محامون متخصصون في Arbitration

Katie Kimbrell

Partner

Balch & Bingham LLP

Katie Viggiani

Katie Viggiani | Morrison Foerster Katie Viggiani is co-chair of Morrison Foerster’s Complex Litigation + Advisement practice group and a partner in the firm’s New York office. She specializes in the defense of complex commercial disputes and consumer class actions, crafting strategies that look beyond a single dispute to further clients’ holistic goals inside and outside the courtroom. Katie is a versatile commercial litigator who represents U.S. and international companies in courts and arbitral tribunals throughout the country. Her clients include technology, retail, e-commerce, healthcare, and financial firms from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. Consumer Class Actions and Privacy Litigation Katie regularly represents companies against consumer class actions, including ones asserting privacy claims based on novel theories of liability. She has defended companies against claims under federal wiretap statutes, the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, the California Invasion of Privacy Act, and other privacy laws. She also defends companies in high-profile cases involving data security issues and the handling of sensitive information. Mass Arbitration, Mass Torts, and Multijurisdictional Claims Katie has extensive arbitration experience. She helps companies navigate mass arbitrations—the coordinated filing of a large number of nearly identical claims—guiding companies to favorable resolutions and outcomes, including in cases involving parallel class actions. Katie’s practice also includes defending corporate clients in serial mass tort and class action litigation filed and pending in multiple jurisdictions. In 2023, The Legal 500 recommended Katie in Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action Defense. Enforcement Actions and Trial Experience Katie also represents clients at the intersection of enforcement actions and civil litigation. She has represented clients facing regulatory investigations and enforcement actions involving securities fraud, benchmark manipulation, market manipulation, tax evasion, and accounting brought by the U.S. Department of Justice, Securities and Exchange Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. Katie was also part of a trial team that represented the founder and former CEO of a high-tech company in a criminal prosecution alleging stock option backdating and improper revenue recognition. The team achieved two separate criminal trial victories, obtaining acquittal on six counts and a hung jury on the one remaining count. More About Katie Katie maintains an active pro bono practice with a particular focus on indigent criminal defense, civil rights work, and legal issues facing the LGBTQ+ community. She was a founding member of the firm’s NY LGBTQ+ Affinity Group and is an active member of the MoFo Proud Network and the firm’s Women’s Strategy Committee. Katie earned her J.D. from the UCLA School of Law, where she was a managing editor of the UCLA Women’s Law Journal. While in law school, Katie worked as a law clerk for the Los Angeles County Public Defender and was a member of UCLA’s Criminal Defense Clinic.

Morrison Foerster

Katiuska Bolaños-Lugo

Of Counsel

DLA Piper Puerto Rico

Katrina Van Houtte

Partner

Dentons New Zealand

Katrine Dybdal

Andersen Partners

Katrīna Salmgrieze

Senior associate

TEGOS (Formerly TGS Baltic)

Kavitha KANNAN

▶ Corporate and Commercial ▶ „Litigation ▶ Deeds and Conveyance ▶ Property – Title Scrutiny and Agreements ▶ Arbitration ▶ Matrimonial disputes ▶ Testamentary disputes

ATS Law Firm

Kay N Kasper

Partner

HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER

Kaytie M. Pickett

Partner

Jones Walker LLP

Keara Gordon

Partner; Co-Chair of DLA Piper's Class Action Litigation Practice Group; US Co-Head of DLA Piper's Global Class Actions Group

DLA Piper LLP (US)

Keith Cheung

Denis Chang’s Chambers

Keith Lim

Associate Director

Quahe Woo & Palmer LLC

Keith Medansky

Partner; Co-Chair of DLA Piper's Chicago Intellectual Property Practice

DLA Piper LLP (US)

Kelly Calvert-Evers

Senior Associate

Bowmans

Kelly Cao

Kelly Cao's main practice areas encompass dispute resolution, compliance and risk control, and labor and employment. Kelly Cao has represented clients in court proceedings before all levels of PRC People’s Court and is highly experienced in dealing with disputes relating to contracts, labor and employment, and torts. Kelly Cao has represented clients in arbitration proceedings before arbitration institutions. Kelly Cao provides legal service with regard to compliance to multinational corporations and domestic well-known companies, including compliance risk assessment, compliance system establishment, drafting and improving compliance policies, conducting internal compliance investigation and handling related labor disputes, coping with government investigation, as well as training concerning labour and employment. In the course of practice, Kelly Cao also has dealt with dozens of cases/projects regarding labour and employment, providing legal service to companies in connection with their HR management, policies and SOPs, and potential labour disputes. She also advises companies on compliance risk assessment and training concerning labour and employment.

