Yang Liu

Personal Bio

Job Title: Partner

Areas of Expertise:

Qualified as a solicitor of Hong Kong, England & Wales as well as a lawyer of P.R. China, Edward’s main area of practice is in commercial dispute resolution including litigation, arbitration and mediation. He is extensively experienced in advising and handling international commercial disputes covering areas such as sale of goods/trade and commodities, energy and offshore projects, shipping and ship building, joint ventures, and international investment (particularly connected with Belt & Road projects), construction, commercial fraud, worldwide enforcement of judgments and arbitration awards etc. He frequently represents financial institutions, insurance companies, multinational corporations, non-government organisations, Chinese state owned enterprises as well as major shipping and commodities companies in complex commercial cross border disputes in courts in Hong Kong, London and international tribunals. He also advises banks, insurers and trading companies on non-contentious matters concerning asset finance, trade finance and shipping finance.

Edward has considerable experience in almost aspects of maritime disputes, including claims under charterparties, bills of lading, long-term contracts of affreightment, sale of second-hand vessels, marine insurance etc., claims arising from collision, grounding and salvage, arrest of ships and jurisdiction challenge. Edward has also dealt with many shipbuilding cases involving Chinese shipyards.

Edward is a Fellow of Chartered Institute of Arbitrator (CIArb), a listed arbitrator of Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC), an arbitrator of China Maritime Arbitration Comission (CMAC), a supporting member of London Maritime Arbitrators’ Association (LMAA), and a member of Hong Kong Maritime Arbitration Group (HKMAG). Since 2018, Edward has started to accept appointments as arbitrator and was appointed as arbitrators by HKIAC (including as a sole arbitrator) on many occasions.