Matthew is described as “excellent” and “an experienced expert”
Matthew Durham
Provides board-level advice on sensitive strategic issues, including employee misconduct, corporate restructures and senior appointments and exits
The Firm
Their litigation strategy is strong; they’re quite flexible in terms of arrangements and providing a step-by-step approach. They will follow up regularly and are proactive in terms of thinking about what’s coming next.
Tier 1, Commercial and Transaction Disputes
Tier 2, Insolvency and Family & Matrimonial
Winner, Firm of the Year – Hong Kong
Tier 1 Firm, Commercial and Transactions Hong Kong Domestic Firms
Tier 2 Firm, Family and Matrimonial
A boutique practice that ‘provides great technical advice and is sensitive to commercial issues’.
Tier 2 Firm, Restructuring and Insolvency Hong Kong Domestic Firms
Winner, Dispute Resolution Firm of the Year
Interviewees highlight the team’s timeliness and the quality of its advice. “They always come back to us quickly. They provide clear advice and understand what we are talking about very quickly,” a client reports. Further sources concur by saying that the team is “always on time” and “gives strong advice.”
All the solicitors I have worked with at Gall are extremely competent, hard-working and demonstrate the ability to ‘think outside of the box’ in solving problems and issues that arise during the course of the litigation.
Winner, Best in Labout & Employment
Tier 1 Firm, Commercial and Transactions Hong Kong Domestic Firms
Gall listed as a Recommended Firm and Caroline McNally named a “Leading Lawyer”
Local firm, well known and respected for its representation of clients in both Hong Kong and cross-border commercial disputes. Well placed to assist financial institutions, foreign governments and high net worth individuals, with expertise in a range of issues including insolvency, fraud and employment disputes. Experienced in securing major injunctions for high-profile clients.
Interviewees describe the team as “very responsive” and appreciate that it can handle matters “in a timely manner.”
“They are very good and organised and they have the right amount of empathy with clients.”
Another market source highlights the team’s key strengths: “Approachable and very professional. No-nonsense.”
Gall is ‘the equal of many much larger firms; the lawyers are universally of high ability, offering practical advice and sensible solutions’.
Gall specialises in bankruptcy litigation and debtor representation
The lawyers at Gall are extremely pragmatic and focused on the business outcome that we as the client are seeking to achieve
Nominee, Hong Kong Independent Firm of the Year
Finalist, Hong Kong Firm of the Year 2017
National Law Firm of the Year, Hong Kong
Winner, Dispute Resolution Boutique Law Firm of the Year
Highly Recommended Firm, Employment and Recommended Individual, Andrea Randall. “Andrea Randall has an impressive knowledge of HK and English employment law. She offers creative legal strategies”.
Chris Wong has a strong focus on PRC matters. He is thorough, reliable, quick and a good communicator.
Experienced in securing major injunctions for high-profile clients.
Interviewees are quick to highlight the team’s focus on client service, saying: “It is a very strong team which is very client service oriented.” A further client adds: “They are very focused on meeting client demands and are very responsive to clients’ needs.”
Gall is extremely well regarded in the litigation field
Shortlisted for Employment Firm of the Year and Andrea Randall for Employment Lawyer of the Year
Gall is highly regarded for its contentious insolvency capabilities. The ‘extremely sharp’ Chris Wong is frequently instructed by insolvency practitioners, often in cases with a cross-border element.
Gall is knowledgeable and experienced, and reasonable in terms of costs.
Chris Wong has maintained the firm’s presence in this sector with a series of insolvency-related cases. Contentious specialist Nick Gall provides further senior-level credibility.
The boutique disputes firm of the year is a compact powerhouse specializing in dispute resolution. Some of the largest firms trust them as their referrals, and some of the largest names make up their clientele.
Nick Gall
Nick Gall – outstanding client management skills and keeps key objectives clearly in mind. Can be very tenacious when needed.
Nick Gall is an experienced litigator, particularly for shareholder disputes. A market source notes that he gives “very good strategic advice.”
Nick leads a “savvy and experienced team that is plugged into the needs of the local market and clients”.
“Nick is one of the best lawyers I have dealt with. He is extremely knowledgeable and problem solving. He uses a large network to understand the scope of all work.”
Recognised as a Litigation Star
Finalist, Lawyer of the Year – Hong Kong
Excellent leadership skills and client management capabilities.
Leading Lawyer
Recommended Lawyer: Litigation, Employment, Restructuring & insolvency
Founding partner Nick Gall has long-standing experience in contentious matters, including international fraud and asset-tracing matters. “He is reliable and you know he will handle things well.”
Outstanding client handler who has built his firm from the ground up.
Nominee, Managing Partner of the Year
Department head Nick Gall is regarded as a “very sound litigator” who is “affable, kind and attentive.” Interviewees are quick to highlight his responsive approach and considerable experience in the market, with one source calling him “a very safe pair of hands.” He is valued for his expertise in commercial disputes and is particularly active in cross-border fraud and asset tracing matters.
