About
In High Court litigation, Stephen regularly acts on multi-jurisdictional fraud and asset tracing involving freezing, gagging and other urgent interim injunctive measures. He is also well versed in technology-related disputes (including matters involving cryptocurrency and virtual assets), shareholder/company disputes, and contentious employment matters.
In international arbitration, Stephen has acted on numerous high value commercial arbitrations spanning various jurisdictions, industries and sectors including disputes related to a telecommunications and digital transformation project in Hong Kong, fashion retail sub-licensing in Malaysia and Korea, pharmaceutical manufacturing and construction in China and Silicon Valley venture capital dispute in respect of a well-known Chinese e-commerce platform.
Stephen is a committee member of the Law Society of Hong Kong’s Arbitration Committee and a panel arbitrator of the Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration (SCIA).
Stephen speaks fluent English, Cantonese and Mandarin. He is admitted to practise in Hong Kong and is qualified as a barrister and solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand.
Experience
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Represented liquidators against directors of a Hong Kong publicly listed company claiming breach of fiduciary obligations and director’s duties and damages of over HK$100 million.
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Represented shareholders in a statutory derivative action alleging unlawful conspiracy by directors to injure a Hong Kong company claiming damages of over US$40 million.
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Represented a Hong Kong publicly listed company in High Court proceedings for a permanent injunction in order to prevent a defendant from using its registered company name and registered domain name.
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Represented a large New York-Listed pharmaceutical company in an HKIAC arbitration in Hong Kong against a manufacturing site in China. The dispute arose in connection with a sellers’ warranties to produce animal vaccines.
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Represented a multinational India-listed tech company in a SIAC arbitration in Singapore against a well-known telecommunications, mobile and broadband provider in Hong Kong. The dispute arose in connection with a telecommunications and digital transformation project.
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Represented a well-known brand in Hong Kong in an ICC international arbitration against various parties in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Korea. The US$20 million disputes arose out of the breach of licensing agreements and claim of damages.
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Acted for and advised victims of cryptocurrency fraud and scams, asset tracing, freezing and court ordered disclosure of KYC/AML documents of customers.
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Advised a well-known Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange on the virtual asset service provider (VASP) opt-in licensing regime operated by the Hong Kong SFC.
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Successful claim for discretionary bonus and establishment of the implied term of anti-avoidance in Hong Kong (HCA 322/2008 and CACV 12/2015).
