Andrew Lynn

Andrew Lynn practises in Chancery and commercial litigation, with particular emphasis on trusts, equity, civil fraud and cross‑border disputes. He has full rights of audience in both England and Wales and Hong Kong, and is based at Kings Chambers, where he accepts instructions in matters before the Business and Property Courts

Regularly instructed in disputes raising complex and developing issues in equity, his work includes matters concerning trustee and fiduciary duties, proprietary remedies, and the court’s supervisory jurisdiction over trusts.

He has substantial experience in civil fraud and disputes over ownership of assets, acting in claims involving allegations of deceit, breach of fiduciary duty, dishonest assistance, knowing receipt and unjust enrichment.

Much of his work has a cross‑border dimension, particularly in matters involving Hong Kong, including jurisdictional disputes, foreign law issues, cross‑border proprietary injunctions and anti‑suit injunctions.

He has substantial litigation experience in Hong Kong at all levels, including acting as lead counsel in a 25‑day High Court civil fraud trial, and appearing on multiple occasions in the Court of Appeal and Court of Final Appeal, in several cases as sole or lead counsel, including cases conducted from trial through to final appeal. He is currently instructed in the ongoing Lo Family Trust litigation, one of the most significant trust disputes before the Hong Kong courts, in which he has acted for the plaintiff beneficiary since 2018.

Recent and Notable Matters

• Lo Family Trust litigation — instructed by the plaintiff beneficiary since 2018 in complex proceedings concerning the trust’s de facto controlling shareholding in a listed company; involving trustee and protector duties and powers, contested expert valuation evidence, and litigation at first instance and appellate level in the Hong Kong courts, including interim and satellite applications.
• Lau Lai Shan Lisa v Zhang Qi & Ors, Hong Kong High Court (2025) — acted as lead counsel in a 25-day civil fraud trial involving deceit, constructive trust, unjust enrichment and fiduciary duty claims arising out of a disputed share transfer in a property-holding vehicle.
• Lo Kai Shui v HSBC International Trustee Ltd and Others [2023] HKCA 983 — acted for the successful appellant in a case concerning issues of res judicata and abuse of process in the context of discretionary trusts.
• Re WSY (HCMH 7/2016; HCA 398/2017) [2022] HKCFI 496 — acted for the guardian of a beneficiary in High Court proceedings concerning the structuring of an estate of approximately HK$800 million, including issues of testamentary capacity, the setting aside of lifetime transactions, and the establishment of a substantial trust for a vulnerable beneficiary.