
Edward Chin
Barrister | MCIArb
Call Year: 2020 (HK), Right of Audience in the AIFC Court
Edward specialises in private client matters, with a particular focus on wills and probate, trust, and land law. He also possesses extensive expertise in commercial law, arbitration, company law, and commercial fraud.
For land law and trusts, Edward has advised in complicated multigenerational will-trusts, landlord-tenant disputes, multistorey building disputes, Chinese customary law and Chinese temples.
Edward has advised on a wide range of high-value contentious and non-contentious matters. This also include international commercial disputes including disputes between Korean, Chinese, German and American companies. Edward has been engaged in high value insolvency matters, shareholder disputes and insurance matters.
In the field of arbitration, Edward has handled cases under the ICC, HKIAC, and ad hoc UNCITRAL model law rules, with experience in complex international multiparty commercial disputes.
Edward is an accomplished legal scholar and practitioner. He serves as the Head of the Land Law course for the LLB and JD programmes at City University of Hong Kong. He is also a visiting lecturer in the University of Law, Kazakhstan University, and Wrexham University teaching contract, company, commercial and employment law.
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Testimonials
J-Land Korea Co Ltd v. Choi Fung Trade Limited [2020] HKDC 1009; DCCJ 374/2020.
Jingdong Securities Limited v. Golden World Motors [2021] HKDC 636.
Chu Wing Chuen Paul and others v. Chu Oi Yan Irene HCMP 50/2021 (interlocutory hearing).
Aici Tan v. Zhu Yuan Mu & Ors [2022] HKDC 909.
Kim Seung Young v. Weina Hong Kong Co Ltd [2024] HKCFI 2500
Hang Seng Bank Ltd v. Hung Kar Yan Karin [2024] HKCFI 373
Imran, Humzah v HSBC Ltd [2023] HKDC 1781
KML Engineering Ltd v. Univision Engineering Ltd [2023] HKCFI 2691
Smart-Trans Logistics Ltd v. Alieu Tunkara Corporation And General Supplies Ltd [2023] HKDC 265
Hossain Md Faruk v. Khan, Faqergul (簡誠諾) formerly known as Khan, Wajid T/A Peshawar Auto Dismentling & General Trading Co [2022] HKDC 125
Perfect Best Asset Management Inc v. Adl Express Ltd And Another [2021] HKCFI 3021; [2021] HKCFI 2310
