Dispute Resolution

Our team of lawyers is best known in Hong Kong for their flexible and robust litigation and arbitration strategies, our persuasive advocacy and our commercial and pragmatic approach to dispute resolution. As a law firm, we combine our knowledge of substantive law and civil procedural tools and use them to our clients' advantage, especially in litigation cases in Hong Kong.

Based in Hong Kong, the goal of our Dispute Resolution team at LC Lawyers LLP is to represent our clients in both litigation and arbitration cases to come to a fair and just resolution. We have been involved in numerous applications and appeals to the Court of Appeal and the Court of Final Appeal, the highest level of the Hong Kong court system, in areas where case law has provided little guidance. 

The work of our lawyers has led to rulings on several novel issues which have helped shape Hong Kong dispute resolution law, including:

• whether there is jurisdiction to make, on an unfair prejudice petition, an order for payment of damages, compensation or restitution to the company itself;
• competence issues involving a key witness and the admissibility of his evidence;
• giving evidence by video link on access to justice grounds; and
• the ability to use documents obtained under disclosure orders arising from a Mareva injunction in subsequent enforcement proceedings arising from an arbitral award.

Why us?

Our team of litigation lawyers in Hong Kong is led by Kareena Teh, a solicitor advocate with higher rights of audience which allows her to appear on civil actions at all levels of the Hong Kong court system. Formerly a barrister, she has substantial experience in appearing on civil actions and on criminal defence matters. This gives her a unique advantage in representing and advocating for clients in civil actions, including those involving fraud. As a dispute resolution lawyer, Kareena has successfully run appeals and applications before the Hong Kong High Court on novel issues and in arbitration.

Our team of lawyers have a deep understanding of business practices and regulatory systems, particularly of arbitration and litigation cases in Hong Kong and Mainland China where we represent companies and executives in various industries. We have also read law in Hong Kong and the Mainland China and trained and worked in international law firms for many years. As lawyers, we often call on our knowledge and experience in comparative Hong Kong and mainland China laws, regulations and business environments to develop and run impactful arguments for our clients, deliver commercially sound and practical solutions for dispute resolution while pursuing or defending enforcement actions.