Deacons

Commercial Litigation practice group

Partner

KK has wide experience in dealing with a variety of private and government building projects in Hong Kong, some of which was gained when practising as a quantity surveyor. He also acts for developers, contractors and subcontractors in construction projects, in litigation, arbitration and mediation and undertakes general advisory work in relation to construction contracts in Hong Kong, Macau and Mainland China. He conducts CIETAC arbitrations in Shenzhen, Shanghai and Beijing and acts as an arbitrator and mediator in construction and commercial disputes. KK handles complex, high value shareholders’ disputes, often involving multiple jurisdictions. He also handles cross-border commercial disputes involving Hong Kong, Mainland China and other countries.

Highlights

Advising a public body to deal with claims from its consultants and contractors involving complicated legal issues in its property development in Hong Kong Acting for a listed company in Hong Kong defending a substantial claim arising out of their project in Mongolia and successfully resisted an application for summary judgment Acting for a hotel management company pursuing its claim against a PRC developer in various arbitrations in Hong Kong and Mainland China Advising on a dispute involving a HK$10 billion Macau casino project Acting for a minority shareholder in a very complex, HK$multi-billion shareholders’ dispute, involving multiple jurisdictions, with one of the trials lasting for 35 days in Hong Kong, with over 30 lawyers in the Courtroom. Advising in a family shareholders’ dispute,  involving proceedings in a number of jurisdictions

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Member, The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors since 1990 Member, The Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors since 1992 Member, The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators since 1999 (Associate member since 1994) Member, The Law Society of Hong Kong since 1994 Member, Panel of Arbitrators of the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors since 2001 Honorary Legal Adviser to Hong Kong Plumbing & Sanitary Ware Trade Association since 2003 Member, List of Arbitrators of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre since 2004 Fellow Member, The Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors since 2005 Fellow Member, The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors since 2005 External Examiner, The University of Hong Kong 2007 – 2009 Member, Panel of  Arbitrators of the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) since 2008 Member, Panel of Arbitrators of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre since 2010 Honorary Legal Advisor to the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors since 2012 Member, Panel of Arbitrators of the Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration Honorary Legal Advisor to the Hong Kong Construction Sub-Contractors Association since 2013 Member, Panel of Arbitrators of the Qingdao Arbitration Commission since 2014 Member, Town Planning Board from 2016 to 2022 Member, Panel of Arbitrators of the Arbitration Centre Across the Straits since 2016 Member, The Construction Dispute Review Board/Dispute Adjudication Board of The Chinese Arbitration Association, Taipei since 2017 Member, Disciplinary Tribunal Panel of the Hong Kong Institute of Real Estate Administrators since 2021

BSc (Hons) Quantity Surveying, University of Hong Kong, 1987 LLB (Hons), University of London, 1991 PCLL, University of Hong Kong, 1992