Roberta Chan

Roberta has a broad and versatile practice advising on an array of cross-border disputes. She regularly assists in corporate and commercial litigation, including company and shareholder disputes. Her practice often involves complex matters with a PRC-related element, such as disputes arising from joint ventures with Chinese entities, enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards in Hong Kong/China, cross border corporate investments, and breaches of contracts involving Chinese counterparties. Roberta is also highly experienced in handling complex corporate and shareholder disputes for Hong Kong listed companies, including issues of corporate governance, boardroom conflicts and minority shareholders rights. Her experience extends to navigating the intricacies of regulatory frameworks and resolving disputes under various alternate dispute resolution avenues where Chinese and Hong Kong entities are key parties. She also has extensive experience in insurance and contentious employment matters.

Roberta is considered to have "developed a stellar reputation for significant property-related litigation, as well as corporate and commercial litigation including company and shareholder disputes." by The Legal 500 2023 and 2024. She is ranked as the “up and coming lawyer” by Chambers & Partners in 2023 and 2024.

Roberta is a solicitor-advocate with rights to appear in all levels of civil courts in Hong Kong. She has also been appointed to an examining panel by the Higher Rights Assessment Board in 2024 and 2025. She is also a member of the Civil Litigation Committee of the Law Society. She was appointed and sat as the District Court Temporary Registrar in January 2023.

Roberta is a licensed GBA lawyer.

Commercial / Corporate Disputes

• Representing PRC parties in a shareholder dispute over the shares in a Hong Kong company which engages in the mining business in the PRC through various PRC subsidiaries. The value of the shares is more than RMB 92 million.
• Representing and advising PRC parties in obtaining interim measures in aid of arbitration in the Switzerland Arbitration Centre.
• Advising and successfully defending for a start-up esports company and its majority shareholders in a shareholder dispute for over HKD 1.4 billion.
• Representing and advising a high net worth individual in family disputes or trust/estate issues in Hong Kong and Macau.

Property Litigation

• Acted for the property developer in defending claims for breach of sale and purchase agreements, breach of the deed of mutual covenants, and nuisance on the development up to the Court of Final Appeal level.
• Acted for a high net worth individual in advising and defending his legal rights and position in the erection and maintenance of certain structures on the land.
• Acted and advised a Swiss based retail manufacturer in its dispute with landlord over the market rent under the renewed term.

Employment Litigation

• Represented and successfully defended a major re-insurance company in a High Court proceedings arising from team move.
• Represented and successfully defended a product retailer employer in a disability discrimination claim at the District Court.
• Represented and successfully defended a cryptocurrency employer in a Labour Tribunal proceedings (both trial and review hearings) for a claim of more than HKD4 million.

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