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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. She is qualified to practice in Hong Kong, England & Wales, British Virgin Islands, and Bermuda. 

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, urgent worldwide injunctions, and enforcement of judgments and arbitral awards.

Catherine is acknowledged by Legal 500 Asia-Pacific as a “Recommended Lawyer” for 2024, 2025 and 2026. 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 of the HKSAR Government's Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal Panel,  Law Society of Hong Kong’s Young Solicitors’ Group and the Law Week Organising Committee.

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, Privacy and CybersecurityInfrastructure, Construction and TransportTechnologyTechnology and Commercial Transactions
Professional QualificationsSolicitor of the High Court of Hong Kong

EXPERIENCE

  • Acted for a lender in Hong Kong High Court proceedings to recover over US$250 million in outstanding principal, interest, and default interest under a cross border facility, and coordinating enforcement of the resulting judgment across Hong Kong, Canada, the United Kingdom and the PRC.
  • Represented the plaintiffs in a High Court action concerning alleged misappropriation of company funds and breaches of fiduciary and equitable duties, including support on parallel injunction proceedings in Singapore.
  • Acted for the plaintiff in a High Court defamation claim arising from the dissemination of serious allegations against a professional services firm and its senior leadership, together with advisory work on related enforcement steps in the PRC.
  • Secured a significant SIAC arbitral award in a put option dispute and subsequently led enforcement proceedings in the Cayman Islands.
  • Obtained a favourable Hong Kong judgment confirming our the client’s ownership rights and thereafter pursued rectification proceedings to effect corresponding amendments to the company’s register.
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 the Chinese University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law
  • "Obtaining Information in Bermuda, BVI and the Cayman Islands for Hong Kong Proceedings", November 2024, CPD presentation delivered at the Chinese University of Hong Kong 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

My latest insights

Publication
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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
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+852 9011 2355
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+852 2810 1345
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