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Walter Lee
Partner : Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department, Information
Technology Department
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(852) 2825 2507
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Fax :
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(852) 2845 9294
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Email :
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walterlee@gallantho.com
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Address :
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5/F., Jardine House,
1 Connaught Place,
Central, Hong Kong.
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LL.B. (Hons.) University of Hong
Kong
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LL.M. University of London
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Solicitor of Hong Kong (1993)
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Solicitor of England and Wales
(1995) (non-practising)
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Member of The Chartered Institute of
Arbitrators, East Asia Branch (2000)
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Civil Celebrant of Marriages (2006)
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Experience :
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Extensive experience in banking
litigation, corporate rescue, insolvency and restructuring. Acting
for both international and local banks in complex loan recovery actions.
Advising liquidators and provisional liquidators in insolvency and
restructuring, and advising listed companies in schemes of
arrangement. Representing banks in claims for misrepresentation,
negligence and breach of trust on the part of banks. Advising banks
on various compliance issues. Regularly acting for banks in
professional negligence claims against their former lawyers in
handling mortgage loan transactions. Acting as liquidator in
winding up cases and trustee-in-bankruptcy in bankruptcy cases in
place of the Official Receiver.
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Significant experience in
anti-discrimination laws, privacy and data protection, and
implementation of various codes of practice. Advising banks, listed
companies, tertiary institutions and NGOs on anti-discrimination
laws, privacy and data protection. Acting for clients in court, ADR
and internal review procedures, providing strategic advice and
drafting documentation.
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Regularly advising employers in both
public and private sectors, including listed companies, tertiary
institutions and NGOs on a wide range of contentious and
non-contentious employment matters. Acting for employers in appeal
courts, ADR and internal investigation, disciplinary procedures and
termination procedures, providing strategic advice and drafting
documentation for human resources departments.
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Extensive experience in property and
construction disputes. Considerable involvement in professional
negligence claims in property transactions. Significant experience
in arbitration and ADR involving construction disputes.
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Languages :
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Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin) and
English
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Public Services :
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Member of Employment Law Committee
of The Law Society of Hong Kong
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Member of the External Course
Development Team, Master of Laws in Chinese Business Laws (Business
Applications) programme, The Open University of Hong Kong
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Member, Awards Committee on Hong
Kong Awards for Environmental Excellence, Environmental Campaign
Committee (a government-appointed committee organising green
activities jointly with Environmental Protection Department)
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Honorary Legal Adviser of The Hong
Kong Children’s Choir
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Honorary Legal Advisor of Teach
Unlimited Foundation
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Publication :
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Co-author, Butterworths' Contract
Law Handbook (2003)
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Co-author, Hong Kong Court Forms
(Butterworths, 2002), Title V, Companies (General)
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Co-author, Butterworths'
Conveyancing and Property Law Handbook (1st edition: 1998, 2nd
edition: 2002)
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Co-author, some chapters in Butterworths' Annotated
Ordinances of Hong Kong, including Conveyancing and Property
Ordinance (1st edition: 1998, 2nd edition: 2001) and Securities
(Insider Dealing) Ordinance (1995)
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