Ada Chan 陈思华

Ada is part of Ogier’s Dispute Resolution and Restructuring and Insolvency teams in Hong Kong. She specialises in complex, cross-jurisdictional commercial and corporate litigation, shareholders’ disputes and insolvency matters.

Background and experience

Prior to joining Ogier, Ada worked as an associate at a renowned international firm and another offshore law firm. She has extensive experience working with high net worth individuals, multinational companies and financial institutions.

Ada has worked on numerous multi-jurisdictional matters to address cross border issues, including the PRC, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, France, Germany and Italy. Through these cases, Ada has not only worked with counsels from various jurisdictions, but has also liaised with municipal authorities involved in her matters.

Ada speaks Mandarin, Cantonese and English.

Ada is a Registered Foreign Lawyer regulated by the Law Society of Hong Kong.

Ada's recent achievements include:

• Acting for the liquidators of Three Arrows Capital Limited, one of the most prominent cryptocurrency hedge funds
• Advising a Cayman exempted company in relation to bank loans of US$310M in the PRC and HK, which may led to one of the
  pilot cases under section 91B of the Companies Act
• Acting for one of the biggest Japanese convenience store franchise in a winding up application. The most recent appeal was the first hearing before the Privy Council that took place in the Cayman Islands and will result in a highly significant ruling on the interplay between arbitration and just and equitable winding up proceedings

Memberships:

• Hong Kong Law Society (Registered Foreign Lawyer)
• Law Society of England and Wales
• Law Society of New South Wales
• INSOL International

Admitted in:
2015 – New South Wales
2017 – Hong Kong 2017 (non-practising)
2019 – England and Wales
2022 – British Virgin Islands