Bio

John Choong has over two decades of experience acting as trusted adviser to leading Fortune 500 companies, on their most complex and significant dispute resolution matters. John has a special focus on international arbitration, cross-border investigations and dispute resolution matters with an Asian connection. John heads our award-winning China International Arbitration practice, and was named "International Arbitration Lawyer of the Year" for Asia-Pacific in the Benchmark Litigation Awards 2022. John has represented clients on a wide range of international commercial and investment arbitrations, including a number of complex billion-dollar arbitrations. John has also handled numerous investigations and regulatory/compliance matters, including sensitive, high-profile matters that have resulted in successful resolutions. John is a Chartered Arbitrator and a fellow with the leading institutes of arbitrators. He has been appointed Council or committee member on a number of leading legal bodies. He is also author or Editor of books published by Oxford University Press and Sweet & Maxwell, and is a General Arbitration Editor of the Hong Kong White Book. John has been an adjunct professor with The University of Hong Kong LLM in Arb course. John is regularly appointed as presiding arbitrator, sole arbitrator or co-arbitrator in arbitrations under the leading rules, including the ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL and HKIAC rules.