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Fiona Leung is a Senior Associate at Eric Chow & Co. in Association with Commerce & Finance Law Offices. She is also an Associate of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, an Accredited Mediator of Hong Kong Mediation Centre and Hong Kong Mediation Accreditation Association Limited, and a Civil Celebrant of Marriages.
Fiona has more than 10 years of experience in advising on contentious matters, with a primary focus on commercial disputes. She handles complex commercial cases involving recovery of debt, enforcement of security, insolvency, fraud and asset tracing, employment disputes, property disputes, probate disputes, arbitration and investigation by regulatory authorities. She represents a wide range of clients, including PRC state-owned enterprises, multinational corporations, offshore companies and high-net-worth individuals.
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Recovery of debt and enforcement of security: assisted a BVI subsidiary of a PRC state-owned mining enterprise in claiming against a co-shareholder of a joint venture company holding mining resources in Western Australia and its ultimate owner for repayment of a substantial loan of over US$600 million secured by a share charge and opposing subsequent appeals at the Court of First Instance and the Court of Appeal.
Insolvency: represented a Hong Kong investment fund management company in supporting a winding-up petition presented by a Cayman Islands investment management company against a Bermuda investment holding company listed on the Main Board in respect of a debt of over HK$315 million regarding certain convertible notes issued pursuant to a subscription agreement.
Easement: opposed a claim made by a BVI land owner against the incorporated owners of a residential building in Hong Kong for an alleged easement over a certain road and an injunction for preserving the reasonable enjoyment of the road.
Arbitration: commenced arbitration proceedings on behalf of an Indian technology company against a Hong Kong telecommunications company at Singapore International Arbitration Centre in relation to misrepresentations or negligent misstatements and unreasonable conduct of the telecommunications company in respect of a digital transformation framework procurement agreement.
Employment dispute: defended a Hong Kong listed company and its subsidiary from the claim made by a former managing director of the subsidiary for payments allegedly due under his employment contract at the Labour Tribunal and the High Court and counterclaimed for breach of duties of fidelity and good faith and return of payments wrongfully received by the former managing director.
Fraud and asset tracing: assisted a United States law firm in tracing monies stolen by fraud by obtaining injunction and disclosure order, defending an application and a subsequent appeal for setting aside default judgment, intervening in garnishee applications from competing claimants and participating in interpleader proceedings taken out by a bank as the sole advocate.
Employment dispute: commenced proceedings on behalf of 2 Hong Kong doll manufacturing companies against their former employee for misappropriation of funds, destruction of information relating to the business and removal of data recorded in computers.
Probate dispute: defended the executor of an estate and his company and daughter from a claim made by a bank as special trustee of the estate for breach of trust, dishonest assistance and knowing receipt.
High-profile multi-party commercial dispute: defended 2 brothers in an action involving over 40 parties brought by a Cayman Islands financial planning company and its 2 subsidiaries in relation to the placement of shares and a circular financing arrangement and other related actions in Hong Kong and BVI.
Recovery of lost goods: commenced proceedings on behalf of the owner of a multi-million dollar lost diamond against a defrauder and a leading security transportation and logistics service provider to recover the diamond or its equivalent value.
Property dispute: defended the owner of a series of shops in a building from a claim made by the incorporated owners of the building for recovery of a portion of the shops previously used as a common corridor.
Property dispute: assisted the administratrix of the estate of a deceased in claiming title and interest in a residential property jointly owned by the deceased and his son on the basis of common intention constructive trust and estoppel.
Recovery of debt: recovered outstanding payments due to an Italian supplier of handbags and accessories from a Hong Kong purchaser.
Probate: obtained grant of probate or letters of administration for the executor or administrator of numerous estates.
Tenancy dispute: recovered outstanding sums due under tenancy agreements and/or vacant possession of property from tenants for a major Hong Kong property developer.
Building management: procured rectification of breach of deed of mutual covenant by property owners for established Hong Kong property management companies.
Insolvency: commenced bankruptcy proceedings for creditors and self-bankruptcy proceedings for debtors.
University of Hong Kong, PCLL, 2011
City University of Hong Kong, LLB (Hons, Dean’s List), 2010
Solicitor, Hong Kong SAR, 2013
English, Cantonese, Mandarin
Civil Celebrant of Marriages, Hong Kong Immigration Department
Accredited Mediator, Hong Kong Mediation Accreditation Association Limited
Associate, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Accredited Mediator, Hong Kong Mediation Centre