Manwa Yip

Manwa Yip is an Associate in the Hong Kong Dispute Resolution practice, currently on secondment to the Cayman Islands office. She joined Conyers in 2021.

Manwa has experience assisting in a number of cross-border insolvency and restructuring matters, including:

• Appealing a winding up order
• Applying for cross-border recognition and assistance
• Obtaining a stay of appointment of provisional liquidators
• Resisting applications for appointment of provisional liquidators
• Seeking leave for promoting a parallel scheme of arrangement

Manwa has also been involved in a wide range of offshore proceedings such as shareholder disputes, enforcement of security, probate applications, information disclosure, etc.

Manwa was seconded to the Cayman Islands office of Conyers for three months in mid-2023. During the secondment period, she gained valuable on-the-ground experience in both litigation and restructuring which she brought back to Asia after. This exposure is proven to be a great value-add in terms of client services.

Manwa has been recognised on the ALB Hong Kong Rising Stars 2023 list by Asian Legal Business as one of Hong Kong’s top 30 next generation lawyers who have demonstrated great potential in the industry, while earning wide acclaim from their clients in the process.

Manwa is fluent in English, Cantonese and Mandarin.