A Hong Kong appeals court has partially exonerated two of three corporate lawyers imprisoned over their work on a deal that turned out to be a fraud. Former Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker lawyers Donald Koo and Vivien Fan and ex-Deacons partner Simon Lai were convicted in September 2008 and received sentences ranging from two years to 33 months. The conviction and tough sentences had stunned the Hong Kong legal community, as Lai and Koo in particular were leading members of the local corporate bar.
April 05, 2010 at 12:00 AM
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A Hong Kong appeals court has partially exonerated two of three corporate lawyers imprisoned over their work on a deal that turned out to be a fraud.
The deal in question was Shanghai tycoon Zhou Zhengyi’s 2002 acquisition of a cash-rich Hong Kong company, imGO, via a massive loan from the Bank of China that Zhou planned to repay by selling the company some of his own real estate assets.
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