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

How to Enforce Mainland China Arbitral Award in Hong Kong? 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...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 The Bill, expected to come into effect later this year, seeks to change the outdated (if not antiquated) common law doctrine of maintenance...Read More

Issue Esptopel Principle – A Ground for Refusing to Enforce An International Arbitral Award? Introduction to the issue The recent UK High Court case of iag Human SE v The Czech Repblic [2014] EWHC 1639 (Comm) has sparked interest and debate in the international arbitration community over Issue Esptopel. In that case, the High Court...Read More

Hong Kong Arbitration Case (1): Contractual Place of Arbitration ‘China’ = ‘Hong Kong’? Briefing on the case of Z v A & ORS in the CFI Case name: Z v A & ORS – [2015] 2 HKC 272 Facts of the case The parties had contractually agreed that the ICC Arbitration Rules would apply to...Read More

How to Contract for a Hong Kong Arbitration Clause in Contracts As a Hong Kong lawyer dealing with arbitration law, when drafting and reviewing contracts for clients, it is important to consider clearly whether to contract for a Hong Kong arbitration clause and, if so, how to draft the arbitration clause. The following are the...Read More

Hong Kong Arbitration Lawyer: Why Choose Arbitration as a Method of Dispute Resolution? Advantages of choosing arbitration as a means of dispute resolution – Neutrality of Arbitration If one of the parties to a transaction is a Mainland Chinese merchant, litigation in a Chinese court is of course the preferred option for the Chinese party....Read More