Member Profiles

EDUCATION - Bachelors of Law (LL.B.), (Guatemala, 1998) - Universidad Francisco Marroquin. - Specialization in Arbitration Law and Alternate Dispute Resolutions (U.S.A., 1998) - Loyola University. - Certificate if Digital Economy and E-Business (Guatemala, 2002) - Central American Institute of Public Administration -ICAP / Ministry of Economy. - Specialization in International Mergers & Acquisitions (England, 2003) - College of Law of England & Wales. - Executive Program in Legal Issues of International Business Law, (2003) - Georgetown University Law Center/ INCAE. - Specialization in Advanced Negotiation, Deal Design & Implementation (U.S.A., 2005) - Harvard Law School. - Magister Science (LL.M), Mercantile Law & Competitiveness (Guatemala, 2008) - CIG /USAC. - Attorney at Law - Public Notary (Guatemala, 1998) PRACTICE AREAS - Foreign Investment - Natural Resources (Mining and Energy) - Acquisition of strategic Real Estate Assets - Mergers & Acquisitions - Corporate Law - International Arbitration and Mediation - Head of the Foreign Investment Department of the firm. Advised clients and lead the local strategy to invest in multiple mining and energy projects which include Nickel, Silver, Gold, Antimony and Petroleum in Guatemala and Central America. Advised and lead as local counsel international arbitrations including the first ever DR-CAFTA Investor vs State dispute in Washington DC., which was ruled on behalf of the investor. Team leader in multiple strategic and large real estate transactions, involving natural resources companies, government, and multinationals. Team leader in multiple complex commercial transactions between multinationals and national entities and individuals. MEMBERSHIPS - Central Law Guatemala - AMCHAM Guatemala - ASCABI - Guatemalan Bar Association - Mexican Chamber of Commerce - German Chamber of Commerce - Guatemalan Chamber of Industry - American Bar Association – ABA - Chambers & Partners, Latin America. NOTABLE POSITIONS President of the Board of Directors of American Chamber of Commerce of Guatemala (“Amcham”) (2009- 2012) President of the Board of Directors of the Binational Chambers of Commerce of Guatemala (ASCABI) (2012) President of the Board of Directors of the law firm Central-Law (2002-2005) President and Founder of a Chapter of Fraternidad Internacional de Hombres de Negocios del Evangelio Completo (“FHINEC”) (2001-2002) Secretary of the Board of Directors of the American Chamber of Commerce of Guatemala (“Amcham”) (2007-2008) LANGUAGES Spanish, English and Italian.

Mr. Wong has over time developed his areas of legal specialty in handling complex commercial litigation cases and, above all, work pertaining to commercial and corporate matters including, among others, merger and acquisition and corporate finance. Conveyancing practice especially regarding its corporate aspect still takes up his significant working time when complicated legal issues have called for his personal attention.  In particular, he has overseen the legal documentation in quite a number of conveyancing projects involving project finance and sale of individual units (including first-hand properties) in such projects. He has indeed travelled quite broadly in Mainland China over the past 20 years and has thus developed and expanded his China-related practice, and not least in Shanghai.  As such, he has become the Chief Legal Representative of our Shanghai Representative Office set up with the approval of Ministry of Justice in Peking since 2004.  By the end of 2006, he had successfully fostered and thus established our firm's formal association with Jin Mao P.R.C. Lawyers in Hong Kong, it being one of the leading law firms in Shanghai.  Over the years, he has been involved personally in listing work of our firm and especially in the flourishing LSE and AIM in London and listing in Frankfurt and also in Hong Kong.  He has now been frequently involved in advising clients, notably China entrepreneurs and also the UK or some European clients, on the legal aspects (contentious or otherwise) of their business and operation as well as listing projects both within or without Hong Kong in his increasingly extensive cross-border practice.

Mr. Remus Wong Sun Man was the founding partner of the firm Messrs. WONG AND CHAN. As holder of double degrees attained at The University of Hong Kong, he is admitted as solicitor in Hong Kong and in other jurisdictions, namely,England and Wales, Australian Capital Territory and Singapore.  He is also appointed as Notary Public in Hong Kong and England and as China-Appointed Attesting Officer in Hong Kong. Mr. Wong has developed over time his areas of legal speciality in corporate and commercial matters including,among others, merger and acquisition and corporate finance.  Conveyancing practice especially in its corporate aspect still takes up significantly his working time when complicated legal and corporate issues have called for his personal attention.  In particular, he has overseen the legal documentation in quite a number of conveyancing projects involving project finance and/or intertwined group companies involved in such projects.  He has indeed travelled quite broadly in Mainland China over the past 20 years or so and has thus developed his China-related practice, most notably in Shanghai.  As such, he has become the Chief Legal Representative of the firm's Shanghai Representative Office set up with the approval of the Ministry of Justice in Peking since 2003.  By the end of 2006, he had successfully fostered and thus established the firm's formal association with Jin Mao P.R.C. Lawyers in Hong Kong, it being one of the leading law firms in Shanghai.  In recent years, he has been involved in due diligence and issue of related legal opinions and listing work of the firm, especially in the flourishing LSE and AIM in London and listing in Frankfurt and also in Hong Kong.  He has been frequently involved in advising Hong Kong and China entrepreneurs and UK clients, mostly on the corporate and commercial aspects of their business and operation as well as investment projects (including private equity funds) both within or without Hong Kong in his increasingly extensive cross-border practice.

Andrew was previously a Partner of Blank Rome. He is a Solicitor admitted in England & Wales in 1987 and Hong Kong in 1988, as well as being a Notary Public in Hong Kong, a Fellow of the Institute of Arbitrators, an Accredited Mediator and a Civil Celebrant. He specialises in dispute resolution, including (a) employment: the preparation and termination of employment contracts, including advising on statutory payments, drafting/negotiation of contracts and proceedings in the Labour Tribunal/High Court; (b) banking: advising on the recoverability and enforcement of security; (c) insolvency and restructuring: both personal and corporate insolvency, including enforcement proceedings in Hong Kong and other jurisdictions; (d) trusts: advising trustees and beneficiaries as to their rights and obligations, including application to Court for directions and contentious proceedings; and (e) corporate: representing parties on winding-up petitions, advising on the appointment of receivers, provisional liquidators and rectification of the register of members