Head of Dispute Resolution Asia

Mark joins the Firm to head its Asia dispute resolution practice and brings more than four decades of experience practising in London and Hong Kong.

Mark has advised many of the world’s leading corporations and institutions, as well as prominent individuals, guiding them through the legal, reputational and commercial challenges that substantial disputes can present.

Mark has wide-ranging experience resolving complex financial and commercial disputes in the courts of the Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands, Hong Kong and England, and through mediation and arbitration. His particular expertise includes shareholder and joint venture disputes, contested takeover bids, redemption issues, the recovery of misappropriated funds and assets, and directors’ liability for breaches of fiduciary duties and duties of care.

He also has extensive experience advising on corporate governance issues and has represented regulators, regulated entities and individuals in investigations into financial and listing practices.

Leading legal directories have described Mark as “excellent and practical” and recognised his “thorough, realistic strategies”, “sharp commercial insights” and “exceptionally calm and measured approach” to client matters.

Mark spent 22 years at Slaughter and May in London and Hong Kong, latterly as a partner heading its Hong Kong litigation practice. He subsequently served as Asia Head of Litigation at Eversheds Sutherland and, most recently, Head of Conyers’ Hong Kong Dispute Management practice.

Mark is also a CEDR-accredited mediator.