Mr William Leung > Howse Williams > Hong Kong, Hong Kong > Lawyer Profile
Howse Williams Offices
27TH FLOOR, ALEXANDRA HOUSE
18 CHATER ROAD, CENTRAL
HONG KONG
Hong Kong
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Mr William Leung
Work Department
Dispute Resolution
Position
As a prominent commercial litigator with more than 20 years solid experience, William with his team of fee earners specialize in the following:
Commercial litigation
William’s commercial practice ranges from companies’/shareholder’s disputes, joint venture disputes, winding up/bankruptcy, restructuring and corporate risk management issues. His clients would include prominent liquidators, corporates, listed companies, banks/lenders, investors, charitable organisations to private/corporate shareholders. Notably, William and his team have recently been involved in a number of large winding up/re-restructuring matters.
William also acts for both trustees and beneficiaries on contentious trust and probate matters particularly on high net worth individuals on personal wealth matters.
William also handles general debt recovery matters and is known for his efficiency and costs effectiveness producing great results for clients.
He has ample experience in acting for both Claimants and Recipients for funds internet fraud cases.
Insurance litigation
William acts for more than 10 large international insurers covering public liability, property, marine, travel, EC/PI insurance. He is also a leading advisor in dealing with riot and COVID19 related claims for various insurers.
William regularly gives talks and seminars on insurance matters due to his high acclaim within the industry. He leads a large team of dedicated lawyers specialising in insurance disputes covering public liability, property damage marine, yacht and EC/PI matters.
Transport litigation
William acts for shipping companies, forwarders, international logistic companies, four of the largest container terminals in Hong Kong and leading warehouse operators along with their liability/property insurers. He has unrivalled experience in handling a wide range of contentious matters on bills of lading/air waybills, cargo claims, forwarding, warehousing and logistics disputes. Particularly he is a leading figure in advising container terminals on their emergency casualty, risks and property damage matters. He has advised on transport related regulatory matters such as enforcement actions by Customs & Excise, Labour Department, Environmental Protection Department and ICAC.
William is also on the Transport and Logistics Committee of the Law Society of Hong Kong.
Pleasure crafts
William has vast experience on yacht matters including sale and purchase, collision, casualty, fire, PI and their related insurance and litigation matters.
Escrow agent / accounts
William frequently advises on escrow agent / account agreements and their litigation risks to facilitate sale and purchase of valuable yachts, club debentures offshore properties and antiques/ paintings etc. In appropriate cases, our firm will act as escrow agent.
Accreditation
William has been consistently named as one of the leading lawyers in Hong Kong by various legal directories. He is admitted to practice law in both Hong Kong and England & Wales.
William also holds a number of public posts with a view to rewarding the society.
Career
2015 Howse Williams
2009 Eversheds
2001 DLA Piper
2000 Stevenson Wong & Co
1998 Hampton, Winter & Glynn
Languages
English, Cantonese, Mandarin
Memberships
Since 2018 to present Transportation and Logistics Committee (Member) appointed by The Law Society of HKSAR (Co-option)
Since 2017 to present The Transport Tribunals’ Panel (Member) appointed by Secretary for Transport and Housing
Since 2015 to present The Board of Review, Inland Revenue Department (Panel member)
Since 2015 to present The Obscene Articles Tribunal (Member Adjudicator appointed by Chief Justice of HKSAR )
Since 2013 to present Admiralty Court Users Committee appointed by Chief Justice of HKSAR (Member)
Education
1997 PCLL, University of Hong Kong
1993 LLB, University of Wales / Portobello College, Dublin, Ireland
Lawyer Rankings
Hong Kong > Insurance
Drawing upon an ‘excellent knowledge’ of the sector, Howse Williams provides ‘high-quality legal services with a customer-oriented attitude’ to insurers in relation to a range of primarily contentious matters. In this context, the firm has developed a strong reputation over the years in relation to professional indemnity matters, including as it flows from claims brought against medical professionals. Indeed, in the healthcare sector, the firm benefits not only from legal expertise but also subject matter knowledge imbued as a result of a number of practitioners who are dual qualified as solicitors and medical doctors. David Kan is one such lawyer and alongside Chris Howse
spearheads a strong healthcare offering that has garnered a strong reputation defending private medical professionals in clinical negligence claims. The ‘hardworking’ William Leung is also a key member of the team and is noted, in particular, for his ability to provide ‘pragmatic and solutions-oriented advice’ in marine insurance matters.
Hong Kong > Shipping
Howse Williams has unique expertise in advising shipowners and terminal operators in relation to personal injury matters. The team is headed by Chris Howse, a seasoned practitioner in maritime disputes. Assisting him is David Coogans, who has over 25 years of experience in all types of wet and dry matters, and William Leung, an experienced commercial litigator.