Curriculum Vitae
NATIONALITY
ADDRESS
TELEPHONE NO.
Chinese (Hong Kong SAR)
15/F AIA Central, 1 Connaught Road, Hong Kong
EDUCATION
LL.B (Hons)
LL.M
City University of Hong Kong 1990
PRC Law & Comparative Laws
City University of Hong Kong 1997
LANGUAGES
Chinese (Cantonese & Putonghua)
English
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Legal
Admitted as solicitor in Hong Kong 1996
Admitted as solicitor in England & Wales 1997
Others
Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Fellow of the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration
PANEL & LIST OF ARBITRATORS & MEDIATORS
Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre List of Arbitrators (‘HKIAC’)
South China International Arbitration Centre
Singapore International Arbitration Centre
Australian Centre for International
Commercial Arbitration
Building Management Mediation Coordinator’s Office
List of Arbitrators, Panel of Mediators
Panel of Arbitrators
Reserved Panel of Arbitrators
Panel of Arbitrators
Panel of Mediators
PUBLIC SERVICES
Chairman of Appeal Tribunal Panel under the Buildings Ordinance, Cap 123 from 2024
Member of Torture Claims Appeal Board 2017-2023
Member of Long-Term Prison Sentences Review Board 2013-2019
Member of Fishermen Claims Appeal Board (Trawl Ban) 2013-2019
Adjudicator of Immigration Tribunal 2013-2019
Member of Appeal Board Panel (Town Planning) 2012-2018
Observer of Independent Police Complaints Council 2011-2013
Member of Appeal Panel (Housing) 2011-2015
Adjudicator of Registration of Persons Tribunal 2007-2013
Adjudicator of Panel of Adjudicators (Control of Obscene and Indecent Articles) 2007-2010
EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHT
As arbitrator
Since 2019
Appointed by HKIAC and parties as arbitrator in international and domestic disputes relating to construction & engineering projects, sale of goods, breach of shareholders’ agreement, employment issues, property management issues etc. Proceedings were conducted under different procedural rules including the HKIAC Administered Arbitration Rules, the HKIAC Domestic Arbitration Rules, the HKIAC Short Form Arbitration Rules and the expedited procedure in the HKIAC Domestic Arbitration Rules.
As mediator
Since 2008
Appointed as mediator by the Building Management Mediation Coordinator’s Office in disputes relating to the rights & entitlements under the Deed of Mutual Covenants of commercial and residential buildings in Hong Kong.
Since 2019
Appointed as mediator by the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre in construction disputes between contractors at different tiers of the supply chain.
Quasi judicial experience
Since 2007
Deciding over 200 cases in the Torture Claims Appeal Board, Registration of Persons Tribunal and Obscene Articles Tribunal.
As in house counsel
2015 – 2019
Acting as Hsin Chong Group Holdings Ltd’s General Counsel and worked closely with the CEO, Directors and construction personnel at all levels. Providing advice on issues encountered in delivery of projects in Hong Kong, China and elsewhere. Scrutinising and approving contracts and supplemental agreements for construction & engineering projects, joint venture contracts & relationship with joint venture partners, dispute avoidance and managing & supervising arbitrations and mediations. Formulating company policies for legal and regulatory compliance. Regular in-house legal training & newsletter for raising awareness to changes in legal & regulatory developments relevant to the business.
As lawyer in private practice
1994 – 1996
Articled clerk
1996 – 2014
Working at law firms including Pinsent Masons, Hammonds, Simmons & Simmons, Minter Ellison and Stephenson Harwood advising and acting for clients in over 100 arbitrations and mediations of disputes arising from construction & engineering projects in Hong Kong, China and Russia pursuant to different arbitration and mediation procedural rules including the HKIAC Rules and ICC Rules of Arbitration.
