HONG KONG SAR, CHINA Law and Practice Contributed by: Eric H. H. Chow, Michael Cheng, Stephanie Wong and June Wong, C L Chow and Macksion Chan
C L Chow and Macksion Chan is a Hong Kong dispute resolution boutique solicitors’ firm, formed in 2001 by merging two independent law firms. Its founding partners have built strong cross-border ca - pabilities between Hong Kong and mainland China since the 1990s, and the firm has now established two CEPA associated firms on the mainland – one in Chongqing and one in Henan Province – each formed in association with a major local law firm. It also maintains a wider overseas network spanning the mainland, offshore jurisdictions and Southeast
Asia. The firm fields a team of 15 lawyers, including 12 litigators led by two litigation partners. Its core practice is dispute resolution – litigation and arbitra - tion – with strengths in complex commercial contract disputes, company law, contentious insolvency, and regulatory investigations and securities law. It is regu - larly instructed on complex, high-value disputes with cross-border elements – in both international arbitra - tion and court proceedings – and has acted in mat - ters producing landmark decisions.
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Eric H. H. Chow is a partner at CL Chow and Macksion Chan and was called to the Hong Kong Bar in 2008. He has built a broad civil practice in commercial disputes, company law and insolvency. He joined the firm as a solicitor in 2015, and now advises directors of listed companies, officers of state-owned enterprises and high net worth individuals on complex commercial and corporate disputes and on securities law. He is a member of HKIArb, INSOL International, the HKICPA Restructuring and Insolvency Faculty, the ACFE and the HKSI.
Stephanie Wong is a senior associate at CL Chow and Macksion Chan and was admitted as a solicitor in Hong Kong in 2019. Her practice focuses on civil and commercial litigation, including shareholder disputes,
insolvency proceedings, contractual disputes, and injunction applications. She has experience advising state-owned enterprises and listed companies in complex commercial disputes. In addition to her Hong Kong practice, she is admitted as a lawyer in the Supreme Court of New South Wales (non- practising) and holds a Permit for Hong Kong Seconded Lawyers to Practice in Mainland China, issued by the Chongqing Municipal Justice Bureau.
Michael Cheng is a consultant at CL Chow and Macksion Chan with over 25 years’ experience in commercial litigation and arbitration, having been admitted as a solicitor in Hong Kong in 1997. He has acted in a range of
June Wong is a senior associate at CL Chow and Macksion Chan and was admitted as a solicitor in Hong Kong in 2020. She handles a variety of contentious matters, including commercial and civil litigation,
high-value, complex disputes, and previously served as in-house counsel to a major Hong Kong utility company. His practice has a strong cross-border dimension. He is a China-Appointed Attesting Officer and holds the Greater Bay Area legal practice qualification.
arbitration and matrimonial disputes, together with regulatory and criminal matters. She has acted in cases involving shareholder and contractual disputes, listed-company disputes, contentious insolvency and competition law enforcement actions. She is also admitted to the roll of solicitors in England and Wales (non-practising).
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