Hui Zhong is one of the few Chinese firms capable of truly navigating the complexities of international investment arbitration. We represent investors in treaty-based arbitration proceedings against host states, primarily concerning significant losses arising from expropriation, procedural irregularities, and discriminatory policies. Through platforms such as the World Bank's International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) and the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), we have secured hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation for our clients. Such disputes typically involve sovereign acts, multi-jurisdictional conflicts of law, interpretation of international treaties, and the quantification of substantial economic losses. The legal structures and factual contexts are exceptionally intricate, requiring Hui Zhong, as lead counsel, to coordinate multiple layers of economic, political, and legal factors.
- Representative cases
- Min Fengzhen v. Republic of Korea International Investment Arbitration Case. This case was selected for the 2022 China Business Law Journal ‘Deals of the Year’ in the ‘Disputes and Investigations’ category.
- Ye Qiong and Yang Jianping v. Kingdom of Cambodia International Investment Arbitration Case. This case was selected for the China Business Law Journal ‘2021 Deals of the Year’ in the ‘Disputes and Investigations’ category. This case is the first investment arbitration case initiated by Chinese investors against Cambodia and also the first investment arbitration case initiated under the Investment Agreement of the China-ASEAN Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Cooperation. Hui Zhong served as the lead law firm in this case, fully responsible for communication and coordination with the client, fact-finding, and evidence collection, as well as coordinating cooperation and communication among U.S. co-counsel, Cambodian co-counsel, and experts.
- Representing a British investor in a bilateral investment treaty international arbitration against an Asian sovereign state, the case involves the issue of expropriation resulting from the revocation of the British investor’s land use rights certificate. The case is conducted under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, with a claim amount exceeding US$ 300 million.
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