YU Tat Fung

We offer legal services to a wide variety of domestic, Mainland and international corporate clients on a diverse range of commercial transactions including:

• establishment and maintenance of limited companies
• setting up joint ventures and strategic alliances
• franchising, licensing and technology transfer
• agency and distributorship
• mortgage loan and other related security documentation
• loan financing involving participations and syndications

We assist multi-national corporations and small-to-medium enterprises across all industries in their investment and trade activities in Mainland China including:

• setting up of foreign invested enterprises (wholly foreign owned enterprise, equity joint venture, cooperative joint venture) and representative offices
• mergers and acquisitions
• intellectual property protection
• employment
• real estate
• foreign trade
• construction and infrastructure projects
• dispute resolutions

We work closely with Mainland Chinese government officials and government agencies and other professionals in executing transactions.

Two of our partners, Mr. Fred Kan and Mr. Rix Chung, are China-Appointed Attesting Officers in Hong Kong. They are authorized by the Ministry of Justice of the Government of the People’s Republic of China to prepare and attest legal documents for use in Mainland China.

Our Litigation Department has a combined long history and extensive experience which is actively involved in various types of court actions including:

• shareholder disputes
• contractual disputes
• bankruptcy and corporate liquidation
• personal injury and fatal accident claims
• probate and administration
• defamation
• real estate and tenancy disputes
• judicial review
• financial and investment disputes
• insurance
• tax disputes

Our firm is one of the few law firms in Hong Kong for the Professional Indemnity Scheme of the Law Society of Hong Kong. In this role, we represent insurers and the insured in professional negligence claims brought by the ex-clients of the insured. Our insurance team is led by our partner Mr. Edward Tse, our senior consultant Mr. Brian Baillie, and assisted by our associates, Ms. Laura Chien and Ms. Sheryl Shing.