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Victor Dawes SC
Call: 1999 (HK) Accredited as a mediator by CEDR in 2006 |
Profile
Victor is a commercial litigator with substantial experience in international arbitration, securities and regulatory matters, trust, company law and banking and financial disputes.
He acts regularly for both regulators and parties under investigation in court proceedings and other tribunals (MMT, SFAT and the Takeover panel).
He acted for CITIC Limited in the disputes arising from the forex losses in 2008. CITIC was successful in two Court of Appeal decisions over LPP issues and subsequently in the MMT proceedings brought by the SFC. He also appeared for the SFC in a number of important cases including the s. 212 petition in China Metal Recycling, the s. 213 proceedings against Qunxing Papers and the s. 214 proceedings against the directors of Hanergy Thin Film Power Group Ltd.
Since the financial crisis in 2008, he appeared for a number of financial institutions in the most significant mis-selling cases in Hong Kong: e.g. Selina Kwok v. HSBC, DBS Bank v. Sit, Chang v. Bank of Singapore and Shine Grace v. Citibank.
As part of his ADR practice, Victor appears regularly as counsel in arbitrations and in related court applications. He also sits regularly as arbitrator in a wide range of commercial disputes. He is on the HKIAC Panel of Arbitrators and also the HKIAC Panel for Financial Services Disputes.
Selected Cases
Banking / Finance
Shine Grace Investment Ltd v. Citibank N. A. & Anor [2018] HKCFI 1737
DBS Bank v. Sit Pan Jit (FAMV 45/2016)(CACV91/2015)(HCA 382/2009)
Chang Pui Yin v Bank of Singapore Ltd [2017] 4 HKLRD 458
Kwok Wai Hing Selina v HSBC Private Bank (Suisse) SA (HCCL 7/2010)(21 June 2012)
Securities & Regulation
Court cases
SFC v Cheong Kai Tjieh Augustine & Anor [H2018] HKCFI 437
SFC v Qunxing Papers Holdings Co Ltd. & Ors [2018] 1 HKLRD 1060
SFC v Li Hejun & Ors [2017] 4 HKLRD 785
Re China Metal Recycling (Holdings) Ltd [2015] 2 HKLRD 415
CITIC Pacific Ltd v. Secretary for Justice & Anor (No. 2) [2015] 4 HKLRD 20
CITIC Pacific Ltd v. Secretary for Justice & Anor [2012] 2 HKLRD 701
Market Misconduct Tribunal cases
Re CITIC Pacific Limited
Re Titan Petrochemicals Group Limited
Re Health and Happiness (H&H) International Holdings Limited
Re Magic Holdings International Limited
Commercial
Hu Hung Chiu v Pacific Electric Wire & Cable Co Ltd & Ors [2018] 5 HKLRD 767
China Gas Holdings Ltd. v. Li Xiao Yun & Anor. (2016) 19 HKCFAR 522
Komal Patel v. Chris Au & Ors [2016] 1 HKLRD 328
Chinachem Financial Services Ltd v. Century Venture Holdings Ltd. (HCA 410/2013, 21 April 2015)
Injunction / Contempt
Ming Hsieh v. Xu Zhe & Ors [2019] HKCA 101
SJ v. Siew Yun Long & Ors [2018] 4 HKLRD 438
China Baoli Technologies Holdings Ltd v. Orient Equal International Group Ltd & Anor (HCA 1399/2016, 12 June 2017)
SJ v. Cheng Kam Mun [2017] 2 HKLRD 768
XY, LLC v. Jesse Zhu & Anor (HCMP 869/2014, 13 Nov 2015)
Chiu Luen Public Light Bus Co Ltd v Persons Unlawfully Occupying or Remaining on the Public Highways & Ors [2014] 6 HKC 298
Arbitration
C Co. v. A Co. [2019] HKCFI 367
China International Fund Ltd v. Dennis Lau & Ng Chun Man Architects & Engineers (HK) LTd. [2015] 4 HKLRD 609
Defamation / Media
Regina Ip Lau Suk-Yee v. Cheng Albert Jianghan & Anor (HCA 1458/2014, 28 Nov 2016)
Jonathan Lu & Ors v. Paul Chan Mo-Po & Anor (HCA 370/2012, 7 Oct 2015)
Pui Kwan Kay v. Ming Pao Holdings Ltd & Anor (FAMV 22/2016, 23 Aug 2016)(CACV 201/2013, 11 April 2015)
Centa-City Index Co Ltd & Ors v. Hong Kong Economic Journal Co Ltd & Anor. (CACV 232/2014, 24 Nov 2015)
Contact
| Email: | vdawes@templechambers.com |
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| Tel: | (+852) 2523 2003 |
Secretary | |
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| Name: | Yvonne Yim |
| Tel: | (+852) 2248 1881 |
Practice Areas
Appointments And Public Office
Member, Working Group on Financial Dispute Resolution Centre (FDRC), Government of the HKSAR
Member, Law Reform Commission of Hong Kong Sub-Committee on Third Party Funding in Arbitration
Member, SFC Takeover Disciplinary Chair Committee
Deputy Judge of the High Court of Hong Kong
Member, Advisory Body under Part 10A of the Arbitration Ordinance (Cap. 609)
Education
LLB – London School of Economics and Political Science
PCLL – HKU
languages
English and Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin)