Leticia Tang

Commercial Law

• Monat Investment Ltd v All Person(s) in Occupation of Part of No 16 Ma Po Tsuen [2023] 2 HKLRD 131: landmark Court of Appeal judgment which established a new test for the illegality defence in Hong Kong (with Vincent Lung)
• China Shanshui Cement Group Ltd & Ors v Tianrui (International) Holding Co Ltd & Ors (led by Victor Dawes SC and with Bonnie Cheng)
  • resisting an application for a stay of proceedings on forum non-conveniens and case management grounds in an unlawful means conspiracy claim [2020] HKCFI 3043
  • application for indemnity costs [2021] HKCFI 2745
• Tianrui (International) Holding Company Ltd v China Shanshui Cement Group Ltd FSD 93 of 2019; Re China Shanshui Cement Group Ltd FSD 161 of 2018 (Cayman Islands proceedings): applications to strike out winding up petition and writ action and for a stay of proceedings (assisted Vernon Flynn QC and Jern-Fei Ng QC)
• T&T Global Trading Ltd v BOE (HK) Group Co, Ltd [2021] HKCFI 3618: trial on a breach of contract claim (with Jonathan Wong (as he then was))
• China State Foundation Engineering Ltd v Gold Brilliant Investment Ltd [2021] HKCFI 309: summary judgment application involving issues on the nature of a liquidated claim (with Jonathan Wong (as he then was))

Civil Fraud, Asset Recovery and Injunctive Relief

Leticia has experience in asset recovery litigation arising out of fraud or misconduct claims, including in the context of wire fraud cases, crypto-related matters and breaches of share pledge agreements.  She has successfully secured and resisted proprietary injunctions, Mareva injunctions, ancillary disclosure orders and Norwich Pharmacal orders.  Her experience covers proceedings with cross-jurisdictional elements such as injunctions in aid of foreign proceedings and jurisdictional challenges based on proper forum and exclusive jurisdiction clauses.

• Meidi Investment Holding Limited v BSC Capital Ltd & Ors HCA 1445/2021
  • ex parte application for proprietary and Mareva injunctions and disclosure orders in a claim involving loan, share pledge and custodian agreements (with Vincent Lung)
  • resisting an application for a stay of proceedings on the ground of an exclusive jurisdiction clause (led by José Maurellet SC and with Vincent Lung)
• Toyota Boshoku Europe NV v Hong Kong Longshenyuan International Trade Ltd & Ors HCA 2091/2019: wire fraud and asset tracing claims against multiple-tier recipients involving over 45 defendants (with Toby Brown)
• Terraform Labs, PTE Ltd. v Okcoin Technology Company Limited HCMP 1747/2023: setting aside a disclosure order made pursuant to a US letter of request in respect of highly publicized SEC proceedings for fraud against cryptocurrency company Terraform Labs (with Tim Parker)
• Halo Photonics Ltd v HongKong Yusiu Trading Co Ltd & Ors HCA 886/2020: applications relating to asset tracing in a wire fraud claim
• Summun Energy SAS v DBS Bank HCMP 757/2023: application for Norwich Pharmacal order

Company, Restructuring and Insolvency

Leticia has experience in winding up petitions (for the petitioner and the company), unfair prejudice claims, court applications on schemes of arrangement and advising the company on issues arising out of restructuring efforts, including those with foreign elements.

• Re Wang Sing Holdings Ltd HCCW 361/2020: resisting and striking out an unfair prejudice petition (with Vincent Lung)
• Advising creditors on issues relating to the scheme of arrangement of China Evergrande Group
• Re M-Resources Group Ltd [2022] HKCFI 2342: scheme of arrangement (with Vincent Lung)
• Re SoftMedx Healthcare Ltd [2024] HKCFI 69: scheme of arrangement (with Vincent Lung)
• Re GT Group Holdings Ltd HCCW 110/2022: petition for a winding up of a listed company
• Re Ruichi Trade Limited HCCW 330/2020: petition for a winding up order
• Re M-Resources Group Ltd HCCW 194/2021: resisting a winding up petition

Competition

Leticia has been recognised by the Legal 500 Hong Kong Bar (2023, 2024) as a Rising Star in Competition.

Prior to commencing full practice, Leticia assisted Gerry McCoy SC and Tim Parker in successfully securing the acquittal of the 3^rd respondent in Nutanix [2019] 3 HKC 307, the landmark first case brought by the Competition Commission under the Competition Ordinance.  The case established important principles, including the beyond reasonable doubt standard of proof in competition proceedings and the test for attribution in respect of employees who had “gone rogue”.

Leticia is instructed by the Competition Commission in ongoing matters.

• Competition Commission v ATAL Building Services Engineering Limited, Shun Hing Engineering Contracting Company Limited & Ors (CTEA 2/2022, [2022] 4 HKLRD 425): acting for the Competition Commission in proceedings for alleged price-fixing, market-sharing and/or bid-rigging conduct in the provision of air conditioning works (led by Norman Nip SC)
• Competition Commission v ATAL Building Services Engineering Limited, Johnson Controls Hong Kong Limited & Ors (CTEA 2/2023, [2023] 5 HKLRD 665): acting for the Competition Commission in proceedings in respect of an alleged cartel (led by Norman Nip SC)

Arbitration

• Arbitration on behalf of the claimant for a contractual claim in the amount of over USD 20M (with Vincent Lung)
• Meidi Investment Holding Limited v BSC Capital Ltd HCCT 70/2021: application for an injunction in aid of intended foreign arbitral proceedings (with Vincent Lung)

Land

• Monat Investment Ltd v All Person(s) in Occupation of Part of No 16 Ma Po Tsuen [2020] 4 HKLRD 330: trial on an adverse possession claim involving disputes on illegality principles (with Vincent Lung)

White Collar Crime

• HKSAR v Xu Zhuo & Anor [2021] HKDC 720: trial on charges of conspiracy for agent to accept advantages involving the chartering of private jets (led by Charlotte Draycott SC and with Benson Tsoi)

• Solicitor (Hong Kong): 2014 – 2018

In that capacity, Leticia has acted for:

• a HK listed company in a dispute involving allegations concerning the wrongful dismissal of a director, conspiracy and the validity of share options worth over HK$3B
• a financial institution in a dispute on the alleged mismanagement of discretionary hedge fund portfolios resulting in alleged losses of over US$10M
• a majority shareholder in a dispute on the breach of a loan and share pledge agreement involving shares worth over HK$400M. Proprietary and Mareva injunctions and disclosure and tracing orders were successfully obtained
• a company to discharge provisional liquidators appointed by the Hong Kong and Cayman Islands courts over Singapore-listed companies
• companies to trace and recover funds from third party bank accounts in cyber fraud disputes

• Hong Kong Bar Association, Financial and Securities Law Committee (2022 – Present)
• Hong Kong Bar Association, Competition Committee (2023 – Present)
• University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Law, Part-time Lecturer (Tort Law) (2013)

• Contributing Editor, Archbold Hong Kong (2021 – present)

• Peter Vine Postgraduate Scholarship (2011)
• Dean’s Honours List (2010, 2008, 2007)
• Sir Man Kam Lo/Jardine Scholarship (2009, 2008)
• Richards Butler in association with Reed Smith LLP Scholarship (2008)
• Honourable Mention, Willem Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, Vienna (2008)
• Bernard Downey Book Prize (2008, 2007)
• Young Leaders of Tomorrow Community Leaders Scholarship (2007)
• Linklaters Prize for Overall Excellence in Law (2006)