Vincent Chen
Call
2008 (Hong Kong)
Languages
English, Cantonese, Mandarin
Areas of Practice
Commercial & Banking Law
Companies
Confidentiality & Privacy
Construction
Contract
Defamation
Employment
Equity & Trusts
Injunction & Contempt
Insolvency
Insurance
Mental Health
Probate & Succession
Professional Liability
Property & Land
Regulatory & Disciplinary
Tax
Unjust Enrichment
Contact
Secretary: Ms. Tracy Wong
[email protected]
Vincent was called to the Hong Kong Bar in 2008 and has since developed a broad range of civil practice focusing on commercial litigation and corporate insolvency matters. He receives instructions to appear in all levels of courts in Hong Kong and render advice on all civil matters (whether procedural or substantive) and in arbitration.
Vincent was previously a member of the Company Law Panel and Financial and Securities Law Panel of the Hong Kong Bar Association.
He was appointed as a deputy district judge in 2025.
- L.L.M (Corporate and Commercial Law), The London School of Economics and Political Science
- LL.B. (Hons.), The University of Hong Kong – Dean’s Honour List
- Exchange Studies, Warwick University
- P.C.LL., The University of Hong Kong
- The University of Hong Kong – Dean’s Honour List (2003 – 2005)
- Member of the Company Law Panel of the Hong Kong Bar Association (from 2013 to 2018)
- Member of the Financial and Securities Law Panel of the Hong Kong Bar Association (2022-2024)
- Deputy District Judge (2025)
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Matters
- Yeung So Lai (楊素麗) v. Art Excel Limited, [2025] HKCA 957, successfully overturning the court below decision to set aside a statutory demand involving a debt exceeding HK$120 million.
- VPower Group Holdings Ltd v. CRRC Hong Kong Capital Management Co. Ltd, [2025] HKCA 952, handling an injunction application to restrain the presentation of winding up petition against a subsidiary of a Hong Kong listed company.
- Re China Zenith Chemical Group Limited (formerly known as Xinyang Maojian Group Limited (信陽毛尖集團有限公司 And 中國天化工集團有限公司), [2024] HKCFI 2097, representing one of the creditors in this litigation with a favourable outcome.
- Re Leading Holdings Group Ltd, [2023] HKCFI 1770, representing a creditor in this winding up petition.
Commercial Litigation
- China Evergrande Group (In Liquidation) v. Hui Ka Yan and Others, [2025] HKCFI 4327, representing certain defendants in a claim by the liquidators including an application to appoint interim receiver and manager against a defendant’s assets.
- Jia Asia Asset Management Pte. Ltd. v Hong Kong Barter Exchange Limited, [2025] HKCFI 2964, successfully resisting an application for interim interim Mareva Injunction.
- Realord Group Holdings Ltd and Another v. Win Dynamic Ltd and Another, [2025] HKCFI 1939, handling this litigation involving a deed of gift of an amount exceeding HK$260 million.
- Securities and Futures Commission v. Leung Anita Fung Yee Maria and Others, [2025] HKCA 444, handling and resisting an application for Mareva Injunction by the SFC.
- Forever Concord Limited (Receivers and Managers Appointed) v. Lau Kwong & Hung (A Firm) & Ors, [2024] HKCFI 1870, successfully resisting an application for production and discovery made by the receivers and managers.
- Hu Lan (胡蘭) v David Golden (達偉) [2024] HKCA 108 — successfully defending the defendant in a loan claim involving USD8.6 million both in the Court of First Instance and in the Court of Appeal.
- Shown Wai Investment Company Limited v Hui Yip Wing David [2024] HKCFI 1477 — successfully resisting a claim of breach of fiduciary duty made against the former CEO of the Chinachem Group.