Global Law Office

Kelly Meijers

Associate

Fieldfisher

Kelly Mzobe

Associate

Bowmans

Kelly Shum

Kelly commenced full practice in 2018 following the successful completion of her pupillage with Mr Horace Wong S.C., Mr Peter Duncan S.C. (on extension), Mr MC Law (now Mr MC Law S.C.), Mr Norman Nip (now Mr Norman Nip S.C.) and Ms Catherine Wong. She has a wide spectrum of practice encompassing civil, land and regulatory law. Kelly is frequently instructed together with lead counsel or alone. Kelly also has experience in different levels of Court, including having appeared as sole advocate in the District Court and the Court of First Instance, and having been led in the Court of First Instance and the Court of Appeal. Kelly is also conversant with arbitration, including those administered under the HKIAC rules, the UNCITRAL rules and the ICC Rules. Kelly graduated with a First Class Honours degree in Law from the University of Hong Kong and was on the Dean’s Honours List for three consecutive years from 2013 to 2015. She then obtained a Master of Laws degree from the University of Cambridge (with first class overall) and PCLL from the University of Hong Kong (with distinction). During her PCLL year, she obtained the Thomson Reuters Law Prize for being the most promising student intending to be a barrister and the Brian McElney Medal in Law for achieving the best overall performance in compulsory PCLL courses. Kelly has a professional command in Cantonese, Putonghua and English, and is capable of delivering written work in Chinese and English. RECENT HIGHLIGHTS Securities and Futures Commission v DFRF Enterprises LLC & Ors(HCA 2189/2016): Acted for the SFC in proceedings under s213 of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) for recovery of sums made by investors failing victim to investment scams (led by Mr Norman Nip S.C.). Southwest Securities (HK) Brokerage Ltd v Nieumarkt Investments Ltd & Ors[2020] HKCFI 1050 & [2021] HKCA 740: Instructed by the Plaintiff as junior counsel on an appeal against the first instance Judge’s ruling and successfully obtained final judgment for claimed sum against D1 and D2 on appeal (with Mr MC Law (now Mr MC Law S.C.)). An ICC Arbitration concerning Breach of distributor agreement claim: Instructed by a famous liquor distributor as junior counsel for a 4 evidentiary hearing under the ICC Rules involving a HK$150 million claim and a HK$100 million counterclaim arising from a distributor agreement (with Mr MC Law (now Mr MC Law S.C.)). OTHER NOTABLE CASES Commercial Disputes Ferrari North America, Inc v Changhon International Energy Co Ltd & Ors[2019] HKCFI 2318: Instructed by the 7th Defendant as junior counsel to oppose the Plaintiff’s summary judgment application and successfully obtained unconditional leave to defend (with Mr Norman Nip (now Mr Norman Nip S.C.)). FWD Life Insurance Company (Bermuda) Limited v Lam Chi Chuen Alpha & Sin Chau Yuk (HCA 1159 & 1160/2017): Instructed by the Plaintiff as junior counsel and successfully obtained summary judgment against two insurance agents for recovery of claw-back payments (with Mr Norman Nip (now Mr Norman Nip S.C.)). FWD Life Insurance Company (Bermuda) Limited v Poon Cindy(HCA 2202/2008): Acting for the Plaintiff in proceedings against a former insurance agent for recovery of claw-back payments (led by Mr Norman Nip S.C.) (ongoing). Re Cheung Hing Chik[2020] HKCFI 2234: Successfully obtained a bankruptcy order on the basis of an indisputable debt due to the petitioning creditor. Advised an insurance company on lawfulness in backdating a deed of assignment and joinder of parties after expiry of limitation period (as sole counsel). Advised on merits of pursuing a duty to account claim arising from an alleged agency agreement (as sole counsel). Financial Services Advising the SFC on merits of proceedings under ss214 and 277 of the Securities and Futures Ordinance concerning the management and/or former management of a listed company (led by Mr Norman Nip S.C.). Advising the SFC on merits of proceedings under s214 of the Securities and Futures Ordinance against the former management of a listed company (led by Mr Norman Nip S.C.). Land An UNCITRAL Arbitration: Assisted the Tribunal (constituted by Mr Horace Wong S.C.) as a tribunal assistant in a 14 days trial under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules involving a tenancy dispute concerning a HK$500 million lease. Geoffrey Holdings Ltd v Lam Che Chung & Anor[2020] HKDC 1001: Instructed by the Defendants as sole counsel to resist the Plaintiff’s application for leave to adduce expert evidence on demolition costs of fixtures in the context of adverse possession. Advised on title issues in relation to a piece of New Territories land (including issues of encroachment and title) estimated to worth over HK$600 million (as sole counsel). Arbitration Instructed as junior counsel to challenge the appointment of the sole arbitrator under the ICC Rules on the ground of apparent bias, independence and impartiality (with Mr MC Law (now Mr MC Law S.C.)). An UNCITRAL Arbitration: Assisted the Tribunal (constituted of Mr Horace Wong S.C.) as a tribunal assistant in a 14 days trial under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules involving a tenancy dispute concerning a HK$500 million lease. A HKIAC Arbitration: Assisted the Tribunal (constituted of Mr Horace Wong S.C.) in a 2 days trial under the HKIAC rules involving a commercial dispute for repayment of loans PUBLICATIONS Contributing Editor, Hong Kong Civil Procedure (2022 – Present) Editor of UK Supreme Court Yearbook (2015-2016) Student Editor for Asia-Pacific Journal of Human Rights and Law (Sept 2015 – August 2016) Interests of Youth Suspects are at Risk: Implementing the Right to the Presence of Parent or Guardian and the Right to Legal Assistance at the Police Stations in the Case of Youth Suspects in Hong Kong (2015) 45 Hong Kong Law Journal 127

