Civil and commercial

Trials

• Keiron Peter Arch Rochester v. Glory Sky Precious Metals Ltd [2025] HKCFI 885 — dismissing the plaintiff’s claim for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duties, misrepresentation, scam and restitution in a 6-day High Court trial (as sole trial counsel)
• Green Light Marketing Co Ltd v. Lam Shi Yan & Anor [2024] HKCFI 2101 — 10-day High Court trial involving breach of employment contract, restraint of trade, duty of fidelity, fiduciary duties, and economic torts (as sole trial counsel with cross-examination in both Chinese and English)
• China Health Group Ltd v. Li Zhong Yuan [2023] HKCFI 3290, [2024] HKCA 927 — 13-day High Court trial concerning an alleged fraudulent arrangement, breach of fiduciary duties, and enforcement of a promissory note and appeal to the Court of Appeal (led by Dr. William Wong SC, with Mr. Patrick Chong)
• Esports Business Development Ltd v. Wong Chun Yee Christopher [2023] HKCFI 1349 — 8-day High Court trial in a contractual dispute over an alleged joint venture in an esports company, gaming analytics database and odds calculations (with Mr. Patrick Chong)

Interlocutory applications

• Re New Shine Group Ltd [2024] HKCA 946 — resisted a Ladd v Marshall application in the Court of Appeal (as sole counsel)
• BGA Holdings Ltd (In Liquidation) Ltd & Ors v. Chu Kong [2024] HKCFI 2711, [2024] 5 HKLRD 741 — resisted a joinder and amendment application on a limitation period defence (with Mr. John Hui)
• Lee Shu Hang & Anor v. Kan Lap Kee [2024] HKCFI 2836 — application for stay of execution under the inherent jurisdiction of the Court (as sole counsel)
• Keiron Peter Arch Rochester v. Glory Sky Precious Metals Ltd [2023] HKCFI 2536 — successful appeal against Master’s decision on a witness statement summons, and a discovery summons (as sole counsel)
• Max Pointer Limited v. Huang Youlong (HCA 981/2021) — resisted interim payment and striking out of the counterclaim for the well-known defendant in summary judgment proceedings, in an action involving dishonoured cheques and a debt claim of over HK$300 million (with Mr. Patrick Siu)
• Nanyang Commercial Bank v. Cao Jianfeng & Ors (HCA 762/2021) — resisted an application to set-aside leave for service of defendants out of jurisdiction (involving dishonest assistance of directors, and the double-actionability rule) under RHC Order 11 r.1(1) and Order 12 r.8 on behalf of the bank (with Mr. Patrick Siu)
• Wong Ming Fai v. Glory Sky Precious Metals Ltd (HCA 480/2020) — striking out the plaintiff’s unjust enrichment claim, with indemnity costs awarded (as sole advocate) 
• Various other interlocutory applications, including applications on legal issues concerning solicitor-and-client taxation and party-and-party taxation

Company, Winding-up & Bankruptcy

• V Capital Limited v. Margaret Chiu (2024) 27 HKCFAR 612 — appeal to the Court of Final Appeal concerning s.12 of the Bankruptcy Ordinance (Cap.6) and imprisonment of debtors under RHC Order 49B r.1B (led by Ms. Frances Lok SC)
• Re New Shine Group Ltd [2024] HKCFI 1104 — resisted challenge to appointment of liquidator and committee of inspection in winding up proceedings (as sole counsel)
• Pan Sutong v. Bank of China Ltd [2022] HKCFI 1450 — appearing for the plaintiff in an application to set aside the statutory demand in bankruptcy proceedings, heard together with HCCW 215/2021 (led by Mr. Rimsky Yuen SC, Dr. William Wong SC, with Mr. Lai Chun Ho)
• Bank of China Ltd v. Proman International Ltd [2022] HKCFI 1450 — appearing for the defendant in the substantive winding up hearing, heard together with HCSD 28/2021 (led by Mr. Rimsky Yuen SC, Dr. William Wong SC, with Mr. Lai Chun Ho)
• Re Lee Siu Fung, Siegfried [2022] HKCA 1623 — resisted a Court of Appeal application for leave to appeal to the Court of Final Appeal in an application to remove the trustees in bankruptcy (with Mr. Patrick Siu)
• Various other cases and applications concerning winding-up of companies, unfair prejudice and applications by liquidators and trustees-in-bankruptcy

Civil Contempt & Defamation

• Lee Shu Hang and Li Sin Man Seline (as the Personal Representatives of the Estate of Lee Sai Nam, Deceased) v. Kan Lap Kee [2022] 3 HKC 387, on appeal CACV108 & 347/2022 — appeared for the liquidator in resisting committal proceedings for civil contempt of court (led by Mr. Edwin Choy SC)
• Ngai Wai Yeung v. Lau Yun Fung Bertha [2024] HKDC 1811 — resisted a striking-out application in an action for defamation and malicious falsehood (as sole counsel)
• Hsui Nga Man v Ho Wai Lim William (DCCJ 1919 /2023) — defamation in the insurance and employment context

