Personal bio
Norman Nip SC has a broad civil practice with an emphasis on commercial and securities litigation. He has been described as “very good on his feet” and “beyond meticulous” (Chambers & Partners 2022) and a “very well-rounded lawyer” with “strong composure and responses in court” (Who’s Who Legal 2021). He has acted for the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission and parties under investigation in a number of cases before the courts and the specialist tribunals and is “regularly singled out for his expertise in securities-related cases” (Chambers & Partners 2022). He has also served as an expert witness on securities laws in offshore proceedings. His expertise also spans other practice areas, including banking, company and shareholder disputes, insurance, professional liability, land, trusts, employment, matrimonial, bankruptcy, competition, PRC and international cross-border disputes as well as white-collar crime. Norman has also deputised as a judicial officer in the High Court and the District Court of Hong Kong for a number of terms since 2018. In the arbitration sphere, Norman has acted as counsel in a number of domestic and cross-border commercial disputes. He is currently serving as the Vice Chairman of the Committee on Arbitration of the Hong Kong Bar Association. He is also a Fellow of CIArb and accepts appointment to sit as arbitrator. Prior to joining the Bar in 2006, Norman had served as the tipstaff to the Honourable Justice Sperling of the New South Wales Supreme Court and practised as a solicitor with Clayton Utz in Sydney and Linklaters in Hong Kong.