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Deacons Offices
5TH FLOOR, ALEXANDRA HOUSE
18 CHATER ROAD, CENTRAL
HONG KONG
Hong Kong
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Peter So
Work Department
Commercial Litigation practice group
Position
Partner
Career
Peter practice focus is on litigation and dispute resolution and advises on a broad range of commercial disputes and contentious matters, including regulatory investigations by the SFC, HKMA, ICAC, and Hong Kong Competition Commission (HKCC), financial institutions and banking litigation, arbitrations, shareholder disputes, disputes amongst members of high net worth families, injunctions and asset tracing.
Peter regularly advises financial institutions, banks and licensed persons and entities on contentious regulatory and securities law related issues, including insider dealing, market misconduct, mis-selling, disclosure of interests, sponsors’ liabilities, anti-money laundering (AML), anti-bribery and corruption and unlicensed regulated activities. In particular, Peter has extensive experience in advising banks on mis-selling of financial products and dealing with complex issues arising from regulatory / criminal investigations and civil proceedings.
Peter regularly conducts training and seminars for clients on insider dealing, the Hong Kong Prevention of Bribery Ordinance and AML.
Peter also advises clients on competition law related issues and handles investigations by the HKCC and subsequent legal proceedings at the Hong Kong Competition Tribunal. He has provided training and seminars for clients on the Hong Kong Competition Ordinance and related compliance and best practices.
Languages
English
Cantonese
Mandarin
Memberships
Member, The Law Society of Hong Kong
Member, Hong Kong Notary Public
Education
BSc., LLB, University of New South Wales
PCLL, University of Hong Kong (Distinction)
Lawyer Rankings
Hong Kong > Antitrust and competition
Deacons is well-known for handling all manner of proceedings initiated by the HKCC involving allegations of bid rigging and price fixing. Machiuanna Chu leads the team, utilising her expansive transactional expertise to assist with HKSAR Competition Tribunal enforcement actions. Peter So is a key figure within the firm’s dispute resolution practice, often advising on Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) investigations.
Hong Kong > Dispute resolution: litigation
Independent Hong Kong firm Deacons handles a variety of disputes, ranging from shareholder, banking , defamation ad employment. Joseph Kwan
leads the team, harnessing extensive experience to handle high-profile commercial litigation matters, SFC-initiated proceedings, fraud and bribery, as well as acting for high net-worth Hong Kong families in asset distribution disputes. Paul Kwan handles commercial litigation including land disputes. KK Cheung excels in construction litigation and Peter So is recommended for financial services litigation, injunction-related court applications, contentious regulatory and investigations by the SFC, HKMA and ICAC.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Commercial, corporate and M&A: Leading independent Hong Kong Law Firms
- Intellectual property
- Investment funds
- Labour and employment
- Real estate
Firm Rankings
- Construction
- Fintech and financial services regulatory
- Private Client and Family
- Antitrust and competition
- Capital markets (debt)
- Capital markets (equity)
- Corporate (including M&A)
- Data protection and cyber security
- Dispute resolution: litigation
- Insurance
- TMT
- Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution: international arbitration