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Justine Lau
Mourant Ozannes
1002-1006, 10/F, Gloucester Tower
The Landmark
15 Queen's Road
Central Hong Kong Hong Kong , 0000
T: +85239955700
F: +85239955799

Professional Bio:

 

I am Partner in our Hong Kong Litigation and Restructuring & Insolvency practice.
 
Before joining Mourant Ozannes, I spent almost a decade practising in Mayer Brown’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice in Hong Kong, focussing on restructuring and insolvency matters with cross-border elements. I have considerable experience advising insolvency practitioners in all forms of external administrations and restructuring matters, including schemes of arrangement. I have also acted creditor-side in restructuring matters. I have represented provisional liquidators and liquidators appointed in respect of Hong Kong listed companies generally, including advising in relation to applications for sanction of schemes of arrangement, disclosure and examination orders and disclaimer of onerous property. I have also acted for institutional creditors in applications seeking the appointment of provisional liquidators in Hong Kong.
 
Prior to relocating to Hong Kong, I qualified into the Dispute Resolution & Litigation practice at Maddocks in Melbourne, Australia. My practice comprised general commercial, financial services and property disputes.

 

At the second annual Asia Women in Business Law Awards ceremony held by the Euromoney Legal Media Group in November 2012, I was selected in the "Rising Star" category.

Qualifications

Master of Commercial Law (University of Melbourne, 2008)

Bachelor of Laws (Honours) (Monash University, 2001)

Bachelor of Commerce (Monash University, 2001)

 

Admissions

Australia (Victoria), 2002

Federal Court of Australia & High Court of Australia, 2002

Australia (Queensland), 2003

Hong Kong, 2009

England & Wales, 2020

British Virgin Islands, 2021

Practice Areas:

Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
Chapter 13 Bankruptcy
Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
Chapter 9 Bankruptcy
Claims Management and Balloting
Claims Settlement Services
Creditors' Committee Representation
Crisis Communications
Debt Restructuring
DIP Lending
Distressed Asset Sales
Document Management
Electronic Discovery
Exit Financing
Factoring
Financial Public Relations
Insurance Claims
Intellectual Property
Interim Corporate Management
Life Settlement
Litigation and Litigation Consulting
M&A
Operational Turnarounds
Refinancing
Risk Management
Surety Bond
Technology Management
Valuation
Virtual Data Rooms

Industries:

Automotive
Agriculture
Commodities
Consumer goods
Energy
Entertainment
Financial services
Food Services
Healthcare
Industrial goods
Management of Companies and Enterprises
Manufacturing
Media
Mining/Oil/Gas
Publishing
Real Estate
Retail
Services
Technology
Transportation services
Travel & Hospitality
Utilities

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