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Heidi Li

Of Counsel

Email

heidi.li@aoshearman.com

Phone

+852 2974 7180

Offices

Hong Kong SAR

V-CARD
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 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.

Expertise

Disputes

Experience

Representative matters

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.

Pro bono

Advising an Indonesian domestic worker in relation to certain illegal agency and money-lending practices by parties across Hong Kong and Indonesia.

Qualifications

Admissions

Admitted as a solicitor (Hong Kong), 2014

Academic

Bachelor of Laws (Hons), University College London, 2011

PCLL (Distinction), The University of Hong Kong, 2012

Languages

Chinese (Cantonese), English
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.