China-related Investment Disputes

Notable Matters

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  Acted for a Chinese state-owned nuclear energy company in an International Chamber of Commerce arbitration commenced by a French nuclear technology company and its Chinese subsidiary in relation to a joint venture dispute concerning the operations of a nuclear power plant in southwest China.

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  Acted for a joint venture company in resisting an application by its minority shareholder before the Singapore International Commercial Court, in which the minority shareholder sought to make the joint venture company jointly and severally liable with the majority shareholder for a buy-out of its shares — one of the largest court-ordered buy-outs before the Singapore Courts, involving several novel points of law — Kiri Industries Ltd v Senda International Capital Ltd and Dystar Global Holdings (Singapore) Pte Ltd [2024] SGHC(I) 14.

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  Acted for the minority shareholder of a prominent medical group against its majority shareholder in a minority oppression action. The medical group was listed on the stock exchanges of Singapore and Hong Kong, and the matter required consideration of laws from both jurisdictions.

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  Acted for the minority shareholder of a regional fintech group against its majority shareholder. The parties involved are Chinese commercial parties and institutions.