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December 2022

DIRECTOR’S DUTY TO COMPANY’S CREDITORS...

The recent UK judgement of BTI 2014 LLC v Sequana SA and others revives the issue as to whether a director’s duty should extend to consider and act in the interests of the creditors of the company. In Sequana, the director’s fiduciary duty to...
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December 2022

Gallant proudly celebrates 45 years in Hong Kong...

GALLANT celebrates its 45th anniversary this year. Since we commenced our business in 1977, our firm has grown to become one of the most established and notable full-service independent law firms in Hong Kong, offering comprehensive legal services...
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December 2022

Gallant’s 45th Anniversary Dinner...

2022 is our firm Gallant’s 45th Anniversary and we had a wonderful dinner ceremony on 16 December at the Hong Kong Jockey Club. All partners and solicitors attending the event were well-dressed and we also invited our various ex-managing partners...
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December 2022

THE LAW SOCIETY 2022 PRO BONO AND COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD...

Mr Philip Wong, our Managing Partner and Head of Commercial Department and Ms Annie Wong, our Partner and Head of Real Estate Department, have been awarded pro bono individual awards under the Pro Bono and Community Work Recognition Programme 2022...
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November 2022

The Uplifted Threshold of Application for Summary Judgement in Fraud Case...

The cyber world today inevitably leads to fraud cases from websites, apps and emails. A typical case is that the fraudster creates a sham transaction that captures the victim’s fund to a third party’s bank account. The Police’s investigation...
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November 2022

Partners’ Retreat 2022...

A law firm’s success depends on its people. Communication is the key for the people to understand each other and work as a cohesive team. On a Saturday morning, our Managing Partner invited some of our partners to have a retreat outside office. We...
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November 2022

PARTNERS AND CONSULTANTS THANKSGIVING 2022...

In about a week’s time, we will be celebrating Thanksgiving holiday. It is a tradition of our firm at this time of the year to invite our retired partners and consultants to come for dinner together with all our existing partners and...
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October 2022

Conflict of Inheritance Laws in Hong Kong and PRC...

The inheritance of assets in Hong Kong by a Mainland resident is always of interest to the Mainland counterparts. It is common for a Mainland resident to have various investments in Hong Kong ranging from landed properties to movable assets like...
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October 2022

2022 NEWLY ADMITTED SOLICITORS...

Our congratulations to the three trainee solicitors of our firm Asta Fan, Cyril Zhang and Lilian Lee, who after two years’ hard work and intensive training are finally admitted and enrolled as a solicitor of Hong Kong SAR on 15 October 2022. They...
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October 2022

GALLANT MANAGING PARTNER APPOINTED A JUDGE FOR 21st KINGFISHER ALB HONG KONG LAW AWARDS 2022...

We have pleasure to announce that our Managing Partner Mr Philip Wong has been appointed as one of the judges for the 21st Kingfisher ALB Hong Kong Law Awards 2022 held on 9 September 2022. This year more than 650 entries from 121 law firms and...