ONC Lawyers

Litigation & Dispute Resolution

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 & Finance Litigation
Commercial Fraud
Competition
Criminal Litigation
Cybercrime & Internet Fraud
Defamation
Employee Dispute & Litigation
Family Law Dispute & Litigation
Insolvency & Directors’ Liabilities
Insurance Dispute & Litigation
Intellectual Property Dispute and Litigation
Professional Indemnity
Real Estate Dispute & Litigation
Shareholders & Partnership Dispute and Litigation
Shipping & Logistics Dispute and Litigation

The successful conduct of litigation requires thorough familiarity with the court procedures and in-depth knowledge of the relevant areas of law. When the protection of our client’s interests calls for such urgent measures, we will employ procedural weapons such as asset-freezing orders and civil search orders as may be necessary to prevent a defendant from dissipating his assets or destroying the evidence, as the case may be. We have been successful in such applications on many previous occasions and we take pride in our track record.

If you would like to know more about our litigation & dispute resolution practice or how we can help your business, please contact us at (852) 2810 1212 or at ldr@onc.hk .

Please refer to our articles in ‘Knowledge’

Our People

Sherman Yan

Managing Partner

Ludwig Ng

Senior Partner

Sherman Yan

Managing Partner

Ludwig Ng

Senior Partner

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