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King & Wood Mallesons

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Acting for a broad range of listed companies, large corporates, and financial institutions, King & Wood Mallesons remains highly active in Hong Kong’s restructuring and insolvency market. Leveraging its leading mainland China practice, the firm is particularly adept at advising on cross-border mandates. Co-chair Sheldon Tse is a key figure for PRC-related regulatory work, while co-chair Helena Huang leads matters involving US clients and associated considerations. Fellow co-chair Barbara Chiu is central to bankruptcy disputes and global recovery actions, and Edmund Wan, also a co-chair, brings expertise in litigation and alternative dispute resolution. The team further strengthened its corporate financial restructuring, insolvency and special situation offering in July 2025 with the hire of Damien Whitehead, who joined from an in-house role.
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Testimonials

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  • ‘I find that when working with KWM you get a Rolls-Royce service from professionals who have vast experience in appropriate areas of law for the engagement needs of the client. The Partner who leads the engagement does not simply surrogate, but actively supports and manages a team and is fully engaged when called upon for updates.' 

  • ‘Long term relationships play a key role in me instructing KWM, I have worked with the partners on and off for over 25 years and especially Edmund Wan who I view as amongst the top leading specialists in a wide range of areas including construction and insolvency. He is professional and delivers with quality, and does not shy away from providing pro bono advice prior to engagement.’

Key clients

  • Bank of China Limited
  • New Momentum International Limited