Job Title: Barrister & Arbitrator
Areas of Expertise: Arbitration,Mediation
Sebastian has a broad civil arbitration, litigation and mediation practice, including intellectual property, commercial, white collar fraud, insolvency, company, employment, matrimonial finance, and costs/taxation matters. He is recognised as a leading commercial and intellectual property specialist in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific Guide 2022 and Chambers Global 2022.
Sebastian is a Fellow of CIArb and an Approved Neutral with WIPO. He is an Arbitrator and Mediator with WIPO, HKIAC (Panel of Arbitrators for Intellectual Property Disputes; List of Arbitrators), ICC, SCIA and AIAC. Sebastian is a Domain Name Panelist with WIPO, FORUM, HKIAC, ADNDRC and AIAC, rendering decisions in both English and Chinese.
Sebastian was admitted to practice as a solicitor in Victoria, Australia in 1998 and in Hong Kong in 2003.
Prior to being called to the bar, he was a partner in an international law firm.
Sebastian is a fluent Putonghua speaker.
Country of Residence: Hong Kong
Primary Branch:
Secondary Branch:
shughes@princeschambers.com.hk
Prince's Chambers
3002, Tower 2, Lippo Centre