Join this session to hear from Paul Starr and Suraj Sajnani about the 12 Legal Nightmares of Covid and how to survive them.
Join this Legal Committee session to hear from Paul Starr, Partner and Practice Leader HK DR/Infrastructure at King & Wood Mallesons and Suraj Sajnani, Senior Associate at King & Wood Mallesons about the 12 Legal Nightmares of Covid and how to survive them.
Paul and Suraj will use their recent case experience from arbitrations and court cases, to demonstrate legal trends emerging from the COVID pandemic.
- Force majeure
- Frustration of contract
- Greater focus on execution of documents
- Bank branches
- Attempts to invalidate arbitration: multi-tiered dispute resolution clauses
- Lack of notices
- Whether to litigate or arbitrate
- Focus on asset preservation in PRC
- Online Disputes Resolution
- Moratoria on winding up of companies
- Increased use of mediation
- Technology