Gall has been nominated in 6 categories in this year’s ALB Hong Kong Law Awards.
On 28 September 2017, Asia’s leading dispute resolution lawyers will gather in Hong Kong to celebrate the progress of litigation and dispute resolution in the legal profession at the third annual Asialaw Asia-Pacific Dispute Resolution Awards.
This article first appeared in the 11th edition of The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Corporate Recovery & Insolvency; published by Global Legal Group Ltd, London.https://iclg.com/practice-areas/corporate-recovery-and-insolvency/corporate-recovery-and-insolvency-2017/hong-kong
Currently a foreign judgment can be enforced in Hong Kong by one of two means. Firstly, at Common Law, and secondly, through the Statutory Registration Scheme, namely the Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Ordinance (Cap. 319).
On 13 December 2016, the Nanjing Intermediate People’s Court of Jiangsu Province enforced an arbitral award made by the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission Hong Kong Arbitration Center (“CIETAC HK”), making it the first CIETAC HK award to be enforced in mainland China.
Gall is delighted to have won “Best in Restructuring & Insolvency” in China Business Law Journal’s 2016 China Business Law Awards. The China Business Law Awards recognizes the work of Chinese and international law firms in a series of practice area related categories. The China Business Law Awards are presented by the China Business Law Journal and will be published in a special report in the February 2017 issue of the publication.
Gall is delighted to announce that the firm has been nominated for Employment Law Firm of the Year and partner Andrea Randall has been nominated in the Employment Lawyer of the year category for The Asia Legal Awards 2017.
In the recently released Chambers Asia Pacific 2017 Guide Gall is ranked in the Dispute Resolution and Family/Matrimonial practice areas. Partners Nick Gall (Dispute Resolution) and Caroline McNally (Family/Matrimonial) are named as Leading Individuals in their respective practice areas.
Reproduced with permission from Law Business Research Ltd. Getting the Deal Through: Asset Recovery 2017, (published in September 2016; contributing editors: Jonathan Tickner, Sarah Gabriel and Hannah Laming, Peters & Peters Solicitors LLP) For further information please visit
Partner and Head of Family and Divorce Practice Caroline McNally has been elected Chairman of the Hong Kong Family Law Association (HKFLA) for 2017. Caroline has been a Committee member since 2015 and served as Honourable Secretary of the HKFLA during 2016.