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The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals recently rejected challenges to a district court’s decision to confirm a Hong Kong arbitration award, including arguments that confirming the award violated public policy and international...more
If the agreement between a creditor and debtor refers disputes to arbitration, what limits should be placed on the creditor to pursue winding-up proceedings based on an unpaid debt under that agreement? Should a court simply...more
In CMBICDHAW Investments Limited v CDH Fund V Limited Partnership & others [2024] HKCA 516 (judgment date: 10 July 2024), the Hong Kong Court of Appeal (CA) addressed an appeal regarding the Court of First Instance’s (CFI)...more
In Founder Group (Hong Kong) Ltd v Singapore JHC Co Pte Ltd (2023), the Court of Appeal set limits on a debtor’s ability to resist a winding up application by pointing to an arbitration clause in the underlying agreement....more
Three recent Hong Kong first instance court decisions have left undecided the question of whether a winding-up petition will trump an agreement to arbitrate when it comes to a winding-up and particularly in the context of...more
In C v D [2023] HKCFA 16, the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal confirmed that compliance with pre-arbitration conditions in an escalation clause is a matter of admissibility, rather than a jurisdictional issue, and is not...more
It is well-established in Hong Kong that the test for determining the validity of an opposition to a winding-up petition is whether the petition debt is disputed in good faith on substantial grounds. In Sun Fung Timber...more
In Astro Nusantara International B.V. v. PT Ayunda Prima Mitra [2018] HKCFA 12, a Singapore-seated arbitral tribunal, operating under SIAC rules, rendered a US$130 million award in favour of several parties who were not...more
In Astro Nusantara International B.V. and Others v. PT First Media TBK [2018] HKCFA 12; FACV 14/2017 (11 April 2018), Hong Kong’s highest court the Court of Final Appeal (“CFA“) handed down its decision on 11 April 2018 in a...more