Charles Mo

Court Disputes

• Acting for a shareholder in an intra-family dispute concerning shareholding in a private international conglomerate with disputes in Hong Kong, Luxembourg, Spain, Israel, Russia, Ukraine, and others; successfully defending an attempt at winding up and advising client on options to take control of businesses valued at over US$200m.
• Acting for a Big Four accounting firm and trustee set up to manage the fortune of a prominent family in a trusts dispute with multiple legal proceedings in defending claims of up to HK$450m.
• Acting for liquidators of a distressed private company in a claim against former directors for misfeasance, unfair preference, and misappropriation of funds, and an investigation into misconduct.
• Acting for an investment bank in a dispute over the validity and unwinding of convertible bonds and alleged fraud.
• Acting for an insurance company against more than 100 insurance agents who were defecting to a rival insurer and successfully obtaining injunctions to protect the client’s confidential information.
• Advising a Korean chaebol TV panel manufacturer on a contracts dispute with a Singaporean parts manufacturer and on product recall and upstream indemnity claims assessed at US$16m.
• Advising a listing candidate on legal and equitable ownership of core subsidiary where bona vacantia applied.
• Acting for a listed manufacturer in a shareholders dispute with a minority shareholder of a subsidiary valued at HK$1b.
• Acting for a global online retailer in criminal proceedings for the sale of allegedly counterfeit goods.

Arbitration

• Acting in multiple disputes involving investments in cryptocurrency businesses.
• Acting for a Japanese investment funds company in relation to an investment dispute of CNY1.2 billion stemming from a failed listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, administered by the HKIAC. We successfully argued for a stay of the High Court proceedings launched by the counterparty in favor of arbitration and struck out an injunction application. (Reported Court case: Lin Ming & Anor v Chen Shu Quan & Others, HCA 1900/2011).
• Acting for a UK based energy trader against a Chinese SOE in support of an ad hoc arbitration seated in Paris.
• Acting for a commodities broker in defending an arbitration claim from client for alleged theft and fraudulent trading, administered by the HKIAC.
• Acting for an American hotel developer against its PRC JV partner in an ICC arbitration seated in Hong Kong.
• Acting for an insurance company against indemnified party in dispute over payments in dispute concerning the construction of the Hong Kong International Airport, administered by the HKIAC.
• Acting for a Hong Kong supplier of fine gems against a European insurance company in an ad hoc arbitration seated in Geneva.
• Acting for a Taiwanese conglomerate on a contractual claim for outstanding commission payments of US$7.5 million due from an American energy company, seated in Texas.
• Acting for a global pharmaceutical company in launching arbitration proceedings in the HKIAC against a PRC manufacturer for breach of undertaking in a JV agreement.

Life Sciences

• Advising on antitrust implications of cross-selling and cross-marketing activities (vertical and horizontal).
• Advising on procedures and standards for clinical trials and the national codification of international standards on good clinical practice and the Helsinki Declaration.
• Advising on scope of permissible promotional activities, off-label claims, and advertising for medical and health products.

Financial Regulatory

• Acting for Independent Non-Executive Directors of a listed company in disciplinary proceedings brought by the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong for alleged late issue of profit warning.
• Acting for the controller of a regulated fund in an investigation commenced by the Securities and Futures Commission for alleged market making activities.
• Acting for a family office in an investigation commenced by the Securities and Futures Commission for alleged unlicensed activities.

Employment and Data Privacy

• Charles has advised and regularly advises large number of clients on employment and data privacy issues.