Hong Kong
Arbitration Asia, a firm focusing exclusively on the resolution of commercial disputes across the Asia-Pacific region, including negotiation, mediation and arbitration, has launched in Hong Kong.
Claiming to be the first “boutique arbitration firm” in the region, Arbitration Asia chose to establish itself in Hong Kong in order to leverage off the significant increase in trade and investment between mainland China and the US, Europe and Australia, as well as its Asian neighbours.
The firm is headed up by Gavin Denton, an Australian who previously worked for one of the country’s leading international law firms and as a lawyer in the Federal Parliament of Australia. He acts as counsel and arbitrator and is a vice chairman of ICC Australia and a member of ICC Hong Kong’s Arbitration Committee.
“Arbitration Asia is different in that it aims to work closely with Hong Kong and Chinese law firms that either do not have any international arbitration capability, or that do not have the necessary legal or cultural skills to successfully run complex commercial arbitrations outside of their home jurisdictions,” said Denton. “Their aim is to build strategic relationships with these firms to bring together the best possible team for resolving your disputes.”
Denton is joined by a Chinese lawyer, Fan Kun, who is currently completing her PhD at Geneva University and previously worked at the ICC International Court of Arbitration in Paris. She is also an assistant professor at Chinese University in Hong Kong.
In the past few years Hong Kong has become increasingly attractive as a centre for international arbitration and is now regarded as one of the leading arbitral centres in the world. In 2008 the ICC International Court of Arbitration set up its first Secretariat outside of its Paris headquarters in Hong Kong, where it has administered over 100 cases to date.
In the same year, the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre issued new Administered Arbitration Rules specially designed for disputes between Chinese and foreign companies; and in November 2010 Hong Kong’s Legislative Council enacted a new Arbitration Ordinance that is due to come into effect on 1 June 2011.
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