Manwa Yip

Associate

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Manwa Yip is an Associate in the Hong Kong office of Conyers. She joined Conyers in 2021.

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

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

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 is fluent in English, Cantonese and Mandarin.

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.

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Experience

Prior to joining Conyers, Manwa has:

Acted for a Hong Kong bank which was alleged to have mis-sold insurance policy.
Acted for a NYSE-listed drilling equipment provider in debt recovery and winding up proceedings against a Hong Kong company.
Acted for Hong Kong’s telecom and broadcasting regulator in the defense of multiple judicial reviews.
Defended banks, securities firms and senior management in regulatory investigations by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority.