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Billy Y. C. Lam

Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Visión general

Clients rely on Billy Lam for advice on civil and commercial litigation, with a focus on property and banking litigation, shareholders', family and tenancy disputes.

He is a contributing editor to the Hong Kong Civil Procedure.

Billy speaks English, Cantonese, and Mandarin.

Experiencia

Advised:

A university in defending separate judicial review applications brought by staff members.
A university as the legal adviser to an independent investigation panel in a public inquiry.
Disciplinary panels and appeal panels in disciplinary proceedings against students and staff of universities.
A statutory body in successfully defending a judicial review application relating to redevelopment of land.
A purchaser on a title dispute arising from an agreement for the sale and purchase of a property and obtaining favorable judgments in the Court of First Instance, the Court of Appeal and the Court of Final Appeal.

A seller on a title dispute arising from an agreement for the sale and purchase of properties at a total purchase price of HK$500 million.
A company and its majority shareholder in successfully opposing a winding-up petition by a minority shareholder in an appeal before the Court of Appeal and the minority shareholder's applications for leave to appeal to the Court of Final Appeal before the Court of Appeal and the Court of Final Appeal.
A private individual in representing him in various proceedings arising from disputes with family members.
A bank on an employee's fraud case and successfully recovered over HK$100 million for the client through interlocutory injunctive relief applications.
A number of Taiwanese banks in the recovery of outstanding loans of over HK$3.5 billion under a syndicated loan and the enforcement of related guarantees.
A Chinese bank in proceedings to recover over RMB900,000,000 of outstanding loans from borrowers and guarantors in Hong Kong and the enforcement of related guarantees.
The respondents in an appeal before the Court of Final Appeal concerning the question of whether the courts have inherent jurisdiction to make orders referred to as Restricted Proceedings Orders and securing the dismissal of the appeal.

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Publications
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- Legal Update
  Pro-enforcement Approach - Mainland China Highlights Typical Cases on Enforcing Hong Kong Arbitral Awards
  octubre 17 2024
- Legal Update
  Understanding the Trends A Review of Insolvency Litigation in Hong Kong in 2023
  enero 11 2024

Reconocimeinto

Leading Litigation Lawyer – Legal Who's Who Hong Kong

Educación

King's College London, LLB

Admisiones

England and Wales (non-practicing)
Hong Kong

Idiomas

English
Cantonese
Mandarin