Heidi Chui

Introduction

Heidi Chui heads the banking and finance department and litigation and dispute resolution department of Stevenson Wong & Co. She is also co-head of the firm’s fintech practice group, and was previously seconded to serve as an in-house legal advisor of several Chinese banks.

Chui specialises in commercial litigation, arbitration and dispute resolution, and frequently assists banks, borrowers, insurance companies, property management companies, funds, listed companies and financial institutions. She is experienced and adept at providing legal advice on asset tracing, mortgage litigation, corporate takeovers, enforcement of judgments, winding-up of companies and bankruptcies.

Chui provides legal advisory services for cases adjudicated in mainland China and is experienced in cross-border litigation and international arbitration. She also specialises in handling matters relating to payment defaults and commercial fraud, assisting liquidators, receivers, official receivers, creditors, and other professionals in charge of insolvency and bankruptcy matters in relation to debt restructuring and cross-border asset tracing.

She is adept at handling disputes involving companies, shareholder disputes, derivative actions, petitions relating to unfair prejudicial conduct, and breach of fiduciary duties by directors or senior management. She acts for banks, financial institutions, listed companies, directors, management teams, shareholders, and investors in urgent applications regarding company affairs, holding of annual general meetings and extraordinary general meetings, removal of directors or senior executives, misappropriation of assets, investigations relating to irregularities in corporate transactions and fraudulent conduct.

Chui also handles insurance matters including medico-legal issues, regulatory matters, and personal injury and insurance litigation claims on behalf of insurance companies. She advises healthcare professionals and hospitals on clinical negligence claims and complaints. She also advises insurers on policy-related issues and defence of claims.

Chui won the Client Choice Award in Hong Kong’s litigation practice confered by Lexology in 2016. She was nominated by Asian Legal Business (ALB) as a Dispute Resolution Lawyer of the Year from 2017 to 2020 and in 2022, and Woman Lawyer of the Year in 2017 and from 2020 to 2023. She has been recognised as a distinguished practitioner in banking and finance (2018 and 2019) and dispute resolution (from 2018 to 2023) by Asialaw Leading Lawyers. She was included in “The A-List: China’s Elite Lawyers” by China Business Law Journal in 2021 and 2022. Chui was also nominated for the “ALB Women in Law Awards – Litigator of the Year (North Asia)”, recognised as “ALB Top 15 Litigators – North Asia” and “ALB Hong Kong Law Awards – Litigator of the Year” in 2023.