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Commercial Litigation

In addition to general contractual or commercial disputes, our team of solicitors and legal executives are particularly experienced in prosecuting or defending claims concerning: -

• banking and structured products
• commercial fraud
• defamation
• insolvency and directors’ liabilities
• insurance
• intellectual property
• international trade
• professional negligence
• shareholders and partnership disputes
• shipping and logistics

The successful conduct of litigation requires thorough familiarity with the court procedures and in-depth knowledge of the relevant areas of law. When it is necessary for the protection of clients' interests, we will employ such procedural weapons as assets freezing orders and civil search order to prevent a defendant from dissipating his assets or destroying the evidence, as the case may be. There have been many cases in the past where such applications were made by our firm successfully.

Disciplinary Proceedings and Regulatory Offences

Nowadays many professionals are highly regulated, such as the financial professionals, insurance agents, social workers and medical doctors. Whilst serious transgressions are dealt with by the criminal law, more often than not, these professionals face problems with their regulatory bodies for breaches of regulatory codes committed even out of inadvertence. Our firm has in the past years been actively engaged in advising and representing clients before regulatory authorities such as:-

• The Securities and Futures Commission
• The Law Society
• The Confederation of Insurance Brokers
• Insurance Agents Registration Board
• The Social Workers Registration Board

Disciplinary actions by these regulatory authorities could have serious consequences to the professionals concerned and our advice and assistance would be valuable in minimising any adverse impact.

Alternative Dispute Resolution
 

Litigation is not the only way to resolve disputes between the parties to them. In appropriate circumstances and from our experience, even the most contentious disputes can be resolved by way of other less litigious modes such as arbitration, mediation, expert determination or valuation. These modes, otherwise known as Alternative Dispute Resolution (“ADR”), are widely accepted to be offering such advantages as being less confrontational, less formal and less time-consuming and therefore, are more cost-effective. In addition, all the proceedings are held in private and do not attract media attention.

Our team of experienced lawyers includes arbitrators and mediators. Wherever necessary and desirable, we will advise our clients to make use of ADR to their best advantage and to save costs and time.