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Vincent Chiu
Barrister-at-law
Des Voeux Chambers

Vincent is a commercial barrister called in 2016. He frequently acts for a diverse range of financial institutions and insurance companies, capitalising on his experience prior to his career in law with Goldman Sachs and as a top 1% graduate from the HKUST Global Business program.  Following his distinguished academic career with scholarships awarded for a visiting undergraduate year at Harvard University and BCL at University of Oxford, Vincent has developed expertise in many areas of civil and commercial litigation.  

The highlights are as follows.

Enforcement: Vincent has vast experience in enforcement of arbitration awards and judgments. He recently acted for an applicant in obtaining a receivership order in aid of enforcement of a mainland award in Hong Kong: [2025] 2 HKLRD 1024. He also resisted an application to set aside an order for enforcing an LCIA award in Hong Kong (on the purported grounds that the applicant did not have a fair hearing due to the hearing being virtual): [2023] 3 HKLRD 654. For enforcement of judgments, Vincent acted for a unit owner in obtaining and enforcing a mandatory injunction against the IO/manager of the prestigious housing estate: [2023] 5 HKC 385, and for judgment creditor in obtaining an order for imprisonment under O.49B [2018] HKCFI 788.

Commercial: Vincent regularly handles complex commercial cases. He acted for the successful appellant in resisting an injunction to restrain the completion of a General Offer in taking over a listed company [2024] HKCA 524. He also acted for the successful fund and manager in resisting an injunction to mandate how it would vote in a scheme of arrangement meeting for the bonds held under the fund: [2023] HKCFI 2727. Recently, he acted for successful defendants in resisting the plaintiff’s claim for the repayment of an alleged RMB 150,000,000 loan, on the grounds that the alleged loan was a sham arrangement: [2024] HKCFI 1380.

Personal Estate: Vincent is frequently briefed for personal estate matters involving mentally incapacitated persons (MIPs) with high net worth. Vincent acted in the first reported case in Hong Kong [2019] HKCFI 2919 where the Court’s protective jurisdiction over MIPs was invoked to make directions for access matters. Vincent also regularly handles applications for appointment of committee.

Employment: Vincent regularly handles cases involving restraint of trade and employment benefits. Most recently, he acted for a successful appellant in [2025] HKCFI 728 concerning the calculation of statutory entitlements (e.g. holiday pay) for employees earning base salary and commission.
Vincent is also experienced in company & insolvency law, cross-border shareholders’ disputes, and land law, and frequently acts for schools and education institutions.