Clyde & Co China Construction Head to Launch Own Firm in Hong Kong
Ian Cocking will leave the firm to launch his own practice with former construction partner Dennis Wong, who left Clyde & Co in December.
April 17, 2019 at 02:10 PM
3 minute read
Hong Kong
The head of Clyde & Co's Hong Kong and China construction group, Ian Cocking, is leaving the firm to launch his own firm with former partner Dennis Wong.
Cocking focuses on construction and project development matters, including contractual relationships, risk management strategies, and claims and dispute resolution. He is currently advising the Hong Kong government on its $3.8 billion Kai Tak Sports Park project, where local developer New World Development Co. Ltd. is on a 25-year contract to build and run a 28-hectare (69 acre) sports complex. Construction work is expected to be completed in 2023.
Before joining Clyde & Co in 2011, Cocking was a partner at MinterEllison for five years. Before that, he was a partner at Simmons & Simmons.
Joining Cocking at his new firm is former Clyde partner Dennis Wong, according to sources familiar with the matter. Wong left Clyde & Co in December and is currently a consultant at Hong Kong firm LT Lawyers. He joined Clyde as part of Cocking's team from MinterEllison in 2011 and made partner in 2017.
Hong Kong partner Gilbert Kwok will lead the construction practice following Cocking's departure, according to Christopher Jobson, Clyde's Asia managing partner. Hong Kong partner Patrick Perry also advises on construction matters.
"The firm remains fully committed to construction, which is one of our core sectors, and is well advanced in its plans to grow and expand our offering in the coming months and years," Jobson said in a statement, adding that the firm is currently talking to several potential lateral partner hires across Hong Kong and southeast Asia.
In December, Jobson told Law.com's The Asian Lawyer that Clyde is "a sleeping giant", aiming to have more than 300 lawyers in Asia-Pacific by 2022; the firm had about 240 lawyers across nine offices at the time. Jobson also said the growth will be fuelled by lateral and team hires, particularly those that complement the firm's core sectors of insurance, energy, trade and commodities, infrastructure and transport.
In January, aviation partner Peter Coles joined Clyde & Co in Hong Kong from HFW.
Related Stories:
'Sleeping Giant' in Asia: Clyde & Co Plans to Grow 30 Percent in Three Years
Clyde & Co Expands Hong Kong Office With Two Additional Partners
This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
To view this content, please continue to their sites.
Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
NOT FOR REPRINT
© 2025 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.
You Might Like
View All
CAT Dismisses Claim Because Class Rep Lacked ‘Understanding’ of Own Funding Arrangement
CMS Sheds 15 Real Estate Lawyers Following Second Redundancy Round in 18 Months
2 minute read
Former Dentons, Baker McKenzie Partners Join Hong Kong Boutique Linked to China's Yingke
Trending Stories
- 1Can a Law Firm Institutionalize Its Culture? Boies Schiller’s New Chairman Will Try
- 2Full 8th Circuit Hears First Amendment Challenge to School District’s ‘Equity Training’
- 3Exploring Generative AI’s Impact on Intellectual Property
- 4Training Lawyers in AI and Using AI to Boost Training
- 5EB-5 Rebounds After a Rocky Year: Challenges of 2024 Lay Groundwork for a Booming 2025
Who Got The Work
J. Brugh Lower of Gibbons has entered an appearance for industrial equipment supplier Devco Corporation in a pending trademark infringement lawsuit. The suit, accusing the defendant of selling knock-off Graco products, was filed Dec. 18 in New Jersey District Court by Rivkin Radler on behalf of Graco Inc. and Graco Minnesota. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi, is 3:24-cv-11294, Graco Inc. et al v. Devco Corporation.
Who Got The Work
Rebecca Maller-Stein and Kent A. Yalowitz of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer have entered their appearances for Hanaco Venture Capital and its executives, Lior Prosor and David Frankel, in a pending securities lawsuit. The action, filed on Dec. 24 in New York Southern District Court by Zell, Aron & Co. on behalf of Goldeneye Advisors, accuses the defendants of negligently and fraudulently managing the plaintiff's $1 million investment. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Vernon S. Broderick, is 1:24-cv-09918, Goldeneye Advisors, LLC v. Hanaco Venture Capital, Ltd. et al.
Who Got The Work
Attorneys from A&O Shearman has stepped in as defense counsel for Toronto-Dominion Bank and other defendants in a pending securities class action. The suit, filed Dec. 11 in New York Southern District Court by Bleichmar Fonti & Auld, accuses the defendants of concealing the bank's 'pervasive' deficiencies in regards to its compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act and the quality of its anti-money laundering controls. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian, is 1:24-cv-09445, Gonzalez v. The Toronto-Dominion Bank et al.
Who Got The Work
Crown Castle International, a Pennsylvania company providing shared communications infrastructure, has turned to Luke D. Wolf of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani to fend off a pending breach-of-contract lawsuit. The court action, filed Nov. 25 in Michigan Eastern District Court by Hooper Hathaway PC on behalf of The Town Residences LLC, accuses Crown Castle of failing to transfer approximately $30,000 in utility payments from T-Mobile in breach of a roof-top lease and assignment agreement. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Susan K. Declercq, is 2:24-cv-13131, The Town Residences LLC v. T-Mobile US, Inc. et al.
Who Got The Work
Wilfred P. Coronato and Daniel M. Schwartz of McCarter & English have stepped in as defense counsel to Electrolux Home Products Inc. in a pending product liability lawsuit. The court action, filed Nov. 26 in New York Eastern District Court by Poulos Lopiccolo PC and Nagel Rice LLP on behalf of David Stern, alleges that the defendant's refrigerators’ drawers and shelving repeatedly break and fall apart within months after purchase. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Joan M. Azrack, is 2:24-cv-08204, Stern v. Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
Featured Firms
Law Offices of Gary Martin Hays & Associates, P.C.
(470) 294-1674
Law Offices of Mark E. Salomone
(857) 444-6468
Smith & Hassler
(713) 739-1250
