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Janice Li

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About

Janice Li is a Senior Associate in DLA Piper's Hong Kong litigation and regulatory practice. She is admitted as a solicitor of the High Court of Hong Kong and is also qualified to practice law in the State of New York.

Ms. Li's practice focuses on commercial litigation, cross-border disputes and international arbitration, with substantial experience in disputes before the Hong Kong courts and in arbitral proceedings seated in Hong Kong, Singapore, London and other major jurisdictions.

She advises state-owned enterprises, banks and financial institutions, listed companies and multinational corporations on a broad spectrum of contentious matters. Her practice includes shareholders' and directors' disputes, winding-up and insolvency proceedings, banking and investment disputes, cryptocurrency and fintech disputes, construction and infrastructure disputes, fraud, asset tracing and recovery, and other complex commercial litigation.

Ms. Li has extensive experience in obtaining and resisting injunctions and other interim relief, preserving assets and evidence, and enforcing judgments and arbitral awards across multiple jurisdictions.

Professional QualificationsSolicitor of the High Court of Hong KongAttorney-at-law admitted with the Supreme Court of New York

EXPERIENCE

  • Acting for a multinational mining group in a series of disputes arising from a mining investment in Africa, involving allegations of misrepresentation, bribery and fraud, and claims exceeding USD2 billion. Advising on parallel arbitral and court proceedings, including anti-arbitration injunction application, set aside application and enforcement strategy across multiple jurisdictions.
  • Acting for a high-net-worth entrepreneur in a substantial portfolio of commercial disputes across multiple proceedings, including High Court litigation, appeals and arbitration. Advising on shareholder and investment-related claims, contractual and oral agreement disputes, debt recovery and remuneration claims, and fraud-related allegations.
  • Acting for a Chinese shipping company in disputes governed by English law arising out of long-term charterparties for Newcastlemax newbuilding vessels, including issues concerning contract formation, anticipated breaches, vessel allocation and damages quantification, with potential exposure exceeding USD130 million.
  • Acting for a digital asset and blockchain industry participant in a cryptocurrency-related dispute involving digital assets, financing arrangements and contractual claims.
  • Advised on litigation and enforcement strategy, asset tracing and recovery considerations, and issues arising from emerging fintech and blockchain technologies.
  • Acting for a major construction contractor in a Hong Kong-seated arbitration against a public body arising from the redevelopment of a major hospital project in Hong Kong, involving claims relating to design deficiencies, delay, disruption, extensions of time and additional costs, with sums in dispute exceeding HKD300 million. Worked closely with multiple expert disciplines, including programming, technical and quantum experts, in relation to liability, causation, delay and quantum issues.
  • Advised and acted on behalf of a Hong Kong-listed company in the infrastructure construction business in an application to set aside a default judgment in the Hong Kong Court.
  • Acting for a Hong Kong-listed asset management and investment company in an arbitration at the HKIAC in relation to de-SPAC investment and exercise of put-option in a NASDAQ-listed company. Successfully obtained asset preservation orders from the Chinese Court in aid of arbitration proceedings in Hong Kong.
  • Acting for a Chinese distributor of medical appliances in an HKIAC arbitration brought by the manufacturer of those appliances under a California law-governed exclusive distributorship agreement. Successfully obtained a favourable arbitral award resisting all remedies sought by the claimant.
  • Acting for a well-known shipping company in a dispute arising from a charterparty involving a vessel trapped in Ukraine for a long time due to the Russo-Ukrainian war with claim value exceeding USD40 million.
  • Acting for a China-based company specialising in commodity trading in a sale of goods dispute arising out of a contract for sale and purchase of Russian coking coal, against the backdrop of extreme volatility in coal prices in 2021. Successfully obtained a favourable award in the LMAA arbitration and thereafter resisted an application by the opponents for leave to appeal that award before the English Court under section 69 of the Arbitration Act 1996.
  • Advising a Shenzhen-listed manufacturer of LED products in respect of enforcement of an award issued in the Delaware-seated AAA arbitration brought by a US distributor of those products and a joint venture formed by those two parties, with awarded damages exceeding USD45 million.
  • Advising and acting on behalf of a leading PRC steel producer in defending a multimillion-dollar claim brought by a European commodity trading company in a London-seated arbitration on LMAA Terms.
  • Assisting an international engineering and construction company in a Hong Kong-seated arbitration to defend a contribution claim brought against it for its work done as sub-consultant, which arose as a result of a parallel head claim from the employer against the consultant, with claim value exceeding HKD100 million.
  • Advised primary and excess insurers in respect of an insurance claim made under a Construction All-Risk policy arising from the sudden collapse of a historical building in Hong Kong, with claim value exceeding HKD200 million.
Languages
  • English
  • Chinese (Cantonese)
  • Chinese (Mandarin)
Education
  • The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Postgraduate Certificate in Laws, 2018
  • The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Juris Doctor – Graduated 1st Overall in Class, 2017
  • The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Integrated Business Administration, 2015

Prior Experience

2018 to 2022, Trainee Solicitor/Associate, UK headquartered international law firm.

Memberships and Affiliations

  • Women in Arbitration (WIA) – HKIAC
  • HK45 – HKIAC

Connect

Phone

+852 2103 0441
(Work, Hong Kong)
+852 5196 6302
(Mobile, Hong Kong)
+852 2810 1345
(Fax, Hong Kong)

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