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HKIArb Webinar by Mr. Thomas Wong – “Extraterritorial Effects in Cross-Border Litigation: Enforcement of Foreign Judgments and Foreign Arbitral Awards in Hong Kong”

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HKIArb Webinar by Mr. Thomas Wong – “Extraterritorial Effects in Cross-Border Litigation: Enforcement of Foreign Judgments and Foreign Arbitral Awards in Hong Kong”

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About the Webinar

Your client has obtained a favourable foreign (or Mainland) judgment or arbitral award, and wishes to enforce it in Hong Kong, for a variety of reasons. The commonest reasons are that the losing opponent has substantial assets in Hong Kong, or substantial business interests here, such that enforcement here will either reap the actual fruits of litigation / arbitration, or at least serve as a real commercial deterrent to the opponent. How do you go about doing that? What are the procedures involved, and what if the opponent resists (if only at this enforcement stage) – what grounds of opposition could the opponent effectively invoke? This webinar offers an overview (or, for the seasoned cross-border litigation / arbitration practitioner, a refresher) of these procedures and grounds of opposition for foreign judgments and foreign arbitral awards respectively, making comparisons between them where appropriate.

About the Speaker

Mr Thomas WK Wong
Barrister
Twenty Essex (London / Singapore) and
Denis Chang’s Chambers (Hong Kong)

Thomas WK Wong is a Barrister called to the Bars of Hong Kong and England & Wales. His practice focuses on commercial litigation and arbitration (both domestic and international). He also has significant experience in Hong Kong Chancery and insolvency matters. Thomas is a Member of Twenty Essex (London / Singapore) and Denis Chang’s Chambers (Hong Kong). He is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators. He has been ranked as a Leading Junior in The Legal 500 (Hong Kong Bar – Commercial Disputes) in consecutive years.