petition and restructuring
Re Guoan International Ltd [2023] HKCFI 666. Parallel liquidation in Hong Kong and the Cayman Islands
Re GTI Holdings Ltd [2023] HKCFI 176. Choice of liquidators
Re Tiancheng Fortune Management Ltd [2022] HKCFI 3333. Winding-up petition and disputed debt
Re Carnival Group International Holdings Ltd [2022] HKCFI 2668. Jurisdiction to wind up foreign companies
Re NewOcean Energy Holdings Ltd [2022] HKCFI 2501. Parallel liquidation in Hong Kong and Bermuda
Re Silver Base Group Holdings Ltd [2022] HKCFI 2386. Parallel liquidation in Hong Kong and the Cayman Islands
Re Rare Earth Magnesium Technology Group Holdings Ltd [2022] HKCFI 2063. Costs order in respect of winding-up petition
Re Rare Earth Magnesium Technology Group Holdings Ltd [2022] HKCFI 1317. Jurisdiction to wind up foreign companies; adjournment of winding-up petition for restructuring purposes
Wealthy Land Investments Group Ltd v Florescent Holdings Ltd [2022] HKCFI 649. Winding-up petition and Money Lenders Ordinance (Cap. 163)
Re Lehman Brothers Asia Holdings Ltd [2022] HKCFI 178; [2022] HKCLC 45. Remuneration of liquidator and Officer Receiver’s liability for costs
Re Lehman Brothers Asia Holdings Ltd [2021] HKCFI 2137; [2021] HKCLC 1107. Remuneration of liquidator
Re Grand Peace Group Holdings Ltd [2021] HKCFI 1563; [2021] HKCLC 901. Jurisdiction to wind up foreign company, scheme of arrangement and listing review
Re Grand Peace Group Holdings Ltd [2021] HKCFI 3695. Jurisdiction to wind up foreign companies
Re Violet Profit Holdings Ltd [2021] HKCFI 2249; [2021] HKCLC 1139. Permanent stay of winding-up
Re Trinity (Management Services) Ltd [2021] HKCFI 2207; [2021] HKCLC 1097. Liquidation – adjournment of winding-up petition for restructuring purposes
Re China Saite Group Co Ltd [2021] HKCFI 2889; [2021] HKCLC 1471. Liquidation – adjournment of winding-up petition for restructuring purposes
Re Evergreen International Holdings Ltd [2021] HKCFI 2694; [2021] HKCLC 1441. Jurisdiction to wind up foreign companies
Re Grand Peace Group Holdings Ltd [2021] HKCFI 2361; [2021] HKCLC 1323. Jurisdiction to wind up foreign companies
Re Carnival Group International Holdings Ltd [2021] HKCFI 2133; [2021] HKCLC 1051. Winding-up practice – multiple winding-up petitions
Re Founder Information (Hong Kong) Ltd [2021] HKCFI 1749; [2021] HKCLC 947. Liquidation – sanction of liquidators’ power of sale
Re Aether Ltd [2021] HKCFI 1695; [2021] HKCLC 943. Adjournment of winding-up petition for restructuring purposes
Re Gold-Finance Holdings Ltd [2021] HKCFI 1674; [2021] HKCLC 929. Regulating order
Re China Greenfresh Group Co Ltd [2021] HKCFI 1182; [2021] HKCLC 591. Winding-up practice – multiple winding-up petitions and jurisdiction to wind up foreign companies
Re Grand Peace Group Holdings Ltd [2021] HKCFI 1142; [2021] HKCLC 607. Winding-up practice – multiple winding-up petitions
Re Aether Ltd [2021] HKCFI 1143; [2021] HKCLC 603. Adjournment of winding-up petition for restructuring purposes
Re China Ocean Industry Group Ltd [2021] HKCFI 247; [2021] HKCLC 137. Validation order in respect of issuing new shares and convertible bonds
Re China Greenfresh Group Co Ltd [2021] HKCFI 36; [2020] HKCLC 1613. Winding-up practice – multiple winding-up petitions
Re China Huiyuan Juice Group Limited [2020] HKCFI 2940; [2020] HKCLC 1505. Jurisdiction to wind up foreign companies
Re China Greenfresh Group Co Ltd [2021] HKCFI 1257; [2021] HKCLC 749. Winding-up practice – multiple winding-up petitions
Re Chase On Development Ltd [2020] HKCFI 629; [2020] HKCLC 443. Adjournment of winding-up petition
Re China Singyes Solar Technologies Holdings Ltd [2019] HKCFI 2559; [2019] HKCLC 1035. Liquidation – validation order and restructuring costs
Re China City Construction (International) Co Ltd [2019] HKCFI 1617; [2019] HKCLC 349. Liquidation – interaction between voluntary and compulsory liquidation
Cai Shuyi v Joint and Several Liquidators of Blockchain Group Co Ltd [2019] HKCFI 1522; [2019] HKCLC 461. Liquidation – discharging regulating order and replacing liquidators
Re Lehman Brothers International (Europe) [2016] EWHC 2131 (Ch); [2017] BCC 1. Administration and liquidation – post-insolvency interest
Lomas v Burlington Loan Management [2015] EWHC 2270 (Ch); [2015] BPIR 1162. Administration and liquidation – effect of agreements entered into by insolvency officeholders
Re Lehman Brothers International (Europe) (No5) [2015] EWHC 2269 (Ch); [2016] Bus LR 17. Administration and liquidation – post-insolvency interest

