Helen specialises in China-related dispute resolution with a focus on international arbitration.
Helen Tang advises Chinese state-owned and private enterprises, as well as multinational corporations on various cross-border contentious matters, with a focus on international arbitration.
Helen has represented clients in arbitration seated in Beijing, Hong Kong, London, New York, Shanghai and Singapore under CIETAC, HKIAC, ICC, LCIA, SIAC and UNCITRAL rules. She is on the panel of arbitrators of Shanghai International Arbitration Center (SHIAC) and has sat as arbitrator in a number of SHIAC and HKIAC arbitration cases. She serves as the vice chair on the ICC commission for Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution since 2022, and is currently a member of the HKIAC procedural committee.
Helen is included in the Legal 500 Private Practice Powerlist for arbitration in China, which was released for the first time in November 2023. She is named a "Leading Individual" for Arbitration in China in Legal 500 (2023, 2024), and recognised in the latest edition of Who's Who Legal (WWL) 2022 as a "National Leader" in Arbitration in China. She is also included in the Global Arbitration Review's "45 under 45" list released in December 2024, which named only 45 arbitration practitioners around the world aged under 45 as the leading younger practitioners in international arbitration.
Background
Helen obtained her LLB degree from Peking University in Beijing, and further completed GDL (Graduate Diplomat in Law) in BPP Law School in the UK and PCLL (Postgraduate Certificate of Law) in the University of Hong Kong. She was admitted as a solicitor in Hong Kong in 2008. Helen is fluent in English and is a native speaker of Mandarin and Cantonese. She also speaks Shanghainese and Hakka.
Experience & expertise
Selected matters
- a Hong Kong-listed Chinese energy company in an HKIAC arbitration seated in Hong Kong in relation to disputes arising out of a long term sale and purchase agreement
- two leading private equity funds in a HKIAC arbitration seated in Hong Kong in relation to disputes arising out of a Shareholders Agreement
- an international hotel group in an HKIAC arbitration seated in Hong Kong in relation to disputes arising out of the termination of a hotel management agreement
- a leading Japanese conglomerate in an ICC arbitration seated in Beijing in relation to disputes arising out of a Shareholders Agreement
- an international hotel group in an ICC arbitration seated in Hong Kong in relation to disputes arising out of the termination of a hotel management agreement
- a Chinese company in a SIAC arbitration seated in Singapore in relation to disputes arising out of long-term sale and purchase contract
- a leading telecommunications company in an LCIA arbitration seated in London in relation to a dispute arising out of a large scale telecommunications project in Russia
- a New York-listed Chinese company in an LCIA arbitration seated in New York in relation to disputes arising out of a long-term sale and purchase agreement
- a Chinese state-owned construction company in an UNCITRAL arbitration seated in Hong Kong in relation to disputes arising out of a construction project in Africa
- an international hotel group in an UNCITRAL arbitration seated in Hong Kong in relation to disputes arising out of the termination of a hotel management agreement
- a leading Chinese entrepreneur and group of companies in a CIETAC arbitration seated in Beijing and parallel Hong Kong and Singapore court proceedings in relation to disputes arising out of a share purchase agreement
- a Chinese state-owned financial group in a civil litigation proceeding before the English high court in relation to disputes arising out of its investment in Europe
- a Shanghai listed Sino-US joint venture company on an internal investigation related to compliance and accounting issues
- a leading Chinese SOE regarding an investigation led by a European enforcement authority on alleged bribery and mismanagement allegations
- an international education service provider on an internal investigation relating to commercial bribery allegations and its operations in China
