Our Practice

We are a leading boutique law firm providing legal services of specified areas in international trade, shipping and transportation, intellectual property, corporate restructuring and insolvency (liquidation) with solid, extensive experience in handling complex corporate, commercial and international litigation, international commercial and investment arbitration and corporate rescue operations for more than 30 years.

Of course, general practice works including, but not limited to, matrimonial and divorce, probate, conveyancing works also part of our daily working routines.

Since our opening in the year of 1992, we have a long-established reputation in shipping and international trade litigation works. In shipping, the firm acts predominantly for owners, charterers and freight forwarders. In international trade, the firm acts for factories, manufacturers, multinational shippers and world-renowned-brand owners, traders and financial institutions in relation to disputes over trading of all types of goods including toys; physical commodities (for example, coal etc.).

Our corporate litigation works include:

Shareholders disputes;
Derivative actions (statutory and common law);
Unfair prejudicial, just equitable winding up;
Action against directors including misfeasance proceedings;
Preservation of corporate assets;
Restructuring: moratorium, schemes of Arrangement; appointment of (Provisional) Liquidators;
Cross border and multiplicity of proceedings in both HK, mainland China and offshore proceedings eg. in BVI, Cayman Islands;
Forum shopping.

In 2001, we acted for a private enterprise from the city of Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, China and won against a 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.

In another significant case in 2005, we acted for a Hong Kong shipper and won against an international logistics service provider: Vastfame Camera Limited -v- Birkart Globistics Limited which was reported in three Law Reports of worldwide-fame: American Maritime Cases [2005] AMC page 2864–2879; European Transport Law [2006] Vol. XLI No.2 page 182–195 and Hong Kong Cases [2005] 4 HKC page 117–135.

His recent highlight cases in the area of Private International Law include:

Dickson Valora Group (Holdings) Co. Limited v Fan Ji Qian [2019] 2 HKLRD 173 – “quasi-contractual” anti-suit injunction against a respondent who was not party to the relevant arbitration clause.
Dickson Holdings Enterprise Company Limited v Moravia CV [2019] 3 HKLRD 210 – application for striking out unfair prejudice petition on the grounds of lack of locus standi; mandatory stay of the petition in favour of arbitration pursuant to an arbitration agreement.

In our international litigation and arbitration works, we are quick, nimble and dedicated in acting for our clients in taking emergency preservative measures including, but not limited to, the obtaining of worldwide mareva injunction orders in freezing bank accounts and assets; disclosure orders in aid of such orders (X v A (judgment by Zervos J in HCA 2433/2013)).

We have extensive experience of undertaking arbitrations both as advocates and as arbitrators in London Maritime Arbitration Association (LMAA), Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC), China International Economic Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC)/China Maritime Arbitration Commission (CMAC) in the People's Republic of China, Kuala Lumpur Regional Center for Arbitration (KLRCA) in Malaysia and Korean Commission Arbitration Board (KCBA) in Korea.

We have a strong reputation locally and internationally for our intellectual property (IP) works. We handle all aspects of trademark, design, patent, and domain name registration, licensing and distribution rights including computer contracts, IP consultancy, and infringement matters. We are fast in taking emergency preventive measures including, but not limited to, the obtaining of Anton Piller orders and injunction orders and disclosure orders in aid of such orders.

In our corporate works, apart from company secretarial and listing compliance tasks, we undertake all sorts of M&A works whether or not in the capital market.

In our corporate restructuring works, our Mr. William Leung, having been appointed by both the Hong Kong High Court and Hong Kong Official Receiver since 2001, has acted as company liquidators in liquidating assets.