CLIENT SOLUTIONS DIRECTORLeo Leung
Leo is our Client Solutions Director dedicated to assisting RKS's clients to untangle conflicts involving families and organizations.
He applies his financial expertise to assist our lawyers and clients to master the case facts, understand complex financial dealings and offer practical solutions to achieve the best results.
As a certified public accountant with strong academic background in law, accountancy and business management, Leo has assumed senior executive positions in various industry leaders for over 20 years, possessing vast experience and in-depth understanding about business strategy and financial operation of different industries. He specializes in giving tactical advice on strategic matters, governance, investment and business management, special situation and sensitive issue management and negotiation. He has intensely involved in multiple high-stake litigations, and proven to be well versed in diagnosing the dedicated dynamic among conflicting parties, either over dining table or negotiation table, in boardroom or in courtroom.
Education –
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Juris Doctor (JD)
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, BSc, MBA
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, PgdPA
Cornell University, Certificate in Conflict Resolution
Yale University, Executive Education–Negotiation Strategies
Language – English, Cantonese & Mandarin
Education –
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Juris Doctor (JD)
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, BSc, MBA
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, PgdPA
Cornell University, Certificate in Conflict Resolution
Yale University, Executive Education–Negotiation Strategies
Language – English, Cantonese & Mandarin
Creating Pragmatic Solutions
Leo has proven himself in giving instrumental and critical strategic advice in:
- managing conflict situations and disputes involving multiple stakeholders, including among family members, among business partners, as well as among multiple stakeholders in a situation;
- liaising and negotiating with conflicting parties at multiple stages of a conflict situation to align the perspectives, interests, limitations, constraints and most importantly the understandings of the stakeholders involved and then identify the most beneficial strategic and pragmatic alternatives applicable to the situation;
- reviewing and formalizing the organization and governance structure of family trusts, family wealth management offices, philanthropic organizations, investment consortiums as well as business corporations to make sure the powers and interests of the stakeholders involved are balanced and protected;
- in-depth review and analysis of investment and business reports to identify irregularities and/or puzzles, if any, in terms of cashflow, balance sheet, profitability, financial arrangement, organization structure, business and operation model;
- attending general meetings, board meetings, investors meetings, creditors meetings, etc., to make sure the rights and interests of the principals / clients are represented and the officers involved have duly performed the required fiduciary duties.
Managing Real-life Situations
Leo has played a pivotal role in numerous real-life conflicts and special situations, including:
- conflicts relating to the recovery of stakes in a family-owned multinational enterprise of a well-known entrepreneur;
- conflicts relating to the divergence of interests and hence business perspectives among family members management in a group involving multiple listed companies;
- conflicts relating to the succession of control of listed companies, family wealth management offices and family trusts of a highly respected business leader;
- enduring inquiries by regulatory authorities as well as minority shareholders essentially around the governance of a listed group managed by majority shareholder;
- situation involving serious misconducts of senior executives which led to the winding-up of a joint venture and resultant disputes among the joint venture partners;
- conflicts relating to the disarray of initial investment thesis of co-founders which ended up with critical continuity issue of their joint venture and cooperation;
- situation involving devastating business failure covered up by the managing partner which was then escalated into the subsequent serious disputes among co-investors;
- negotiations relating to more than 100+ investments around the world involving billions dollars of assets value.
Coordinating Legal Matters
In the process of managing conflicts and special situations, Leo has been tasked to proactively liaise and coordinate with legal teams with different specialties across different jurisdictions to facilitate the handling of both contentious and non-contentious matters as well as mediations, covering:
- deals and transactions related matters
- commercial disputes
- debts and assets recovery
- company law matters
- listing rules and regulatory compliance matters
- shareholders disputes and minority interest protection
- employment disputes and white-collar crimes
- matrimonial related matters
- mental health related matters
Professional Qualification / Membership
- Certified Public Accountant, The Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- Fellow, The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
- Associate, The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
- Associate, The Hong Kong Mediation Centre