Protective Remedies Series (II):

Interim relief (i) in the corporate

context & (ii) in matrimonial

cases

Learn about protective remedies in two

practice areas, (i) interim relief relating

to companies in the context of (a)

preservation of corporate assets, and

(b) shareholders’ disputes, and (ii)

interim relief in matrimonial cases. .

Date:

Time:

Presenters:

Venue:

9 October 2019 (Wednesday)

2:30 pm – 5:40 pm

James Wood, Isabel Tam, Tara Liao

Denis Chang’s Chambers,

9/F One Lippo Centre, 89 Queensway

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14:15 Registration

14:30

Interim relief in the corporate context, with

an emphasis on preservation of company

assets, including director’s right to inspect

documents, Mareva injunctions, appointment

of provisional liquidators and powers of

provisional liquidators, powers available to

liquidators, examination of relevant persons

under s.286B of the Companies (Winding Up

and Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance

(Cap.32), and appointment of receivers.

– James Wood

15:40

Interlocutory injunctions concerning internal

management of the company (including

meetings and board composition) and

shareholders’ voting rights in the context of

shareholders’ disputes.

– Tara Liao

16:30 Refreshment break

Programme

16:40

Protective remedies in the matrimonial

context, including: Mareva applications in

respect of alleged matrimonial assets;

applications under s.17 of the Matrimonial

Proceedings and Property Ordinance (Cap

192); and applications related to domestic

violence.

– Isabel Tam

17:25

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17:40

Q & A

Next

We will have Civil Procedure Update 2019 on

17 October 2019 in which we will discuss latest

cases and updates on civil procedure. Stay

tuned!

Programme

Speakers

Tara Liao

Tara was called to the bar in 2015 and is developing a

broad civil practice in commercial injunctions, company

and insolvency, competition, trust, arbitration, defamation,

land, insurance and cross-border disputes.

Before joining the bar, Tara was a solicitor at Kennedys

specialising in commercial litigation and regulatory

matters. In addition to her Hong Kong qualifications, she

has a bachelor degree in PRC Laws from Peking University

and passed the PRC bar examination before completing

her common law education and training.

James Wood

James is an experienced litigator whose legal career in

Hong Kong spans more than two decades. His association

with Denis Chang’s Chambers goes back to 1993, when he

served as a summer pupil in the chambers.

James was most recently a Solicitor Advocate and Partner

at an international law firm before transferring to the Hong

Kong Bar. He has practised as a financial services and

disputes lawyer with Freshfields, Goldman Sachs and

O’Melveny & Myers, where he acted on some of the best-

known cases arising out of the global financial crisis.

Isabel Tam

Isabel Tam was called in 2013 and has a broad civil

practice. She was awarded the Bar Scholarship in 2012.

Her practice has an emphasis on public law, family law,

commercial law, regulatory matters, and land law and

building management.

Isabel graduated with a first class LLB and with distinction

in her LLM. She has an MA in competition law. She is also

a US-qualified attorney.

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