PRC law firm Guantao & Chow has strengthened its corporate and intellectual property practice in Hong Kong with the hire of partners Keung Yui Fai (L) and Yen Barry Joseph from HK boutique So Keung Yip & Sin (SKYS). A team of four lawyers joins Keung and Yen.
Keung has over 30 years of dispute resolution experience, including arbitrations conducted in Hong Kong and foreign countries, enforcement of domestic or foreign judgments in Hong Kong, insolvency and liquidation (personal bankruptcy or company winding up), cross-border transactional services, company incorporation, mergers and acquisitions, capital raisings and reorganizations, setting up trusts and funds, and dealing with the passing on of wealth.
With more than 35 years of legal services experience, Yen focuses on commercial, corporate, and IP matters, with an emphasis on disputed and non-disputed intellectual property; information technology and licensing; advertising, entertainment, gaming, media law, and personal data and privacy.
Prior to joining SKYS in 1997, Yen worked at Baker McKenzie as an associate for more than five years.