Stephen Lai

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Stephen is a Hong Kong-qualified lawyer based in Hong Kong. Stephen joined Clyde & Co’s Professional & Financial Disputes Department in 2022 and is developing his practice in professional liability litigation within the insurance space.

Prior to joining Clyde & Co, he worked in an international insurance brokerage handling specialty insurance claims. In particular, Stephen has extensive experience in advising on policy coverage issues for financial lines and professional lines and professional indemnity matters.

Stephen is fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese.

Stephen is admitted as a lawyer in 2020.

Experience

• Professional indemnity defence: accountants - assisting in defending claims against auditors for the audit of a public listed company arising out of an alleged failure to detect fraud by former management
• Insurance coverage – advising on scope of notification of claims