Stephenson Harwood is recognised for its broad disputes expertise, spanning shareholder conflicts, professional negligence, employment and fraud claims, with strong capability in complex international litigation. The team has niche strength in trade finance and PRC-related disputes, and also advises on financial services regulatory investigations, an area of growing importance in the region. Practice head Ian Childs remains highly active in contentious regulatory matters, including investigations and defending allegations of misconduct, while Emily Li is noted for her extensive experience in international trade finance disputes, regularly acting for major Chinese banks.
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Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- ‘Dorothy Siron is a very experienced partner with expertise in international fraud and asset recovery litigation. Cases regularly involve international dimensions and cross-border elements. She goes above and beyond for her clients and is very user-friendly.’
- ‘This Stephenson Harwood team (comprising Dorothy Siron, Tracy Chan and Clifford Chui) is very client-oriented.'
- ‘Jamie Stranger is known for his broad range of skills covering commercial litigation and restructuring and insolvency. Particularly good on overall strategy and identifying key strengths and weaknesses in a case.'
- ‘I have worked with the Stephenson Harwood Litigation team in Hong Kong on a number of important transactions over recent years. I go to them for their combination of technical legal skills, practicality and realistic approach to costs. I particularly rate them on commercial litigation and insolvency or liquidation related disputes.’
- ‘Dorothy is an expert in her field. She is smart, commercial and gets results. Dorothy is also a pleasure to work with.'
- ‘Dorothy Siron is an expert commercial litigator and also global asset recovery lawyer in HK and covers the PRC.'
Key clients
- Purple Surgical UK Limited
- Crossbridge Capital Asia Pte Ltd
- Cotecna Inspection SA
- Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited
- O-Bank Co
- Futu Securities International
- Formia
- OCBC Bank
- Agricultural Bank of China Limited Macao Branch
- Music Group Limited
- Pacific Carpet International Limited DBA Tai Ping Carpets
Lawyers
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Practice head
Ian Childs
Other key lawyers
Paul Ho; Emily Li; Ivan Ng; Dorothy Siron; Elizabeth Sloane; Jamie Stranger; Alexander Tang; Evangeline Quek; Shirley Li; Jason Toms; Tracy Chan; Renee Cheung; Vivian Lau; Hillary Kong; Ken Chu; Conrad Chong; Clifford Chui