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Yi-Shun Teoh

Partner

Yi-Shun Teoh is a Partner and Solicitor Advocate in our Commercial Disputes team in Hong Kong. He specialises in international arbitration and commercial litigation. Yi-Shun represents private equity firms, financial institutions, insurers, technology and professional services firms. He has acted in some of the leading set aside and enforcement cases before the Hong Kong courts over the past decade. Yi-Shun also represents clients in regulatory investigations and enforcement. He is recognised in The Legal 500 Arbitration Powerlist: Hong Kong and Asian Legal Business (ALB) Hong Kong Rising Stars 2023. Yi-Shun is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) and a member of the Arbitration Committees of the Law Society of Hong Kong and ICC Hong Kong. He is triple-qualified in Hong Kong, England and Wales and New South Wales (Australia).

"Clients trust my advice because I care about them, act in their best interests and never give up"

"I was born in Malaysia and raised in Australia.  I clerked for Justice Richard Edmonds of the Federal Court of Australia.  Prior to joining RPC, I worked for international law firms in Hong Kong, Singapore, London and Sydney. I have lived in Hong Kong since 2011. I have represented clients in international arbitrations under the leading institutional rules (including ICC, HKIAC, SIAC and CIETAC) seated in Hong Kong, Singapore, London, Beijing and Jakarta."

Yi-Shun's recent work highlights:

Representing a leading Asian private equity firm in its successful US$50 million claim against an Asian telecommunications group in relation to the redemption of notes, including related winding up and bankruptcy proceedings in the BVI and Singapore

Representing a Dutch technology company in its successful defence of a US$10 million claim by one of China's largest technology and social media companies in a CIETAC arbitration in Beijing in relation to the alleged breach of a joint venture agreement

Representing a leading Asian reinsurance broker in its successful defence of a claim by an Indonesian cedant in an arbitration in Jakarta in relation to the placement of a reinsurance treaty

Representing a leading Hong Kong firm of quantity surveyors in its successful defence of a claim by a contractor for alleged professional negligence in relation to a construction project in Hong Kong

Representing the chairman of a leading Asian private equity firm in a dispute with a financial institution in relation to alleged discretionary trading without client instructions and suspected fraud

Directory quotes

  • Recommended - The Legal 500 Arbitration Powerlist: Hong Kong 2023

  • "Yi-Shun is very experienced and knowledgeable in international arbitration, he is a persuasive advocate, tactically sharp and extremely diligent, he was always ready to help us at all hours" - Asian Legal Business (ALB) Hong Kong Rising Stars 2023 

  • "superior analytical and drafting skills" and "quick in processing a large volume of information" - ALB Hong Kong Rising Stars 2023
 

Memberships

  • Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb)
  • Arbitration Committee, Law Society of Hong Kong
  • Arbitration and ADR Committee, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Hong Kong
  • Finance, Legal and Tax (FLT) Committee, Australian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong (AustCham)
  • Malaysian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong and Macau (MayCham)
  • Panel of Arbitrators, Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration (SCIA)
  • Panel of Arbitrators, South China International Arbitration Centre in Hong Kong (SCIAHK)
 

Publications

  • "Key developments in arbitration in Hong Kong" in Global Arbitration Review (GAR) Asia-Pacific Arbitration Review 2024
  • "Arbitration in Hong Kong" in Lexology's Panoramic in 2022 to 2024
  • "Arbitrators and AI chatbots: Are they compatible?" with Yuki Chiu, Expert Focus, Chambers and Partners, 2023
  • Contributor to Hong Kong Civil Procedure / Hong Kong White Book (Arbitration and ADR), Sweet & Maxwell
  • Contributor to Hong Kong Arbitration Ordinance: Commentary and Annotations, Sweet & Maxwell
 

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