Personal bio
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.