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Hong Kong Arbitration Week 2025: International Arbitration in Times of Trade Wars and Other Geopolitical Challenges

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On the first day of the 2025 Hong Kong Arbitration Week, Baker McKenzie and Control Risks jointly hosted a panel discussion on International Arbitration in Times of Trade Wars and Geopolitical Challenges. The event featured a diverse panel of experts providing their views from private practice, service provider and in-house perspectives on how geopolitical challenges affect commercial parties and their dispute resolution options. James Ng (Baker McKenzie) moderated the panel, comprising Jane Liu (JCET Group), Jessica Pyman (Control Risks), Edward Hart (Control Risks) and Philipp Hanusch (Baker McKenzie).…

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Hong Kong Government increases convenience for visitors to participate in arbitral proceedings

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Effective from 1 March 2025, the Pilot Scheme on Facilitation for Persons Participating in Arbitral Proceedings in Hong Kong has been regularised with refinements. The Pilot Scheme was launched in June 2020. It allows relevant persons to participate in arbitral proceedings in Hong Kong as visitors without an employment visa if they obtain a letter of proof issued by a designated (i) arbitral and dispute resolution institution, or (ii) venue provider, confirming that they are…

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Hong Kong court rejects jurisdictional challenge and grants anti-suit injunction against Russian bank

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Introduction It is a well-established principle in Hong Kong that foreign proceedings instituted in breach of an arbitration agreement will ordinarily be restrained by the grant of an injunction, unless there are strong reasons shown to the contrary. What constitutes strong reasons depends on all the facts and circumstances of the particular case. In Bank A v Bank B [2024] HKCFI 2529, the Hong Kong Court of First Instance (CFI) considered an application for an…

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In Asia-Pacific

Hong Kong court refuses enforcement of two related Mainland awards due to circumstances arising from ex parte communications involving the claimant, the institution, and the first tribunal

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The Hong Kong courts consistently adopt a robust and purely mechanistic approach to applications resisting enforcement of awards, but they will refuse enforcement in appropriate circumstances. In the case of A v R1 and Another [2024] HKCFI 1511, the Court of First Instance (CFI) refused to enforce two related Mainland awards because various failings in the first arbitration seriously affected the structural integrity of the arbitral process and undermined due process, and the basic notions…

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