Probate & Mental Health Ordinance

• Fok Lai Ping Patricia v. Fok Chun Wan Ian & Ors (HCA 92, 274, 275/2016) — appearing for the plaintiff in a 60-day trial in a multibillion-dollar trust and fiduciary duties dispute, settled (with Mr. Kerby Lau, and Ms. Rosa Lee)
• Re an allegedly mentally incapacitated person CSY (HCMH 115/2023) — application for an inquiry under section 10 of the Mental Health Ordinance (Cap. 136) and appointment of a committee of estate
• Ip Woon Shun Administrator of the Estate of Fung Ching Jess (HCMP 1241/2023) — application for Beddoe order in favour of the administration of an estate
• In The Estate of Wong Chan Fee Jon (HCMP 1922/2022) — application for distribution of assets of the estate and service out of jurisdiction
• Various probate proceedings and applications under the Mental Health Ordinance

Regulatory & Tax

• Knatwood Limited v Commissioner of Inland Revenue (B/R 39/20) — 6-days appeal before the Board of Review (Inland Revenue Ordinance) concerning the assessment of profit tax (led by Mr. Barrie Barlow SC)
• SFC v Chan Ka Chung & Ors (HCMP 1360/2024) — representing a defendant in an petition under s.214(1)(b) of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) concerning misfeasance or misconduct related to a listed company
• Legal opinion and pleadings on various market misconducts and offences (including price rigging, false trading, stock market manipulation and the section 300 offence) and a section 213 application under the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571)
• Legal opinion in relation to various market misconducts and misrepresentation for alleged mis-selling of securities under the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571)

Injunction

• Kind Standard Limited and Ors v. Ng Po Chu & Anor (HCA 135/2024) — obtaining undertakings in terms of an interim injunction for breach of non-competition clauses and misuse of confidential information in an employment and investment agreement context (with Mr. John Hui)
• Chen Charles Chong Wah v. Lee Siu Keung & Ors (HCA 267/2023) — obtaining Mareva and proprietary injunctions and disclosure orders in an investment fraud case (with Mr. Patrick Siu)
• SDM Education Group Limited v. Barium Real Limited & Ors (HCA 696/2022) —obtaining undertakings in terms of the interim interim injunction restraining receivers from selling shares (with Mr. John Hui and Mr. Kevin Lau)
• Kyodo Yushi Asia Pte Ltd v. Yukun International Trade Co Ltd Xiang Chenxiao and Wu Chuan Cheng(HCA 1696/2021) — Mareva and proprietary injunctions and a Bankers Trust order for third party disclosure (as sole advocate)
• Various ex parte and inter partes applications, including injunction restraining the presentation of a winding up petition of a listed company, breach of employee duties and email fraud cases

Arbitration

• Acted for the subsidiary of a major PRC state-owned property developer in a Mandarin arbitration obtaining judgment of over RMB 900 million, governed by HKIAC rules (with Ms. Frances Lok SC)
• Acted for a Hong Kong company and individuals in a Chinese arbitration, governed by HKIAC rules (with Ms. Connie Lee)
• Acted for a PRC company in the semiconductor technology industry in an arbitration governed by UNCITRAL Arbitration rules in the HKIAC (with Mr. Patrick Siu)

• Judicial Assistant, Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal (2018-2019)
• Part-time lecturer in Contract Law, University of Hong Kong (2022-2023)

• Bar Scholarship (2020)
• St Edmund’s College Examination Prize (2020)
• White & Case Prize for Top First in Company Law (2016)
• St Catherine’s College Examination Prize (2016)
• British Council IELTS Scholarship for Overseas Studies (2012)
• St Joseph’s College Law Scholarship
• Various debating prizes

As Author

• Adrian Lee, The New Flamenco appraised: A new framework for avoided loss and mitigation [2021] LMCLQ 98
• Hong Kong Company Law Cases(2020-2021) (contributing editor)
• Competition Litigation in Hong Kong: Practice and Procedure (upcoming) (contributor)

As Research Assistant

• Company Law: Powers and Accountability(2^nd ed), LexisNexis (2017)
• Mr Justice Ribeiro PJ, Equitable Compensation for Breach of Fiduciary Duty (Asia-Pacific Judicial Colloquium, Singapore May 2019), cited in Zhang Hong Li v DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd (2019) 22 HKCFAR 392
• Mr Justice William Gummow NPJ, Sir Anthony Mason in Hong Kong (2019) 30 PLR 172
• Mr Justice Andrew Cheung PJ (as Cheung CJ then was), Conflict of fundamental rights and the double proportionality test (Common Law Lecture Series 2019)

Discrimination, Banking, Bankruptcy, Defamation, Regulatory