Zeldar is the managing partner of the Shanghai office of Reed Smith. She is qualified as a lawyer in both Hong Kong and England & Wales. She is a highly regarded litigator with extensive experience handling complex and high-value contentious matters across multiple sectors. Zeldar’s practice primarily focuses on international trade, shipping, commodities, shipbuilding, offshore construction, investment disputes, M&A, and shareholders’ disputes and bankruptcy-related litigation.
Zeldar regularly represents clients in high-stakes disputes under a broad range of jurisdictions and arbitral regimes, including ICC, ICA, HKIAC, SIAC, and FOSFA, and ad hoc arbitration (e.g., LMAA, HKMAG), as well as in Hong Kong High Court litigation.
Experience
Representative matters
Representative matters
Acting for shipowners in disputes arising out of loan agreements and mortgage agreements in English court and Singapore court proceedings.
Acting for shipowners in disputes arising out of ship management agreements in HKIAC arbitration proceedings.
Acting for a subsidiary Hong Kong company within the group of PRC state-owned enterprise in a Hong Kong seated arbitration to defend a claim brought by a Hong Kong company for alleged non-delivery and short delivery of rebars under an amended sales contract for a claim over US$2.9 million.
Acting for shipowners in disputes arising out of loan agreements and mortgage agreements in English court and Singapore court proceedings.
Acting for shipowners in disputes arising out of ship management agreements in HKIAC arbitration proceedings.
Acting for a subsidiary Hong Kong company within the group of PRC state-owned enterprise in a Hong Kong seated arbitration to defend a claim brought by a Hong Kong company for alleged non-delivery and short delivery of rebars under an amended sales contract for a claim over US$2.9 million.
Acting for a high-net-worth individual defending a set-aside application against an arbitration award in respect of a US$44 million investment dispute at the Court of First Instance and the Court of Appeal of Hong Kong.
Acting for a Chinese state-owned company pursuing a claim for non-delivery of cargo by an international metal trading company in concurrent arbitrations involving the seller, the buyer and an intermediary.
Representing a high-net-worth individual in an LPA dispute involving HKIAC arbitration and Hong Kong High Court proceedings, with the amount in dispute exceeding US$40 million.
Acting for a shipyard in an MOA dispute (in relation to a tanker) in London arbitration.
Acting for a shipyard in option agreements and new-building disputes in relation to more than 20 vessels – arbitration in London.
Acting for charterers in an unsafe port dispute with the amount in dispute exceeding US$150 million – arbitration in London.
Acting for a state-owned trader in an international trade dispute over a failure to deliver goods – arbitration in London.
Acting for a state-owned trader in several ICA arbitrations in London.
Acting for a state-owned client in respect of an LNG project in the United States.
Acting for shipowners in various London arbitration cases in relation to issues including underperformance, illegitimate last voyage, early redelivery of vessel, and a bunker dispute.
Acting for clients in charterparty disputes involving Covid-19 issues in concurrent arbitration proceedings involving five parties.
Acting for charterers in a dispute arising out of a container-collapse incident – arbitration in London.
Recognitions
- Listed as a Next Generation Partner in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific for China: Shipping – Foreign Firms, 2019-2025
Credentials
Education
Education
- University of Hong Kong, PCLL
- BPP Law School, London, CPE
- Cardiff University, LL.M.
- Dalian Maritime University Law School, LL.B.
Professional admissions & qualifications
Professional admissions & qualifications
- Hong Kong
- England and Wales
Professional affiliations
Professional affiliations
- Member of the Law Society of Hong Kong
- Supporting Member of the London Maritime Arbitrators Association
- Member of the Hong Kong Maritime Arbitration Group
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