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Dispute Resolution: Litigation (International Firms) - China

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What the Team is Known For

Deacons is a major independent Hong Kong firm with experience acting for blue-chip regional and global businesses, banks and governments and a long and impressive record of involvement in domestic litigation. Its areas of expertise include banking, insolvency, insurance, defamation, shareholder and investment disputes. The team is also experienced in competition and regulatory matters, as well as private client work and contentious probate.

Work Highlights

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  • Deacons acted for Hummingbird Music, an artist management company, in a dispute with one of their artists, Tang Sze Wing, aka G.E.M.

Strengths

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They have an experienced team and are responsive and able to deliver within the requested timeframe.

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They are very flexible and can adapt to our needs and requests. They always give us practical solutions.

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Deacons is one of my favourite teams to work with as the team is so proactive and good at dealing with clients.

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Notable Practitioners

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Joseph Kwan
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Joseph Kwan
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Eminent Practitioners
Joseph Kwan is a veteran in the Hong Kong market who is well regarded for his work on sizeable estate disputes and debt recovery actions, in addition to a range of commercial disputes. He leads Deacons' dispute resolution department.

He really puts clients above all else and has a thorough working knowledge of everything to do with the case, a finger on the pulse at all times and gets on with everyone, which makes life smooth.

He's a very careful person who considers the matter from all angles and is very hands-on and works crazy hours. He really puts his heart into the cases he works on.

He's a man of huge integrity and honesty and is not afraid to tell clients when they have a hopeless case. He's really first-class and so well known in the market.

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Richard Hudson
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Richard Hudson
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Richard Hudson advises Deacons' clients on everything from bankruptcy disputes through contract disputes to professional negligence claims from his base in Hong Kong.

He's a very pragmatic solicitor who is very good at focusing on the big picture. It's always a pleasure to work with him.

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Paul Kwan
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Paul Kwan
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Paul Kwan boasts a robust commercial litigation practice and often acts for real estate companies and property developers, as well as individual shareholders and public figures, on a range of disputes, including tenancy disagreements and JV and shareholder disputes.

Paul is very experienced and provides very timely and practical advice.

We work with him often and he's very good.

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K K Cheung
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K K Cheung
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K K Cheung offers clients decades of experience in handling complex shareholder disputes, as well as contentious probate issues and recovery mandates.

KK is experienced with advising Chinese clients on their Hong Kong-related disputes.

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Joseph Kwan
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Joseph Kwan
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Richard Hudson
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Richard Hudson
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Paul Kwan
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Paul Kwan
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K K Cheung
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K K Cheung
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