Bryan specialises in commercial disputes and insolvency litigation.
He has extensive experience in all aspects of dispute resolution acting primarily for financial services companies, financial institutions, turnaround management firms and insolvency appointment holders. He often handles challenging commercial and insolvency related disputes. He has managed large scale high profile disputes from the Hong Kong High Court of First Instance through to the Court of Final Appeal. He has particular experience of borrower default actions, insolvencies, receiverships, fraud, breach of fiduciary duties by directors and officers, shareholder disputes and professional negligence claims. Bryan also has considerable experience of managing multi-jurisdiction litigation including PRC cross-border disputes and insolvencies and pursuing multiple claims following a corporate collapse, usually following the discovery of fraudulent schemes by the former management.
Recent representation:
• Advising the Liquidators of the largest scrap metal supplier in China on all aspects of the liquidation arising from a large scale fraudulent scheme including obtaining urgent worldwide freezing and asset disclosure orders against the Chairman and multiple corporate defendants to restrain the disposal of assets worth HK$1.6 billion and related litigation in Hong Kong and the PRC to obtain control of onshore assets.
• Advising a Hong Kong financial services company on the recovery of substantial funds improperly removed from the client account of a major US law firm as part of a fraudulent scheme by a former partner involving payments of HK$8 billion and the related criminal investigation by the CCB.
• Advising a major US private equity firm with regard to proceedings in Hong Kong against the former directors of a security monitoring services provider in China to recover substantial damages caused by misrepresentations in the offering prospectus.
• Advising a leading investment bank as security trustee on enforcement action on behalf of a group of lenders following a payment default on a US$500 million credit facility agreement with a PRC property development company including successfully obtaining urgent injunctive relief to prevent a transfer of shares to a related company.
• Advising a bondholder group on security enforcement and litigation strategy in Hong Kong and the PRC and potential exit solutions following a default by a major PRC supplier of agricultural products on a US$200 million convertible bond.
• Advising a bondholder group on security enforcement and litigation strategy in Hong Kong and the PRC and potential exit solutions following payment defaults by a major PRC medical device manufacturer on US$150 million and US$276 million convertible notes.
• Advising a major Hong Kong licensed bank on its duties and obligations with regard to a statutory request by the Liquidators of a major PRC supplier of iron ore for disclosure of confidential documents relating to financial transactions involving multiple corporate account holders.
• Advising the liquidators of Hong Kong’s largest motor insurer, including the initial appointment of joint managers and subsequently provisional liquidators and related asset recovery litigation.
