Min Li

Partner

Hong Kong

Min is a commercial disputes lawyer who has extensive experience advising on China-related cross-border commercial disputes, international arbitration, and complex commercial litigation. He is qualified to practise in Hong Kong, England and Wales, and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area of China. He regularly conducts arbitrations under the rules of major arbitration institutions, including HKIAC, CIETAC, LCIA, ICC, SIAC, SCMA, and LMAA. He has lived and worked in Mainland China, Hong Kong, and London, and applies his international outlook and local experience to providing a strong, tailor-made commercial litigation strategy for his clients.

Experience

Representative matters

Representing Skyhigh Investment Limited, a wholly owned entity of New Horizon Capital Partners (新天域资本), one of the largest China-focused private equity funds in the world, in respect of a US$65 million investment in Guangzhou Guocui Flowers (广州国萃花卉交易有限公司), successfully obtaining in the Hong Kong court a worldwide Mareva injunction against the founding shareholders in the sum of US$105.73 million in aid of arbitration proceedings in Hong Kong. See Skyhigh Investment Limited v. Yu Jun and Others [2020] HKCFI 913
Representing Reignwood International Investment Group Co., Ltd., a leading independent Chinese investment company, in both Hong Kong winding-up proceedings and UK Supreme Court appeal proceedings in respect of a complex US$200 million dispute over a contract of performance guarantee that arose out of one of four shipbuilding contracts for bespoke self-propelled drill ships built by Shanghai Shipyard. This matter was awarded “Deal of the Year 2022” by China Business Law Journal.
Representing a high-net-worth individual in obtaining a post-arbitration award – a worldwide Mareva injunction in the sum of over US$103 million in aid of the enforcement of a CIETAC arbitration award in Hong Kong relating to a dispute over the shares of Tencent Music Entertainment Group. See G v. X, GMCI and GMCC [2022] HKCFI 829 & [2022] HKCFI 1864

Recognitions

  • Ranked in Chambers Global for China: Shipping  Litigation (International Firms), 2019-2025
  • Ranked in Chambers Asia-Pacific and Greater China Region for China: Shipping – Litigation, 2017-2025
  • Named a Leading Individual in the The Legal 500 Asia Pacific for Hong Kong: Shipping, 2019-2023

Credentials

Education

  • University of Hong Kong, 2008, Postgraduate Certificate in Laws
  • BPP Law School, London, UK, 2005, GDL
  • University College London, 2003, LL.M., Faculty of Laws
  • Law School of Dalian Maritime University, 2002, Master of Laws
  • Dalian Maritime University, 1999, B.E., International Multimodal Transportation

Professional admissions & qualifications

  • Hong Kong
  • China (non-practising)
  • England and Wales
  • Guangdong-Hongkong-Macao Greater Bay Area of China

Professional affiliations

  • Member of the Hong Kong Maritime Law Association
  • Member of the China Maritime Law Association
  • Supporting Member of the London Maritime Arbitrators Association
  • Member of the Hong Kong Maritime Arbitration Group
  • Associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

Languages spoken

Mandarin, English

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