Dentons (Courtesy photo)Dentons Hires Longtime Hogan Lovells Litigation Partner in Hong Kong
Allan Leung was a 30-year Lovells veteran and served as Hong Kong office managing partner between 2004 and 2014.
March 25, 2019 at 12:50 PM
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By John Kang
Dentons has recruited longtime Hogan Lovells Hong Kong partner Allan Leung, as the firm continues to strengthen its disputes practice.
Leung, who left Hogan Lovells after three decades at the beginning of this year, will join Dentons as a partner in Hong Kong in May. He has a broad disputes practice, advising on corporate commercial, fraud and asset recovery, financial services and regulatory, judicial review, environmental, product liability, cross-border contentious insolvency and employment.
He joined legacy Lovells in 1989 and made partner in 1993. Leung also served as Lovells' Hong Kong office managing partner for a decade from 2004. He started his career at legacy Sedgwick Phelan & Partners in Manchester, England, where he trained and practiced from 1984 to 1989.*
Leung is currently a member of the Law Reform Commission of Hong Kong, which considers reforming aspects of Hong Kong law referred by the secretary for justice or the chief justice. He also served as a high court deputy master—a temporary appointment in the judiciary for lawyers at law firms.
Dentons' Hong Kong managing partner Keith Brandt, who Leung describes as a “good friend of 30 years,” said Leung's experience in cross-border disputes coupled with his Chinese language capability will strengthen the firm's offering to Chinese clients and help contribute to the firm's strategic development in Greater China.
In addition to Leung and Brandt, Dentons' Hong Kong disputes team also includes partners Richard Keady and Robert Rhoda. Both Keady and Rhoda joined the global legal giant in December as part of a six-lawyer disputes team from Bird & Bird, where Keady served as Asia-Pacific disputes head.
*Correction March 29: An earlier version of this story misstated that Sedgwick Phelan & Partners went bankrupt last year. It is San Francisco-based Sedgwick that went bankrupt, not Manchester-based Sedgwick Phelan & Partners (now Sedgwick Legal). A correction has been made to reflect that. We regret the error.
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