Contact with chambers should be made through the Practice Management Team. They are happy to discuss client requirements and provide further information on such matters as the expertise and experience of individual members, fees, working practices and languages spoken. We have members able to work in French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Greek and Chinese (Mandarin).
Outside working hours, a member of our team is always available to be contacted on matters of an urgent nature. Contact should be made using the Chambers main number or email.
For our Singapore office, for client enquiries please contact our BD Director, Asia Pacific, Lara Quie and for all other queries please contact Lynn Quek. Out of office hours calls will automatically be diverted to our clerking team in London.
28 Maxwell Road
#02-03 Maxwell Chambers Suites
Singapore 069120
singapore@twentyessex.com
t: +65 62257230
Contact with chambers should be made through the Practice Management Team. They are happy to discuss client requirements and provide further information on such matters as the expertise and experience of individual members, fees, working practices and languages spoken. We have members able to work in French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Greek and Chinese (Mandarin).
Outside working hours, a member of our team is always available to be contacted on matters of an urgent nature. Contact should be made using the Chambers main number or email.
For our Singapore office, for client enquiries please contact our BD Director, Asia Pacific, Lara Quie and for all other queries please contact Lynn Quek. Out of office hours calls will automatically be diverted to our clerking team in London.
28 Maxwell Road
#02-03 Maxwell Chambers Suites
Singapore 069120
singapore@twentyessex.com
t: +65 62257230
In partnership with the HKIAC, 20 Essex Street will host a seminar titled 'Spotlight on Sovereign Wealth Funds: litigating banking and invesment disputes under the spectre of corruption and bribery' on the 6th June 2017.
Trillions of dollars are under management by sovereign wealth funds. The Malaysian 1MDB corruption allegations have hit the headlines and major London litigation involving sovereign funds has included Libyan Investment Authority v Goldman Sachs in 2016, with LIA v SocGen upcoming in 2017.Cases such as KWL v UBS have exposed the corrosive effect of bribery of public officials. Banks around the world are under scrutiny in relation to investment relationships and also money-laundering allegations.
In this seminar Members of 20 Essex Street will explore this uniquely potent combination of fraud, investment, banking and politics, including the relevance of corruption and bribery to potential investment treaty claims.
Andrew Fulton will address the legal principles regarding bribes and secret commissions and provide an overview of rights and remedies.
Philip Edey QC will address the issues and lessons learnt in LIA v Goldman Sachs.
Kate Parlett will address the potential for sovereign wealth funds to file claims under bilateral investment treaties, and discuss the potential bars to such claims where there is evidence of corruption.
Sudhanshu Swaroop QC of 20 Essex Street will focus on corruption/bribery as a sword in investment treaty arbitration, and the circumstances in which the corrupt conduct of State officials and other persons might form the basis for a claim under investment treaty.
Duncan Matthews QC will be chairing the evening.
Date: 6th June 2017
Time: 5:30-7:30pm (registration and networking from 5:30)
Venue: Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, 38/F Two Exchange Square, 8 Connaught Place, Hong Kong
To book a place at this seminar please register on the event page via the HKIAC website.