Stacy Lee

Acting for a Hong Kong company in defending parallel employees’ compensation and common law personal injury proceedings in the District Court of Hong Kong, arising from a workplace accident at a river trade terminal. Successfully negotiated and achieved a global settlement of HK$1.3 million for both the employees’ compensation claim and the common law personal injury action on a without-admission-of-liability basis, obtaining a consent order.

Acting for a Mainland Chinese company as applicant in ex parte proceedings before the Hong Kong Court of First Instance seeking recognition and enforcement of a CIETAC arbitral award seated in Beijing under section 92 of the Arbitration Ordinance (Cap. 609).

Acting for a Hong Kong warehousing and logistics company as petitioner in compulsory winding-up proceedings before the Court of First Instance against an event management company indebted to the client under a storage services agreement for outstanding fees exceeding HK$1.8 million. Successfully obtained an order for the compulsory winding up of the company.

Acting for a Hong Kong supply chain and logistics company as petitioner in parallel compulsory winding-up proceedings before the Court of First Instance against a management company that owed the client outstanding fees exceeding HK$1.3 million under a logistics service agreement. Successfully obtained an order for the compulsory winding up of the company.

Acting for a major PRC logistics and freight forwarding company in a multi-party cross-border dispute arising from a large-scale U.S. manufacturing facility project for an electric vehicle battery manufacturer. Advising on and pursuing claims exceeding US$11.6 million against the U.S. end-user shipper for unpaid invoices under a shipper-freight forwarder agreement governed by U.S. law. Prepared and issued pre-action demand letters through the firm’s U.S. office. Simultaneously, advising the same client in a downstream claim against a U.S.-based subcontracted service provider for breach of a separate shipper-freight forwarder agreement of approximately US$2 million arising from the service provider’s acts and omissions.

Acting for a major PRC logistics company in a contractual dispute arising from the UK infrastructure project. Advised on the negotiation and preparation of a deed of mutual agreement to terminate the shipping and installation agreement.

Advising on and conducting multiple London-seated LMAA arbitrations (under the Arbitration Act 1996) on behalf of a Hong Kong shipowner and affiliated Singapore shipping companies in connection with disputes arising out of time charterparties. The matters involved claims for substantial outstanding hire, unsafe port nomination, vessel detention, piracy-related costs, and losses caused by the misconduct of charterers' agents.

Acting for a Hong Kong company as claimant in an HKIAC-administered arbitration (under the 2024 HKIAC Arbitration Rules) against a Middle Eastern equipment company, claiming unpaid purchase prices under two sale and purchase contracts for construction equipment. Successfully challenged the jurisdiction of the tribunal over the respondent’s counterclaim under Article 29 of the HKIAC Rules (single arbitration under multiple contracts), obtaining an award on jurisdiction dismissing the counterclaim in its entirety for lack of jurisdiction.

Represented China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES) and provided “one-stop” legal services for two 174,000 m³ large-scale LNG carriers. Managed the full-cycle legal affairs, including establishing Liberian SPVs, negotiating shipbuilding contracts with a well-known South Korean shipyard, securing long-term charters with global energy operators, and executing financing agreements with major Chinese financial institutions to support national energy security strategies.

Represented a leading Chinese financial leasing company in a sale-and-leaseback financing project for four 3,100 TEU container vessels and two 20,000 m³ LNG carriers. Coordinated the SPV incorporations and cross-border security structures across multiple jurisdictions, including England, Hong Kong, Malta, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Cyprus, ensuring the successful delivery and closing of complex financing under tight deadlines.

Represented a leading Chinese financial leasing company as lead counsel in a sale-and-leaseback project for a newly built LNG carrier. This project involved a European LNG shipping company as the ultimate operator and a shipyard in Zhejiang as the builder. Provided expert legal advice on all complex matters involved in the process.

Advising a major PRC logistics company in connection with a large-scale UK infrastructure project involving the construction of an electric vehicle battery manufacturing facility. Prepared and reviewed the shipping and installation agreement and a tripartite direct agreement (governed by English law) between the logistics company as contractor, the UK project company as end user, and the security trustee acting for a syndicate of lenders.