The Hong Kong Corporate Insolvency Manual - Fourth Edition

BA summa cum laude Yale University 1981, JD cum laude Harvard Law School 1984 Professor of Law Director, Institute of Asian-Pacific Business Law (IAPBL), Carlsmith Ball Faculty Scholar (2012-2014)

Professor Tyler came to Hong Kong in 1985 from Australia. He was a professor at The University of Hong Kong from 1985 to 1991, when he became a District Court Judge. He returned to academia in 1994 at The City University of Hong Kong, where he worked until his retirement in 2005 and returned to Australia. He has lectured and written on the Hong Kong Company Law for the past 26 years. In 2007, Professor Tyler returned to Hong Kong to a temporary position in the Commercial Unit, Civil Division, Department of Justice, where he worked on the Companies Ordinance Rewrite (The new Companies Ordinance was passed in July 2012).

Ludwig’s major area of practice is insolvency and corporate restructuring. Under his leadership, the firm has a thriving practice advising and representing insolvency practitioners in Hong Kong and overseas in all aspects of their practice, particularly on investigation of corporate fraud, assets tracing and recovery, actions against former company officers, cross-border insolvency and corporate restructuring. The firm also represents banks, financial institutions and substantial creditors in protecting their rights in the insolvency of their customers. Apart from insolvency, Ludwig is also experienced in the whole spectrum of civil and criminal matters, particularly shareholder disputes, corporate fraud, media law and intellectual properties. Outside the firm, Ludwig is an examiner of the Overseas Lawyers Qualification Examinations. Ludwig is one of the few solicitors in Hong Kong awarded the Higher Rights of Audience, which entitles him to appear as an advocate in all courts up to the Court of Final Appeal. Ludwig is selected by AsiaLaw Profiles and Chambers and Partners as a leading lawyer in the fields of Dispute Resolution and Restructuring & Insolvency.

PgDCA.,(PolyU); BCom - Accountancy (Aust.); FCPA SD(Insolvency); CPA(Aust.); ACIS ACS; Partner of SHINEWING Specialist Advisory Services; Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA) - Restructuring and Insolvency Faculty Executive Committee (2014-2018); Co-opted member of the HKICPA Qualification and Examinations Board (since 2013)