Hong Kong
Our lawyers have been providing exceptional multilingual English and Hong Kong law advice to clients within and outside Greater China since 1979.
Our lawyers have been providing exceptional multilingual English and Hong Kong law advice to clients within and outside Greater China since 1979.
43/F, One Taikoo Place,
979 King's Road,
Quarry Bay, Hong Kong
Step free access is located via the lifts on the ground floor to bring you to the building reception on the first floor. A member of the security team, stationed at reception, will assist you through the turnstile gate and bring you up to the 43rd Floor.
Stephenson Harwood - Wei Tu (China) Association* allows us to offer a 'one stop service' for Hong Kong, English and PRC law advice.
The Hong Kong office is Stephenson Harwood’s largest in Asia, offering a comprehensive range of global services. These include dispute resolution, corporate and commercial law, outsourcing and technology, employment, finance, maritime, trade and offshore, projects and infrastructure, private wealth, real estate, regulatory compliance, and restructuring and insolvency.
We have a diverse group of clients from individuals to small and medium enterprises, multinationals and state-owned enterprises across many industry sectors.
*Stephenson Harwood - Wei Tu (China) Association is established under CEPA (Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement). The association allows us to offer a ‘one stop service’ for Hong Kong, English and PRC law advice. With a fully integrated and experienced team, Stephenson Harwood - Wei Tu (China) Association provides full range of PRC law legal services to its clients from home and abroad.
Support clients in investments, acquisitions, JV, financing, and restructuring across Asia.
We provide practical advice and assistance in every stage of various mergers and acquisitions contracts including:
Our corporate finance team constantly acts for listed clients in post-listing corporate finance transactions including:
Our investment funds team regularly advises fund managers on structuring, establishment and regulation of investment funds of all types (open- and closed-ended investment funds). We also assist institutional and high-net net worth investors with the review of fund investment documentation and the negotiation of limited partnership agreements and side letters.
Excel in advising financial institutions and other corporations on financing transactions, regulatory and restructuring matters.
We are a trusted and dynamic team with deep experience across a broad spectrum of advisory and transactional matters for financial institutions and corporates. Our expertise spans aviation finance, bilateral and syndicated lending, debt restructuring, institutional lending, real estate finance, and leveraged and acquisition finance, and financial regulatory matters.
Renowned for our finance, financial regulatory and fintech capabilities, we are consistently ranked by leading legal directories for our technical excellence and commercial insight.
Our clients include conventional and digital banks, airlines, leasing companies, money lenders and card issuers, securities brokers and asset managers, payment companies, digital asset service providers, trustees and custodians, listed and unlisted conglomerates, liquidators and receivers, family offices and high-net-worth individuals.
Our transactional team is known for its ability to execute complex deals efficiently and creatively, helping clients navigate challenges and seize opportunities in fast-moving markets. With a deep understanding of market dynamics and industry trends, they are adept in delivering commercial and tailored solutions.
Our advisory team is at the forefront of the evolving regulatory landscape. We regularly advise on legal and regulatory requirements applicable to the financial services sector, and assist clients in structuring innovative businesses and products. We are valued for our ability to deliver commercially viable, practical advice tailored to each client’s unique needs.
Highly regarded team advising international clients on complex multi-jurisdictional needs, legal and succession matters.
We have been looking after the legal needs of our private clients and their families for decades. We have always understood that our private clients require a wide range of services, beyond those which are offered by the traditional ‘private client’ firms. This is because our clients are typically entrepreneurial, international and with complex, frequently international, interests.
Our expertise covers:
+ succession planning
+ family trusts
+ employee benefits trusts
+ Canadian tax
+ UK tax
+ Hong Kong tax
+ PRC tax
+ business succession planning
+ wills and estates
+ formation and registration of charitable trusts and organisations
+ company administration
+ family, trust and estate disputes
+ philanthropy
+ immigration
+ art law
Services:
Private Wealth
Award-winning team recognised by leading publications as best in maritime, offshore and trade.
Our world leading marine law practice offers a breadth of services to clients in the shipping, offshore and commodity sectors. Our clients include many of the world’s largest shipowners, shipyards, major ship finance banks/lessors, marine insurers and IG P&I clubs, energy services companies, oil and gas business and commodities traders.
Our high-quality services and expertise also made us a leading law firm in shipping space in multiple legal directories and rankings for many years.
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“Stephenson Harwood is one of the most impressive firms. The team members are considerate and responsive, and they understand clients' commercial needs well.“
Chambers Greater China Guide 2025
Market-leading team resolves disputes effectively through negotiation, mediation, litigation and arbitration.
Our clients span every major industry, including multinational corporations, financial institutions, listed and private companies, professionals, trustees, governments, charities, and high net worth individuals.
We frequently handle shareholder disputes, professional negligence, employment, and fraud claims, leveraging our extensive experience in complex international disputes. We often represent domestic and international banking clients, multinational corporations, Hong Kong listed companies, and high-net-worth individuals. Our strength lies in litigation involving international trade finance and large cross-border shareholder disputes for mainland Chinese mainland clients.
Our restructuring and insolvency team represents liquidators, provisional liquidators, receivers, and bankruptcy trustees in formal insolvency proceedings, as well as creditors, debtors, and shareholders in corporate restructuring, debt restructuring, schemes, buy-outs, and other work-out arrangements.
