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Back to basics - Hong Kong Court of Appeal queries approach to winding up petitions where arbitration is involved Litigation, Arbitration, and Employment Alert
11 October 2019
Mark Lin
PartnerHong Kong
Email mark.lin@hoganlovells.com
Phone +852 2840 5091
Fax +852 2219 0222
LanguagesEnglish, Cantonese, Mandarin
Practice groupLitigation, Arbitration, and Employment
"Mark Lin has an excellent reputation in the market for cross-border litigation, especially for disputes involving the financial services and regulatory sectors. Clients describe him as a 'leading litigator with a strong track record' who "always provides pragmatic advice."
Chambers Asia-Pacific 2017
He is not your ordinary litigator. Mark Lin has mastered the art of asking the right questions to find the right solutions. He has been using this solution-driven approach to help various local and multinational clients, particularly those in financial services and the multimedia sectors, since the 1990s.
Mark has regular experience dealing with courts, tribunals and regulators in Hong Kong, Singapore and Asia Pacific, as well as dealing with cross-border crises. He is a seasoned advocate who is experienced in handling multi-jurisdictional investigations. He has advocated for clients in international arbitrations in London, Gothenburg, Paris, Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai and Beijing. Mark is a recognized leader in commercial dispute resolution and contentious regulatory investigations by the leading legal directories, including Chambers Asia Pacific, Chambers Global, Who's Who Legal and Legal 500 Asia Pacific.
Mark has been a partner at Hogan Lovells since 2003 and is a fellow of the Hong Kong Securities Institute.
Awards and recognitions
2006-2018
Regulatory (Hong Kong)
Legal 500 Asia Pacific
2008-2017
Dispute Resolution, Leading Individual
Chambers Asia-Pacific
2006-2012, 2017-2019
Dispute Resolution - International Firms (China)
Chambers Global
2006-2017
Leading Individual in Dispute Resolution
PLC Which Lawyer?
2012
Listed Lawyer in Client Choice Hot 75 Survey
Asian Legal Business
2010-2011
Leading Individual in Financial Services Regulatory
PLC Which Lawyer?
2009-2011
Leading Individual in International Arbitration
PLC Which Lawyer?
2006-2007
International Arbitration, Leading Individual
Chambers Global
Education and admissions
Education
LL.M., The University of Hong Kong, 1993
B.A., Keele University, 1987
Memberships
Member of Legal Committee of Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce
Fellow of Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute
Associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Member of the Hong Kong Institute of Directors
Member of the Law Society Committees on Civil Litigation and the Overseas Lawyers Qualification Examination
Member of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association
Member of the International Association of Defense Counsel
Bar admissions and qualifications
Australia
Solicitor, England and Wales
Hong Kong
Representative experience
Successfully defending an ex-director of CITIC Limited in High Court and Market Misconduct Tribunal proceedings alleging market misconduct in claims exceeding $1.9 billion.
Advising the vice chairman of a global US bank in relation to the hiring probe by the SEC/DOJ.
Advising an international bank on regulatory/legal/internal corporate governance issues arising from staff/customer fraud involving regulators in Hong Kong, UK, Singapore and Taiwan.
Advising Alstom in petitioning for the winding up of a PRC incorporated company in Hong Kong.
Advising the Airport Authority in successfully defeating judicial review application challenging the construction of the Third Runway.
Acting in the first ever application to set aside an arbitration award under the UNCITRAL Model Law in Hong Kong.
Advising directors of listed companies in investigations by the SFC into alleged market misconduct.
Advising an international bank in dealing with a monitor appointed by the Department of Financial Services New York.
Advising a global investment bank in investigations by the MAS and the HKMA into alleged AML breaches.
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