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Catherine Wong

Senior Associate
Hong Kong
About

Catherine Wong is a Senior Associate in the Litigation and Regulation team, based in DLA Piper's Hong Kong office. Her practice covers all types of contentious cases, and focuses on handling shareholders’ disputes, winding up and liquidation proceedings, insolvency and restructuring matters, private wealth and trust disputes, fair value appraisal proceedings, urgent worldwide injunctions, and enforcement of judgments and arbitral awards.

Catherine is acknowledged by Legal 500 Asia-Pacific as a “Recommended Lawyer” for 2024 and 2025. She is also recognised on the “Hong Kong Rising Stars 2023” list by Asian Legal Business as one of HongKong’s top 30 next generation lawyers who have demonstrated great potential in the industry, while earning wide acclaim from clients.

Currently, Catherine is an active member of the Law Society of Hong Kong’s Insolvency Law Committee, Standing Committee on Member Services, Pro Bono Committee, and Pro Bono and Community Work Recognition Committee. In the past, Catherine served as committee member in Law Society of Hong Kong’s Young Solicitors’ Group and the Law Week Organising Committee.

Catherine holds memberships in several professional organisations, including the International Association of Restructuring, Insolvency & Bankruptcy Professionals (INSOL), the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), the International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC), the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb), the Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators (HKIArb), the Hong Kong Mediation and Arbitration Centre (HKMAAC) and the Hong Kong Mediation Centre (HKMC).

Catherine regularly publishes articles in international law journals and frequently delivers presentations on contemporary topics.

Areas of FocusLitigation Arbitration and InvestigationsRegulatory and Government AffairsFinanceFinancial ServicesInvestment Management and FundsCorporateData Protection Privacy and CybersecurityInfrastructure Construction and TransportTechnologyStrategic and Commercial Contracts
Professional QualificationsSolicitor of the High Court of Hong Kong

EXPERIENCE

  • Acted for a group of minority shareholders of a pharmaceutical company in a BVI derivative action against the company's Hong Kong based directors for damages caused to the company, as a result of an alleged grossly undervalued sale of its assets to its majority shareholder, and enforcement in Hong Kong.*
  • Acted for a Hong Kong listed company engaged in the vocational education business in the PRC in opposing an injunction in aid of ongoing CIETAC and HKIAC arbitrations in the Cayman Islands.*
  • Acted for a Hong Kong listed company engaged in property development, investment and management activities in making applications for appointment of provisional liquidators in Bermuda for the group's intended debt restructuring.*
  • Acted for an investment manager in making a Court application in the Cayman Islands for the appointment of receivers to facilitate the receivership of a segregated portfolio of a segregated portfolio company.*
  • Acted for a leading Chinese financial investment services company in relation to the recognition and enforcement of a HKIAC arbitral award in the Cayman Islands.*
  • Acted in an SIAC arbitration for a construction and engineering group concerning disputes related to a large-scale construction project in Sydney.*

*Experience gained before joining DLA Piper

Languages
  • English
  • Chinese (Cantonese)
  • Chinese (Mandarin)
Education

  • Chinese University of Hong Kong, PCLL

  • London School of Economics and Political Science, LLB

Speaker events

  • "What you need to know about the liquidation regimes of Hong Kong, BVI and the Cayman Islands", April 2025, CPD presentation delivered at CUHK Faculty of Law
  • "Obtaining Information in Bermuda, BVI and the Cayman Islands for Hong Kong Proceedings", November 2024, CPD presentation delivered at CUHK Faculty of Law
  • "Updates on setting up a charity in Hong Kong and what can go wrong", November 2023, CPD presentation delivered at the Law Society of Hong Kong

Memberships and Affiliations

  • Member, Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal Panel, Government of the HKSAR
  • Committee Member, Insolvency Law Committee, Law Society of Hong Kong
  • Member, Standing Committee on Member Services, Law Society of Hong Kong
  • Affiliate Member, Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)
  • Member, International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC)
  • Member, INSOL International
  • Associate Member, Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators
  • Member, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
  • Associate Member, Hong Kong Mediation Centre
  • Member, Hong Kong Mediation and Arbitration Centre
  • Committee Member, Pro Bono Committee, Law Society of Hong Kong
  • Committee Member, Pro Bono and Community Work Recognition Committee, Law Society of Hong Kong

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Hong Kong Court Grants Summary Judgment on Liability While Allowing Defence on Quantum in...

1 September 2025 .6 minute read

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+852 2103 0611
(Work, Hong Kong)
+852 9011 2355
(Mobile, Hong Kong)
+852 2810 1345
(Fax, Hong Kong)