I have more than 20 years’ experience mainly in technology, energy, construction and complex commercial dispute resolution. I have drafted, reviewed, and advised on complex commercial contracts and construction engineering contracts including the Hong Kong General Conditions of Contract for Civil Engineering Works, FIDIC and NEC contracts. I have provided dispute resolution advisory and consultancy work focusing on arbitration, adjudication and mediation strategies and effective management of parallel proceedings.
In Hong Kong I worked (1) as in-house counsel for a state-owned construction engineering company; (2) as a partner at an international law firm, advising and representing clients in complex commercial negotiation, mediation, arbitration and litigation proceedings; and (3) as a consultant at a top-tier international law firm in the commercial and construction dispute resolution team.
Prior to relocating to Hong Kong, I worked in the UK as (1) an Associate in the litigation and arbitration department at an American multinational law firm headquartered in New York; and (2) legal assistant to Neil Kaplan CBE KC SBS.
I have served a wide range of clients, including governments, large-scale state-owned enterprises, listed companies, multinational companies, financial institutions, privately owned enterprises, and individuals.
I have led internal and external counsel and expert teams in complex and multi-jurisdictional and parallel proceedings in the APAC region including but not limited to Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, India, South Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Australia.
I am a FIDIC certified Adjudicator on the FIDIC President’s List and NEC Asia Pacific trainer and NEC accredited Project Manager.
I am a listed arbitrator at the HKIAC, BAC, KCAB, KLRCA/AIAC, THAC, SCIA, HIAC and BICAM.
I am a CEDR and HKMAAL accredited mediator and an investor-state disputes mediator trained by ICSID, CEDR, Energy Charter Secretariat and IMI.
• Selected Arbitrator Appointments:
Appointed by the ICC Court (Paris) directly as a co-arbitrator in an ICC arbitration concerning a Marine Works Contract governed by the Egyptian law (FIDIC Yellow Book).
Appointed by the parties as the Sole Arbitrator in an HKIAC administered arbitration concerning a Sale of Iron Ore contract governed by the law of the Hong Kong SAR.
Appointed by the KLRCA (Kuala Lumpur) as a Sole Arbitrator in an ad hoc arbitration under the technology and manufacture agreement governed by the Malaysian law.
Appointed by the Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration (SCIA) as the Presiding Arbitrator in a cross-border sale of goods dispute governed by the law of the People’s Republic of China.
Appointed by the Hainan International Arbitration Court (HIAC) as a co- arbitrator in a construction and refurbishment works dispute governed by the law of the People's Republic of China.
Appointed by the Hainan International Arbitration Court (HIAC) as the sole arbitrator in a sale of commercial buildings dispute governed by the law of the People's Republic of China.
Appointed by the Hainan International Arbitration Court (HIAC) as the sole arbitrator in a sale of commercial buildings dispute governed by the law of the People's Republic of China.
Appointed by the Beijing International Arbitration Court (BIAC) as a co-arbitrator in a founders and shareholders dispute arising from a biotechnology investment agreement.
Appointed by the Beijing International Arbitration Court (BIAC) as a co-arbitrator in an auction contract dispute.
Appointed by the Beijing International Arbitration Court (BIAC) as a co-arbitrator in a Steel Procurement and Supply Contract dispute.
My publications include:
YANG Fan, Foreign-related Arbitration in China: Commentary and Cases (Cambridge University Press 2016)
ANDREWS Neil and YANG Fan, Contract Law in Hong Kong: A Comparative Analysis (Hong Kong University Press 2016)
WANG Guiguo and YANG Fan (eds), Mediation and its Impact on Legal Systems in Asia-Pacific (Wolters Kluwer Law & Business 2013)
My fuller profile is available at:
www.idrchambers.com
