Ka Lam Karen Kong, Associate

• Advising a major Asian trading house in an UNCITRAL investment-treaty arbitration against an Asian State relating to a tax demand imposed on the client’s investment in the mining sector
• Advising a major Japanese oil and gas company in a dispute and potential arbitration arising out of the construction of a major Asia-Pacific LNG project
• Advising an Asian oil and gas company in its investment treaty claim against a national government relating to the export of natural gas
• Advising an international oil and gas supermajor in a series of disputes arising from its crude trading activities
• Advising a trading house in an international arbitration relating to its coal mining investments in an Asian jurisdiction
• Advising a Japanese energy investor before the ICSID in an Energy Charter Treaty arbitration against Spain
• Advising a contractor consortium in the ICC arbitration proceedings brought against a project owner in connection with the design and construction of an ammonia and urea plant in Algeria
• Conducting an investigation and advising a Japanese client in response to OFAC inquiries into sanctions
• Conducting an internal compliance and ethics investigation of a leading accounting and audit service provider in the Republic of Korea affiliated with an international services provider
• Establishing global and local compliance policies and procedures (including training) for a major Japanese company and its pan-Asian subsidiaries, including in Indonesia
• Advising a global investment bank in relation to its hiring practices in Asia-Pacific in response to anti-corruption inquiries from multiple U.S. regulators*
• Advising a global bank in response to U.S. regulatory inquiries into sanctions*
• Conducting an internal investigation on behalf of a global investment bank in relation to its tax reporting system in the U.S.*
• Conducting an internal investigation on behalf of a major global bank in relation to employees’ professional misconduct in Hong Kong in response to inquiries from Hong Kong regulators*
• Assisting employees from a major global bank in their interviews with Hong Kong regulators on their client’s compliance issues*
• Advising Hong Kong-listed companies in the oil and gas industry on compliance laws and regulations*
• Advising the sponsors of Meituan Dianping’s $4.22 billion Hong Kong IPO and global offering*
• Advising CNOOC’s $1.45 billion SEC-registered guaranteed notes offering*

*Prior to joining Freshfields.

Education

• PCLL, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Law
• J.D., The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Law
• B.A., Japanese and Management, SOAS University of London

Qualifications

• Admitted to practice in New York and Hong Kong (not admitted in Japan)