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Neil Kaplan

Address: 

Esssex Court Chambers
24 Lincoln’s Inn Fields
London WC2A 3ED
United Kingdom

Des Voeux Chambers
Bank of East Asia Building
Hong Kong, S.A.R.
China

Phone Number: 
(44-20) 7813-8000 / (852) 2869-6301
Fax Number: 
(44-20) 7813-8080 / (852) 2869-6372
Email: 
ntkqc@attglobal.net
Born: 
1942, London
Languages: 
English
Nationalities: 
British
Education: 
Bachelor of Law 1964, King’s College, Univ. of London
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
British bar 1965; Hong Kong bar 1981; admitted as Solicitor and Barrister, Victoria, Australia 1983; New York bar 1986
Present Position: 
Arbitrator
Professional Experience: 

Advocate, private practice, Hong Kong (1983- ); Appointed Queen’s Counsel for Hong Kong (1982); Deputy Principal Crown Counsel, Attorney General’s Chambers, Hong Kong (Civil Litigation) (1980-1982); Principal Crown Counsel (Deputy Law Officer on civil side) (1982); Law Reform Commission sub-committee on UNCITRAL Model Law (1986-1988); High Court Judge (in charge of the Construction and Arbitration
List), Hong Kong (1990-1994)

Professional Associations: 

Vice President and Fellow of Chartered Inst. of Arbitrators; Former Chairman of the Hong Kong Branch of Chartered Inst. of Arbitrators; Chairman, Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (1991- present); Chairman, Dispute Review Board, Hong Kong’s New Airport; Member of Council, ICCA

Panels of Arbitrators: 

Panelist in china (CIETAC), Australia, England, Hong Kong, Korea, Austria, AAA and Singapore

Arbitration Experience: 

Acted as both Sole Arbitrator and Member of Panel (both as chairman and member) in numerous cases both domestic and international in England, Hong Kong, America, Singapore, India, Laos, Malaysia, China, Korea, Japan and Dubai

Areas of Specialization: 
Commercial Law
Publications from JURIS: 
Improvements to International Arbitration - Chapter 27 - Reflections on International Arbitration
Cambodia Power Company v. Kingdom of Cambodia (ICSID Case No. ARB/09/18), Amended Decision (February 14, 2012)
Cambodia Power Company v. Kingdom of Cambodia (ICSID Case No. ARB/09/18), Decision on Claimant's Application to Exclude Mr. Lobit's Witness Statement and Derivative Evidence (January 29, 2012)
Cambodia Power Company v. Kingdom of Cambodia (ICSID Case No. ARB/09/18), Decision on Claimant's Application concerning Electricite (April 19, 2011)
Cambodia Power Company v. Kingdom of Cambodia (ICSID Case No. ARB/09/18), Decision on Jurisdiction (March 22, 2011)
Perenco Ecuador Ltd. v. The Republic of Ecuador and Empresa Estatal Petróleos del Ecuador (Petroecuador), ICSID Case No. ARB/08/6, Decision on Respondent's Reconsideration Motion (April 10, 2015)
Hong Kong: Recent Decisions - ARIA - Vol. 1, No. 3, 1990
Perenco Ecuador Ltd. v. The Republic of Ecuador and Empresa Estatal Petróleos del Ecuador (Petroecuador), ICSID Case No. ARB/08/6, Decision on Remaining Issues of Jurisdiction and on Liability (September 12, 2014)
Enforcement of Foreign Awards in Hong Kong: Recent Cases - WAMR 1992 Vol. 3, No. 8
Perenco Ecuador Limited v. Republic of Ecuador and Empresa Estatal Petróleos del Ecuador, ICSID Case No. ARB/08/6 (France/Ecuador BIT), Decision on Jurisdiction (June 30, 2011)
ADC Affiliate Limited and ADC & ADMC Management Limited v Republic Hungary, ICSID Case No ARB/03/16, Award
The Role of the Chair in International Commercial Arbitration - Chapter 6 - Asian Leading Arbitrators' Guide to International Arbitration
The Hong Kong Arbitration Ordinance: Some Features and Recent Amendments - Vol. 1 No. 1 ARIA 1990
Publications: 

Co-author of two textbooks on Arbitration in Hong Kong and China, author of various articles on international commercial arbitration and coauthor of the ICCA handbook on Hong Kong Arbitration Law.