I am a commercial dispute resolution specialist in high court litigation, including the Court of Final
Appeal, arbitration and mediation. My extensive experience spans the financial, insurance, transport,
energy, commodities and manufacturing sectors. I have conducted domestic and international, ad hoc
as well as institution administered arbitrations including HKIAC, ICC, SIAC, LMAA, CIETAC and LOF
arbitrations and have been appointed arbitrator since 1996 including as a “commercial man”. I am on
the panel of arbitrators of various regional arbitration centres and also a number of mediator panels. I have successfully mediated large international commercial disputes including in shipping and insurance.
I regularly give presentations and training and they include:
- “Use of ICC Arbitrations in International Trade Disputes” for ICC
- “Resolving Energy Disputes in Hong Kong” for the Energy Institute
- “Ignore Mediation at your cost” to the Hong Kong Corporate Counsels Association
- “Fraud and the L/C” to bankers
? Conducted workshop in Seoul on Oil & Gas charters
- Approved Course Director, Lecturer and Tutor of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators on courses in the East Asia region
- Guest lecturer at Hong Kong and City Universities on arbitration, mediation and insurance law
courses
- Speaker at presentations in Hong Kong and elsewhere in Asia, UK and the USA
Career:
Barrister-at-law, Pacific Chambers Hong Kong
Partner, Brandt Chan & Partners/SNR Denton Hong Kong
Partner, Hammonds Hong Kong
Partner, Kennedys Hong Kong
Consultant, Denton Wilde Sapte Hong Kong
Partner, Koo and Partners/ Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker Hong Kong
Partner, Ng and Partners Hong Kong
Solicitor & Employed Barrister, William A. Crump London
Claims Executive & Insurance Underwriter, Thomas Miller & Co London
Claims & Insurance, Zodiac Maritime Agencies, London
Pupillage, Chambers of GRA Darling QC Temple London
Publications:
“Insurer and Broker Win Commission Case in Hong Kong” (Mondaq)
“New Rules Seek to Tighten Regulation of China’s Insurance Market” (Lexology)
Admiralty volume, Hong Kong Court Forms in Civil Proceedings (Butterworths)
'A Commercial Man” (Asian Dispute Review, Society of Maritime Arbitrators, New York)
“Enforcement of Mainland Chinese arbitration award refused on public policy grounds in Hong Kong
amid warnings on Med-Arb” (Lexology, Mondaq and Seaview)
“India declares it will enforce arbitration awards from China and Hong Kong” (Mondaq, Seaview)
Hong Kong’s State and Crown Immunity: Immunity for State-Owned Enterprises?”(Mondaq, Seaview,
Lexology and Client Alerts)
“Hong Kong Court of Appeal Reinstates ICC Award and Confirms Case Management Autonomy of
Arbitral Tribunals”(Lexology & Clients Alerts)
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