Haiyi is an Associate in our International Arbitration Group, based in Singapore. His practice focuses on complex cross-border commercial disputes and arbitration matters.
In addition to disputes, Haiyi has advised on a wide range of regulatory matters of strategic importance to clients, during his tenure at international law firms in Hong Kong and London. The breadth of his experience continues to inform his disputes practice.
Haiyi’s diverse experience also includes studying on a full-ride Japanese government (Monbukagakusho) scholarship in Japan, and subsequently executing internal audit projects across Asia and Europe while based out of Tokyo. Haiyi is a native Mandarin Chinese speaker and speaks fluent Japanese.
- Defending and settling a SIAC arbitration for a global asset manager concerning the sale of land in an Asian state.
- Assisting a global energy company in enforcing a SIAC arbitration award against and negotiating a settlement deal with an Asian state-owned enterprise.
- Advising a global asset manager on a potential dispute and SIAC arbitration arising from its investment in India.
- Coordinating litigation strategy and identifying litigation risks for a multinational tech company in Japan.
- Representing a Chinese tech company in multiple HKIAC arbitrations arising from post-M&A disputes.*
- Representing a publicly traded Chinese industrial company in an HKIAC arbitration arising from its commercial disputes with a European manufacturer.*
- Acting for a UK subsidiary of a Japanese manufacturer in an ICC arbitration arising out of sale of goods contracts.*
- Advising a European media company on an internal investigation of its Chinese portfolio company.*
- Advising liquidators of a global cryptocurrency trading platform on a cross-border liquidation process, including the resolution of actual and potential disputes.*
- Counselling multinational companies on antitrust and regulatory issues arising out of cross-border M&A transactions, and local and global operations.*
*Matters worked on before joining Freshfields.
