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Amy Wen Wei
Counsel

Amy Wen Wei, 魏文

Languages
  • Chinese
  • English
  • French

Amy’s practice focuses on complex transnational disputes, particularly international commercial and investment arbitration. She has extensive experience advising and representing multi-national and stated-owned enterprises, listed companies, states, governmental and public entities and institutions, and international organisations. She has represented and advised clients in high-stake arbitration cases under the rules of ICC, HKIAC, CIETAC, SIAC, LCIA, JCAA, SCC, ICSID, ICDR, and ad hoc UNCITRAL. Her clients come from a wide range of jurisdictions and sectors.

Amy is a Registered Foreign Lawyer based in Hong Kong, and is qualified in the State of New York (USA) and Paris (France). Trained in both common law and civil law jurisdictions, she holds advanced law degrees from Harvard Law School and the Institut d'études politiques de Paris (Sciences Po.), cum laude

Amy started her career in Paris and worked at leading international law firms in France and Hong Kong. She regularly publishes and speaks on issues relating to international arbitration. She is fluent in Chinese, English, and French.

Relevant experience

  • A listed Taiwanese and US bio-tech company against an Austrian pharmaceutical company in an ICC arbitration with total amounts in dispute exceeding USD 12 billion
  • A listed Chinese renewable energy company against a Spanish company in an ICC arbitration arising out of an international supply contract
  • A Chinese green energy company in its disputes (arbitration and litigation) against a German buyer
  • A Chinese SOE against a Swiss energy company listed in London in an HKIAC arbitration
  • A major airline company against a US company in an AAA arbitration arising out of aircraft modification agreements
  • A Belt & Road company in a LCIA arbitration against an Italian contractor arising out of an infrastructure project in Europe
  • A Russian public entity and a Russian SOE in two PCA investment arbitrations and a series of court proceedings in Europe and US
  • A European state in two ICSID investment arbitrations, with damages exceeding USD 600 million
  • A BVI investment fund in ICC and HKIAC arbitrations and related court procedures arising out of shareholders agreement and investment contracts
  • A Mexican SOE on dispute resolution strategies against U.S. companies in different forum

Publications

  • Most-Favoured Nation Treatment, The Investment Treaty Arbitration Review (Edition 8), The Law Reviews, July 2023
  • 2018 Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre Administered Arbitration Rules – A Commentary (Kluwer, 2021)
  • Chapter 12: Construction Contracts and Disputes, in Managing Belt and Road Business Disputes: A Case Study of Legal Problems and Solutions (ed. M. Moser, C. Bao, Kluwer, 2021)

Lectures list

  • "Money, Markets, and Morals", Harvard College 2015-2016 Semester, with Prof. M.J. Sandel - the Harvard Teaching Excellence Award 2015-2016.

Education

  • LL.M., Harvard Law School, US law
  • Master of Law, Institut d'etudes politiques de Paris (Sciences Po.), cum laude, French law

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