Dorothy Siron
Partner
Dorothy Siron is a leading asset recovery specialist, navigating the complex world of fraud and asset with a high rate of recovery for her client.
Partner
Dorothy Siron is a leading asset recovery specialist, navigating the complex world of fraud and asset with a high rate of recovery for her client.
Languages - English, Cantonese, Mandarin
Jurisdictions - Hong Kong, England & Wales,
British Columbia, Canada
Dorothy Siron is the go-to partner for clients seeking asset tracing and recovery in Hong Kong and the PRC. Her practice spans banking litigation, international trade, and commercial disputes, with a special focus on fraud, white-collar, cyber, and financial crimes. Dorothy's clients include multinational corporations and high-net-worth individuals who rely on her strategic insight and global expertise to navigate intricate legal landscapes.
Dorothy provides comprehensive and targeted support in recovering defrauded assets, employing innovative strategies and court applications to secure favourable outcomes. Her work includes obtaining asset freezing orders, tracing funds across borders, and enforcing foreign judgments. Dorothy's ability to act swiftly and decisively ensures her clients can protect their interests and recover losses effectively.
Recognised internationally for her litigation strategy, Dorothy is a fellow of the International Academy of Financial Crime Litigators and co-founder of the Hong Kong Chapter of Crypto Fraud and Asset Recovery. Her clients value her unparalleled attention to detail and creative insights, making her a trusted guide in the asset recovery and digital assets space.
Fraud & Asset Recovery
Recovered the full defrauded sum of around USD22 million for clients in a complex fraud on shareholder case after combining strategy and court applications.
Fraud and Asset Recovery
Represented a multinational food manufacturer-distributor in obtaining asset freezing and banker’s records orders against the recipients of funds upon discovery of the cross-border email and telephone fraud, and recovered almost 90% of the defrauded sum of USD9 million after five levels of tracing and downstream litigation via injunctions, banker’s records orders, vesting orders and garnishee orders.
Fraud and Asset Recovery
Obtained the first reported decision in Hong Kong granting an Norwich Pharmacal Order (NPO) in aid of post-judgment execution sought by a foreign judgment creditor against two banks for provision of bank documents relating to accounts of the judgment debtor, where she obtained a Gag Order against the banks. In the tracing exercise that was done, Swiss bank accounts were discovered as part of the investigation.
Fraud and Asset Recovery
Obtained an Injunction for CAD 9 million in fraud on a Trust Company perpetrated via a complex web of fraudulent investor emails
Cyber and Data Security
Victims of cybercrime are often deceived by either hacked emails or CEO fraud or phishing emails into payment money in fraudsters accounts by mistake. Dorothy is then called to jump in to obtain Injunctions and Bankers’ Records Orders to pursue and trace the funds to aid in recovery of the defrauded funds. She has been involved in an estimated 40 to 50 cases of cybercrime claims spanning the usual CEO fraud to the hacked email of varying amounts.
Commercial Litigation
Dorothy has conducted a wealth of commercial litigation and dispute cases involving banks, global corporations and international businesses and high net worth individuals, covering disputes, share-holder disputes, international trade, distributorship disputes, fraud and cyber-fraud and family estate disputes.
Finance Litigation
Dorothy has experience acting for several major banks in Hong Kong on retainer covering non-performing loans (NPL’s), asset and debt recovery, letters of credit disputes, injunctions, breach of guarantee disputes, asset recovery claims for the banks, debt-collection, and mortgagee actions.
Dispute Resolution
Acted for a set of trustees in a 14-party litigation claim launched by beneficiaries of the trust against the trustees, assets which included two hotels as well as global assets.
Dispute Resolution
Acted for the offspring of a high-net-worth individual over the distribution of his assets amongst family members in a highly contentious family dispute.
Consumer
Advised a Swiss watchmaker selling high-end luxury watches on a broad spectrum of matters from regulatory compliance and employment matters to contentious litigation including interpleader actions and Anton Piller Orders applications.
