John Choong
Greater China Region Guide 2024
Band 2 : Dispute Resolution: Arbitration (International Firms)
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About
Provided by John Choong
Practice Areas
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 Year
Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific Awards
2022
Chambers Review
Greater China Region
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.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"John is very experienced in international arbitration, with great commercial awareness. He provided excellent services to us."
"John is highly responsive and competent."
"John is very cautious and doesn't jump to conclusions. He reviews all the facts before making decisions and his analytical capacity is excellent, so when we discuss issues he's able to explain and lay it all out, which is very helpful."
"He's a pre-eminent arbitration lawyer who gives top-quality strategic advice and is also very user-friendly."
"John is very experienced in international arbitration, with great commercial awareness. He provided excellent services to us."
"John is highly responsive and competent."
"John is very cautious and doesn't jump to conclusions. He reviews all the facts before making decisions and his analytical capacity is excellent, so when we discuss issues he's able to explain and lay it all out, which is very helpful."
"He's a pre-eminent arbitration lawyer who gives top-quality strategic advice and is also very user-friendly."
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