We are seeking a senior Disputes Advisory and Expert Witness practitioner to join our client in Hong Kong at Senior Director level. The ideal candidate will be a Certified Public Accountant (HKICPA) or equivalent with at least 10 years of relevant experience, the most recent 3+ years at Director or equivalent senior-leadership level, a track record of testifying or signed-off expert-witness reports admissible in arbitration or court, and the bilingual capability to operate at evidentiary standards across HK-Mainland-cross-border fact patterns. The successful candidate will lead the most complex multi-jurisdictional quantum, damages and valuation disputes, take signed-off testifying-expert positions in HKIAC, CIETAC HK, ICC and ad hoc arbitration matters, carry a meaningful named-account pipeline across the Hong Kong and Greater China disputes bar, and contribute to the practice's strategy as an emerging Partner-track operator.

Confidential Client. Applying to this position means that you are interested to have an initial confidential discussion about how we can help you to identify and join a new disputes advisory and expert-witness practice. With your authorisation we will exclusively run the entire application and recruitment process for you, keeping you apprised at every step. With over 30 years' combined experience of helping the most talented disputes practitioners to make safe exits to launch rewarding new careers, we have the experience, network and ability to help you.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead high-stakes quantum, damages and valuation disputes, typically running USD 500k - 3m in fees, frequently with HK-Mainland-Singapore-elsewhere-APAC overlay, with full responsibility for engagement strategy, methodology, signed-off expert report and (where instructed) testimony.
• Take signed-off testifying-expert positions in HKIAC, CIETAC HK, ICC and ad hoc UNCITRAL arbitration matters, and in Hong Kong Court of First Instance and Court of Appeal proceedings; lead concurrent-evidence (hot-tub) and joint-expert-statement procedures.
• Direct the most complex damages-quantification work: discounted cash flow on cross-border or developing-market subjects (notably PRC subsidiaries and JV structures), market-multiples and precedent-transaction analysis at investigation depth, but-for and counterfactual modelling, Monte Carlo and regression where the matter requires probabilistic quantum, and complex lost-profits / business-interruption / wasted-expenditure analyses.
• Lead post-M&A purchase-price disputes, shareholder disputes, JV-deadlock valuations, IP-infringement royalty and lost-profits claims, construction quantum, financial-services disputes and competition-law follow-on damages.
• Engage external counsel, instructing solicitors (HK and PRC) and arbitration tribunals at the most senior level; deliver privilege-discipline, chain-of-evidence rigour and cross-examination preparation in bilingual and bicultural settings, suitable for testifying-expert exposure.
• Develop and own a sustained pipeline of named accounts at General Counsel, CFO and Head of Litigation level, and at relevant law firm partner level in Hong Kong and Greater China; originate or co-originate USD 1m+ annually in qualified disputes opportunities.
• Convert reactive case work into multi-year retainer engagements covering disputes-readiness, valuation-policy review, accounting-disputes-prevention frameworks and standing expert-panel positions.
• Set methodology and tooling-strategy direction within the disputes sub-practice; define when LLM-assisted analytics on bilingual document populations is appropriate; directly supervise, mentor and advocate for Directors and Senior Managers - championing their advancement at promotion rounds, sponsoring sustained bilingual upskilling on emerging methodology and AI tooling, and shaping their external profile-building on testifying-expert development.

Required Qualifications and Skills:

• Certified Public Accountant (HKICPA) or equivalent professional accounting qualification (CA ANZ, ACA / ICAEW, ACCA, CPA Australia, CPA US).
• At least 10 years of relevant experience in disputes advisory, forensic accounting, quantum analysis or expert-witness support, with the most recent 3+ years at Director or equivalent senior-leadership level.
• Mandarin and Cantonese working fluency at depth sufficient to lead bilingual expert-report drafting, witness review and tribunal engagement.
• Demonstrable track record of leading bet-the-company quantum, damages and valuation matters with signed-off testifying-expert reports admissible in arbitration or court.
• Direct experience operating with General Counsel, CFOs, Heads of Litigation, instructing solicitors at partner level (HK and PRC) and arbitration tribunals.
• Working knowledge at supervisory-policy depth of the Hong Kong disputes framework: the Rules of the High Court, HKIAC arbitration rules and procedural conventions, CIETAC HK Centre rules, the IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration, and the 2024 Mainland Judicial Mutual Assistance arrangements including PRC PIPL / CSL / DSL implications for HK evidence-gathering.
• Authority on damages-quantification methodology at expert-report level: DCF, market multiples, precedent-transaction analysis, but-for and counterfactual modelling, Monte Carlo simulation, regression, lost-profits, business-interruption and wasted-expenditure techniques.
• Familiarity with industry-standard disputes-advisory tooling, including financial-data platforms (such as Bloomberg, Capital IQ or Refinitiv), valuation databases (such as Mergermarket or Pitchbook), modelling environments (such as Microsoft Excel with Power Query or Argus), simulation tools (such as @Risk or Crystal Ball), and visualisation tools (such as Power BI or Tableau) for bilingual presentation.
• Demonstrable history of converting disputes engagement relationships into multi-year retainer or advisory work, or standing expert-panel positions.
• Established relationships with law firm partners in international arbitration, commercial litigation, construction, M&A litigation, shareholder disputes and IP litigation practices who refer and instruct disputes advisory and expert-witness work; sustained named-account level engagement is the strongest evidence.
• High-agency operating style, calm and credible under tribunal and cross-examination pressure in bilingual settings, with the methodological discipline to ensure expert-report findings are evidence-based, structured and defensible.

Preferred Experience:

• CFF (Certified in Financial Forensics, AICPA) or CFE (Certified Fraud Examiner, ACFE) where the disputes work crosses into financial-accounting forensics or fraud quantum.
• ASA (American Society of Appraisers) or ABV (Accredited in Business Valuation, AICPA) where the disputes work centres on business-valuation issues.
• CIArb membership (FCIArb / MCIArb) and arbitrator-track standing.
• Postgraduate qualification: Master of Accounting, Master of Finance, MBA, or LLM with disputes / arbitration / valuation relevance.
• Cross-border disputes experience across Greater China, South-East Asia and the broader APAC region, including PIPL / CSL / DSL data-sourcing implications.
• Published authorship on damages, quantum or valuation themes in HK / PRC publications; conference-level speaking on disputes advisory in bilingual settings.
• Track record of admitted expert-witness testimony and concurrent-evidence (hot-tub) appearances at HKIAC, CIETAC HK, ICC or ad hoc UNCITRAL.
• Growth-mindset operating posture and visible engagement with the AI developments reshaping disputes advisory: candidates who track tooling shifts (such as AI-assisted comparable-transaction analysis on PRC and HK populations, ML-aided market-evidence enrichment, or LLM-supported expert-report drafting in bilingual settings under tribunal-defensibility review), share that knowledge with the Director and Manager bench under their supervision, and have a track record of building team-upskilling programmes on emerging methodologies.

Compensation:

Competitive package commensurate with seniority and experience, including base, performance-based bonus, long-term incentives and (where applicable) partner-track equity participation.

Next Steps:

This opportunity is open to Hong Kong permanent residents and qualified candidates with relevant Hong Kong work-rights status who match the above criteria. Please apply to receive prompt contact from an experienced and specialist disputes advisory and expert-witness recruitment consultant.

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