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Billy Tang

Senior Associate
Melbourne
About

Billy Tang is a commercial litigation lawyer, with a focus on financial services disputes with cross-border elements.

Billy regularly acts for banking and financial institutions and multinational corporations across a broad range of sectors including energy, insurance, life sciences, logistics and transportation and technology in proceedings at all levels of courts as well as in international and domestic arbitrations. Billy has also advised clients on regulatory and compliance matters.

Billy has practised law in Hong Kong for a decade and is familiar with the business environment in the Asia Pacific region. With his trilingual ability in English, Mandarin and Cantonese, Billy can conveniently provide legal services to clients with diverse backgrounds.

Areas of FocusLitigation, Arbitration and InvestigationsFinancial Services
Professional QualificationsSolicitor of the High Court of Hong KongSolicitor of the Senior Courts of England and WalesSolicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria

EXPERIENCE

  • Acted for major banks in recovering substantial outstanding indebtedness owing by various companies and individuals by way of litigation and debt restructuring including cross-border enforcement of judgments and arbitral awards.
  • Advised liquidators and receivers on loan restructuring exercise and asset recovery projects with multi-jurisdictional elements.
  • Advised on shareholders' disputes involving companies in multiple jurisdictions in a series of court proceedings.
  • Acted for an investment fund in arbitration proceedings in relation to a joint venture agreement.
  • Advised financial services clients on contractual disputes including rendering legal opinion on interpretation of contractual provisions and litigation risks.
  • Advised a logistics and transportation client on the compliance perspective in respect of various agreements concerning rules of regulatory bodies.
  • Advised clients from the regulatory perspective in respect of potential liability issues arising from regulations by the authorities, including issues relating to the Trade and Industry Department, the Department of Health and the Customs and Excise Department.
  • Acted for an insurance company in relation to liability and claim issues arising out of a large scale offshore accident in Europe.
Languages
  • English
  • Chinese (Cantonese)
  • Chinese (Mandarin)
Education
  • The University of Hong Kong, L.L.B., 2010
  • The University of Hong Kong, P.C.LL, 2011

My latest insights

Publication

What rights do ultimate investors of notes and bonds really have?

26 July 2023 .11 minute read

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+61 3 9274 5082
(Work, Melbourne)
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