OUR PRACTICE

DISPUTE RESOLUTION

Resolving Intricate Disputes with Precision and Insight

SFKS has a proven track record of assisting clients in a wide range of commercial and civil disputes. We advise listed companies, property developers, multinational corporations, statutory bodies, and private clients. As a Hong Kong dispute resolution law firm, the SFKS team handles a broad spectrum of litigations, arbitrations, securities related investigations and litigations, criminal proceedings, and family proceedings.

SFKS represents clients in cross-border and overseas litigations, working closely with overseas lawyers from Greater China and across Asia, Europe, and America. On alternative dispute resolutions, SFKS acts in domestic and cross-border arbitrations, international arbitrations, cross-border enforcement actions, and resisting enforcement of foreign arbitral awards in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong dispute resolution law firm. Shareholder dispute lawyer Hong Kong.

COMMERCIAL DISPUTES

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  • Shareholders and boardroom disputes
  • Company issues and partnership disputes
  • Commercial and trade disputes
  • Contractual disputes
  • Sales of goods disputes
  • Intellectual property infringement and claims
  • Tax objections
  • Registration and enforcement of foreign judgment in Hong Kong

CRIME, REGULATORY & ENFORCEMENT

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  • Attending raids and urgent legal visits
  • Defence in criminal charges and departmental summonses
  • Handling compliance issues and internal investigations
  • Handling SFC and Stock Exchange inquiries
  • Handling issues to produce from associates in other jurisdictions
  • Market misconduct inquires
  • Regulatory body investigations and disciplinary proceedings
  • White collar crime and ICAC cases

RESTRUCTURING & INSOLVENCY

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  • Contentious winding-up petitions and bankruptcy proceedings
  • Appointing and representing liquidators, provisional liquidators, and receivers
  • Insolvency and schemes of arrangement 
  • Debt-collection cases

BANKING & FINANCE DISPUTES

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  • Banking and financial disputes
  • Financial products disputes
  • Mortgagee actions
  • Securities litigations
  • Cyber fraud and asset tracing

LAND & PROPERTY

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  • Construction disputes
  • Compulsory sale proceedings and land resumption disputes
  • Building management matters
  • Land and conveyancing disputes
  • Tenancy disputes

FAMILY & TRUST

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  • Matrimonial cases and family matters
  • Mental health cases and Guardianship Board proceedings
  • Testamentary and contentious probate
  • Trust cases including family trust disputes and disputes involving other jurisdictions

CIVIL & GENERAL LITIGATIONS

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  • Defamation claims
  • Employment compensation and personal injury claims
  • Employment disputes

PUBLIC LAW

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  • Administrative law and judicial reviews
  • Basic Law and Hong Kong Bill of Rights litigations
  • Election Petition and election proceedings