Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Languages

• Cantonese
• English
• Mandarin

Lawyer Overview

Iain Seow's practice focuses on commercial litigation and arbitration, and he has extensive experience in banking and insolvency litigation, shareholders and joint venture disputes, international trade disputes, commercial fraud, construction disputes, and contentious regulatory disputes. Many of the litigations and arbitrations in which he has served as counsel have been large, complex, cross-border disputes involving multinational corporations and financial institutions operating in the Greater China region. An increasing part of his practice also relates to representing clients from a broad range of industries in enforcing intellectual property rights in Hong Kong and the PRC.

Iain is a member of the Hong Kong Law Society, the Law Society of England and Wales, and the Law Society of Singapore. He speaks and writes regularly on topics relating to arbitration, commercial fraud, money laundering, corporate governance, and company law.

Areas of Practice

• International Litigation & Arbitration
• Trial Practice
• Alternative Dispute Resolution & Mediation
• Construction Litigation
• Business Restructuring & Reorganization
• Construction
• Labor & Employment
• Asia Labor & Employment

Representative Cases

• Acquisition Financing
• Arbitration Against a Japanese Engineering Company
• Arbitration Against a Subcontractor
• Arbitration Against Its Subcontractors
• Arbitration in Hong Kong
• Civil Proceedings
• Civil Proceedings
• Civil Proceedings
• Complex Litigations
• Disciplinary Action Against the Company
• Dispute with a Hong Kong Public Company
• Employment Termination Disputes in China
• Enforcement Actions
• Enforcement Actions
• Fraud Investigation
• Global Debt Restructuring
• High Court Proceedings
• High Court Proceedings
• High Court Proceedings
• High Court Proceedings
• ICC Arbitration
• Judicial Review Application
• Loan Default
• Securities Issues
• Security Issues

West Practice Categories

Bankruptcy Litigation, Business & Commercial Law, Business & Trade, Business Organizations, Class Actions, Collective Bargaining, Complex Litigation, Contracts, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, International Law, International Trade Litigation, Labor Arbitration, Labor Disputes, Labor Law, Labor Legislation, Labor Relations Boards & Proceedings, Litigation & Appeals, Military & Veterans Appeals, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, Unfair Labor Practices, Unions, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court, Wage & Hour Laws, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act

Bar Admissions

• Law Society of Hong Kong
• Law Society of Singapore
• Law Society of England and Wales

Education

• King's College - England

Published Works

• Arrangements for Reciprocal Enforcement of Commercial Judgments Between Mainland China and Hong Kong, 2006
• The Perils of Bad Contract Drafting: The Irony of Dispute-Resolving Provisions Becoming the Cause of Dispute, 2006
• Tackling the Problem of Company Name Piracy, 2006
• Arbitration in China, 2004

Address

3 Church Street
#14-02 Samsung Hub 04948, Singapore

Phones

65.6233.5511 / 852.3189.7292 (Hong Kong) (Business Phone)

Faxes

65.6536.3939 / 852.2868.5871 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com