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Alex is a partner in the international arbitration and litigation team.
Alex has advised and represented clients from Asia, Europe, and the Americas in various contentious matters, with a particular focus on international arbitration and disputes in Hong Kong and Mainland China, involving cross-border elements and parallel proceedings. His practice includes general commercial disputes, restructuring and insolvency, regulatory investigations, and contentious probate disputes.
Alex has acted in proceedings under various leading arbitral institutional rules and served as a tribunal secretary for complex international arbitrations. He is also experienced in court proceedings in Hong Kong and offshore jurisdictions.
With a unique background in both civil law and common law, Alex is qualified in Hong Kong and England & Wales, and has also passed the PRC bar exam. He has been recognised by Hong Kong Business Magazine as one of Hong Kong's most notable lawyers under 40 and by Asian Legal Business as a Hong Kong Rising Star.
Track record
Commercial Litigation
Acting for a majority shareholder of a Hong Kong company in a Hong Kong High Court action concerning disputes arising out of a lender's and receivers' acts of causing the Hong Kong company to dispose of its assets at a gross undervalue.
Commercial Litigation
Acting for a PRC company in a Hong Kong High Court action commenced by a Hong Kong company for an alleged failure to pay for the shares of a listed company.
Commercial Litigation
Acting for receivers appointed under various share charges in a Hong Kong High Court action commenced by an associate of the guarantor for the underlying debts, including successfully dismissing an injunction application and obtaining an order staying the proceedings based on a jurisdictional ground.
Commercial Litigation
Acting for defrauded Taiwanese investors in a Hong Kong High Court action begun by way of representative proceedings concerning a suspected Ponzi scheme perpetrated against numerous investors primarily based in Taiwan, including an ex parte application for proprietary and Mareva injunctions.
Commercial Litigation
Acting for two high-net-worth individuals in a Hong Kong High Court action concerning disputes arising out of redemption of their investments in a fund registered as a segregated portfolio company under Cayman Islands law.
Commercial Litigation
Advising two Taiwanese investors in BVI proceedings concerning a dispute arising out of a BVI incorporated issuer's failure to repay the principal amounts and accrued interest under several matured notes.
Insolvency & Restructuring
Acting for the founder of a PRC group in his application to annul the bankruptcy order made against him.
Insolvency & Restructuring
Acting for a major PRC commercial bank in several winding-up proceedings in Hong Kong and BVI against its debtors.
Talks
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'Chasing the Asymmetries in Arbitration Clauses - to be or not to be valid?' - Generations in Arbitration Conference: Hong Kong Legal Week 2020 Edition, Nov 2020
Insight
External publications
'Investment treaties and their role in protecting Chinese businesses abroad: A look at the Zhongshan v Nigeria award', Mar 2022, co-author
'Review of Gustav Flecke-Giammarco et al. (EDS.), The DIS Arbitration Rules: An Article-By-Article Commentary' - Contemporary Asia Arbitration Journal (Vol. 14, No. 2), Nov 2021, co-author
'A radical reform of the PRC Arbitration Law: A summary of the key revisions' - Withers, 23 August 2021, co-author
"Enka v. Chubb Russia: The Law of the Arbitration Agreement - An end to the continuous battle between the law of the seat and the law of the underlying contract?", Contemporary Asia Arbitration Journal - May 2021, co-author
'A new year, a new set of arbitral rules: a summary of the key changes introduced in the 2021 ICC arbitration rules' - March 2021, co-author
'Opening Pandora's Box: Unpacking the principles relating to the law governing the arbitration agreement across various jurisdictions' - March 2021, co-author
'Would Party Autonomy Trump Winding-Up Petitions? An Analysis of Hong Kong's Position', Contemporary Asia Arbitration Journal - Dec 2020, co-author
'Why Hong Kong is the Ideal Place to Resolve Your Commercial Disputes' - 16 July 2020, co-author with Sherlin Tung and Carmen Li
'The Good Faith Principle in the Context of the Enforcement of New York Convention Award: An Analysis of Hong Kong's Position in Light of the Apparently Conflicting Court Decisions', Journal of International Arbitration 36, no.3(2019): 361-384, author
Admissions
- England & Wales, 2023
- Hong Kong, 2017
- PRC Legal Professional Qualification Certificate (passed the bar exam), 2010
Education
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Stockholm University, LLM in International Commercial Arbitration, 2018
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The Chinese University of Hong Kong, PCLL, 2014
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The Chinese University of Hong Kong, JD, 2013
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The Chinese University of Hong Kong, LLM in Common Law, 2011
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Southwest University of Political Science & Law, Bachelor of Arts in Forensic Linguistics (English) and Bachelor of Laws, 2010
Languages
- Cantonese
- English
- Mandarin
Memberships
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Hong Kong Law Society
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Young ICCA - International Council for Commercial Arbitration
Key dates
- Year joined: 2020