Sherlin Tung
Partner
Sherlin is a partner in the international arbitration and litigation team.
She is a specialist in cross-border disputes, international commercial arbitration, and multi-jurisdiction litigations. With over a decade of experience, Sherlin has advised clients in Asia, the Americas, and Europe on all phases and aspects of cross-border disputes (both litigation and arbitration). Sherlin also advises clients on the enforcement of international arbitral awards and/or court judgments. Sherlin has a rare set of skills given her unique background. Her career has given her the ability to be involved in all roles of a dispute. Given this experience, she is able to understand the overlaying objectives of not only of her clients but also the strategies implemented by counterparties, how arbitral tribunal members/judges think, and how arbitral institutions/courts operate.
Prior to joining Withers, Sherlin worked with a leading international law firm in Hong Kong where she was a member of the international disputes practice group. Sherlin started her international disputes career by working with a leading independent arbitrator where she acted as tribunal secretary for over 35 complex, international arbitration matters. Thereafter, Sherlin worked for the leading arbitral institution, the Secretariat of the ICC International Court of Arbitration, in both Hong Kong and New York, the latter of which she was a founding member of the case management office. During her time at the ICC, she managed over 300 international arbitration proceedings. Sherlin also worked in-house with a publicly listed international conglomerate where she handled the group’s international litigation and arbitration disputes.
With her distinctive background and legal experience, Sherlin has an understanding of the various players in an international transaction and dispute. This allows her to prepare not only a winning strategy for her clients, but one that is most suited to their needs.
Sherlin regularly speaks in conferences worldwide and gives lectures and trainings on international arbitration and cross-border disputes. She is prominent in the international arbitration community and sits on various international committees and boards. Sherlin is a member of the ICC Dispute Resolution Bulletin Editorial Board and the BVI International Arbitration Centre Rules Committee. She is currently on the South China International Arbitration Center (Hong Kong)’s Panel of Arbitrators. Sherlin is also the Deputy Director of the Vis East Moot Foundation, a non-profit organization that promotes international arbitration and trade law and operates the Vis East Moot Court Competition, the sister competition to the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, which is the world’s largest and most renowned law student competition in the fields of international commercial arbitration and trade law.
Focus areas
High-net-worth individuals
Leaders and senior executives
Founders
Asia Pacific
Hong Kong
Africa
Australia
China
India
Indonesia
Japan
Malaysia
Philippines
Singapore
Taiwan
Thailand
Vietnam
Europe
France
Germany
Italy
Spain
Switzerland
United Kingdom
Middle East
Israel
North America
Canada
Mexico
United States
Kazakhstan
Russia
Ukraine
Argentina
Brazil
Venezuela
Private companies
Professional advisers
Public companies
Beneficiaries and heirs
Brands
Construction
Energy
Family businesses
Fashion
Financial services
Food and drink
Government
Hotels and hospitality
Pharmaceuticals
Trustees, executors and fiduciaries
Insurance companies
Selected track records
Admissions
Publications
Memberships
Talks
Representing and advising a Hong Kong based family office in commercial disputes with business partners over investments in the U.S. and Hong Kong.
Representing and advising a privately held, Belgian incorporated private funds company and its subsidiaries in the U.K. and the BVI in a HKIAC arbitration involving a dispute with a P.R. Chinese privately held investment company and its Cayman Islands and BVI subsidiaries.
Representing and advising a publicly held Chinese international aviation conglomerate in parallel proceedings: a New York litigation and ICC arbitration seated in New York against a publicly held U.S. technology company.
Hong Kong (Registered Foreign Lawyer), 2018
New York, 2014
California, 2009
‘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
Vis East Moot Court Foundation – Deputy Director & Board Member
Verein zur Veranstaltung und Förderung des Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot – Member
Moot Alumni Association – President
Guest Lecture for Humboldt University’s International Dispute Resolution LL.M. Programme: Specific Features of Arbitration and the
International Dispute Resolution Market in Hong Kong (November 2021)
2021 YSIAC Annual Conference: Speed Networking (November 2021)
Education
Languages
- English
- German
- Mandarin
- Spanish