Rede Chambers

Kelvin Teo

Director, Dispute Resolution

Drew & Napier LLC

Kelvin Tse

Kelvin joined Chambers after completing his pupillage with Mr Horace Wong SC, Ms Catherine Wong, Mr Isaac Chan and Mr Roger Phang. Prior to joining Chambers, Kelvin graduated top of his class in both his undergraduate degree, and his JD degree at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. After completing his PCLL with distinction, Kelvin went on to obtain his BCL at the University of Oxford. During his studies, Kelvin received multiple scholarships and prizes in recognition of his academic achievements. In addition, Kelvin published in peer-reviewed journals, and delivered a CPD seminar on service out of jurisdiction during his pupillage. Kelvin is developing a broad civil and commercial practice, with a particular emphasis on company, insolvency, securities, and fraud related matters. He also accepts instructions in matters involving applications for injunctive relief (e.g. Mareva injunctions, proprietary injunctions, anti-suit injunctions, etc.). Apart from litigation, Kelvin is also developing a practice in arbitration.

Rede Chambers

Ken Nakayama

Mr Nakayama is the Director of Intellectual Property Operations. He is a distinguished trademark and unfair competition law practitioner, representing both foreign and Japanese corporate clients in the procurement and enforcement of intellectual property rights. Mr Nakayama is an invaluable member of SUGIMURA and brings with him a wealth of practical knowledge and experience regarding Japanese and international trademark practice. His practice spans the entire spectrum of trademark protection from filing and prosecution to enforcement, arbitration and litigation. He has represented companies in a wide range of industries such as entertainment, electronics, cosmetics, pharmaceutical and apparel in the filing and prosecution of trademark applications, opposition and cancellation actions before the Japan Patent Office. He also represents clients before the Tokyo District Court, the Intellectual Property High Court, the Japan Intellectual Property Arbitration Center, and WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center for trademark matters, including domain name disputes. Mr Nakayama has extensive experience assisting companies in the enforcement of their trademark rights against counterfeits through Japanese customs and the Japanese police. Notably, Mr. Nakayama has been named a leading lawyer as one of the world’s leading trademark professionals in Japan by World Trademark Review 1000 for four consecutive years since 2011. He has also been listed in Chambers Asia-Pacific, Chambers Global, Managing Intellectual Property and Legal 500 Asia Pacific.

SUGIMURA & Partners

Ken Salmon

Consultant Solicitor - Construction & Engineering

Slater Heelis (Part of Lawfront)

Kendall Tan

Head, Shipping & International Trade

Rajah & Tann Asia

Kenneth Cramer

Andersen Partners