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Robert is a partner in Dentons’ Litigation & Dispute Resolution Group based in Hong Kong.
Robert heads the International Arbitration team in Hong Kong and specialises in international arbitration and cross border litigation, as well as various forms of alternative dispute resolution, with particular experience in the financial services, technology and energy sectors.
Robert has been involved in a wide range of corporate and commercial disputes, typically involving an international element, including contractual disputes, shareholder and joint venture disputes, private equity disputes and fraud.
As well as acting as counsel, Robert regularly sits as arbitrator and is a member of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC), South China International Arbitration Center (Hong Kong), Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration, Guangzhou Arbitration Commission and Thailand Arbitration Center Lists/Panels of Arbitrators.
Robert is ranked as a leading individual for Dispute Resolution: Arbitration and Litigation in Chambers Greater China, as a Recommended Lawyer for both Arbitration and Litigation by Legal 500 Asia Pacific, as a Litigation Star in Commercial & Transactions and International Arbitration by Benchmark Litigation, as a Future Leader in Lexology Index: Arbitration report and as a highly regarded lawyer for Restructuring and Insolvency in Hong Kong by IFLR 1000. Most recently, Robert was named as International Lawyer of the Year at the Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific Awards 2024.
Among various appointments, Robert is an Officer and Council Member of the Inter Pacific Bar Association (IPBA), a member of the HKIAC's Belt and Road Advisory Committee and a member of the Arbitration Committee of The Law Society of Hong Kong.
Professional Memberships
• Member of the Thailand Arbitration Center Panel of Arbitrators
• Member of HKIAC’s Belt and Road Advisory Committee
• Member of The Law Society of Hong Kong’s Standing Committee on External Affairs
• Member of The Law Society of Hong Kong’s Arbitration Committee
• Former Council member of The Law Society of Hong Kong (2017-2020)
Personal
• List of Arbitrators, HKIAC
• Panel of Arbitrators, Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration
• Arbitrator of the Guangzhou Arbitration Commission
• Officer and Council member of the Inter Pacific Bar Associations (IPBA)
• Former Co-Chair of HKIAC’s HK45
