Kevin Cheung
Kevin Cheung
Kevin Cheung
Biography
Kevin is a Senior Associate in the London office specialising in international arbitration, with experience advising and representing clients at all stages of complex, high-value disputes.
Kevin has acted for both claimants and respondents in commercial and investment arbitration proceedings under the rules of ICC, LCIA, HKIAC, SIAC, ICSID and UNCITRAL. He is experienced in arbitration-related court proceedings in England & Wales and Hong Kong SAR, and advises on such proceedings in the United States. His matters span a wide range of governing laws, including those of England & Wales, the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong SAR, Russia, New York and California, and cover sectors such as banking, energy (both carbon-based and renewable), construction, real estate, shipping, technology, telecommunications and consumer health products.
Kevin is a regular commentator on international arbitration, publishing articles and blogs on developments in the field. His article on the availability of orders against non-parties to arbitration under Section 44 of the Arbitration Act 1996 was explicitly referred to by the UK Law Commission in its 2022/2023 consultation which resulted in an amendment of the Act. Kevin also co-authored the chapter "The Definition of Investor in Investment Treaty Arbitration" in the Handbook of International Investment Law and Policy (Springer, 2021).
Areas of Focus
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Banking & Finance Disputes
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Business & Commercial Disputes
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Intellectual Property & Technology Disputes
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Licensing
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Energy Transition
Spoken languages
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English
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Chinese (Cantonese)
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Chinese (Mandarin)
Admissions
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England and Wales
Hong Kong
Related capabilities
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International Arbitration
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Energy Transition
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Banking & Finance Disputes
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Litigation & Dispute Resolution
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Regulation, Compliance & Advisory
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Licensing
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Intellectual Property & Technology Disputes
Experience
- Advising and acting for an American corporation with respect to its potential dispute against the seller, purchasers and carrier of teak wood cargoes financed by the corporation as factor.
- Acted for Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited, a Pakistani integrated gas company, and successfully opposed an application under s. 68 of the Arbitration Act to set aside an LCIA award before the English Commercial Court.
- Acted for Access Business Group in an ICSID arbitration against Mexico with respect to a USD 2.7 billion expropriation claim under Annex 14-C of the USMCA.
- Acted for an investment fund in a HKIAC arbitration concerning additional payment due from the fund’s sale of a pharmaceutical company and the legal status of that company’s patents.
- Acted for Plaza Centers N.V. in an investment arbitration against Romania (ICSID ARB/22/15) concerning the development of the Dambovita Center site in downtown Bucharest, Romania. Approximately EUR 262 million is at stake.
- Acted for a joint-venture party in an LCIA arbitration seated in London concerning his partner’s fraudulent appropriation of the joint venture’s assets, the settlement and de-merger of the joint venture, and the termination of various consultancy agreements relating to the joint venture.
- Acted for a North American health services provider in an ICC arbitration seated in France against a Caribbean state with respect to the amount owed under a build and operate arrangement of hospitals in the Caribbean state.
- Acted for multiple subscribers to a failed “initial coin offering” in a group LCIA arbitration seated in London with respect to the issuer’s failure to register its offering and selling of cryptocurrency with the US SEC.
- Acted for a sub-contractor in a HKIAC arbitration and ancillary Hong Kong High Court proceedings with respect to the construction of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong high speed railway project in Hong Kong. Approximately US$30million was at stake.
- Acted for a global technology manufacturer and supplier in a HKIAC arbitration. The dispute arose from various sale and purchase agreements, governed by Hong Kong and Chinese (PRC) law. Approximately US$300million was at stake.
Resources
Publications
- “Unilateral Option Clauses to Arbitration: The Debate Continues”, Kluwer Arbitration Blog, 25 February 2020.
- “Cybersecurity in International Arbitration”, Queen Mary University of London, 28 February 2019.
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