Wesley is a Partner in our Global Litigation and Dispute Management practice. He is based in Hong Kong, where he heads the firm’s international arbitration practice in Asia.
Wesley has 17 years of experience in advising private and sovereign clients on commercial and investor-State disputes under various institutional rules. He worked for several years with a major U.S. law firm in their New York, Paris and London offices. During this time, he worked on some of the largest, most complex litigation and arbitration matters in the world, which typically involved multiple jurisdictions.
Prior to joining Eversheds Sutherland, Wesley was Managing Counsel at HKIAC. He oversaw the Secretariat’s handling of the Centre’s caseload under various HKIAC rules, the UNCITRAL Rules and the Hong Kong Arbitration Ordinance. This included investor-State disputes administered by HKIAC.
Wesley is a delegate of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR, a member of the Nominations Commission of the ICC-HK National Committee and Co-General Editor of the Asian Dispute Review journal. He has also authored publications and spoken widely on a range of topics relating to cross-border dispute resolution and has also participated in and conducted trainings to governments, multinational corporations and chambers of commerce in Asia, Africa, Europe and North America.
Wesley sits as an arbitrator and is a member of the KCAB Panel of International Arbitrators and the SIAC Reserve Panel of Arbitrators. He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor with the University of Hong Kong where he is the course convenor for the Arbitration Practice, Procedure & Drafting module (LLAW6157) for the LL.M in Arbitration & Dispute Resolution and a Visiting Lecturer of Law at the Peking University School of Transnational Law in which he co-convenes the course of Chinese International Arbitration: A Comparative Study.
He is admitted to practice law in New York and is a Registered Foreign Lawyer (New York, USA) in Hong Kong and England and Wales.
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- advising a leading Korean multinational entertainment agency in relation to employment law issues arising in its subsidiary in Hong Kong
- advising a Vietnamese joint venture company comprised of a Dutch climate fund and a Korean energy developer in relation to a dispute involving a European O&M contractor for a near-shore wind farm project in Vietnam. The contract was governed by Singapore law and provides for ICC arbitration seated in Singapore
- acting for a listed multinational food service company in relation to an ICC arbitration seated in Hong Kong arising from the termination of a substantial franchise arrangement in Asia
- acting for a US manufacturer in relation to a JAMS arbitration seated in Chicago, Illinois arising from a master supply contract for battery storage units involving a supplier
- acting for a Hong Kong-listed technology and media company in relation to the enforcement of an arbitral award in Hong Kong and the United States
- acting for a private equity firm operating in Seoul, Singapore and Hong Kong in relation to High Court proceedings in Hong Kong arising from digital currency investments, in which parallel KCAB arbitral proceedings were commenced in Korea
- acting for a Hong Kong-listed financial institution in an arbitration seated in Hong Kong under the 2018 HKIAC Rules against a borrower
- acting for a digital currency trading firm in an arbitration seated in Hong Kong under the 2018 HKIAC Rules in relation to digital currency collateralisation
- acting for a global banking and financial services institution in an ad hoc arbitration seated in Hong Kong under a pension scheme
- acting for a northern European provider of energy and marine equipment and services in relation to an ICC arbitration seated in Paris arising from a supply contract for two power projects in Southeast Asia
- acted for a Hong Kong subsidiary of a North American construction company in defending against a £25 million arbitration seated in Hong Kong brought by a State-owned contractor in relation to the design of an infrastructure project under the HKIAC Domestic Arbitration Rules
Wesley has authored publications and spoken widely on international arbitration.
Professional Roles & Memberships:
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Member, SIAC Reserve Panel of Arbitrators
- Member, KCAB Panel of International Arbitrators
- Member, International Advisory Board of the Journal of International Law of the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization
- Member, ICC-HK Committee on Arbitration
- Member, L’Institut pour l’Arbitrage International and ADR Committee
- Delegate, ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR
- Member, ICC-HK Nominations Commission
- Co-General Editor, Asian Dispute Review
Academic Appointment
- Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Hong Kong
- Course convenor for Arbitration Practice, Procedure & Drafting (LLAW6157) under the LL.M in Arbitration & Dispute Resolution programme
- Member, Environment, Social & Governance Committee of the British Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong
- BSc. in Business Management, King's College London
- LLB (Hons), King's College London
- JD, Columbia University, School of Law
- New York
- Registered Foreign Lawyer (Hong Kong)
- Registered Foreign Lawyer (England and Wales)
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York