Vicky Lord is the managing partner of the firm’s mainland China offering and a member of the global Executive Committee. She heads the China litigation, insolvency and restructuring practice and is a highly regarded offshore litigator in British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands commercial matters. Vicky has a strong track record of securing significant wins for clients in ultra-high-value, high-profile cross-border disputes.
Vicky has a wealth of experience in Cayman Islands s238 privatisations and BVI take-privates, as well as schemes of arrangements, acting company side to secure wins for clients. She has a proven track record of sig
...Vicky Lord is the managing partner of the firm’s mainland China offering and a member of the global Executive Committee. She heads the China litigation, insolvency and restructuring practice and is a highly regarded offshore litigator in British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands commercial matters. Vicky has a strong track record of securing significant wins for clients in ultra-high-value, high-profile cross-border disputes.
Vicky has a wealth of experience in Cayman Islands s238 privatisations and BVI take-privates, as well as schemes of arrangements, acting company side to secure wins for clients. She has a proven track record of significant wins in shareholder and boardroom disputes for new economy and tech companies, acting both company side and for shareholders and directors alike. She often acts as a specialist BVI and Cayman litigation co-counsel for PRC and US listed companies in contentious scenarios.
Vicky is an experienced advocate in insolvency, restructuring, distressed hedge fund litigation, and shareholder disputes. She has appeared in the highest offshore court at appellate level, before the Privy Council in London, and acts as advocate, supporting onshore firms, in English language arbitrations in the PRC. Vicky’s client base includes some of the world's top financial institutions, blue-chip listed companies, and ultra-high-net-worth individuals.
Vicky is consistently ranked in leading legal directories, including Chambers and Partners and the Lexology Index. She led the Harneys’ team which won the 2026 ALB China Law Awards and the M&A Deal of the Year (Premium) for its involvement in Geely Auto’s acquisition of Zeekr, Deal of the Year Award from China Business Law Journal in 2020 for her work leading Wang Jing’s case against WeRide in Cayman and two further Deal of the Year Awards from CBLJ in 2025 for her involvement in Alibaba proposed acquisition of Cainiao’s minority shares and I-Mab’s divestment of its China operations and directors’ duties.
Vicky is a foreign-registered lawyer in the PRC and, as a barrister, is a member of the Chancery Bar Association. Vicky is also a specially invited foreign-registered lawyer member of the Shanghai Bar Association and an arbitrator of the Shanghai International Arbitration Center.
She is equally at home advising and presenting cases in Spanish and has a good level of Portuguese, French, and Italian comprehension.
Vicky is a regular contributor to the Offshore Litigation Blog.
