Wei Jian Chan

Practice Areas

Wei Jian Chan has a broad commercial practice, with particular interests in technology, cryptocurrency, financial services, and shipping disputes. Additionally, Wei Jian is frequently instructed in jurisdictional disputes, as well as arbitration-related Court applications.

Since joining Essex Court Chambers, Wei Jian has been instructed on a wide range of significant cases, both as sole counsel and as part of a team. He has considerable experience as an advocate, having appeared before the English Court of Appeal, High Court, and County Court, as well as in arbitration proceedings around the world under a variety of institutional rules.

Wei Jian grew up in Singapore. As a native speaker of Mandarin Chinese, Wei Jian has experience of conducting a 3-day arbitration hearing as sole counsel entirely in Mandarin Chinese (including cross-examination and submissions). Wei Jian has also drafted statements of case, witness statements, and written submissions in Mandarin Chinese.

Prior to joining Essex Court Chambers, Wei Jian graduated with a First Class degree in Law from the University of Oxford. He went on to read for the BCL at the University of Oxford, obtaining Distinctions in all four of his BCL subjects. Wei Jian has also contributed to various leading legal texts as a Research Assistant, including Goode on Principles of Corporate Insolvency Law (5th edn), and Goode and Gullifer on Legal Problems of Credit and Security (6th edn).