arbitration

Binance’s Role in the 10 October 2025 Crypto Crash – Any Remedies for Binance Users?
Binance’s Role in the 10 October 2025 Crypto Crash – Any Remedies for Binance Users? 2560 1707 Hauzen LLP

On 10 October 2025, the crypto market experienced one of its biggest crashes in its (short) history. While Bitcoin plummeted from USD122,000 to around USD104,000 (an approximate 16.5% decline) within…

Bypassing Arbitration Clauses – To Injunct or Not To Injunct?
Bypassing Arbitration Clauses – To Injunct or Not To Injunct? 2509 1671 Hauzen LLP

To injunct or not to injunct – and if so, where at? That is the question that many face when foreign just and equitable winding-up proceedings have been taken out,…

When Arbitration Meets Insolvency: Are Hong Kong Courts Rebalancing the Framework in Cross-Border Cases?
When Arbitration Meets Insolvency: Are Hong Kong Courts Rebalancing the Framework in Cross-Border Cases? 1400 788 Basil Hwang

As cross-border transactions rise and insolvency risks increase, Hong Kong courts are refining how arbitration agreements interact with winding-up petitions. Recent decisions reveal an important trend: strong support for arbitration…

A Kitchen Nightmare – China Shanshui Cement Group Ltd and Ors v. Zhang Caikui and Ors
A Kitchen Nightmare – China Shanshui Cement Group Ltd and Ors v. Zhang Caikui and Ors 1280 720 Hauzen LLP

“When a chef makes a dish using a few possibly good ingredients, but mixes them with many clearly bad ingredients and then seriously overcooks the whole thing, even the taste…

Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards in Mainland China
Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards in Mainland China 1400 788 Hauzen LLP

Mainland China’s integration into global commerce has necessitated a robust framework for recognizing and enforcing foreign arbitral awards. As a signatory to the United Nations Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement…

Enforcement Through Emergency Arbitration in Hong Kong
Enforcement Through Emergency Arbitration in Hong Kong 1401 788 Nigel Binnersley
Emergency arbitration in Hong Kong allows parties to bypass Courts and obtain urgent interim relief from an emergency arbitrator. Here are the pros and cons.

HK has Fully Implemented the Outcome Related Fee Structures for Arbitration Regime
HK has Fully Implemented the Outcome Related Fee Structures for Arbitration Regime 1400 788 Hauzen LLP
On 16 December 2022, the ORFSA regime was fully implemented in Hong Kong through the amended Arbitration Ordinance (Cap. 609) and the new Arbitration (Outcome Related Fee Structures for Arbitration) Rules (Cap. 609D).

Arbitration (Amendment) Ordinance 2021 to come into operation on 19 May 2021
Arbitration (Amendment) Ordinance 2021 to come into operation on 19 May 2021 1400 786 Hauzen LLP

As previously reported, Hong Kong and the Mainland signed a Supplemental Arrangement on 27 November 2020 for the purpose of enhancing enforcement of arbitral awards between the two jurisdictions. As a…

Consultation Paper on Outcome Related Fee Structures for Arbitration
Consultation Paper on Outcome Related Fee Structures for Arbitration 1400 788 Hauzen LLP
The consultation period for the Outcome Related Fee Structures for Arbitration Sub-committee of the Law Reform Commission’s consultation paper on Outcome Related Fee Structures for Arbitration recently came to an end, on 16 March 2021.

Hong Kong & Mainland China Sign Supplemental Arrangement for Mutual Enforcement of Arbitral Awards
Hong Kong & Mainland China Sign Supplemental Arrangement for Mutual Enforcement of Arbitral Awards 1400 788 Hauzen LLP
November 2020, Hong Kong and Mainland China signed the Supplemental Arrangement Concerning Mutual Enforcement of Arbitral Awards to make several amendments
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