Allan Leung
Greater China Region Guide 2024
Senior Statespeople : Dispute Resolution: Litigation (International Firms)
Senior Statespeople
About
Provided by Allan Leung
Practice Areas
Allan has over 30 years of experience dealing in a broad range of dispute work, including corporate, commercial and shareholder disputes, financial services and regulatory investigations, judicial review, white collar crime, environmental disputes, product liability, cross-border contentious insolvency, fraud and asset recovery, and employment actions.
Career
Prior to joining Dentons Hong Kong LLP, Allan was a partner in the dispute resolution practice of another international law firm in Hong Kong and had been the Senior and Office Managing Partner for a number of years.
Professional Memberships
He has held a number of public and professional offices, including serving as chairman of the Hong Kong Law Society's Working Party on Civil Justice Reform (2000-2004) and as a member of the Hong Kong Law Society's Working Party on Limited Liability Partnership. He was a member of the Law Reform Commission from March 2015 to February 2021, and is the Chairman of its Cybercrime Subcommittee. He is an accredited mediator, and has served as a Deputy High Court Judge.
Publications
Allan was a contributing editor to the Hong Kong Civil Procedure published annually by Sweet & Maxwell and co-editor of Civil Litigation in Hong Kong also published by Sweet & Maxwell.
Personal
Admissions and Qualifications
• England and Wales, 1987
• Hong Kong, 1989
• Australian Capital Territory, 1990
• Singapore, 1993
• New South Wales, 1997
Chambers Review
Greater China Region
Allan Leung is a longstanding market leader in Hong Kong on disputes ranging from commercial landlord-tenant disagreements to shareholder disputes to applications for judicial review. He is frequently sought out by clients in the financial services and professional services areas.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Allan can grasp the full picture very quickly and provide very prompt and practical advice to limit our exposure."
"Allan is a fantastic lawyer. He is commercially astute and also picks up subtle legal points early on that can make a difference in handling a case. He provides superb client service and is great to work with. His depth of commercial litigation experience is difficult to match."
"Allan can grasp the full picture very quickly and provide very prompt and practical advice to limit our exposure."
"Allan is a fantastic lawyer. He is commercially astute and also picks up subtle legal points early on that can make a difference in handling a case. He provides superb client service and is great to work with. His depth of commercial litigation experience is difficult to match."
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