XIONGCHAO (PETER) CHEN
Counsel·Hong Kong
XIONGCHAO (PETER) CHEN
Counsel·Hong Kong
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XIONGCHAO (PETER) CHEN
Counsel·Hong Kong
PROFILE REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS AND CASES OTHER INFORMATION Further Reading
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Education
Peking University, LL.B.
Peking University, LL.M. (Public International Law)
BPP University College, Graduate Diploma in Laws
City University of Hong Kong, Postgraduate Certificate in Laws
Professional Qualification
Admitted to practice in Hong Kong SAR (2016)
Admitted to practice in England and Wales (2024)
Passed PRC Bar Exam (2011)
Work Language
English
Mandarin
Cantonese
Professional Background
Before joining Fangda Partners, Peter trained with and worked for an international law firm with a renowned dispute resolution practice for eight years, in its Hong Kong, London and Beijing offices.
He is currently a committee member of the HK45, a young professional grouping of the HKIAC.
PROFILE
Mr. Chen is a counsel with Fangda Partners’ Dispute Resolution group. Peter focuses on international arbitration and has represented clients from a wide range of sectors including private equity, energy, AI, hospitality and manufacturing in arbitrations administered by the HKIAC and other institutions. Since his qualification in 2016, he has spent most of his career in Hong Kong, but has also worked in London and Beijing.
REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS AND CASES
- Represented two large private equity funds in a complex dispute against one of the co-founders in the PRC socialized shopping business, which involved HKIAC arbitration, Hong Kong court proceedings, winding up petitions in the Cayman Islands and related arbitral proceedings in the PRC, with a total claim value of over US$150 million.
- Represented a prominent Japanese private equity house in a high-steak redemption dispute against the driverless taxi business it invested, in an HKIAC arbitration. The claim value is over US$250 million.
- Represented a dominant PRC internet conglomerate in a claim of guaranteed investment return against the founder of an entertainment content company, which led to an HKIAC arbitration. The claim value is over HK$300 million.
- Represented a leading HKSE-listed Chinese online travel agency business in a Hong Kong High Court action and an HKIAC arbitration concerning the length and performance of its asset management agreement with an asset manager
- Represented two leading private equity funds in an Emergency Arbitrator application and the subsequent HKIAC arbitration concerning investor-founder disputes in connection with a suite of entities and agreements in multiple jurisdictions
- Advised a prominent Asia-focused private equity fund on its dispute and potential ICC New York arbitration with a US company over the fund's investment in a pharmaceutical product with the US company
- Advised a private technology company on its equity investment in a VIE-structured venture and on its exercise of its redemption rights under the contract and Cayman Island law
- Represented an NYSE-listed Chinese e-consumer business in a HKIAC arbitration concerning the breach of the investors' rights agreement, with parallel proceedings in Hong Kong and Cayman courts
- Represented a luxury international hotel in HKIAC-administered UNCITRAL arbitration concerning a property owner's breach of management agreements for a Beijing hotel
- Represented a leading NYSE-listed hospitality brand in HKIAC arbitration concerning its acquisition of a hotel business and its exercise of a price adjustment due to the seller’s failure to achieve a performance guarantee
- Represented a leading NYSE-listed hospitality brand in HKIAC arbitration to enforce its guaranteed investment return on its investment in a Hong Kong-listed company
- Represented a popular international restaurant brand in an ICC arbitration against its former franchisee in South Asia concerning the breach of a franchise agreement and in successfully terminating the franchise relationship in line with the restaurant brand’s broader strategy
- Represented a Japanese convenience store chain in an ICC arbitration with parallel Cayman proceedings against its Taiwan JV partner over claims including breach of SHA agreement
- Advised a PRC men’s fashion brand on a joint venture dispute and a potential HKIAC arbitration with a Hong Kong-listed fast fashion company
- Advised a leading international hotel brand on multiple breaches of a hotel management agreement and on the early termination of the agreement with regard to its hotels in China and multiple Asian jurisdictions
- Represented a high-net-worth individual in the Hong Kong High Court in resisting a world-wide Mareva injunction in connection with a private equity investment into the individual’s famous restaurant chain
- Advised Sinopec on its successful multibillion US Dollars arbitration concerning fraud allegations against Repsol arising from the acquisition of oil and gas assets in the UK under SIAC rules
- Advised a consortium of international oil companies on their claims and their potential ad hoc arbitration against an African government in relation to the contractual stabilisation mechanism and the breaches under production sharing agreements
- Advised the investment arm for a consortium of belt-and-road investors in an unsuccessful hydropower project in a Southeast Asian country on strategies including an anti-suit injunction for responding to local guerrilla court proceedings in the breach of an arbitration agreement
- Represented a major Middle Eastern oil and gas company in successfully reducing the quantum of a claim to one-tenth the original value in LCIA arbitration concerning crude oil supply and trade in the Caspian Sea region
- Advised a Chinese SOE on its disputes with Australian counterparts concerning calculating and auditing various contractual charges
- Advised a Chinese SOE on its withdrawal from and cessation of operation in a Middle East country
- Represented the committee for a mentally incapacitated person in a high-stakes family dispute in the Hong Kong High Court
OTHER INFORMATION
- Co-author, "Arbitration of M&A Transactions" (China Chapter), Global Law and Business, 2020
- Co-author, "Delos Guide on Arbitration Jurisdictions – Hong Kong", 2025
- Co-author, "Updates on Potential EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (with a Focus on Investment Protection and ISDS) – New Wine in New Bottles?", 2020
- Co-author, "2020 Survey of TMT Sector Investor-State Arbitration"
- Co-author, "Outcome Related Fee Structures for Arbitration Now Available in Hong Kong", 2022
- Co-author, "Differing 'One-stop Adjudication' Presumptions in Company Law Disputes?", 2023
- Co-author, "Restricting Absolute Immunity – China Promulgates Foreign State Immunity Law", 2023
- "State immunity and arbitration in China", LexisNexis, 2024
- Co-author, "Commercial Arbitration: Hong Kong", Global Arbitration Review, 2025
