Key Experience
Sino-Forest Corporation
Acting for the litigation trustee of Sino-Forest Corporation, a listed forestry company which orchestrated an extremely large fraud causing losses of billions of dollars, in a High Court of Hong Kong action to recover losses from SFC’s former auditors.
China Medical Technologies, Inc.
Representing the liquidators of China Medical, a Cayman Islands company that was listed on NASDAQ, in respect of various actions to recover over US$500 million in losses suffered by the company.
Carlyle Capital Corporation
Represented the liquidators of Carlyle Capital Corporation in claims arising from the collapse of a US$22 billion listed RMBS investment fund in the Channel Islands and United States.
Ocean Grand Group
Represented the liquidators of a Hong Kong-listed company in claims against a global accounting firm for audit negligence.
Galleria (Hong Kong) Limited
Represented the liquidators of Galleria in claims against the Hong Kong branch of a global bank for dishonest assistance, knowing receipt and fraudulent trading.
Hing Yip Holdings (Hong Kong) Limited
Represented the liquidators of a company in the Hong Kong-listed Ocean Grand Group in claims against the company’s former aluminium trading partners for dishonest assistance and knowing receipt.
China Forestry Holdings Co Ltd
Represented the liquidators of a Hong Kong-listed holding company of a group purporting to own extensive timber plantations in Mainland China, in audit negligence claims for amounts exceeding US$100 million against China Forestry’s former auditor.
Career History
- Partner, Karas So LLP, 2024
- Special Counsel, Karas So LLP, 2023
- Senior Associate, Karas So LLP, 2021
- Registered Foreign Lawyer (SA), Lipman Karas (HK), 2017
- Associate, Lipman Karas (Adelaide), 2017
- Clerk, Lipman Karas (Adelaide), 2016
- Insolvency Consultant, Anthony Matthews & Associates, 2014
- University of South Australia, Bachelor of Laws (Honours), 2017
- College of Law, Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, 2017
Admissions
- High Court of Hong Kong, 2021
- Registered Foreign Lawyer (Hong Kong), 2017
- Supreme Court of South Australia, 2017