Top-tier advice and guidance from award-winning specialist insurance lawyer on marine and non-marine coverage, defence and recovery for whole spectrum of the market including insurers, reinsurers, brokers and buyers.
We have one of the few specialist insurance practices in town that act for both risks carriers and insurance buyers. Due to our maritime heritage, there is hardly any marine risk that we do not excel at including hull, yacht, cargo, freight forwarder liability, DSU and project cargo. We are also well known for advice on non-marine risks including property, political risks, business interruption, product liability etc. We are engaged by reinsurers on headline losses like Japan tsunami in 2011, Tianjin explosion in 2015, COVID losses and civil airliners stuck in Russia since 2022.
We are best known for coverage analysis of direct or reinsurance risks. One client described to a legal directory our coverage advice as hardly ever challenged within the local market. We also run a very successful defence practice not only on general liability but also professional negligence, defending international CPA firms and insurance brokers.
- First ever-reported Hong Kong decision on broker negligence in Kam Hing Trading v PICC [2010] 4 HKLRD 630
- First reported double insurance Hong Kong decision: Tai Ping Insurance v. Tugu Insurance & General Accident [2001] HKC 401
- HK$2 billion property insurance dispute caused by fire at a project-in-construction
Attention
With in-house PRC lawyer duly registered with Law Society of Hong Kong, our office can and do issue Chinese legal opinions on various cases especially reinsurance treaties disputes.
Recognitions
Rosita Lau has been ranked as a Band 1 lawyer in the Insurance: Contentious ranking.
Ince ranked Band 3 for Insurance in the Greater China Region.
Ince ranked Tier 3 for Insurance in Greater China.
Ince ranked Tier 3 for Insurance in Asia Pacific.
Ince ranked Band 2 for Insurance (Contentious) in China
Ince ranked Tier 4 for Insurance in Hong Kong
Ince ranked Tier 3 for Insurance in Hong Kong
Ranked Band 2 for Insurance (Contentious) in Greater China Region
Ince ranked Tier 3 for Insurance in Hong Kong
Ince ranked Band 2 for Insurance (Contentious) in China
