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Frederick HUI

Frederick is an arbitrator as well as a Solicitor Advocate (Civil) who has attained the Higher Rights of Audience in Hong Kong. He has rights to appear in all levels of civil courts in Hong Kong.

Frederick joined Zhong Lun after working at DLA Piper for about 10 years. He specializes in commercial litigation, international arbitration, and white-collar crime. Frederick has extensive experience in advising and handling high-stake shareholders and equity related disputes, multijurisdictional commercial disputes, commercial frauds, worldwide enforcement of judgments and arbitration awards, white collar crimes and departmental summonses, and securities regulatory enforcement and investigations. Additionally, Frederick deals with high-stake, complex probate and matrimonial disputes.

Frederick frequently represents financial institutions, insurance companies, multinational corporations, non-governmental organizations, Chinese mainland state-owned enterprises, as well as major shipping companies in complex commercial cross-border disputes in courts in the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong, and London and international arbitration tribunals.

Representative Matters

  • Represented a leading global supplier of silicone products in Hong Kong, regarding a claim for the sale of products and the refusal of cheque payment, with the claimed amount exceeding HKD 10 million

  • Acted for a high-net-worth client to handle with a dispute over refusal of cheque payment, successfully recovering over HKD 23 million, and applied for verbal interrogation of the debtor's personnel to enforce the judgment

  • Advised clients in respect of claims of outstanding loans of over HKD 650 million arising out of various agreements including loan agreements, guarantees, and mortgages. One of the claims has been brought by way of a mortgage action in the Hong Kong courts

  • Represented a manufacturer and retail company of a renowned PRC leisure clothing brand to handle a dispute involving bank guarantees and loans in an amount of CNY 100 million

  • Acted for several companies founded by a late tycoon, philanthropist, and Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference of the PRC in a number of disputes and issues between his family members over his estate and interests in his entire business empire by which these companies are owned and controlled.  These disputes were acrimonious and attracted wide publicity in Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland with the involvement of former Chief Executive and Secretary of Justice in a frustrated attempt to notch a settlement between all the parties concerned

  • Represented a distributor of optical lenses and eye-wares in both the PRC and Europe and an international fashion accessories manufacturer in the PRC in a dispute over an acquisition transaction in the PRC against a Germany manufacturer of high-quality ophthalmic lens

  • Represented Chinese clients in an arbitration in Hong Kong over a dispute in connection with the clients' obligation as majority shareholders to repurchase shares in a BVI company upon the occurrence of specific repurchase events under the shareholders agreement, involving approximately CNY 107 million

Honors and Awards

For Individual

Up and Coming, Chambers and Partners Greater China Guide, 2022 - Dispute Resolution: Litigation (International Firms)

Recommended lawyer, Legal 500 Asia Pacific, 2022 - Dispute Resolution (International Arbitration)

Recommended lawyer, Legal 500 Asia Pacific, 2021 and 2022 - Private Client (Tax, Trusts, Wealth Management, Contentious Probate)

Recommended lawyer, the Dolye’s Guide, 2022 - White Collar Crime, Corporate Crime & Regulatory Investigations

Recommended lawyer, the Dolye's Guide, 2021 - Criminal Law

Leading lawyer in the "Asia's 40 Under 40", Asian Legal Business (ALB), 2017

Leading lawyer - maritime law, Chambers and Partners, 2013 and 2014

Shortlisted "Dispute Resolution Lawyer of the Year", the ALB Hong Kong Law Awards, 2017-2019 and 2022

Shortlisted "Young Lawyer of the Year", the ALB Hong Kong Law Awards, 2016 and 2017

Grand Leadership Award of the Professional Volunteering Service Accreditation Programme, the Hong Kong Council of Volunteering, 2018

Pro Bono and Community Work Recognition Programme Gold Award, the Law Society of Hong Kong, 2016-2021

Memberships & Affiliations

Pro Bono Legal Advisor, Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières), 2005 to present

Member, Hong Kong Institute of Directors

Member, Joint Tribunal of the Bar Council and the Law Society of Hong Kong

Member, Disciplinary Panel A of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Examiner, Higher Rights of Audience Assessment Board

Arbitrator, Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre

Arbitrator, Hainan International Arbitration Court

Supporting Member and Arbitrator, London Maritime Arbitrators Association

Member, Council on Human Reproductive Technology

Member, Nursing Council of Hong Kong

Member, Mental Health Review Tribunal

Member, Appeal Panel (Travel Industry Ordinance) of the Tourism Commission

Member, Appeal Panel (Housing)

Member, Fishermen Claims Appeal Board (Trawl Ban)

Member, Advisory Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries of the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department

Former Chairman, Appeal Tribunal Panel Section 45 of the Buildings Ordinance (Cap. 123)

Former School Manager, Wah Yan College Kowloon and Wah Yan Primary School

Former Adjudicator, Registration of Persons Tribunal

Former Member, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

Publications

"Smoothing out Disputes Arising from the Belt and Road Initiative"

"Do Chinese Mainland and Hong Kong Courts Support the Asset Preservation Application for Parties Involved in an Arbitration Proceeding?"

"The Chinese Versions of the London Maritime Arbitration Associate's Law Reviews" 2010-2012, 2013-2015 and 2015-2017" (co-editor)

Frederick has been authoring articles on behalf of the Law Society of Hong Kong (articles are regularly published in the Sing Tao Daily newspaper) since 2012

Related

  • Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications

    Hong Kong (Solicitor Advocate)
    England and Wales (Solicitor)
    Hong Kong (Solicitor)
    Notary Public

  • Education

    D.B.A (candidate), Peking University / University of Hong Kong
    LL.M., University of Hong Kong
    Postgraduate Diploma in Commercial Law, University of Hong Kong
    P.C.LL., University of Hong Kong
    LL.B., University of London
    B.Sc., University of Toronto

  • Professional Experience

    Partner, Zhong Lun Law Firm, 2015 to present
    Senior associate, DLA Piper in Hong Kong, 2015 and prior

  • Languages

    Chinese
    English