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Brian Gilchrist

Brian
Gilchrist

Partner

CONTACT INFO

bgilchrist@gibsondunn.com

TEL:+852 2214 3820

FAX:+852 2214 3710

Hong Kong

32/F Gloucester Tower, The Landmark, 15 Queen's Road Central, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

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PRACTICE

Litigation Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Appellate and Constitutional Law Crisis Management Judgment and Arbitral Award Enforcement Labor and Employment Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance Shareholder Activism Tax Transnational Litigation White Collar Defense and Investigations

BIOGRAPHY

Brian Gilchrist, a partner in the Hong Kong office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, practices dispute resolution, with a focus on commercial litigation involving matters concerning banking, insurance, tax, employment, contentious probate, directors’ duties and minority shareholders’ rights. He is also an experienced advisor on regulatory matters and has handled both domestic and multijurisdictional arbitrations. Who’s Who Legal lists Mr. Gilchrist as one of the world’s leading mediation experts.

Mr. Gilchrist has acted as a key legal advisor to many of the largest Hong Kong and international companies and institutions. He has acted for as well as against Regulators, and is recognized in the market as someone who is usually involved in any ‘bet the company’ dispute in Hong Kong.

Mr. Gilchrist has sat as a Deputy Judge of the High Court of Hong Kong SAR, as well as tribunal chairman for a statutory body dealing with appeals. He has been elected and currently serves as a Vice President of the Law Society of Hong Kong, having joined the Council since early 2009.

Mr. Gilchrist has acted as the Honorary Legal Advisor to the British Consul General in Hong Kong for over 15 years.

He is top-ranked by Chambers Asia Pacific.  In the 2020 edition, an interviewee noted, “he is one of the towering figures in Hong Kong litigation.”  In the 2021 edition, a happy client was quoted saying, “Mr Gilchrist’s willingness to make himself available to attend to urgent requests is much appreciated…His in-depth understanding of us as a client, as well as his tact in handling complicated situations, has always enabled him to give counsel beyond the mere mechanics of the law.”  Mr. Gilchrist is recognized in the Legal 500’s Hall of Fame having been listed as a Leading Individual for many consecutive years.  He is also recognized by Who’s Who Legal Litigation and by Benchmark Litigation Asia Pacific.

Mr. Gilchrist has acted as the General Editor for Chitty on Contracts Hong Kong Specific Volume from the initial edition, as well as contributing to the Hong Kong White Book since it was first published. He has sat on the High Court Rules Committee and the Solicitors Higher Rights of Audience Assessment Board, and is presently a member of the Court of Final Appeal Rules Committee and the Standing Committee on Legal Education and Training, as well as a member of a number of other statutory bodies and committees.

Mr. Gilchrist graduated from Cambridge University, Magdalene College with a Bachelor of Arts in 1987 and a Master of Laws in 1988. He is a Cambridge Rugby Blue. Mr. Gilchrist is admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales from 1991 and Hong Kong from 1995.

Representative Matters*

Mr. Gilchrist’s experience includes advising:

  • Various corporates and financial institutions in structuring and managing internal investigations of the fraudulent actions of employees and former employees, and handling the resulting litigation, regulatory inquiries and criminal prosecution of the wrongdoers.
  • A broker and primary insurer in respect of an environmental impairment liability programme in relation to extensive and complex proceedings in the courts of England and Wales between the brokers, primary and multi-level insurers, reinsurers and retrocessionaries. The various proceedings were ultimately amicably settled.
  • The company and opposing shareholders in resisting a petition to wind-up a highly successful company brought by a minority shareholder seeking to enforce minority shareholders’ rights involving court proceedings in Hong Kong and the British Virgin Islands.
  • One of the parties to a high profile contested probate action concerning the succession rights to the significant estate of a high net worth individual.
  • Various entities in defending or intervening in judicial review proceedings brought before the courts of Hong Kong.
  • Hong Kong’s largest home based carrier and related entities before the Commission of Inquiry into the opening of the Hong Kong International Airport.
  • Several private equity investors in a major executive community development in Pudong, Shanghai involving court and other proceedings in London, Turks & Caicos Islands, Canada, France and China.
  • A minority shareholder in exiting at a profit from a minority stake in an operator of a port terminal during a hostile takeover of the parent of the majority shareholder.
  • The owner of a substantial historic property in Hong Kong involving strategic and procedural advice in respect of government action to declare such heritage property a monument.
  • The Trustee in a high profile breach of trust claim that was successfully defended at trial and is now on appeal.
  • A Hong Kong tertiary institution in relation to disciplinary, grievance and discrimination related investigations and hearings.

* Includes matters handled prior to joining Gibson Dunn.

EDUCATION

Magdalene College - University of Cambridge - 1990 Master of Arts

Magdalene College - University of Cambridge - 1988 Master of Laws (LL.M.)

Magdalene College - University of Cambridge - 1987 Bachelor of Arts

ADMISSIONS

England & Wales - Solicitor

Solicitor of the High Court of Hong Kong

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Client Alert - March 11, 2021 | Part Two – Mandatory Corporate Human Rights Due Diligence: What Now and What Next? An International Perspective
Firm News - January 15, 2021 | Gibson Dunn Ranked in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2021
Firm News - December 7, 2020 | Who’s Who Legal 2020 Litigation Recognizes Nine Gibson Dunn Partners
Firm News - October 30, 2020 | Who’s Who Legal 2020 Guides Recognize 12 Gibson Dunn Partners
Client Alert - October 7, 2020 | Hong Kong Case Update: The Court of Appeal Confirmed That Pre-Trial Discovery Against a Non-Party Witness for Use in a Foreign Court Is Not Permissible
Client Alert - September 29, 2020 | Hong Kong Case Update: Ng Hon Lam Edgar v Secretary For Justice
Client Alert - September 29, 2020 | Hong Kong Case Update: Sham Tsz Kit v Secretary For Justice
Firm News - May 5, 2020 | Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific 2020 Names Three Partners Hong Kong Stars
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