Kritika Sethia

Biography

Kritika is an Associate in our Dispute Resolution Practice, focusing on civil and commercial disputes as well as white collar crime.  She is a dual-qualified lawyer.

Kritika advises clients in a broad range of contentious matters.  She is experienced in handling large-scale Court trials and successfully secured an acquittal for the defendant in a litigation involving ICAC investigation into criminal fraud. Kritika advises clients in  commercial matters involving debt recovery, breach of fiduciary duties of directors, contempt applications for enforcement of injunctions.  Kritika has handled summary judgment applications from the plaintiff and the defendant sides.  Kritika also works on contentious intellectual property matters.

In India, Kritika has worked in the mergers and acquisitions practice of a leading Indian law firm as well as  a civil and commercial litigator.

Kritika is also a strong believer in diversity and inclusion. As a committee member of the Women in Law Hong Kong, she organised the WILHK Mentoring Programme- 2023 for young female lawyers. She is committed to WILHK’s Everyday Behaviour Project to make the Hong Kong legal space more inclusive. Kritika finds purpose in giving and is actively involved in pro bono initiatives and has volunteered with various NGOs in her personal capacity.

Kritika studied law in India at the National University of Juridical Sciences and earned the University Gold Medal for her academic performance in the B.A.LLB (Hons.) degree. Kritika completed her master’s in law at the University of Oxford (Somerville College) where she read for the Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL). Her subject of focus was commercial dispute resolution.

Biography

• Secured the acquittal of the 2^nd Defendant in a a significant white-collar criminal trial relating to conspiracy to defraud and statutory fraud under the Theft Ordinance (Cap. 159) (see HKSAR v. Leung Wing Keung Albert and Leslie Harry Swann, [2024] HKDC 768)
• Advising in contentious intellectual property cases involving copyright and trade marks infringement, passing-off and breach of confidentiality
• Acting for the plaintiffs in a large cryptocurrency case involving breach of duties by the former director, misappropriation of assets and criminal conduct
• Acting for the plaintiffs in a contempt application
• Advising the beneficiaries in a contentious probate matter
• Acting for a client in a disclosure application in aid of foreign proceedings for recovering stolen funds from recipients in Hong Kong
• Advising in a civil case involving dissipation of assets and duties of directors of a company
• Assisting in debt recovery proceedings including issuance of statutory demand
• Handling claim for costs in taxation proceedings

Biography

• The Law Society of Hong Kong
• Women in Law Hong Kong, Committee Member
• South Asian Lawyers Group