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Robert Clark
Email: robert.clark@deacons.com.hk
Tel: +852 2825 9268 (GMT +08:00 hours)
Based in: Hong Kong
 
Title: Partner
Admitted to Deacons' Partnership:   2001
 
Jurisdictions:   Hong Kong, England & Wales (non-practising)
 
Principal Service Areas:   Commercial Litigation, Defamation, Commercial Arbitration
 
Languages:   English, French
 
Experience:  

Robert's primary area of practice involves complex disputes of a commercial nature. He has experience in handling contractual disputes; commercial transactions; commercial insurance disputes (including long term business); bank recovery actions; trade finance litigation; media law; interim injunctions; passing-off; negligence (including professional negligence); employment; discovery actions; judicial review; public enquiries; jurisdictional challenges; and insolvency related work.

 
More about Robert:  
Member, Executive Committee of the Outward Bound Trust of Hong Kong Limited

Member, The Law Society of Hong Kong

Panel of Intervention Agents, The Law Society of Hong Kong

Member, The Law Society of England and Wales

Member, The International Bar Association

Member, The Insolvency Interest Group of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Member, The British Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong (Deacons Chief Rep.)

Contributing editor of Hong Kong Civil Procedure: the "Hong Kong White Book"

Contributing editor of Tort Law and Practice in Hong Kong

The 2009 edition of Chambers Asia acknowledged Robert as a Leading Individual for Dispute Resolution saying of him: 'An “effective and technically sound litigator", Robert Clark is particularly lauded for his work in defamation matters. He is also admired for his good people skills, with interviewees describing him as “a gentleman to deal with".'

The 2009 edition of Chambers Asia also acknowledged Robert as a Leading Individual for Contentious Insurance; '"who does a great job in insurance litigation". He is "well respected" and skillfully applies his "astute and wide-ranging dispute resolution skills" to the insurance area.'

The 2008 editions of Chambers Global and Chambers Asia recognised Robert as a Leading Individual for Dispute Resolution and said of him, ‘Dual UK and Hong Kong-qualified Robert Clark also covers defamation in addition to dispute resolution and is “unhesitatingly recommended” for his “skill and drive” in finding the best solution.’

The 2007/08 edition of Asia Pacific Legal 500 described Robert as `pragmatic, commercial and responsive’ and ‘someone to have on your side for complex commercial disputes’.

Robert has been acknowledged three times under Dispute Resolution as well as Tax and Trust Litigation in recent editions of the Asia Pacific Legal 500.

Robert has been named as among the world's Litigation experts in the Expert Guides to the World's Leading Litigation lawyers published by Legal Media Group (2008 and 2009 editions).

Robert was acknowledged as a recommended lawyer in Restructuring & Insolvency in the PLC Which Lawyer? (2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010/11 editions).

Robert was also voted leading lawyer for Dispute Resolution by Who's Who Legal - The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers 2004.

Firm - Deacons has been recognised as a leading law firm in the area of Dispute Resolution in Hong Kong for the past nine years by Asia Pacific Legal 500 (2001/2002, 2002/2003, 2003/2004, 2004/2005, 2005/2006, 2006/2007, 2007/2008, 2008/2009 and 2009/2010 editions).

Deacons has been acknowledged as a leading law firm in the area of Dispute Resolution by Chambers Global (2007 and 2008 editions) and Chambers Asia (2007, 2008 and 2009 editions).

The firm has been acknowledged as a highly recommended law firm in the area of Dispute Resolution by PLC Which Lawyer? (2007, 2008 and 2009 editions).

The firm has also been ranked as a Global 50 Firm for the past six years by PLC Which Lawyer? (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 editions).