Maritime lawyer Brenda Chark has built a successful and well-regarded international maritime law firm in Hong Kong over the past 16 years.

Founded and run by a woman, Brenda Chark & Co is a unique, independent shipping legal practice. It is equally remarkable for having established itself in the face of competition from the territory's power houses of maritime law: Ince & Co, Stephenson Harwood, Hill Dickinson and HFW.