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Yang worked at Standard Chartered Bank before joining the Bar. His practice focuses mainly on high-value commercial, company, and insolvency cases with an international dimension and claims for equitable and declaratory relief. He has been described by Chambers and Partners as an "Up and Coming Junior" who is a "good advocate and solid performer" with a "particular insight into insolvency matters", and as being "very good at company law matters".His experience includes acting for James Ting, a former director of Akai Holdings Ltd. (in compulsory liquidation) at the trial of Akai’s claim for nearly US$1 billion of equitable compensation (see Akai Holdings Ltd. (in compulsory Liquidation) v Everwin Dynasty Ltd,. & ors. (No. 2) [2016] 3 HKC 307), obtaining both urgent injunctive relief and an arbitral award of around US$595 million in relation to a major Chinese real estate group, and conducting substantial contempt proceedings against the "third wife", and a daughter, of the late Lim Por Yen (see Arboit v Koo Siu Ying (No. 2) [2016] 3 HKLRD 154 and Arboit v Koo Siu Ying and [2015] 3 HKLRD 319).Administrative and public law is another of Yang’s major areas of practice and interest. He has acted both for and against the Government in various cases with significant implications for commercial and/or fundamental rights. Most notably, he appeared for the Secretary for Justice, in a judicial review which arose out of the Inquiry on Allegations relating to the Hong Kong Institute of Education, with which Yang was also involved. He has also recently acted for the Director of Immigration, or for the Secretary of Security, in several judicial reviews concerning immigration and human rights, such as Re FAR [2017] 2 HKLRD 1166 and Md Nazir Ahmed Sarkar v TCAB [2019] HKCFI 799.Yang’s considerable experience also covers the other practice areas mentioned above, in particular trust and probate, securities, employment, family law, and professional negligence.

Listed skills include Litigation, Civil Litigation, Legal Advice, Legal Research, and 2 others.