史密夫斐尔律师事务所迎来商业诉讼合伙人Paul Quinn律师和麦浚铭律师加入其香港办公室。

Quinn律师为董事会、基金、清算人、审计师和股东就复杂的国内国际商业争议提供法律咨询，尤其擅长处理职业过失、公司法、董事职责、股东争议、破产和欺诈事务。

麦律师早前曾在史密夫斐尔任职，拥有香港讼辩律师资格，就复杂的商业诉讼提供法律咨询，擅长处理金融领域争议、股东争议、欺诈、争议性破产和重组、加密货币和金融监管事务。

史密夫斐尔亚洲争议解决业务负责人卓柏文御用大律师表示：“在这个复杂多变的时代，越来越多的客户寻求我们解决各种争议问题。两位律师的加入将帮助我们更好地满足这些需求。他们拥有过硬的专业技能，不仅能够助力我们拓展业务，还能补充现有团队的工作。”

伴随着两位专家的加入，史密夫斐尔香港争议解决业务团队目前共有13位合伙人。

HSF builds commercial litigation heft in HK with hires from Kirkland, Latham

Global law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has expanded on its existing commercial litigation offering in Hong Kong with the hire of Paul Quinn (L) from Kirkland & Ellis and the return of Truman Mak from Latham & Watkins. 

Quinn has 16 years of experience in advising clients on domestic and international commercial disputes, with a particular focus on professional negligence, company law, director's duties, shareholder disputes, insolvency, and fraud. His clients include boards, funds, liquidators, auditors, and shareholders. 

He spent over nine years at Kirkland & Ellis, where he was promoted to partner in 2017. Quinn also previously worked at Lipman Karas (now Karas So) in Hong Kong and the legacy Mallesons Stephen Jacques in Australia.

Meanwhile, Mak's practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, with a focus on financial sector disputes, shareholder disputes, fraud, contentious insolvency and restructuring, cryptocurrency issues, and financial regulatory proceedings. 

Mak began his career at Herbert Smith Freehills in 2014 as a trainee solicitor and returns to the firm after a two-year stint at Latham & Watkins, where he worked as an associate.

"In complex times, more clients are seeking our advice on disputes of all types, and Paul and Truman will help us meet that demand," said Simon Chapman KC, HSF’s Asia head of dispute resolution, in a statement. "Their skills will allow us to expand our practice and will complement the work of our existing practitioners."

Added Asia managing partner Graeme Preston: "The dual strengths of our Asia corporate and disputes practices allows us to advise clients at every stage of their business and investments.”

The arrivals of Quinn and Mak bring the total number of full-time partners at HSF’s Hong Kong office to 20. The dispute resolution practice itself now boasts 13 partners.

Quinn’s departure from Kirkland & Ellis marked the second recent significant exit from the U.S. firm. Earlier this month, the firm lost private equity and M&A expert Gary Li to the PRC’s Zhong Lun Law Firm.