Kenneth Lee is a civil and criminal litigator who has worked on some of Hong Kong’s most high profile High Court cases and lengthy trials in recent years.  He joined Hampton, Winter and Glynn in 2000 and became a Partner in 2009.

In civil litigation he has represented public companies and their subsidiaries in a wide range of actions, including insurance litigation, defamation, injunctions and contractual disputes.

In criminal litigation, he has represented clients accused of offences ranging from commercial crimes such as fraud and money laundering to murder, theft, assault and dangerous drugs offences.

Kenneth is a trained mediator who has also represented clients in arbitrations and mediations.  He is a solicitor on the Legal Aid Panel.

Kenneth was admitted in Hong Kong in 2000.  He is fluent in English and Cantonese.

Kenneth’s practice areas are:

Civil Litigation:

• Banking, finance and investment disputes
• Commercial fraud Investigations
• Conflict of laws
• Construction disputes
• Contentious probate matters
• Contracts disputes
• Court of Protection applications for the appointment of committees under the Mental Health Ordinance – and support to those committees
• Debt recovery
• Defamation
• Insolvency and bankruptcy
• Insurance claims
• International trade and sales of goods
• Joint Venture disputes
• Partnership and shareholders disputes
• Personal injury and fatal accidents
• Professional negligence
• Securities disputes

Criminal Litigation:

• Drug related offences
• Fraud - commercial fraud, blackmail, CCB investigations
• ICAC investigations
• Intellectual property rights offences
• Murder and manslaughter
• Offences against the person
• Offences under the Securities and Futures Ordinance
• Sexual offences
• Theft, robbery, burglary and handling stolen goods
• Traffic offences