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About Tony Chow
Tony leads the firm’s Hong Kong contentious insolvency practice. Based in Hong Kong, he is part of the firm’s Asia Restructuring & Capital Solutions team and also works in the firm’s Dispute Resolution practice.
Tony has over a decade of experience advising clients on distressed situations, contentious and non-contentious restructurings, corporate insolvencies, and a broad range of commercial, shareholder/company, trust and estate, and injunction-related disputes.
Earlier in his career, Tony was admitted to the New York and Hong Kong bar, and now practises as a Solicitor-Advocate in Hong Kong. He regularly represents clients in court and arbitration proceedings involving restructuring and insolvency matters as well as high-stakes disputes. He is recognised as a leading restructuring and insolvency lawyer in IFLR1000 and Chambers Greater China.
Recent work
Restructuring/Insolvency
- Advised on China Evergrande Group’s proposed restructuring of offshore liabilities exceeding US$23bn and winding-up proceedings in Hong Kong.*
- Advised HNA Aviation as the white knight investor in Hong Kong Airlines’ successful US$6.2bn debt restructuring involving parallel restructuring processes via a Hong Kong scheme of arrangement and UK restructuring plan.*
- Advised the ad hoc group of bondholders of Helenbergh China Holdings Ltd in relation to the proposed debt restructuring of US$657 million notes, appearing as counsel in the Hong Kong High Court in the winding up proceedings.*
- Advised the liquidators (from PricewaterhouseCoopers) of the Shanghai Huaxin Group in the overall conduct of the liquidation proceedings in Hong Kong and Chapter 15 proceedings in the US.*
Dispute resolution
- Advised Credit Suisse and a consortium of investment banks in relation to their claims in the Luckin Coffee/Charles Lu dispute, involving bankruptcy, insolvency and enforcement actions in Hong Kong, the Cayman Islands, the BVI and Canada.*
- Advised China Life in a multi-jurisdictional, complex commercial litigation involving claims arising out of a pre-IPO investment in Lung Ming Mining Group. Won summary judgment in excess of US$150m in the Hong Kong courts and successfully obtained worldwide freezing orders and injunctive relief in the Hong Kong and BVI courts in the subsequent enforcement actions.*
- Advised the governing board of Deloitte in the defence of claims brought against it by certain partners. Successfully obtained a stay of the Hong Kong proceedings in favour of arbitration and won indemnity costs.*
- Advised the executors of the estate of a prominent Hong Kong tycoon in the defence of Hong Kong proceedings, appearing as counsel in the Hong Kong High Court and Court of Appeal. Successfully obtained a complete dismissal of the plaintiff’s summary judgment application.*
*Representation occurred prior to joining Freshfields.
Qualifications
Education
- Columbia Law School, LLM
- University of Oxford, BA (Law)
Professional qualifications
- Hong Kong (Solicitor-Advocate, Higher Rights)
- Hong Kong (Solicitor)
- New York Bar