Johnson Stokes & Master

One of the oldest firms in the market and having returned to its original branding following its recent spin-off from Mayer Brown, Johnson Stokes & Master has excellent connections with domestic employers, developers and contractors, ensuring it picks up a raft of contentious and non-contentious construction work throughout Greater China. ‘Highly experienced’ team head Geoffrey Chan is well-versed in handling conventional litigation as well as regularly utilising ADR methods to elicit favourable results for clients as respondents and plaintiffs in high-stakes disputes. Chan is also skilled at handling public inquiries, while on the advisory front can draw upon a deep well of experience for clients throughout the project life-cycle. Appreciated for his ’strategic mindset and sharp legal skills’, Menachem Hasofer has niche expertise in relation to the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Government Procurement Agreement (GPA), as well as regularly advising clients on judicial review proceedings concerning town planning, environmental and land lease decisions. Noted for both his front-end expertise and litigation nous, Tom Fu is particularly adept at handling mandates with a nexus to Mainland China; alongside Chan he continues to advise the Hong Kong Jockey Club on its HK$3bn construction of a facility for the training of Hong Kong’s thoroughbred racehorses in Guangdong, China. Noted for her ‘practical insight and proactive management’, Mei Ling Lew is a key member of the team as a result of her skilful representation of public and private sector clients across a myriad contentious and non-contentious matters. At a more junior level, the ’sharp and insightful’ Jason Leung also continues to gain market traction since being made partner in 2023 and has strong visibility in the construction engineering and real estate development industry in Hong Kong, Mainland China and overseas.