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Wade is a partner in V&T Law Firm Shanghai Office, specialising in contentious matters. Wade is dual-qualified as a PRC lawyer and a solicitor of England and Wales (non-practising). Prior to joining V&T Law Firm, Wade worked at Clyde & Co Westlink (a joint venture formed by Clyde & Co and the PRC firm Westlink) Shanghai Office.
Wade has represented both local and international clients before Chinese Courts in various litigation cases involving commercial disputes, including shipping, trading, insurance, equity investment, and general contract issues. He has also handled special court procedures such as pre-litigation property preservation, recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards, corporate bankruptcy, maritime injunction, and arrest of ships in China.
In addition to his work in litigation, Wade has experience in handling international arbitration cases (both institutional and ad hoc) seated in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore, and London. He has also been involved in non-contentious shipbuilding, ship financing and SNP, and general contract matters.
Qualification
Qualified PRC Lawyer
Qualified Solicitor of England and Wales
Education
LLM (international Law) in Shanghai Maritime University
BE (Logistics) in Dalian Maritime University
Practice Area
Dispute Resolution
International Arbitration
Language Skills
Mandarin / English
Experience
Litigation
- Acting for Huatai Property Insurance Co Ltd in a court litigation case and successfully obtaining the first injunction order issued by the Chinese court to counter the anti-suit injunction order issued by a foreign court.
- Acting for Xinjie Logistic Co Ltd in a leading case concerning the carrier’s liability in tort. Successfully defended the client against the claim in tort. The case was selected and published as the Guiding Case of the Supreme People’s Court.
- Acting for Starr Indemnity & Liability Company in cargo recovery case against COSCO before the Shanghai Maritime Court and successfully recovered over CNY 10 million.
- Acting for PICC against Rolls-Royce Marine AS in a recovery case concerning product liability dispute. It was Shanghai Maritime Court's first case involving product liability caused by the defect of ship’s crucial components.
- Acting for a prominent U.S. hotel group in a litigation concerning hotel management agreement disputes over CNY 15 million and assisting the client in reaching a favourable out-of-court settlement.
- Arresting MV "SAN NIKOLAS" at a Chinese port in a dispute arising from a ship SNP contract and assisting the buyer in obtaining a favourable settlement with the Greek seller.
- Arresting MV “HOANYA WISDOM” at a Chinese port in a dispute arising from a contract of carriage of goods by sea.
Arbitration
- Acting for a Swiss insurance company in a CIETAC arbitration concerning a reinsurance contract dispute. Successfully defended the client against a claim of over CNY 18 million completely.
- Acting for a major state-owned enterprise client in an SIAC arbitration concerning a sales contract of steam coal in bulk with the dispute amount exceeding USD 26 million.
- Acting for a trading house in an HKIAC arbitration with the amount in dispute exceeding CNY 30 million.
- Acting for clients in several LMAA arbitration cases in relation to Charterparty disputes.
- Acting for a Malaysian company in the application for the recognition and enforcement of an AIAC arbitral award in China.
- Collaborating with South African lawyers in handling an arbitration case in South Africa involving the pledging of aluminum ingots at Qingdao Port. The amount in dispute exceeded CNY 100 million.
