Bonn Lee
Bonn Lee

Bonn Lee

Associate

Email

bonn.lee@aoshearman.com

Phone

+852 2974 7116

Offices

Hong Kong SAR

V-CARD
Bonn's experience covers commercial and investment-treaty arbitrations relating to a range of sectors and jurisdictions under HKIAC, SIAC, LCIA and UNCITRAL rules.

His experience covers investment treaty disputes, shareholders and corporate governance disputes, banking and finance disputes and other commercial disputes relating to supply of goods and services and share incentive schemes.

Bonn is admitted as a solicitor in Hong Kong and speaks English, Cantonese and Mandarin.

Expertise

Experience

Representative matters

  • A client on an ongoing $1.3 billion UNCITRAL arbitration claim against Myanmar as a result of the client’s exit from the territory following the military coup in February 2021.
  • An international data centre operator a potential joint venture dispute relating to its investment in India. The dispute arose out of potential breaches of the English law governed joint venture agreement in relation to non-compete and funding obligations. The value of the dispute is at least USD2bn.
  • A Korean public utility company on a potential shareholders’ dispute relating to an investment in a solar power project company in the Philippines. The dispute arose out of the potential breaches of the shareholders’ agreement in relation to share transfer and dividend distribution.
  • Two Chinese banks on consolidated SIAC arbitrations, as well as a SIAC Emergency Arbitration, on a dispute arising out of a project finance loan default relating to a construction project in Bangladesh. Separately, we are also advising an international banking group on a Singapore-seated SIAC arbitration arising from the financing of the same construction project.
  • A Southeast Asian State-owned telecommunications company on a Singapore-seated SIAC arbitration arising out of an investment in a Francophone African country worth over USD400m.
  • A leading Chinese pharmaceutical manufacturer in a London-seated LCIA arbitration to defend a USD 31 million claim brought by an Indian pharmaceutical company under a supply agreement for an active pharmaceutical ingredient. The supply agreement is governed by English law.
  • A large pension fund in South East Asia on a Hong Kong seated HKIAC arbitration in relation to a Subscription Agreement for a Convertible Note issued by a Hong Kong-incorporated issuer in the e-commerce business, leading to two major victories in an arbitration and in proceedings before the courts of Hong Kong relating to a scheme of arrangement.
  • An international insurance company on a potential SIAC arbitration under a bancassurance contract.
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.