Litigation Asia Pacific Webinar Series - litigating in China: domestic proceedings and cross-border enforcement

Kosuke Tsunashima represents domestic and international clients across diverse industries in litigation, mediation, arbitration, and other forms of dispute resolution. His practice covers a wide range of commercial disputes, including those arising from M&A, finance transactions, real estate, product liability and intellectual property. He has extensive experience leading complex mass litigation, including securities litigation and other large-scale disputes. In addition to his dispute resolution practice, Kosuke Tsunashima has substantial experience in corporate matters. He has advised numerous overseas clients on investments into Japan, assisting with the establishment of Japanese branches and subsidiaries, navigating regulatory requirements, and drafting various contracts essential for their business operations in Japan. Kosuke is a graduate of Keio University (LLB, 2008) and received his LLM from University of California, Los Angeles School of Law in 2015. He was admitted to the Bars in Japan in 2009 and New York State in 2017. https://www.amt-law.com/en/professionals/profile/KOT

Jun Yang Jun is a senior partner of Jade & Fountain, a Chinese law firm headquartered in Shanghai. He started his legal career in late 1990s. Jun’s practice is focused on, among others, dispute resolution. Jun has represented numerous clients for their contentious matters in China. Very often, the cases handled by Jun involve a cross border dimension. The clientele which Jun has served covers a wide range of industries (in particular, media, insurance, manufacturing, food etc). Jun is recognized for his insightful understanding of Chinese business context and solution-oriented legal expertise.

Marina is a Joint Managing Partner of TKQP, a boutique dispute resolution law firm in Singapore. She a seasoned lawyer with extensive experience handling cross-border matters in the Singapore International Commercial Court and arbitration proceedings, as well as domestic matters in the Singapore Courts. Marina has acted for entities incorporated in different jurisdictions and is also counsel in various arbitration and court proceedings arising from disputes between joint venture partners in their regional investments. Awards, accolades and rankings secured over the years, as well as her appointment as Senior Counsel, reflect her standing in the legal profession.

Mr. Tim Yimin Liu, FCIArb, mainly works on China's domestic and cross-border dispute resolution arising from corporate governance, shareholder rights, complex commercial, liquidation and bankruptcy, etc. Such include domestic litigation and cross-border parallel litigation, international commercial arbitration and mediation, recognition and enforcement of awards, setting aside awards, and petition of rejecting enforcement of awards before state courts. He was also involved in cross-border bankruptcy and asset recovery in various jurisdictions. His cases span across various jurisdictions such as several states of the USA, China, the UK, the UAE (DIFC and ADGM), the KSA, Qatar, Turkey, Egypt, Israel, Kazakhstan, ASEAN, India, Australia and New Zealand. Tim works in the capacity as legal counsel advocating for client’s interest, as neutral professional assessing a case before formal proceedings, or as arbitrator, mediator or expert as appointed by the parties or nominated by the institutions. Industries related to Tim’s practices include insurance, defense and security, electric power projects, Infrastructures (FIDIC), life science, material R&D and manufacturing, the Internet and the Internet of Things, private funds and digital assets and consumer protection.

Dhiraj is a partner based in the Mumbai office of Khaitan Legal Associates and heads the Dispute Resolution practice of the firm. Dhiraj has graduated from ILS Law College, Pune and holds a Diploma in IPR from Asian School of Cyber Laws, Pune and an Online Certification Course on IP Laws, WIPO. In his decade long experience, Dhiraj has represented several renowned corporate houses, in respect of commercial, contractual, debt recovery, insolvency, and intellectual property related disputes. He specializes in pre and post-dispute resolution strategies and has handled several high-stake commercial disputes before courts and tribunals across India.