Prince's Chambers

Prince’s Chambers is a leading set of commercial barristers and arbitrators. We provide specialist advocacy and advice and are regularly appointed as arbitrators and mediators in disputes across Hong Kong, Mainland China, the Asia-Pacific and worldwide. Members are also sought after in the regulatory sphere, in licence applications and disciplinary proceedings.

A number of our members were previously partners in international commercial law firms and are familiar with urgent processes where seamless teamwork is required.

We focus on commercial disputes, including company, director and shareholder, insolvency and restructuring, employment, shipping, aviation and international trade, intellectual property and construction, as well as complex taxation, professional conduct, matrimonial finance, judicial review and public law.

We are frequently engaged in heavy and complex commercial arbitrations (both as counsel and arbitrator), and court litigation.

The set has a reputation of excellence in commercial disputes, with eight members ranked in the established legal directories as leading commercial disputes practitioners (Jeremy Bartlett SC, Paul Carolan, Edward Alder, Eugene Kwok, Sebastian Hughes, Kevin Lee, Lavesh Kirpalani and Phillip Rompotis).

Members are also ranked as leaders in arbitration (Jeremy Bartlett SC and Phillip Rompotis), family and private client (Jeremy Bartlett SC), shipping and aviation (Edward Alder), intellectual property (Sebastian Hughes), administrative and public law (Josh Baker), construction (Phillip Rompotis) and employment (Paul Carolan and Lavesh Kirpalani). Prince’s Chambers is described in the directories as ‘well established’, ’extremely user friendly’ and boasting ‘vast experience’.

The recent addition of Eric Ng, the former HKIAC Deputy Secretary-General, further reflects Prince’s Chambers’ strong arbitral expertise.

Clients include listed conglomerates, financial institutions, international and regional businesses, governments, high and ultra-high net-worth individuals, solicitors, accounting and finance professionals and international NGOs.

Recent high profile court cases include SFC v Superb Summit (widely reported SFC petition relating to ‘non-existent’ forestry in the Mainland), Estate of Chin Din Hwa (power of advancement in $114 billion estate holding of Nan Fung Group shares), SFC v Subotic (CFA appeal on SFC’s power to serve false trading claims out of the jurisdiction), Collision b/w Star Centurion and Antea (CFA appeal concerning maritime limitation), Chan Kai Yan v Leung Chi Kit (long running dividend dispute following Lucky Ford shopping mall redevelopment), Essilor Manufacturing (US$300m+ claims from fraud on the French eyewear company), Mary Kay v Zhejiang Tmall (trade mark and passing off litigation, parallel importation and the exhaustion defence), Angelic Glory (’well founded’ test for default judgment in admiralty proceedings), Hua She Asset Management (injunction to restrain bankruptcy process), Kadoorie v Bradley (whether a company may bring a harassment claim) Sze Fung Engineering v Trevi Construction (‘back to back’ provisions in powerstation construction), AB x X (jurisdiction to grant letters of request in aid of US Federal Reserve) and YSG v LYAG (matrimonial finance claim involving $248m in assets).

Recent arbitrations have concerned construction, construction-related finance, shipping, shipbuilding, domain names, commodities, China & Vietnam M&A and private equity, warranty claims, cryptocurrency trading, CO₂ emissions trading, software and technology licensing, insurance, gold trading and product distribution.

Our members conduct or moderate seminars on wide-ranging topics, in particular in the arbitration field, and are available for CPD presentations for solicitors on request.

Various members author leading commentary and practitioner texts, including the White Book (Civil Procedure), Chitty on Contracts (Agency, Software), Maritime Law & Practice in Hong Kong, Companies Law in Hong Kong (Insolvency), Halsbury Law’s Hong Kong (Misrepresentation and Fraud, Mental Health), Arbitration in Hong Kong, Banking Law and numerous shorter pieces, seminars and conference speeches.

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