Stephenson Harwood is well known for corporate, finance, insolvency, restructuring and trust-related disputes, along with shareholder conflicts, professional negligence, employment matters, fraud claims, and international disputes. Clients further benefit from the firm’s association with Guangzhou-based Wei Tu Law Firm. In Hong Kong, Ian Childs is an expert in civil litigation, fraud, asset recovery, and regulatory and criminal litigation; while Ivan Ng specialises in shareholder, contractual and letters of credit disputes.
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Testimonials
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‘Collaboration and delivery. Flexible and knowledgeable.’
‘Achieves great results for clients.’
‘Very effective and experienced in cross-border matters.’
‘The combination of being able to obtain PRC advice from Wei Tu via its association with Stephenson Harwood is particularly useful in cross-border claims.’
‘Dorothy Siron is an expert in her field and super responsive. She and her team are a pleasure to work with.’
‘Dorothy Siron is internationally recognised as an expert.’
Key clients
- Purple Surgical UK
- Cotecna Inspection
- PwC
- Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Asia)
- O-Bank Co (Hong Kong Branch)
- Deloittes
- Futu Securities International (Hong Kong)
- Formia
Practice head
Ian Childs
Other key lawyers
Ivan Ng; Jamie Stranger; Paul Ho; Andrew Rigden Green; Dorothy Siron; Alexander Tang; Evangeline Quek; Emily Li; Elizabeth Sloane