OUR PEOPLE - WONG Kam Wah, Conti

Brief Introduction

Mr. Conti WONG has extensive experience in advising on both contentious and non-contentious commercial matters. His practice focuses on corporate finance, insolvency, debt restructuring, shareholder disputes and commercial litigation. He has advised companies and sponsors on initial public offerings and listings on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, and has been involved in numerous corporate project financing and debt restructuring projects in Asia.

Conti represents and advises clients on various shareholder disputes involving listed, public and private companies. He also advises on mergers and acquisitions, cross-border transactions, setting up of trust and intellectual property matters.

Focus Areas / Practice Groups

Civil Litigation
Commercial
Corporate Finance
Corporate Rescue
Criminal Litigation & Regulatory Investigation
Trust & Assets Protection

Qualifications / Admissions

1994: LL.B. (Hons.) – City University of Hong Kong
1995: P.C.LL. – City University of Hong Kong
1996: LL.M. (Commercial and Corporate Law) – University of London, King’s College London
1999: Admitted in Hong Kong
2010: Designated Qualification (Insolvency) – Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants
2016: Sustainability Reporting Diploma – The Association of International Accountants
2024: Certified Trust Practitioner – Hong Kong Trustees’ Association

Key Cases / Experiences

Acting for a client to obtain a summary judgment in a contractual dispute in the sum of more than HK$20 million, and successfully resisted the appeal by the defendant
Acting for a group of claimants to claim damages in a ferry accident
Acting in a variety of regulatory and professional disciplinary matters, including SFC and HKEX
Advising and acting for a PRC bank in successfully applying for assets freezing injunction against a Hong Kong listed company
Advising on a scheme of arrangement involving a well-known Hong Kong private company which was on the business of film development
Acting for a party in a litigation involving issues of licensing scheme of karaoke license
Acting for various defendants from various jurisdictions in opposing and discharging Mareva injunction and challenging the jurisdiction of Court of Hong Kong. For this case, there are total 7 sets of related legal proceedings simultaneously conducted in BVI and PRC
Acting for a petitioner in successfully applying for Provisional Liquidators for a well-known Hong Kong private company engaged in the business of television broadcasting in Hong Kong
Acting for minority shareholders of a Hong Kong listed company and successfully supporting the appointment of a receiver of the Hong Kong listed company
Acting for a Hong Kong listed company and successfully defending a claim for lifting corporate veil and assets stripping
Advising a beneficial shareholder of a Hong Kong listed company as the defendants in an unfair prejudice proceedings and successfully striking out the plaintiff’s claims on the ground of no locus standi for lack of leave to commence such legal proceedings from BVI Court