Henry Ma
Partner
Practice Areas
Civil Litigation & Dispute Resolution • Fraud and Asset Tracing
- Admissions
- Hong Kong
- Professional Qualifications
- Civil Celebrant of Marriages
- Languages
- Cantonese • English • Mandarin
Contact
- Tel
- (852) 2230 2848
- Fax
- (852) 2845 1637
- henry.ma@haldanes.com
- Profile
Henry has been practising in the area of civil litigation and dispute resolution since 2008.
Henry handles a wide range of civil dispute matters, with particular focus on disputes arising from complex commercial transactions, shareholders/partnership disputes, personal bankruptcy and company liquidation cases, and fraud cases. He also has experience handling land and tenancy disputes, employment disputes and intellectual property disputes, as well as assisting clients in asset tracing and enforcement proceedings.
Henry regularly represents local and overseas clients, from entrepreneurs to professionals and start-up businesses to multi-national corporations and listed companies. He is also adept at handling cases involving proceedings in multiple jurisdictions.
Henry’s wealth of experience enables him to effectively combine his legal knowledge with strategic handling of the case process, while maintaining close coordination with clients and other stakeholders.
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Notable Cases:
- Acted in a worldwide litigation relating to the use of funds in the construction of a hotel resort in the Caribbean, which involves successfully obtaining Mareva asset-freezing injunction and disclosure orders in Hong Kong
- Acted in a shareholders’ dispute relating to an international business of over 25 years, involving petitions in Hong Kong and the BVI for “unfair prejudice” remedies and just and equitable winding-up
- Acted in a contract claim of close to HK$1 billion with proceedings in both Hong Kong and Mainland China
- Acted for a subsidiary of a Chinese state-owned enterprise in an action relating to share mortgage
- Acted for a medical supplies company in an action by the Hong Kong Government for over HK$95 million
- Acted for a listed company in a claim against its former directors for breach of duties in procuring various suspected irregular transactions
- Acted for a listed company in an application to discharge the appointment of provisional liquidators
- Acted for a listed company and its subsidiaries in a dispute relating to trademark ownership
- Acted for a listed company in a claim against its former auditor for professional negligence
- Acted for the provisional liquidators of a listed company in a dispute involving various camps of stakeholders, including defending an application by an opposing creditor to discharge the provisional liquidators
- Acted in a loan dispute involving claimed amount of over HK$300 million and the related petition for winding-up against a renowned charitable foundation
- Acted for a substantial shareholder of a listed company in defending an action by trustees in bankruptcy for transaction at an undervalue in respect of the shares of the listed company
- Acted for substantial shareholders of a listed company in an action arising from acquisition of business
- Acted for a former director of a subsidiary of a listed company in defending claims for misfeasance of office
- Acted for a film production company in defending an action for copyright infringement
- Acted for a media celebrity in a claim for harassment, including successfully obtaining interim injunctive relief
- Acted for a family of village inhabitants in an action for adverse possession of land exceeding 5,000 square metres in Yuen Long
- Acted in numerous claims involving disputes between business partners / company shareholders
- Acted in numerous claims involving renovation works disputes
- Acted in numerous electronic fraud claims, with experience in acting for claimants and defendants
- Acted in numerous claims involving water leakage in buildings, with experience in acting for claimants and defendants
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