Alfred Ip -- Probate Lawyer and Notary Public

When things don’t go the way we expect in life, we adopt an innovative and strategic approach to the resolution of disputes.

In an increasingly competitive and every changing world, disputes have become a fact of life. Disputes can be significant, high risk and high cost. Legal experts with personal knowledge of your business and individual interests can dramatically ease the litigation process.

Our experienced and versatile dispute resolution team recognise that going to court should be the last option and will explore all available options to avoid costly litigation.

If litigation becomes unavoidable our team is experienced in representing clients at every level of the court system, as well as in arbitrations and mediation. In addition, we maintain strong connections with other independent law firms in the most important jurisdictions that allow us to deal with cross-border disputes.

Hugill & Ip’s reputation is rooted on efficiently handling a wide range of cases: from large scale, complex, multi-jurisdictional litigation to more typical matters, in different areas from general commercial and contractual cases, financial and partnership disputes, to banking, trusts, estate, employment and tax litigation.

Labour and employment law in Hong Kong and China is rapidly increasing and becoming more complex.

Our Employment practice is constantly developing to keep pace with the law and has gained a respected position with employers, employees and among our peers as being at the forefront of providing practical and straightforward advice in a complex and developing area of law.

Whether we are advising individuals or companies, we provide advice that is results driven. With extensive knowledge and experience of employment law in Hong Kong, we are able to advise on all options but also come off-the-fence and offer advice that achieved a practical solution.

A key function of our Immigration practice is to ensure that all business immigration processes are completed as smoothly and efficiently as possible.

In today’s competitive global markets, businesses need wisely crafted and bespoke legal advice.

We advise a wide range of corporate clients and businesses ranging from multi nationals, local businesses, start-ups, deal makers and entrepreneurs, in Hong Kong and internationally. We also offer tailor-made solutions to complex regulatory problems and daily operations.

We help our clients identify and manage risk so that they can make the right choices for their business and offer practical support help grow the business while protecting its assets.

We carefully consider every aspect of a transaction in the light of the specific needs of our clients, to ensure that our clients’ legal and economic concerns in the transaction are sufficiently and properly addressed and protected.

We are experienced in advising local, regional and global organisations on public and private M&A transactions and restructuring and regularly act for client in connection with complex legal, regulatory and transactional issues. Our strong experience and practical understanding of local market allows us to provide end to end advice that extends beyond the law.

We also advise clients in respect of the tax issues and the ever-changing laws and regulations affecting their businesses, to help them to resolve all the legal challenges that they may face.

We tailor all documents to facilitate our clients’ needs on a particular transaction and certainly our approach of understanding our clients’ business and needs helps us keep this objective in focus throughout the process. We advise our clients at every stage of a transaction and are available to assist clients from the development of strategies through to their implementation.

We excel in corporate governance, directors’ liabilities and responsibilities and shareholders’ rights.

In today’s competitive global markets, businesses need wisely crafted and bespoke legal advice.

We advise a wide range of corporate clients and businesses ranging from multi nationals, local businesses, start-ups, deal makers and entrepreneurs, in Hong Kong and internationally. We also offer tailor-made solutions to complex regulatory problems and daily operations.

We help our clients identify and manage risk so that they can make the right choices for their business and offer practical support help grow the business while protecting its assets.

We carefully consider every aspect of a transaction in the light of the specific needs of our clients, to ensure that our clients’ legal and economic concerns in the transaction are sufficiently and properly addressed and protected.

We are experienced in advising local, regional and global organisations on public and private M&A transactions and restructuring and regularly act for client in connection with complex legal, regulatory and transactional issues. Our strong experience and practical understanding of local market allows us to provide end to end advice that extends beyond the law.

We also advise clients in respect of the tax issues and the ever-changing laws and regulations affecting their businesses, to help them to resolve all the legal challenges that they may face.

We tailor all documents to facilitate our clients’ needs on a particular transaction and certainly our approach of understanding our clients’ business and needs helps us keep this objective in focus throughout the process. We advise our clients at every stage of a transaction and are available to assist clients from the development of strategies through to their implementation.

We excel in corporate governance, directors’ liabilities and responsibilities and shareholders’ rights.

We recognise that family breakdown affects more than just the immediate parties.

We strongly believe that family disputes are best resolved through an amicable attitude and mediation, both in respect of financial matters and children. At the same time, we are not shy in taking strong actions when a specific situation and urgency demand it, in particular when children are involved or in cases related to domestic violence.

We work closely with other professionals in the field of family disputes, including psychologists, accountants, but especially co-parenting coordinators and family mediators, to provide the best solutions for our clients.