Kevin Leung

Since joining Kirkland & Ellis, Kevin has advised on the following matters:

• Acting for a leading US financial institution in successfully obtaining Mareva and proprietary injunction before the Hong Kong Court, and subsequent enforcement proceedings in Hong Kong
• Acting for a Hong Kong-listed brand management group on debt restructuring and related insolvency proceedings, including appointment of provisional liquidator in Bermuda and winding-up proceedings in Singapore
• Acting for a major regional US bank in successfully obtaining Mareva and proprietary injunction, and parallel third party gagging order and disclosure order before the Hong Kong Court
• Advising a major private equity firm on funding and exercise of call option in respect of a PRC real estate joint venture
• Advising the ad hoc committee of bondholders of Modern Land (China) Co., Limited (HKSE: 1107)
• Advising on complex professional negligence claims for an international accounting firm
• Advising bondholder on litigation and enforcement strategy following borrower defaults

Prior to joining Kirkland & Ellis, Kevin’s representative matters have included:

• Represented a Chinese state-owned enterprise to defend an economic tort claim brought by a global port operator and challenge jurisdiction in the Hong Kong Court arising from strategic infrastructure projects related disputes in East Africa - the first “Belt and Road” litigation in Hong Kong
• Represented the “light touch” provisional liquidators of a Hong Kong-listed paper trading and manufacturing company appointed in Bermuda in a successful recognition application in the Hong Kong Court
• Acted for a high-net-worth beneficiary of a vast and complex estate in a high-profile dispute over appointment of professional administrators
• Acted for a Hong Kong-listed healthcare group in a High Court action for recovery of debts and enforcement of share mortgage over substantial assets in Hong Kong, Macau and the BVI
• Represented a Hong Kong-listed healthcare group to bring recovery actions in Hong Kong and the PRC following promissory note default
• Acted for the employer in an ad hoc construction arbitration to defend a substantial claim brought by the main contractor
• Advised a private bank in an investigation of a customer’s mis-selling complaint to the Hong Kong Monetary Authority
• Advised a multinational corporation in the regulator’s investigation on anti-money laundering matters

Associate, Baker & McKenzie

Trainee Solicitor, Baker & McKenzie