Kimberley is a Counsel in our Hong Kong Dispute Resolution and Insolvency team.

Her practice is focused on cross-border restructuring and insolvency, as well as commercial dispute resolution, in Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands.

She has particular experience in applications for the appointment of “soft touch” or “light touch” provisional liquidators, cross-border restructurings, and has acted for liquidators on an extensive range of matters arising out of liquidations (both compulsory and voluntary), including those requiring the recognition of foreign appointed liquidators.

In addition, she has a broad range of experience in offshore commercial litigation matters. She has acted in high-value and complex commercial disputes involving, inter alia, fraud, breaches of directors’ duties, fund disputes, shareholder disputes, and minority dissent proceedings.

Kimberley is fluent in English, and proficient in Cantonese and Mandarin. 

Kimberley's recent restructuring and insolvency work includes the following: 

• Acting for the liquidators of China Oceanwide Holdings Limited (715:HK), a distressed Chinese property developer with both onshore and offshore assets and debts. 
• Acting for DB Trustees (Hong Kong) Limited in winding up proceedings it commenced against Goldin Financial Holdings Limited (530:HK), an investment holding company principally engaged in property development, financial investments, factoring and wine related businesses. 
• Successfully acted for Kingsbridge Ltd in obtaining sanction for the scheme it proposed to restructure its US$550 million debt. The group owned a fleet of satellites and provided satellite services globally. 

Kimberley's recent disputes related work includes the following: 

• Advising an individual stakeholder on a wide range of claims on all aspects of Cayman Islands law arising out of his stake in a web of investment funds which collectively manage billions of US dollars worth of alternative assets with a focus on the PRC. The funds specialised in consumer, technology, healthcare, financial services, logistics and real estate.
• Acting for the Hong Kong arm of a large PRC conglomerate in a dispute it had with other stakeholders in a Cayman Islands fund arising out of matters going on at the project-level in the PRC.
• Acted as Cayman Islands lead for a Hong Kong company in a high value international arbitration claim. 
   

Prior to joining Carey Olsen, Kimberley practiced as a dispute resolution specialist at another offshore law firm. Kimberley’s legal career began in the Corporate Restructuring Workout practice group of one of Singapore’s leading firms, Drew and Napier LLC, and thereafter, she worked for Abraham Vergis SC at Providence Law Asia, a boutique specialist litigation firm in Singapore.

Kimberley was admitted as an advocate and solicitor in Singapore in 2008 (currently non-practising). In 2022, she was admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales (currently non-practising) and a solicitor of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (British Virgin Islands). She is also a Registered Associate of Bermuda.

凌律师是香港办公室争议解决和破产团队的资深高级律师。

凌律师的主要执业领域包括跨境重组及破产事宜，以及涉及百慕大、英属维尔京群岛和开曼群岛的商业诉讼。

凌律师在「软性」和「低度干预」的临时清盘人申请和跨境重组事宜中拥有丰富的经验，曾为清算人在处理清盘（包括强制和自愿清盘）过程中的各项事务提供法律建议，包括承认外国指定的清算人等事务。

此外，她在离岸商业诉讼事务方面拥有广泛的经验。她曾处理高价值和复杂的商业纠纷，包括且不限于欺诈、违反董事职责、股东纠纷和少数派异议股东程序。

凌律师掌握流利的英语，粤语和普通话。

凌律师近期的重组及破产代表业绩包括︰

• 代表一家陷入困境的中国房地产开发商中泛控股有限公司（715：HK）的清算人，该开发商拥有境内外资产和债务。 
• 代表德意志信託（香港）有限公司处理其对高銀金融（ 集團 ）有限公司（530：HK）提起的清盘程序，该公司是一家主要从事房地产开发、金融投资、保理及葡萄酒相关业务的投资控股公司。
• 成功代表 Kingsbridge Ltd 为其拟议的 5.5 亿美元债务重组计划获得法庭批准。 该集团拥有一批卫星，并在全球范围内提供卫星服务。

凌律师近期的纠纷代表业绩包括︰

• 代表投资基金网络中持有股份的个人利益相关者在涉及开曼群岛法律各个方面的广泛索赔提供法律意见，该投资基金共同管理着价值数十亿美元和聚焦中国的另类资产。该投资基金专门投资于消费者、技术、医疗保健、金融服务、物流和房地产。
• 代表一家大型中国企业集团的香港分公司处理其与开曼群岛基金的其他利益相关者因中国项目层面发生的事项而发生的纠纷。
• 代表一家香港公司在一项高价值国际仲裁索赔中担任开曼群岛法律顾问。

在加入凯瑞奥信之前，凌律师曾在另外一家顶尖离岸律师事务所担任专攻争议解决事务。凌律师的法律职业生涯始于新加坡领先律所之一 Drew and Napier LLC 的企业重组业务团队，此后在新加坡专门从事诉讼的律师事务所 Providence Law Asia 为 Abraham Vergis SC 工作。

凌律师在2008年获得新加坡的辩护人和事务律师资格（现未执业）。她于2022年获得英格兰和威尔士（非执业）以及东加勒比海最高法院的执业律师资格。 她同时也是百慕大的注册律师。

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