Richard Yip > Denis Chang’s Chambers > Hong Kong, Hong Kong > Lawyer Profile

Denis Chang’s Chambers
9th Floor, One Lippo Centre
89 Queensway
Admiralty
Hong Kong

Career

Richard’s broad civil practice has a focus on companies practice, commercial litigation, financial regulation and competition law.  He is noted for his experience in shareholder disputes and matters involving breach of directors’ duties.

Richard also has a thriving practice in cross border commercial arbitration, having acted as Counsel for both claimants and respondents in arbitrations seated in and outside Hong Kong. In particular, Richard has ample experience in arbitrations administered by the HKIAC, and is very familiar with its emergency arbitrator procedure and expedited procedure.

Prior to joining Denis Chang’s Chambers in 2011, Richard was a corporate finance solicitor at Herbert Smith Freehills.

Richard is actively involved in the community and academia. He is a part time lecturer at the University of Hong Kong.

Memberships

Election Committee of the Chief Executive of HKSAR, Legal Subsector

Part-time Lecturer (Constitutional Law), Department of Law, University of Hong Kong

Education

Postgraduate Diploma in EU Competition Law, King’s College London (2016)

PCLL, University of Hong Kong (2005)

LLB, University of Hong Kong (2004)

St Paul’s Co-Educational College

Lawyer Rankings

Hong Kong Bar > Commercial disputes

(Leading Juniors)

Richard YipDenis Chang’s Chambers ‘It is only fair to say he is one of the top senior juniors – he is senior counsel material.’

Denis Chang’s Chambers holds a notable presence at the Hong Kong commercial Bar, with the ‘remarkably dedicated’ Denis Chang SC as head of chambers, who possesses an established reputation in the full range of commercial disputes and civil matters. Richard Yip and Simon Wong are key juniors for company matters and financial disputes. Anson Wong Yu Yat continues to develop a broad commercial disputes practice, acting in high value and complex matters.