Troy Greig

Biography

Troy Greig leads the firm’s Fraud and Asset Recovery department and is also a Partner in our Restructuring and Insolvency department. His practice focuses on contentious matters, particularly complex and cross-border fraud and asset recovery, commercial and insolvency-related litigation, and regulatory and compliance matters.  Troy is recognised as a key member of the team in the Legal 500 Asia Pacific ranking of Hong Kong restructuring and insolvency lawyers.

Troy advises on high value fraud matters involving identifying and tracing assets and recovery, enforcing judgments and pre-emptive relief such as injunctions, disclosure orders and court appointed receivers. His practice often involves international elements and regularly works with overseas practitioners as part of a multi-jurisdictional team.

He advises on regulatory and compliance investigations and typically represents defendants in contested hearings and prosecutions. This includes working with regulators such as the Securities and Futures Commission, Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Insurance Authority; Customs and Excise Department; Privacy Commission for Personal Data and the Inland Revenue Department. His experience in this area centres on professional negligence disputes, mis-selling of financial products and breach of statutory obligations (e.g. licensing, promotion and sale of financial products).

Troy has broad experience advising on all aspects of cross-border winding-up proceedings, bankruptcy, debt restructuring, on-going management and trading of businesses, asset marketing and sale, claims against and on behalf of the distressed estate. He regularly acts for officeholders including liquidators, trustees and receivers.

His other work covers a wide range of matters including advising intellectual property, shareholders disputes, professional indemnity, D&O, product liability and business interruption insurance.

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• Leading a multi-jurisdictional team (USA, Canada, PRC & Hong Kong) concerning US$70 million fraud carried out against a NYSE100 listed company. Domestically dealing with regulatory and compliance matters concerning money exchanges, crypto-currency transactions and law enforcement agencies.
• Advised the Hong Kong subsidiary of a major Australian investment firm being investigated by the SFC and the Labour Department.
• Advising the former Hong Kong financial advisors in relation to a SFC investigation concerning the sale of financial products connected with the LM Fund collapse circa. AU$3 billion in losses.
• Advised the local and Caribbean-based liquidators of a global electronics supplier who are claiming against the former management for fraud and conspiracy.
• Acting for the petitioning creditor in the restructuring for Stellar Aircraft holdings with a deal value of HK$42 billion.
• Leading a multi-jurisdictional litigation concerning the contested sale of a multi-billion US Dollar port facility located in Panama.
• Leading a syndicate of private equity firms on distressed loans at circa. HK$3 billion.
• Advised the receivers (and directors of various group companies) on the commercial and litigious aspects of their appointment over a joint-venture oil and gas development and production asset in Indonesia.
• Advised the liquidators of a regional electronics manufacturing and supply group regarding the competing secured claims from 3 major Asian banks, including successfully negotiating a settlement.
• Advised a major mining and engineering company in a dispute with a Japanese conglomerate regarding the fabrication and supply of power generators.

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• Offshore Alert Bangkok, speaking on the panel ” International Investigations & Asset Recovery” (March 2025)

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• Accepted as ICC FraudNet future member with members being individual lawyers diligently identified and vetted by its committee. This membership is personal and non-transferable.
• Recognised in Who’s Who legal Restructuring & Insolvency 2024 In-guide
• Recognised as a key lawyer in Legal 500 Restructuring and insolvency Asia Pacific 2023/2024

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• The Law Society of Hong Kong
• The Law Society of New South Wales, Australia
• ICC FraudNet
• International Association of Restructuring, Insolvency & Bankruptcy Professionals (INSOL International)
• Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants Restructuring and Insolvency Faculty (RIF)
• International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC)
• Turnaround Management Association (TMA)
• Law Council of Australia
• Australian Chamber of Commerce, Hong Kong

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