Guantao HK expands corporate, commercial and IP team
We are very pleased to announce that Keung Yui Fai and Yen Barry Joseph joined Guantao Hong Kong office as partners on September 2, 2024, who were joined by a team of four lawyers. Keung and Yen are long-established senior Hong Kong lawyers, who have won numerous legal awards, published a number of professional articles and are active in many industry bodies.
Keung focuses on two areas of practice. One is dispute resolution in various respects, including but not limited to arbitrations conducted in Hong Kong and foreign countries, the enforcement of domestic and foreign judgments in Hong Kong and insolvency % liquidation (including personal insolvency or company winding up). Specifically, he has handled disputes relating to intellectual property, private international law, defamation and large estates, property, contracts, joint ventures and corporate shareholders. The other is cross-border transactional services, company incorporation, mergers and acquisitions, capital raisings and reorganizations, setting up trusts and funds, and dealing with the passing on of wealth. Keung is a Hong Kong solicitor, China-appointed attesting officer and notary public. He is also qualified to practice law in Australia and Singapore.
Yen focuses on commercial, corporate, and IP matters, with an emphasis on disputed and non-disputed intellectual property; information technology and licensing; advertising, entertainment, gaming, media law, and personal data and privacy. He is a Hong Kong solicitor and is also admitted to practice in Australia and the U.K.
Grace P Yan, Managing Partner of Guantao Hong Kong, said:
We are pleased to welcome Keung and Yen to our Guantao Hong Kong office. The addition of these two senior lawyers will further enhance the strength of our commercial and intellectual property practice. With our 30-office platform in Guantao and our ability to provide both Hong Kong SAR and mainland Chinese law advice, we will better meet our clients' growing demand for one-stop full services, particularly in the areas of cross-border dispute resolution, intellectual property, data compliance and wealth management.
Keung Yui Fai said:
I am truly grateful for the privilege of being a member of the Guantao team. With the "law-based, client-first" philosophy, I have accumulated a wealth of experience and resources in working across regions for over thirty years. We look forward to receiving your attention and support in the future. By cooperating with you in various areas, we will be able to effectively expand and provide one-stop legal services with high quality.
Yen Barry Joseph said:
I am pleased to lead the team to join Guantao 's big family. The law is all about building trustworthy, long-term working relationships with clients, and with over 35 years of experience as an intellectual property lawyer, I am committed to continuing this goal with my new colleagues at Guantao. I look forward to being able to utilize the expertise and networking platform of Guantao and devote my full efforts to serving our clients, to achieve outstanding success.