Practice head Nick Gall handles multi-jurisdictional fraud and international asset tracing litigation.
Nick Gall handles contentious employment work as a function of his overarching commercial litigation practice.
Caroline McNally
Caroline McNally remains a highly sought-after practitioner when it comes to financial settlement matters and cases involving children. Market sources find her to be “very technically sensible and easy to work with.”
“Caroline is one of the best family lawyers around. She is extremely knowledgeable and has brilliant tactical sense.”
“Caroline gives solid, reasonable advice to clients, and has a quiet confidence that clients, who are at an emotional time in their lives, find reassuring. She keeps the case focused and contained, and does not let it get swept away in sideshows.”
Named a “Preeminent” Lawyer
A “settlement-focused lawyer who never messes around.” “She has worked hard to make herself known in the field and she knows what she is doing”
“Caroline is one of the most sensible people in the room.”
Caroline McNally is brilliant and highly sought after. She is very experienced and gives practical, effective advice.
Recognised as a Litigation Star
“Very easy to work with and very knowledgeable with a good understanding of the issues and a great way of explaining the processes and procedures.”
“The firm’s Family partner was very experienced and lovely to work with. Very knowledgeable.”
“Charming, articulate and insightful” Caroline McNally is “the first choice for many clients,” according to a market source.
Head of practice Caroline McNally is renowned for her work in the family law field, and particularly recognised for her negotiating skills while working on prenuptial agreements. She was also elected chair of the Hong Kong Family Law Association in 2017. One market commentator states: “She is fantastic to work with: she is measured, reassuring to clients and has a very quick command of the important issues of the case.”
Caroline McNally of Gall is commended for her expertise in matrimonial, cohabitation and child-related matters. She is well regarded for high-stakes cross-border matters. One impressed interviewee states: “She is crystal clear in her approach and highly confident, approachable and reasonable, picking up on any key issues immediately”.
“Caroline is outstanding”; “a wise, clever head on young shoulders”; “extremely knowledgeable, the very safest pair of hands to guide one through a testing time of life”.
Chris Wong
Chris Wong is measured, calm, practical and knowledgeable. Always a pleasure to work with.
A hard worker and first-rate lawyer.
Chris Wong earns a banded ranking after winning praise from market commentators, with one singling him out as “particularly good” at being “practical and realistic about the challenges” while “listening, understanding and being prepared to explain things.”
“Gall, in particular the partner Chris Wong, is always a pleasure to work with. The firm is efficient and resourceful, and Chris possesses an excellent combination of good legal knowledge, client liaison skills and practical commercial sense.”
“Excellent practitioner. Extremely responsive. Able to act in emergencies with great professionalism. Good at explaining the various steps and what a client can expect.”
Chris is highly responsive, user-friendly and has an excellent sense of his clients’ core concerns and objectives
Distinguished Practitioner, Dispute Resolution
Recognised as a Litigation Star
Finalist, Dispute Resolution Lawyer of the Year
Winner, Lawyer of the Year – Hong Kong
Winner, “Outstanding Practitioner – Hong Kong”
Future Star, Commercial and Transactions – Hong Kong
Recommended Lawyer, Restructuring & Insolvency
Ranked as one of the “Best Lawyers” for service quality
Noted Practitioner, Dispute Resolution
“He is excellent.”
“Chris Wong, the executive partner, is practical and knows his stuff!”
Finalist, Disputes Star of the Year – Hong Kong
Nominee, Dispute Resolution Lawyer of the Year
Future Star, Commercial and Transactions – Hong Kong
Chris Wong is highly regarded
The ‘very knowledgeable’ Chris Wong handles insolvency disputes as part of his broader commercial litigation practice and specialises in PRC-related cases under Hong Kong law
Market Leading Lawyer, Dispute Resolution & Litigation
Finalist, Disputes Star of the Year – Hong Kong
“Chris is thorough, reliable, quick and is a good communicator,” says a client.
“Responsive and efficient” Chris Wong, Head of China-related matters “provides very clear and thorough advice.”
The ‘extremely sharp’ Chris Wong has a broad practice that takes in bankruptcy, insolvency, commercial disputes, fraud and asset recovery. He is frequently instructed by insolvency practitioners, often in cases with a cross-border element.
Finalist, Disputes Star of the Year – Hong Kong
Recommended Lawyer, Dispute Resolution
Evelyn Chan
Evelyn Chan works with most of the active IPs in town and is a rising star.
Very hardworking.
Evelyn is hardworking and detail-oriented
Evelyn Chan rejoined the firm in November 2017, and, as part of her general commercial litigation expertise, has significant experience in contentious insolvency work, particularly as it relates to asset tracing.
