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Andrew Powner
Title:
Associate, Criminal and Commercial Litigation

Date of joining Haldanes:
2002

Jurisdictions:
Hong Kong

Contact Infomation:

Email :felix.ng@haldanes.com

Tel: 2868 1234

Fax: 2845 1637

Principal Service Areas:

Criminal and Commercial litigation
Immigration and securities-related matters


Experience:

Felix is a criminal and commercial litigator. He frequently represents corporate and individual clients in multi-jurisdictional investigations and court proceedings taken out by the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC), the Securities & Futures Commission (SFC), the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (HKSE), the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), the Hong Kong Police Force, the Immigration Department, the Customs & Excise, the Inland Revenue together with various regulatory bodies and professional councils in Hong Kong.

On an international level, he has represented a listed company chairman in Letter of Request proceedings at the City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court in the United Kingdom and in Germany concerning a high-profile corporate fraud case. He has also acted for bankers in the Lehman Brothers mini-bonds investigation.

In commercial litigation, he has a busy practice in contractual disputes, debt recovery and employment claims.

Education:

  • Master of Laws in International Legal Practice, College of Law of England & Wales
  • Bachelor of Chinese Law (Peoples’ Republic of China), Tsinghua University
  • Postgraduate Certificate of Laws, University of Hong Kong
  • Bachelor of Laws, University of Hong Kong

  • More about Felix:


  • Felix was a speaker on “Insider Dealing & Market Misconduct in Hong Kong & China” in the International Bar Association Conference in Madrid, Spain in 2009 and was a Hong Kong delegate to the Conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 2008.
  • Felix underwent international law training in the Hague, the Netherlands and in Geneva, Switzerland, where he obtained legal experience at the International Criminal Court (ICC), International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the World Trade Organization (WTO).
  • He was selected by the WTO as a Spanish Language Assistant to the Latin American and Spanish delegations at the WTO 6th Ministerial Conference, 2005
  • He furthered his Spanish studies at Universidad de Alcalá de Henares in Spain and thereafter in Argentina and Chile. He also studied Portuguese in Brazil.

  • Memberships:

  • National Representative of China & Hong Kong in the Young Lawyers’ Committee of the International Bar Association
  • Member of Environmental, Health and Safety Law Committee of the International Bar Association
  • Member of Inter-Pacific Bar Association
  • Member of Law Society of Hong Kong
  • Young Professional Member of Swiss Chamber of Commerce
  • Young Professional Member of Spanish Chamber of Commerce

  • Languages:

    English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Spanish and Portuguese
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    Address:


    7th Floor, Ruttonjee House
    11 Duddell Street
    Central, Hong Kong
    Telephone: (852) 2868 1234
    Facsimile: (852) 2845 1637
    DX No. DX-009078 Central 1
    Email: enquiries@haldanes.com

     

     

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