Corporate Advisory Services

   
  Partner
   
 

Chen Yung Ngai, Kenneth

   
 

Kenneth specialises in formal and informal corporate insolvency administrations and forensic accounting investigations in support of litigation and arbitration.

Kenneth is a member of the Official Receiver’s Administrative Panel of Insolvency Practitioners and Appointment Takers for Court winding-up in Hong Kong. From his accounting and commercial practice in the past 16 years, Kenneth has extensive experience of cross border issues involving Hong Kong, Mainland China and other offshore jurisdictions. Kenneth has been instrumental in formulating exit strategies for Foreign Investment Enterprises and resolving disputes and problems in the PRC.

Other than insolvency administrations, Kenneth also focused on forensic accounting for both civil and criminal matters in Hong Kong and Mainland China, including investigations of internal control, family and shareholders’ disputes, fraudulent capital verification reports, fictitious sales and letters of credit, falsification of documents, hidden commissions and bribes, anti-money laundering, asset and fund tracing including for the Department of Justice and other Law enforcement departments. He also has experience of being cross-examined as expert witness (Hong Kong High Court) and factual witness (Singapore Supreme Court) as a result of his forensic findings.

Kenneth has a wide range of experience in various industries, including real estate (hotels, shopping malls, commercial and residential properties), infrastructure (shipyards, bridge, power plants and coal mines), shipping and logistics, biotechnology, manufacturing, import and export trading, franchise and retail chain stores, insurance, cable and wires and system integration etc.

Kenneth was born in Mainland China and is fluent in Mandarin, Hokkien, Cantonese and English..

Kenneth holds an EMBA from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and a BA in Commerce (major in Accounting) from the University of Queensland, Australia and is an Authorised Supervisor, qualified to train prospective members of the HKICPA. He was a tutor on the HKICPA Diploma in Insolvency 2003/04. Kenneth is a member of:

  • Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (Fellow Member)
  • HKICPA Restructuring & Insolvency Faculty (Member)
  • CPA Australia (Full Member)
  • The Insolvency Practitioners Association of Australia (Full Member)
  • The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (Associate Member)
  • The Beijing - Hong Kong Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency Joint Work Group