Larissa Tsang
Associate
Larissa is an associate in the litigation team of the Hong Kong office. She has worked on a wide variety of complex commercial litigation, and contentious insolvency matters with cross-border elements.
Associate
Larissa is an associate in the litigation team of the Hong Kong office. She has worked on a wide variety of complex commercial litigation, and contentious insolvency matters with cross-border elements.
Languages - English, Cantonese, Mandarin
Jurisdiction - Hong Kong
Larissa has advised and represented high-net-worth individuals (e.g. Hong Kong, the PRC, Singapore, and Taiwan), private enterprises, and listed companies.
She has worked on high-stakes contentious matters involving allegations of fraud, derivative products, securities trading, complex financial transactions, guarantees, and shareholders’ disputes.
Larissa has gained hands-on experience across all stages of court proceedings. In particular, she has dealt with various urgent time-sensitive applications such as Mareva injunctions, injunctions in aid of foreign arbitration, urgent appeal to the Court of Appeal, stay of execution, and prohibition orders.
On the contentious insolvency front, she has experience dealing with statutory demands, bankruptcy and winding-up petitions, and the replacement of liquidators.
Larissa is also developing her practice in regulatory matters as well. She assisted clients in investigations by the Commercial Crime Bureau, the Securities Futures Commission, and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Given the cross-border nature of many of her cases, Larissa regularly works with lawyers from different jurisdictions, such as the PRC, Taiwan, Singapore, the US, and the Cayman Islands.
Dispute with securities firm involving derivatives products
Successfully set aside a Statutory Demand (based on a personal guarantee) by a securities broker, arguing that the trading of the underlying derivative products is illegal under the Hong Kong Gambling Ordinance.Shareholder's dispute involving a yoga and fitness group business
Assisted a listed company in a shareholders' dispute (yoga and fitness group business) with accounting and valuation issues; multiple court proceedings in Hong Kong, Singapore and Cayman.Defended high-net-worth Taiwanese in dispute involving listed company's shares and dividends
Assisted a high-net-worth Taiwanese to resist a trust claim involving millions of dividends, and shares in a listed company.Challenging validity of agreement based on misrepresentation
Assisted a company to seek rescission of a subscription agreement for shares in a listed company based on misrepresentation.Challenging jurisdiction of the HK court
Assisted a client to seek a forum non conveniens stay of the Hong Kong proceedings in favour of the Singapore Court; Multiple related Hong Kong (e.g. derivative and estate actions) and Singapore proceedings involved.Injunction with cross-border elements
Assisted a client in the technology business to oppose an injunction of over USD 55 million in aid of US arbitration proceedings.Resist enforcement orders
Successfully set aside enforcement orders for arbitral awards made in arbitration proceedings administered by the Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration on various grounds including public policy.Urgent appeal to the Court of Appeal
Successfully made an urgent appeal to the Court of Appeal to set aside the Order made by the Bankruptcy Judge on grounds that there is an appeal regarding the subject debt in the lower court.Challenging nomination of liquidators
Successfully opposed the nomination of liquidators on grounds of misalignment of interests.Handled enquiries from regulators
Advised clients in investigations by the Commercial Crimes Bureau, Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Stock Exchange, and handled enquiries from the liquidators of various private equity funds
