Kathryn Sanger

Jan 23, 2025 | herbertsmithfreehills.com | Simon Chapman KC |Kathryn Sanger |Antony Crockett |Helen Tang

The HKIAC has published a new practice note addressing multi-party, multi-contract issues under the 2018 and 2024 HKIAC Administered Arbitration Rules (HKIAC Rules). The practice note primarily addresses the circumstances in which arbitration agreements will (and will not) be deemed "compatible" for the purposes of commencing a single arbitration under multiple contracts or consolidating multiple arbitrations.

Jan 14, 2025 | herbertsmithfreehills.com | Simon Chapman KC |Kathryn Sanger |Antony Crockett |Helen Tang

The Hong Kong Court of First Instance has granted a worldwide Mareva injunction and related relief in support of an overseas AAA-ICDR arbitration, after "procrastination and obstruction" by one of the respondents in implementing the arbitral tribunal's directions for an escrow arrangement to prevent dissipation of assets (Company A and Another v. Company C [2024] HKCFI 3505).

Oct 21, 2024 | lexology.com | Simon Chapman KC |Kathryn Sanger |Antony Crockett |Helen Tang |Dana Kim |Murphy Mok | +2 more

The Hong Kong Court of First Instance has stayed proceedings before it and referred a dispute to arbitration 18 months after one of the parties obtained a default judgment on the merits (Tongcheng Travel v. OOO Securities [2024] HKCFI 2710). The court found that the parties had clearly intended to arbitrate the dispute, even though the arbitration agreement did not unambiguously designate an institution and the contract also contained an exclusive jurisdiction clause.

Oct 14, 2024 | lexology.com | Simon Chapman KC |Kathryn Sanger |Antony Crockett |Helen Tang |Dana Kim |Murphy Mok | +1 more

The Hong Kong Court of First Instance has granted an anti-suit injunction and related relief in favour of a German bank to prevent a sanctioned Russian bank from pursuing Russian court proceedings in breach of an HKIAC arbitration clause (Bank A v. Bank B [2024] HKCFI 2529).

Oct 2, 2024 | lexology.com | Simon Chapman KC |Kathryn Sanger |Antony Crockett |Helen Tang |Dana Kim |Murphy Mok | +1 more

In a series of recent decisions handed down within days of one another, the Hong Kong courts rejected five attempts by award debtors to set aside, resist enforcement and stay execution of awards rendered against them.