Samantha is an Associate at Karas So LLP.
Samantha has advised and represented clients in commercial litigation and investigations arising out of major corporate collapses and insolvencies involving fraud, professional negligence and breach of fiduciary duties. She also has experience obtaining and defending injunctive relief.
Samantha has worked in the Corporate team of Mishcon de Reya’s London office on secondment.
Prior to joining Karas So LLP as a trainee solicitor, Samantha worked at an international accounting firm and advised clients on tax consulting and tax compliance issues.
Key Experience
Insolvency Litigation
Acting for liquidators of various Hong Kong-listed companies with operations and businesses in Mainland China in audit negligence proceedings against global accounting firms, directors and various professional service providers.
Sino-Forest Corporation
Acting for the litigation trustee of Sino-Forest Corporation, a Canadian-listed forestry company which orchestrated substantial fraud causing losses of billions of dollars, in Hong Kong proceedings to recover losses from the company’s former auditors.
Acting for the litigation trustee in Ontario proceedings against the main fraudster, the company’s former CEO, which resulted in a US$2.6 billion judgment. Enforcement proceedings are ongoing in various jurisdictions.
1Malaysia Development Berhad and subsidiaries
Acting for the liquidators of a 1MDB subsidiary against a Swiss private bank in ongoing Hong Kong proceedings for breach of banker’s duty by permitting fraudulent transfers of funds.
Acting for 1MDB and its subsidiaries in its global recovery efforts relating to the 1MDB corruption, bribery and money laundering conspiracy, which has been described by the United States Department of Justice as the “largest kleptocracy case to date”.
China Forestry Holdings Co Ltd
Acting for liquidators of China Forestry, a Hong Kong-listed forestry company, in Hong Kong proceedings against the company’s former CEO and director for breach of fiduciary duties and misappropriation of funds.
Regulatory
Acting for auditors in responding to investigations by the Accounting and Financial Reporting Council.
Career History
- Associate, Karas So LLP, 2025
- Legal Assistant, Karas So LLP, 2024
- Trainee Solicitor, Karas So LLP, 2022
- Associate, Deloitte Advisory (Hong Kong) Limited, 2021
- University of Hong Kong, Postgraduate Certificate in Laws
- University of Hong Kong, Master of Laws in Corporate and Financial Law
- London School of Economics and Political Science, Bachelor of Laws