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Barbara P.Y. Kwong

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Barbara joined OLN as a trainee solicitor in 2017, and received training in both non-contentious commercial matters including company restructuring, due diligence, shareholders’ agreement drafting and general commercial matters (including but not limited to other commercial agreements drafting and matters on employment and data privacy), as well as contentious matters involving shareholders’ disputes, commercial disputes, employment disputes, probate matters, family matters and debt recovery.

Admissions and Memberships

Since 2019 Solicitor, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Education

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Postgraduate Certificate in Laws (PCLL)

Juris Doctor (JD) with the graduation dean’s list award

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Bachelor of Business Administration degree (double majoring in Economics and Finance) with First Class Honours

Notable Cases
M&A Experience

  • Conduct legal due diligence in various mergers and acquisitions and provide legal advice and assistance on the relevant transactions, including targets conducting businesses in operation of chain restaurants, money lending, etc.
  • Provide legal advice and assistance in court-free amalgamation for various clients
  • Act for leading multinational banks (as the lead arranger), and provide legal advice and assistance (including drafting / reviewing the guarantee and security documents, advising on the procedures for perfecting and registering the securities, advising on the procedures and drafting the documents required for syndication of the loans etc.) in respect of secured syndicated loans in various leveraged buy-out
  • Provide legal assistance to mezzanine lenders in various leveraged buy-out
  • Act for a multinational education technology company group conducting businesses in various jurisdictions and provide legal advice and assistance on its restructuring and equity and debt financing
  • Act for a Hong Kong company engaged in carnival business, and provide legal advice and assistance on a regular basis for its carnivals and other related businesses in Hong Kong
  • Assisted a client with the acquisition of a minority equity stake in a blockchain company by conducting a full scope legal due diligence against the target company

Experience on Other Commercial Matters

  • Provide legal advice and assistance to multinational companies, including preparing terms and conditions, privacy policy, etc. for setting up of business or holding events in Hong Kong
  • Provide legal advice and assistance on drafting commercial documents to various clients including shareholders agreements, distribution agreements, licensing agreements, repo agreements, call option agreements, terms and conditions, non-disclosure agreements, privacy policies etc.

Employment-related Experience

  • Assist in the drafting of employment agreements, employment handbooks and consultancy agreements for various corporate clients
  • Provide legal advice and assistance to employers on employment-related enquiries including enforceability of restrictive covenants, termination entitlements of employees, termination arrangement, reporting requirements to government authorities, personal data privacy etc.
  • Provide advice to employees on employment-related enquiries including enforceability of restrictive covenants, termination entitlements, remedies in unreasonable and unlawful dismissal cases etc.
  • Provide advice to corporate clients on the setting up of their employee stock ownership plans
  • Provide legal advice and assistance on drafting / reviewing employment-related documents of corporate employers, including full-time and part-time employment agreements, employee handbooks, consultancy agreements, non-disclosure agreements, data privacy policies etc.
  • Advise various companies on issues of transfer of employees in merger and acquisition matters
  • Assist employers and employees in application for employment visa
  • Acted for a company engaged in SFC-licensed activities in preparing the service contract of one of its accredited licensed representative
  • Provided legal advice and assistance to an employee who has been dismissed by his employer to avoid bonus payment and successfully obtained judgment in favour of the employee for the relevant bonus
  • Acted for a corporate employer in a matter where one of its ex-employee has misappropriated the funds of the employer and successfully recovered the misappropriated funds from the already departed employee

Litigation Experience

  • Advise on a high profile white-collar crime case which attracts media attention
  • Represented a party to a big money divorce case and successfully obtained an injunction order against the other party restraining dissipation of assets

Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Experience

  • Represent the administrator of a high-profile estate with assets across the world which attracts media attention
  • Advise and assist high net worth individuals with assets across the world to set up trusts for their tax and estate planning
  • Successfully assisted clients in obtaining Grant Ad Colligenda Bona (i.e. temporary grant of letters of administration) for cases where administration of the estate is urgent
Languages

English, Cantonese and Mandarin

Awards

Kacy C.Y. Lam

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Kacy has been receiving intensive training in contentious matters since traineeship. Her principal practice areas include complex cross-border commercial disputes, fraud, assets recovery, and cybercrimes. After joining OLN, Kacy utilizes her tax background and is now developing another practice in tax and has acted for domestic and global clients to handle different contentious and non-contentious tax matters.

Kacy adopts a hands-on approach in handling cases and, therefore, is highly trusted by high-net-worth PRC individual clients. Having an accounting background and being a qualified CPA, Kacy frequently assumed the important role of handling financial documents and forensic-related matters and could deliver practical advice to clients from commercial and legal perspectives.

