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Toby Yip

Senior Associate

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Toby Yip

Toby Yip

Senior Associate

People

Toby Yip

Toby Yip

Senior Associate

Toby is a dispute resolution lawyer, with an emphasis on shipping, trade and commodities and international arbitration, based in the Shanghai office and is dual-qualified to practise in both Hong Kong and England & Wales.

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Profile & Experience

Toby is a dispute resolution lawyer, with an emphasis on shipping, trade and commodities and international arbitration, based in the Shanghai office and is dual-qualified to practise in both Hong Kong and England & Wales.

Regions covered
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Trained as a shipping and international trade and commodities dispute resolution practitioner, Toby has since developed a broad practice in litigation and arbitration across various sectors, with a particular focus on shipping, international trade and commodities, shipbuilding, cross-border insolvency and shareholder disputes.

Toby has assisted both local Chinese and international clients in arbitrations conducted under the HKIAC, LMAA, SIAC, ICA and ICC Rules as well as ad-hoc arbitrations.  He also has experience in handling matters at various levels of the Hong Kong Courts.

Given Toby’s dual-qualified dispute resolution background and bilingual skills, he is regularly retained by clients to advise on commercial agreements, including contract review and participating in commercial negotiations.

Toby has spent a number of years in Shanghai and is experienced with advising clients on cross-border matters specifically involving issues in both Hong Kong and PRC.

Experience
  • Acting for a leading Chinese information technology company in a substantial cross-border M&A dispute subject to SIAC arbitration involving a claim in the region of USD200 million.
  • Advising and assisting a PRC oil refinery company in a SIAC arbitration involving a cargo off-specification claim against seller.
  • Represented a leading Chinese shipyard in an LMAA arbitration against shipowner in relation to a building quality dispute.
  • Advised and assisted a PRC state-owned entity in multi-jurisdictional insolvency proceedings involving a sum over USD25 million.
  • Advised and assisted a PRC state-owned entity in defending a guarantee dispute subject to HKIAC arbitration.
  • Assisted one of the largest pool management companies globally in the enforcement of a LMAA arbitration award in Hong Kong.
  • Advised and assisted a reputable Chinese media company in a shareholders’ dispute subject to HKIAC arbitration.
  • Advised and assisted a Chinese electronic display company in a cross-border shareholders’ dispute subject to HKIAC.
  • Assisted a leading Chinese bank in a security enforcement dispute in the Hong Kong courts.
  • Advising shipowner and charterers on various charterparty disputes on a regular basis.
Qualifications:

Postgraduate Certificate in Laws (PCLL), Chinese University of Hong Kong

Juris Doctor, Chinese University of Hong Kong

B.Sc Hon. in Biomedical Science – University of Western Ontario

Solicitor, England and Wales

Solicitor, Hong Kong

Sectors

Sectors

  • Marine

  • Trade & Commodities

Services

Services

  • Commercial Disputes

  • International Arbitration

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