Irene Siu

Senior Director
Specializes in investigations of commercial fraud, corruption and bribery, and regulatory issues, and provides accounting expert witness and litigation support assistance
Brings expertise in disputes between shareholders and family members, loss of profit and income claims, commercial fraud, money laundering, and asset and fund flow tracing
Irene Siu | Disputes & Investigations
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Irene Siu is a Senior Director with Alvarez & Marsal’s Disputes and Investigations team in Hong Kong. She specializes in investigations of commercial fraud, corruption and bribery, and regulatory issues, as well as providing accounting expert witness and litigation support assistance.

Ms. Siu brings expertise to a wide range of assignments, notably involving disputes between shareholders and family members, loss of profit and income claims, commercial fraud, money laundering, and asset and fund flow tracing. Her involvement in these matters encompasses the investigation of transactions, assessment on the quantum of loss and claim, the provision of expert opinions on accounting matters, conducting business and share valuations, and assisting clients and their lawyers in the formation of dispute resolution strategies.

Ms. Siu’s notable assignments include: acting for a major telecommunication and consultancy services company in Asia in an arbitration in connection with the quantum of indemnifiable losses under a share purchase agreement; heading a team of more than 20 forensic specialists into the investigation of a U.S. - listed pharmaceutical company in China over allegations of false accounting; and assisting the special independent committee of a listed company within the mining industry in relation to allegations made in a short-seller report about its businesses and operations in China.

Prior to joining A&M, Ms. Siu was an Associate Partner with the forensic investigation and dispute services team of a Big Four accounting firm in Hong Kong, where she focused on both investigative and dispute related matters.

Ms. Siu earned a bachelor’s degree in commerce from the University of New South Wales, Australia. She is a member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (“CA”) and the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (“HKICPA”). She is also a CA Forensic Accounting Specialist, certified member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and member of the Australian Restructuring Insolvency & Turnaround Association. She currently serves as a committee member of the HKICPA’s Forensic Interest Group.

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A&M's Irene Siu and Shannon Tong wrote an article on ESG (environmental, social and governance) featured in the Hong Kong Lawyer.
Irene Siu, Senior Director, Disputes and Investigations Asia, recently shared her views on what companies should be aware of when working with forensic accountants in Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA)’s A Plus magazine.
In the first episode of A&M Disputes and Investigations Asia's 'The Lighthouse' podcast, Senior Directors Henry Chambers, Jacko Lo and Irene Siu discuss how activist short seller reports can impact companies, recent examples of these campaigns, and how a response can be provided in the event that a company is subject to such a report.
The number of activist short seller attacks on companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange or China based companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ and other global exchanges have been on the rise in recent years.
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There are currently over a dozen banks embroiled in the ongoing Europe-wide Russian money-laundering scandal, and some have collapsed under the weight of their financial crime failures. Given the focus of both regulators and financial institutions on financial crime risks, why are banks continuing to fail in this area?
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