Prior to transitioning into law, Kacy accrued professional experience as an accountant at a Big Four accounting firm and one of Hong Kong’s largest banks

Admissions and Memberships

Since 2017  Solicitor, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Since 2017  Member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Since 2019  Attorney, New York

Education

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

BBA in Accounting and Finance (with First Class Honour and Outstanding Academic Achievement Awards (Bronze in Year 2 and Gold in Year 3) and Dean’s List Awards (two academic years))

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Juris Doctor (JD)

Postgraduate Certificate in Laws (PCLL) (with Distinguished Scholarship)

Experience
Commercial Litigation / Fraud / Assets Recovery
  • Acting for foreign victims in email or telephone fraud cases in taking out urgent injunction applications against Imposter and the 2nd Layer Recipients.
  • Acting for minority shareholders-directors in taking out (i) unfair prejudice claims against the Company and majority shareholders–directors; and (ii) statutory derivate action against the wrongdoer director and recipients of the company’s funds including ListCo.
  • Acting for corporations to enforce or defend the enforcement of foreign judgments in Hong Kong.
  • Acting for a high-net-worth individual shareholder to commence an unfair prejudice claim against the BVI company and another shareholder in BVI commercial courts.
Tax Experience
  • Represented senior executives in lodging objections to estimated assessments and mitigating in criminal prosecutions.
  • Advising multinational companies on their merit of the offshore claim.
  • Advising foreign law firms on the stamp duty implications involved in commercial transactions.
Languages

English, Cantonese and Mandarin

Awards

Keith C.K. Wong

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Keith advises on a wide range of corporate and commercial transactions, with experience in equity capital markets, private and public cross border M&A, and Hong Kong listing and other regulatory compliance. Keith also provides advice to local and overseas founders, start-ups, SMEs and global companies in all aspects of their activities, including financing, corporate restructurings, shareholders agreements, joint ventures, permits & licensing, employment compensation & incentive plans and tax efficiency. 

His clients’ businesses range across various sectors including global brands licensing, e-commerce, education, real estate, energy, material technology and consumer products.

Prior to joining OLN, he has worked at international law firms in Hong Kong. 

Admissions and Memberships

Since 2018  Solicitor, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Since 2021 Solicitor, NSW, Australia

Education

City University of Hong Kong

Postgraduate Certificate in Laws (PCLL)

University College London

Bachelor of Laws (LLB)

Languages

English, Cantonese and Mandarin

Phyllis H.M. Wong

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Phyllis’s practice focuses on venture capital and private equity investment, mergers and acquisitions, cross border investments and general corporate and commercial matters.

Admissions and Memberships

Since 2020  Solicitor, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Education

The University of Hong Kong

Postgraduate Certificate in Laws (PCLL)

Bachelor of Laws (LLB)

External Publications

Tokenized Legal Notices: Landmark Moment but Challenges Persist, March 2025 issue of The Legal Industry Reviews

Payback Time, February 2024 issue of The Legal Industry Reviews

Hong Kong Boosts Virtual Assets Ecosystem with New Licensing Regime, May 2023 issue of The Legal Industry Reviews

AI Conundrum: Copyright and Content Ownership in an AI-Driven World, September 2023 issue of The Legal Industry Reviews

Languages

English, Cantonese and Putonghua

Lauren C.W. Ng

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Lauren joined Oldham, Li & Nie as a Trainee Solicitor at the firm’s Matrimonial and Family Law Department in 2019 where she has worked on matters including divorce, children, ancillary relief and pre-nuptial agreements. She has also had experience in working on advisory work in relation to Wills and estate planning.

Admissions and Memberships

Since 2021  Solicitor, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Education

The University of Hong Kong

Postgraduate Certificate in Law (PCLL)

University of Bristol

Bachelor of Laws (LLB)

External Publications

Child Relocation 2024 (Hong Kong SAR, China) – Trends and Developments, by Stephen Peaker (Partner), Yvonne Kong (Partner), Lauren Ng (Associate) & Gabriel Yuen (Paralegal), Chambers & Partners, September 2024

Family Law 2024 (Hong Kong SAR, China) – Trends and Developments, by Stephen Peaker (Partner), Yvonne Kong (Partner), Lauren Ng (Associate) & Phoenix Chan (Associate), Chambers & Partners, February 2024

Child Relocation 2023 (China) – Trends and Developments, by Stephen Peaker (Partner), Yvonne Kong (Partner), Lauren Ng (Associate) & Phoenix Chan (Associate), Chambers & Partners, September 2023

Languages

English, Cantonese and Mandarin

Gordon D. Oldham

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Gordon arrived in Hong Kong from the United Kingdom over 40 years ago as a newly qualified lawyer, having been recruited by one of the larger Hong Kong firms to join their litigation department. He was made partner and head of the litigation department two years later.

Gordon’s litigation practice continued until 1987 at which time he found himself involved more and more in commercial work and to cater to such and expand his professional experience he formed his own firm and in subsequent years, took on partners who brought with them their own degree of specialty.

During his 40 years in Hong Kong, Gordon has been involved in business both locally and internationally and both as a legal adviser but more often than not, as a businessman. Gordon’s direct involvement in business activities has given him a unique insight into the requirements of those who own or run businesses.

Gordon is involved in commercial work drawing on his experience of having been engaged as a principal in a number of businesses in Hong Kong and Asia. His philosophy in legal work is to give practical legal solutions to clients, to work hand-in-hand with them in their business development and offer a more rounded approach to business situations.

Gordon’s work also involves corporate finance, joint ventures, real estate structuring as well as commercial litigation. He also deals extensively with high net worth clients and finance aspects of Matrimonial Disputes.

In his involvement as a principal, he has extensive experience in hospitality, real estate development, publishing and brand creation and development. A large amount of his time is involved in the running of several charitable organizations both in Hong Kong and Asia.

What Others Say

Gordon Oldham is highly respected for his seasoned advice on a broad range of corporate and M&A matters. He leverages over three decades of transactional experience in Hong Kong.

– Chambers Greater China Region 2023

Gordon Oldham is the senior partner and a dynamic and enthusiastic lawyer.

– Client testimonial (Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2023)

Languages

English, French

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