Also acted as parties’ legal representative in numerous civil and commercial disputes including shareholders’ disputes, joint venture disputes, insurance & performance bonds disputes, intellectual property infringements & ownership issues, employment issues, product warranty issues, breach of contract claims, professional negligence claims, sale of goods disputes.
Updating and advising clients on legal developments, such as, anti-competition legislation and security of payment legislation. Speaking regular at seminars and conferences, formulating and drafting corporate policies and internal compliance manuals for clients.
Member of the Construction Working Group of the Hong Kong Mediation Council
Presentation in Conferences & Seminars and Teaching
- Serving as a judge in the ICC Mediation Competition 2024
- Acting as an arbitrator in the Vis East Moot 2024
- Seminars on competition law for the construction industry since 2010
- Mock mediation in Mediation Week 2014
- Panel discussion at The Practical Approach to Resolving Disputes in the Construction Industry (PARDCI) Conference 2014
- International Aboriculture Summit 2013
- HK Corporate Counsel Association’s Lunch time seminar on enforcement of judgements in HK and China
- Pinsent Masons’ Golden Rules Series on Construction Projects – from Contract Formation to Contract Administration and Performance – a series breakfast briefings for contractors
- ‘An Introduction to Competition Law’ – customised legal training provided to local and international main contractors in HK
- Mediation training to different companies and organisations including Dairy Farm, Hongkong Land, and Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors
- Pinsent Masons’ quarterly breakfast briefings and in-house training for local contractors on current topics to the construction industry including changes to the Arbitration Ordinance, the introduction of security of payment legislation, a comparison of different security of payment legislation England, different states of Australia, Singapore and Malaysia, legal issues arising from construction joint ventures etc
- Regular legal updates presented to professional bodies including The Hong Kong Institute of Engineers, The Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors, and The Hong Kong Institute of Architects.
- Organising and speaking at the 2008 Competition Law Conference jointly organised by Pinsent Masons and the Hong Kong Government.
- A series of introductory training programmes on the Hong Kong legal system and court procedures for lawyers in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.
- Speaking about the Hong Kong court practice and management of law firms in the National Lawyers’ Forum in Shanghai in 2002
- Speaking at the annual conference of the Civil Law Committee of the PRC Lawyers’ Association in July 2006
- Speaking at the Global Pound Legal Conference 2015 organised by Herbert Smith
- Giving guest lectures on Hong Kong civil procedure to LL.B students at City University of Hong Kong
PUBLICATIONS
- Regular updates on the development of competition law in Hong Kong prior to the enactment of the Competition Ordinance, Cap 619
- ‘Chinese Values and Mediation’ – an article published in South China Morning Post in 2013
- Contributing editor of The Construction Looseleaf (text book on construction law)
- ‘Even Idiots and Lunatics can be Arbitrators’ – an article published in Pinsent Masons’ regular legal updates
- ‘Between A Rock and A Hard Place – What should an arbitrator do when stuck between concurrent delays?’ – an article published in Pinsent Masons’ regular legal updates
- ‘Does Non- Payment Constitute Repudiation? The Debate Goes On …’ – article published in HK and Australia (Australian Construction Law Newsletter)
- Papers on the newly enacted Competition Ordinance, Cap 619
- Writing law reports for the Hong Kong Law Reports
- Contributing Editor of The Hong Kong White Book
- ‘A Reflection of Two Common Themes – Adjudication in the UK and Hong Kong’ – an award winning paper for the Society of Construction Law’s essay writing competition 2008
- ‘The Incorporation of Arbitration Agreement’ published in Asian Dispute Review in 2005
- ‘Vexatious Litigants’ published in Hong Kong Lawyer March 2005
- ‘The Validity of Incomplete Construction Contracts’ published in Hong Kong Lawyer 2006
- ‘Contract or No Contract?’ – an article on contract formation published in 2003
- Article on professional negligence of construction professionals published in 2003
- ‘Construction Disputes – arbitration or litigation?’ – an article on the pros and cons of resolving disputes by arbitration and court proceedings
