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Heidi Li

Biography

Heidi focuses on international commercial arbitration and litigation for corporations, financial institutions and high net worth individuals.

She has extensive experience in handling financial and commercial disputes relating to joint ventures, post M&A matters, banking and shareholder disputes, debt and asset recovery, and financial product and service mis-selling. She is experienced in acting in cross-border arbitrations under major institutional rules, including HKIAC, SIAC, ICC and UNCITRAL Rules, and involving various jurisdictions including, in particular, Hong Kong and Mainland China. Heidi is qualified as a solicitor in Hong Kong and speaks English, Cantonese and Mandarin.

Practice areas

  • Disputes
  • White-collar defense and global investigations
  • Restructuring insolvency and capital solutions

Selected experience

  • A Chinese bank in defending Hong Kong Court proceedings brought by an insolvent medical device business and its liquidators.
  • Chinese banks in a SIAC arbitration against South East Asian companies in relation to a dispute arising out of a financing of a major infrastructure project in Bangladesh.
  • A global asset management firm in a HKIAC arbitration against a seller in relation to a dispute over a proposed acquisition of a real estate development project in China.
  • A global private bank in defending Hong Kong Court proceedings brought by customers in respect of discretionary hedge fund investment services provided by the bank.
  • A large pension fund in South East Asia in a dispute against a Hong Kong-incorporated issuer in the e-commerce industry in relation to a dispute arising out of a convertible note.
  • A subsidiary of a Hong Kong listed company in a joint venture shareholder dispute against a director involving breach of director's duties claims.
  • Independent administrators appointed over an intestate estate on various issues, including issues about the identification of the beneficiaries of the estate.
  • An international investment bank in two HKIAC arbitrations, one against a Hong Kong company for an outstanding amount in respect of derivative trades under the 2002 ISDA Agreement and another against the company’s PRC parent under a guarantee.
  • An e-commerce platform in an investigation by the Hong Kong Competition Commission in relation to potential anti-competitive conduct.
  • A global bank on the recovery of over USD40 million debts owed to it by a corporate group and affiliated individuals with presence in Hong Kong SAR, Mainland China and the BVI.

Education

  • Bachelor of Laws (Hons), University College London, 2011
  • PCLL (Distinction), The University of Hong Kong, 2012

Admissions

  • Admitted as a solicitor (Hong Kong), 2014

Languages

  • Chinese (Cantonese)
  • Chinese (Mandarin)
  • English