Hong Kong Arbitration and Enforcement of Arbitral Award Yan Lawyers represent clients in international arbitrations in Hong Kong. We act as the parties’ legal presentative and hearing counsel in arbitrtion cases in Hong Kong. We have experience of conducting arbitration proceedings with institutional arbitration centers such as HKIAC, CIAETC , ICC. Our lawyers are experienced...Read More

As a Hong Kong Arbitration lawyer, we deal with a lot of cases about application for enforcement of Mainland Arbitration Awards in Hong Kong. This Article will introduce briefly about the practice of enforcing Mainland Arbitration Awards in Hong Kong.  After Hong Kong reunification, the economic tie between Hong Kong and Mainland China becomes more...Read More

1. The Categories of Costs in Interantional Arbitration There are mainly two categories of costs in international arbitration: (1) Cost of the reference, namely, the legal costs, expert costs and witnesses costs etc., which borne by each party respectively; (2) Costs of the award, mainly refers to the fees of arbitrators (the arbitral tribunal). (1) Cost of...Read More

The Arbitration and Mediation Legislation (Third Party Funding) (Amendment) Bill (“Bill) was passed by Hong Kong’s legislature on 14 June 2017, following recommendations in the Law Reform Commission’s Report in October 2016. The Bill, expected to come into effect later this year, seeks to change the outdated (if not antiquated) common law doctrine of maintenance...Read More