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Yi-Shun Teoh

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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 is recognised in The Legal 500 Arbitration Powerlist: Hong Kong and Asian Legal Business (ALB) Hong Kong Rising Stars 2023. He 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. Yi-Shun 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 Magic Circle and international law firms in Hong Kong, Singapore, London and Sydney. I have practised in Hong Kong since 2011. I have represented clients in international arbitrations under the leading institutional rules (including ICC, HKIAC, SIAC, CIETAC and UNCITRAL) seated in Hong Kong, Singapore, London, Shenzhen, Beijing and Jakarta."

Yi-Shun has extensive experience of interlocutory injunctions (including asset freezing injunctions) before the Hong Kong courts and emergency arbitration proceedings.  He has appeared as advocate in international arbitration hearings and interlocutory applications before the Hong Kong Court of First Instance.  Yi-Shun also represents clients in SFC regulatory investigations and enforcement, including before the Securities and Futures Appeals Tribunal (SFAT).

Yi-Shun's recent work highlights:

Representing a leading Asian private equity firm as advocate in its US$10 million claim against an Asian telecommunications group in a HKIAC arbitration in Hong Kong.

Representing a leading Korean securities firm, NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd, in its successful US$50 million claim against multiple defendants in the Hong Kong High Court in relation to a purported gold investment scheme.

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

"He is attentive to issues and consistently responsive" - Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific 2025

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/qualifications

Qualifications 

Admitted in Hong Kong with Higher Rights of Audience (Civil)

Admitted in England and Wales

Admitted in New South Wales (Australia)

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)

TerraLex NextGen Advisory Committee

Publications

  • "Key developments in arbitration in Hong Kong" in Global Arbitration Review (GAR) Asia-Pacific Arbitration Review 2024 and 2026
  • "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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