A&O Shearman
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Consisting of specialists focused entirely on international arbitration and related litigation, A&O Shearman offers a comprehensive network throughout the Asia Pacific with offices in the key hubs of Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore and Perth. The practice is unique in its extensive expertise in the related fields of investment treaty and public international law, which it has utilised to advise major international clients including the Republic of Korea and the Korean National Oil Company. Joanne Lau leads the team and has deep multi-jurisdictional experience, especially when advising clients in the banking and finance sector. Splitting his time between Hong Kong and London, Matthew Hodgson is an international commercial arbitration specialist and brings extensive experience of disputes relating to major natural resources and infrastructure projects, joint ventures and post M&A matters. The team was bolstered by the addition of Melody Chan in February 2023 from White & Case, with the former head of dispute resolution for Greater China bringing a particular focus on the energy, TMT and financial markets sectors.
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Key clients
- The Republic of Korea
- (1) BG Exploration and Production India Limited (BG), (2) Reliance Industries Limited (RIL)
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Work highlights
- Advising the Republic of Korea as the lead international counsel in an investment treaty dispute, against a Chinese businessman who was imprisoned in Korea after being convicted of bribery, embezzlement, misconduct and fraud.
- Defending the Kingdom of Cambodia in an investment treaty arbitration brought by two Chinese nationals for alleged breach of substantive protections under the ASEAN-China Agreement.
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