Peter So

Partner | Litigation and Dispute Resolution

peter.so@deacons.com

+852 2825 9247

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Peter specialises in litigation and dispute resolution and advises on a broad range of commercial disputes and contentious matters, including regulatory investigations by the SFC, HKMA, ICAC and Hong Kong Competition Commission (HKCC), financial institutions and banking litigation, arbitrations, shareholder disputes, disputes amongst members of high net worth families, injunctions and asset tracing.

Peter regularly advises financial institutions, banks and licensed persons and entities on contentious regulatory and securities law related issues, including insider dealing, market misconduct, mis-selling, disclosure of interests, sponsors’ liabilities, anti-money laundering (AML), anti-bribery and corruption and unlicensed regulated activities. In particular, Peter has extensive experience in advising banks on mis-selling of financial products and dealing with complex issues arising from regulatory / criminal investigations and civil proceedings.

Peter regularly conducts training and seminars for clients on insider dealing, the Hong Kong Prevention of Bribery Ordinance and AML.

Peter also advises clients on competition law related issues and handles investigations by the HKCC and subsequent legal proceedings at the Hong Kong Competition Tribunal. He has provided training and seminars for clients on the Hong Kong Competition Ordinance and related compliance and best practices.

Highlights

Some of his recent experience includes:

• acted for companies in an investigation by the HKCC and in defending proceedings commenced by the HKCC at the Competition Tribunal
• acted for a financial institution in disciplinary proceedings relating to sponsors’ failures
• acted for a foreign bank in successfully resisting a stay of application
• acted for an oil company against a transportation company in recovering unpaid debt and obtained favourable awards which were subsequently registered as judgments
• acted for securities brokerage companies in disciplinary proceedings relating to AML issues
• acted for a major private bank in defending proceedings commenced by investors alleging mis-selling of structured products and claiming damages of millions of US dollars
• acted for a bank in an investigation by the HKMA on regulatory issues which resulted in a Compliance Advice Letter and no action being taken
• acted for licensed entities, licensed individuals and financial institutions in disciplinary proceedings which resulted in either no action being taken or reduced fines and sanctions
• acted for foreign parties in discharging a s.21M injunction which went to the Court of Appeal
• acted for a large European manufacturer of electronic products in proceedings against the factory for defective products and claiming substantial damages and achieving a settlement after mediation
• regularly acting for and advising companies, banks, brokerage companies, financial institutions and individuals on SFC and HKMA investigations

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