Litigation and Dispute Resolution

Keith is Managing Partner and head of Litigation and Dispute Resolution group of Dentons Hong Kong. He has more than 37 years’ experience in heavyweight dispute resolution, including high court/commercial court litigation, domestic and international arbitration, expert determinations, alternative dispute resolution, and mediations with particular focus on the energy, construction and financial services sectors.

Keith has been widely recognised by various legal publications. He has been named one of the Top 15 Litigators in Asia by Asian Legal Business. Chambers Greater China 2022 and Legal 500 Asia Pacific ranked Keith as a leading individual in Dispute Resolution: Litigation for China/Hong Kong.

Keith has a varied client base with an international background operating in a diversified number of jurisdictions, with particular experience in Asia Pacific including Hong Kong, mainland China, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and the Middle East, including the Indian sub-continent.

Chief Representative, Dentons Beijing Representative Office, to date Managing Partner, Dentons Hong Kong, 2011 to date Chief Representative Hammonds Beijing Representative Office, 2004 to 2010 Senior Partner, Hammonds Hong Kong, 2001-2010 Partner, Hammonds, 1995 to 2010 Lovell White Durrant, Hong Kong, Abu Dhabi and London, 1988-1995 Solicitor, Johnson Stokes and Master, Hong Kong, 1985-1988 Articled, Pritchard Englefield & Tobin, 1985

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Appointed Panel Arbitrator, Guangzhou Arbitration Committee, April 2021 - present Member, Advisory Committee on Promotion of Arbitration, Department of Justice, March 2021 - present Appointed Convenor, Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, May 2020 - present Appointed Deputy Convenor, Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, June 2017 - May 2020 Appointed Chairman, Appeals Tribunal, 2015 - November 2021 Appointed Secretary, ICC Hong Kong, 2014 - present Appointed Chairman, Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunals, 2012, 2013 and 2016 Elected Executive Committee Member, ICC Hong Kong, 2013-2014 Former Member, Hong Kong Law Society Claims Committee

University of Warwick BA (Hons) Law and Sociology, Class II Div. I