Our practice in Asia encompasses a wide range of legal issues, from commercial disputes to international arbitration. With growing trade and business relations between the UK and Asia, our international barristers have become increasingly active in advising clients from countries such as China, India, and Southeast Asia. We offer expertise in cross-border litigation, often working with local firms to address complex international disputes.
Some recent examples of our work:
- A claim for non-payment of invoices in respect of the provision of satellite services relating to mobile and internet provision in northern Pakistan.
- c$100m Dispute regarding damage during construction to a power station in Malaysia.
- Acting in an UNCITRAL Arbitration centering on unpaid sums due for the provision of web-based telecommunications services.
- Represented an English commodities broker against a Bangladeshi state-owned company and its bank in a $6.2 million dispute, seated in Dhaka, over the wrongful issue of a letter of credit for the purchase of ICUMSA 45 sugar from Brazil to Bangladesh, governed by Bangladeshi law and UCP 600.
- $40m claim arising out of waste recycling facility in Hong Kong.
- $20m dispute regarding the construction of war ships in South Korea.
- £80m dispute regarding the construction of a gas turbine generator in Bangladesh.
- Hong Kong registered, Australian based company in multi-million dollar claim against publicly listed German telco for their unpaid invoices about the supply of information technology services and damages for breach of contract in DIS Administered Arbitration.
- Hong Kong registered, Australian based company in multi-million dollar claim against publicly listed German telco for their unpaid invoices about the supply of information technology services and damages for breach of contract in DIS Administered Arbitration.
- Arbitration for landowners against a mine in Papua Guinea, about royalties.
- Dispute between a CEO of a Hong Kong based company and his international employer involving wrongful termination.
- Adhoc Arbitration involving Emirates registered Hong Kong based shipping company in a multi-million dollar claim against an Indian shipping company under a slot agreement involving arrest of a ship in Dubai.
If you would like to discuss instructing us, please contact our practice management team.
