Evangeline Quek

Office managing partner Greater China

Evangeline specialises in dispute resolution, focusing in particular on commercial, international trade and shipping matters. Many of Evangeline’s matters are complex cross-border litigation or international arbitration matters, often with a PRC or Taiwanese element.

For contentious shipping matters, her expertise extends to charterparty, cargo defence, shipbuilding, bunkering and ship financing disputes. She is instructed on a regular basis by international group P&I Clubs and shipowners and charterers in Hong Kong, Taiwan and the PRC. She is very experienced with obtaining pre-action security. The disputes are then resolved by LMAA, HKIAC, ICC, SIAC or ad hoc arbitrations or litigation in the English or Hong Kong courts.

Due to the state of the shipping market since 2008, as part of her practice, Evangeline is regularly instructed in matters arising from and relating to Hong Kong insolvency proceedings, Japanese rehabilitation proceedings and Korean rehabilitation proceedings.

Part of Evangeline’s practice is also focused on providing non-contentious advice to shipowners and operators. She negotiates and drafts both standard form and custom commercial and shipping agreements for her clients.

Evangeline is qualified in England and Wales and Hong Kong. She is native in English, speaks fluent Chinese and conversational Cantonese.