Bio
Jimmy Chung is a Legal Manager in the Dispute Resolution Department of Appleby’s Hong Kong office.
Jimmy is experienced in advising on a broad range of cross-border commercial disputes for corporates, investment funds, financial institutions, high-net-worth individuals and family businesses.
His practice focuses on shareholder disputes, fraud and asset tracing, restructuring-related litigation and regulatory investigations.
Jimmy is fluent in English, Cantonese and Mandarin. Prior to joining Appleby, he worked at a leading boutique dispute resolution law firm and one of the oldest local law firm in Hong Kong.
Bio
Jimmy Chung is a Legal Manager in the Dispute Resolution Department of Appleby’s Hong Kong office.
Jimmy is experienced in advising on a broad range of cross-border commercial disputes for corporates, investment funds, financial institutions, high-net-worth individuals and family businesses.
His practice focuses on shareholder disputes, fraud and asset tracing, restructuring-related litigation and regulatory investigations.
Jimmy is fluent in English, Cantonese and Mandarin. Prior to joining Appleby, he worked at a leading boutique dispute resolution law firm and one of the oldest local law firm in Hong Kong.
Work Highlights
- Acted for a Hong Kong subsidiary of a PRC conglomerate and its ultimate beneficial owner in debt recovery proceedings, involving a jurisdictional challenge and the application of the Duomatic principle under BVI law.
- Acted for a private equity fund in a Chinese-language HKIAC arbitration concerning breaches of a shareholders’ agreement, and advised on enforcement of the award in Hong Kong, the PRC, the Cayman Islands and the United States.
- Acted as sole advocate for fraud victims in obtaining Norwich Pharmacal orders to trace misappropriated funds.
* Includes matters completed by the lawyer prior to joining Appleby.
- Acted for a Hong Kong subsidiary of a PRC conglomerate and its ultimate beneficial owner in debt recovery proceedings, involving a jurisdictional challenge and the application of the Duomatic principle under BVI law.
- Acted for a private equity fund in a Chinese-language HKIAC arbitration concerning breaches of a shareholders’ agreement, and advised on enforcement of the award in Hong Kong, the PRC, the Cayman Islands and the United States.
- Acted as sole advocate for fraud victims in obtaining Norwich Pharmacal orders to trace misappropriated funds.
* Includes matters completed by the lawyer prior to joining Appleby.
Qualifications & Education
Jimmy was admitted as a solicitor in Hong Kong (non-practising) and in England and Wales, and has passed the New York Bar Examination (admission pending).
- University of East Anglia – LLB (Hons)
Jimmy was admitted as a solicitor in Hong Kong (non-practising) and in England and Wales, and has passed the New York Bar Examination (admission pending).
- University of East Anglia – LLB (Hons)
