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John Choong is Partner and Head of with Freshfields’ International Arbitration Group in China. Over the course of over two decades, John has acted as trusted adviser to Fortune 500 companies on their most significant arbitrations, complex cross-border disputes and multi-jurisdictional investigations. These have included a number of billion-dollar disputes which have resulted in favourable awards or successful resolutions. John has also acted on a number of widely reported landmark international litigations and investigations.

John is recognized as a leading individual by the legal directories, and is regularly sought after as presiding or sole arbitrator. He was named "International Arbitration Lawyer of the Year" for Asia-Pacific in the Benchmark Litigation Awards 2022.

Professional Memberships

John is admitted in Hong Kong, England & Wales and Singapore (currently, non-practising). He is a Chartered Arbitrator and sits as Council or committee member on the leading arbitration organisations. He has also been an adjunct lecturer on The Hong Kong University LLM course.

Publications

John has co-edited/authored several books published by Oxford University Press, Sweet & Maxwell and Thomson Reuters. John is also the General Arbitration Editor of the Hong Kong White Book.

Languages Spoken

English and Mandarin

Awards

International Arbitration Lawyer of the Yea

Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific Awards

2022

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Dispute Resolution: Arbitration (International Firms) - China
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John Choong is head of Freshfields' international arbitration team and an adept arbitration counsel to both domestic and international private companies and SOEs across a broad spectrum of industry sectors.

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