David Li, chairman of Bank of East Asia Bank of East Asia (BEA) and activist shareholder Elliott Management put a long-running legal dispute on hold, announcing a strategic review of the Hong Kong lender's operations just weeks before the start of a court hearing. The détente marks a pause in long-standing hostilities between the two. Elliott first called for the bank to put itself up for sale five years ago, with the New York hedge fund linking BEA's poor share performance to perceived weak management.