Company disputes

Rich Region Holdings Ltd v Concept Pioneer Ltd [2023] HKCFI 866 Members’ application to convene EGM
Morning Ray Investment Co Ltd v Jinhui International Enterprise Ltd [2022] HKCFI 926; [2022] HKCLC 383. Members’ right to inspect company’s books and records
Wong Chung Hon v Tse Wai Shum [2021] HKCFI 313; [2021] HKCLC 195. Charitable company – just and equitable winding-up

Bankruptcy

Re Wang Huimin [2022] HKCFI 2271. Annulment of bankruptcy order – costs order
Re Pan Sutong [2022] HKCFI 1896. Bankruptcy practice – multiple bankruptcy petitions
Re Wang Huimin [2021] HKCFI 3472. Annulment of bankruptcy order
Pan Sutong v DB Trustees (Hong Kong) Limited (HCSD 37/2020, 7 May 2021). Statutory demand
Patrick Cowley and Wong Wing Sze Tiffany v All Powerful Investment Ltd [2020] HKCFI 3173; [2020] HKCLC 1649. Bankruptcy – avoidance of transactions at an undervalue
Re Wu Chun Kwan [2019] HKCFI 2802; [2019] HKCLC 1249. Bankruptcy – appointment of interim trustee and special manager

Publications / Lecture / Talks

Authored Books

The Art of Resolving Global Disputes: Navigating International Commercial Arbitration (Kluwer, 2023) (with co-Editor-in-Chief, William Wong SC)
Cross-Border Insolvency: Principles and Practice (Sweet & Maxwell, 2016) (sole author)
Principles of Corporate Finance Law (2nd edn Oxford University Press, 2014) (with co-author Professor Eilis Ferran)
Key Authorities in Corporate Insolvency (Nova Law and Finance, 2012) (sole author)
Butterworths Guide to the Insolvency Rules (LexisNexis, 2010) (with co-author Helen Smithson)

Edited Books

Cross-Border Insolvency: A Commentary on the UNCITRAL Model Law (4th edn Globe Law and Business, 2017) (general editor and author of two chapters)
Debt Restructuring (Oxford University Press, 2011) (with co-editor Nick Segal)

Book Chapters

‘Set-Off’ in Peter Totty, Gabriel Moss and Nick Segal (eds), Insolvency (Sweet & Maxwell), ch H-6
‘Equity and Insolvency’ in P G Turner (ed), Equity and Administration (Cambridge University Press, 2016) ch 6
‘The EC Regulation on Insolvency Proceedings’ n Lightman & Moss: Law of Administrators and Receivers of Companies (5th end Sweet & Maxwell, 2011), ch 31 (with co-authors Nick Segal, Ian Fletcher and Daniel Bayfield)
‘International Developments’ in Rosa Lastra (ed), Cross-Border Bank Insolvency (Oxford University Press, 2011) ch 9 (with co-author Rosa Lastra)
‘Bank Insolvency Law in the United Kingdom’ in Rosa Lastra (ed), Cross-Border Bank Insolvency (Oxford University Press, 2011) ch 14
‘The practitioner’s perspective: the Financial Collateral Directive in England’ in Dan Prentice and Arad Reisberg (eds), Corporate Finance Law in the UK and EU (Oxford University Press, 2011), ch 12

Editorship

Hong Kong Company Law Cases – published by DVC in collaboration with Wolters Kluwer – Co-Editor
Global Restructuring Review (Law Business Research) – Editorial Board Member
Corporate Rescue and Insolvency (LexisNexis) – Consultant Editor

Scholarships and Awards

British High Commission Chevening Scholarship
Cambridge Commonwealth Trust Scholarship

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Going Astray from Soleh Boneh? An Affirmation of the Manifest Validity Test

15 Apr 2024

Guidance on approach of joinder of defendant to intended fraudulent conveyance claim

15 Apr 2024

Court of Final Appeal upheld the legality and constitutionality of the police practice of issuing “Letters of No Consent” in the context of the Organized and Serious Crimes Ordinance

15 Apr 2024

Tristan Oil Ltd v The Scheme Creditors (BVIHCM 0120/2023, 19 March 2024): Who is entitled to intervene in and challenge an approved scheme of arrangement?

12 Apr 2024

Obligations on financial intermediaries to give effect to share lock-ups: placing agents v. custodians

5 Apr 2024

When do directors owe duties to creditors and how is a breach of creditor duty assessed: Key takeaways from recent Singapore Court of Appeal Decision in Foo Kian Beng v OP3 International Pte Ltd (in liquidation) [2024] SGCA 10

5 Apr 2024

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Winnie Tam SC, William Wong SC, and Jose-Antonio Maurellet SC Spoke at the 4th International Advocacy Training Council Conference on “Advocacy in Arbitration: Bridging Borders, Enhancing the Rule of Law”

19 Apr 2024

Joseph Tse SC sit as Judge at HKU AMS Moot Court for Criminal Law Mooting Competition 2024

15 Apr 2024

Catrina Lam is Invited to Speak at CUHK LAW’s Conference on “Digital Platforms and Competition Law: Global Trends and Challenges” (18-19 April 2024)

3 Apr 2024

Stephanie Wong Spoke at La Salle College Old Boy’s Association’s CPD Seminar on “Intellectual Property, the Creative Industry and Technology” (16 Mar 2024)

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Frances Lok from Des Voeux Chambers appointed Senior Counsel

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