A&O Shearman‘s wide-ranging international arbitration practice covers heavyweight disputes relating to energy and construction projects, TMT and insurance. The team also acts in substantial IP, banking and finance, metals, mining, automotive and M&A-related arbitrations. It also offers enviable investment treaty and public international law expertise, and is able to represent clients in the PRC courts in enforcement and other international arbitration-related proceedings, through its joint operation with Lang Yue Law Firm. The group is led by Shanghai-based Jane Jiang, a senior member of the UK’s Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb), who is both England and Wales and Hong Kong-qualified. Jiang’s recent experience includes representing a Chinese media and entertainment company in a Hong Kong-seated arbitration. Joanne Lau specialises in international commercial and investment treaty arbitrations from the firm’s Hong Kong office, which houses White & Case’s former Greater China dispute resolution head Melody Chan, who joined the firm in February 2023.
Testimonials
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- 'They have great analysis and strategies to approach cases.'
- 'Fares Nowak handles cases well. He responds to all questions and concerns in a timely manner. His explanations are also quite clear about the pros and cons, and easy to understand for each strategy we would like to adopt.'
Key clients
- The Republic of Korea
- The Kingdom of Cambodia
Work highlights
- Defending the Kingdom of Cambodia in an investment treaty arbitration, brought by two Chinese nationals for alleged breach of substantive protections under the Agreement on Investment of the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Cooperation between the People’s Republic of China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
- Assisted a US private equity firm with an HKIAC arbitration, which related to amounts owed by a Hong Kong company (as purchaser) and a PRC company (as guarantor) under a share transfer agreement.