Offshore Litigation Blog

After a long week’s work, it is always a pleasure to grab a pint of beer with your colleagues. It is no different at Harneys’ Hong Kong office, and in fact we go way beyond that to enjoy beers. We frequent popular craft beer joints around the city, have had beer tasting sessions with our business partners as networking events and internally as team events to strengthen the bonding among team members. Why? It is because our Counsel Sui Hung Yeung is a beer enthusiast, to the extent that he has been regularly acting as a beer judge and brewing his own beers at home. As you can tell, the team has been benefitting a lot from his passion for beer.

In a recent event that sounds straight out of a comedy script, Bermuda played host to a most unexpected set of VIPs—Very Important Pigs. A KLM aircraft en route from the Netherlands to Mexico made an emergency stop on the island after the smell from its cargo of live pigs proved too much for the flight crew and pilots to handle. Yes, you read that correctly: the pigs were flying, but their odour was grounding!

On 23 October, Hong Kong’s arbitration community gathered for the annual Hong Kong Arbitration Charity Ball. The ball is one of the highlights of Hong Kong’s legal calendar, and is attended by arbitration professionals from across the world. Harneys hosted a table at the event, and an enjoyable evening was had by all.

On 1 October 2024, our Cyprus office will celebrate Cyprus’ independence from British colonial rule. This is a national holiday, observed with various ceremonies, including parades, speeches, and cultural events. Military parades are held in major cities across the island, with participation from units of the National Guard, the police, the fire services, and civil defence.

From ‘nine-to-five’*, Joey Wong is known as the Human Resources Manager for Harneys Hong Kong and Singapore offices. However, amidst the piles of HR files, meetings and running a department, Joey has a passion simmering within her: baking.

The five months’ march of preparing for my wedding day is finally coming to an end in May. From the booking of wedding banquets to searching for service providers (photographer, videographer, beautician, host, banquet decoration, etc), to finding cute puppets for children and gifts for the guests, my husband and I spend almost every weekend comparing the different options and bargaining for a better price.

So, here I am, Benjamin Bronzon, an Aussie lawyer from Sydney diving headfirst into the bustling metropolis of Hong Kong. Crikey, what a change! But let me tell you, it has been a ripper of a ride so far.

After years of having the luxury of endless choices of takeouts, and the abundance of high-end and budget shopping, dining and bars at my doorstep, I finally decided to say goodbye to Hong Kong and moved to Harneys’ Cayman Islands office in 2022.

A spotlight has been shone in recent years on the wellbeing and mental health of legal professionals, and rightfully so. Being a legal professional is a stressful job that is often a delicate dance between managing a plethora of different aspects in order to minimise the inherent stress that comes with the job. It is encouraging to see many law firms stepping up their mental health and wellness initiatives to facilitate and assist legal professionals in this very personal journey.

Chinese New Year (also referred to as Lunar New Year outside of China) is not only the biggest holiday in China but also in many other Asian countries and com…

We recently had a chat with Natalie Lee, our newly promoted Counsel, during which she talked about her career in law, her journey with Harneys and more.

Cayman’s newest sporting facility has captured the attention of Cayman’s corporate scene. The Cayman Pickleball court opened its courts in July 2023 and has become such a hit that a corporate league has been formed.