Representative matter · Disputes & Arbitration
Enforcing a CIS arbitral award in Hong Kong
An industrial exporter held a CIS-seated arbitral award against a Hong Kong-incorporated counterparty that had stopped responding to correspondence.
- The brief
- Turn the award into recovery before assets moved.
- Our role
- We ran the enforcement strategy and evidence under the New York Convention and the Arbitration Ordinance, acting together with a locally licensed firm for the court application and asset preservation.
- Outcome
- Leave to enforce was granted and assets were secured; the matter settled on negotiated terms shortly afterwards.
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Disputes & Arbitration
HKIAC arbitration, enforcement of awards and judgments between the Mainland, the CIS, offshore centres and Hong Kong, anti-suit relief, the new International Commercial Court.
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