Eviana Leung

My focus

The focus of my practice is on China and I mainly advise on liquidation, re-structuring, listed company internal investigation, shareholders’ disputes, trade conflicts, recovery of high value debts, arbitration, injunction, and other procedural matters.

I offer practical solutions and strategic planning to accommodate clients’ business and personal needs. I advise both contentious and non-contentious matters including cross border and international trade disputes, company liquidation and individual bankruptcy, corporate re-structuring and schemes of arrangement, company matters, shareholder disputes, breach of directors’ duties, corporate internal and forensic investigations, maritime cases, insurance matters, regulatory issues, and enforcement prosecutions.

Looking ahead

A crucial part of the future of the Hong Kong legal system will be its ability and opportunity to connect and work with our Mainland counterparts. We have already seen a number of arrangements entered into between Hong Kong and the Mainland judicial authorities to strengthen the resolution of cross-border disputes, including the recognition and enforcement of court judgments and arbitral awards in both jurisdictions. The scope of these arrangements will no doubt be streamlined and expanded in the future, which will be welcomed by lawyers and businesses alike. The Greater Bay Area Legal Professional Examination allowing experienced lawyers in Hong Kong to obtain Mainland practice qualification is another big step towards integration into the national development plans, allowing Hong Kong lawyers like myself to provide greater assistance to clients in the adjudication and enforcement of their legal rights in cross-border disputes. I am fortunate to experience and be part of the significant integration process, and very much look forward to working closely with clients to achieve successful and satisfactory outcomes in resolving their disputes.

Representative experience

Public Offices

• Member of Building Committee of the Hong Kong Housing Authority
• Member of The Road Safety Council
• Member of New Territories Regional Mainland Affairs Committee of Scott Association of Hong Kong
• Adjudicator of Immigration Tribunal
• Member of The Unsolicited Electronic Messages (Enforcement Notices) Appeal Board
• Member of The Leveraged Foreign Exchange Trading Arbitration Panel
• Member (Practising Solicitor) of The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal Panel
• Member of Ethics Committee (Member) of Chinese Medicine Council of Hong Kong

Professional Involvement

• Volunteer Lecturer of the Online Course for Peking University Law School, The Law Society of Hong Kong (2022)
• Member of The Committee on Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (“RCEP”) Agreement—Working Parties on Trade in Goods (Chapter 2) and Professional Services (Chapter 8: Annex 8C), The Law Society of Hong Kong (2022)
• Moderator of In-house Lawyers Committee: Sweat & Glory 202l discussion on shipping industry, The Law Society of Hong Kong (2021)
• Member of Sub-Committee on Proactive Management Based Regulation, The Law Society of Hong Kong (since 2021)
• Interviewer of The Oral History Project of the Working Party on Historical Archive, The Law Society of Hong Kong (2020)
• Member of The Cross Strait Four Regions Young Lawyers Forum 2020 Organising Committee, The Law Society of Hong Kong (2020)
• Member The Overseas Lawyers Qualification Examination (OLQE) Committee, The Law Society of Hong Kong (since 2019)

Qualifications

• Accredited Mediator on the HKMAAL general panel
• Accredited Mediator on the HKIAC general panel