Christoph Murphy

CHRISTOPH MURPHY’s practice focuses on international commercial arbitration, as well as compliance and investigations. Christoph trained as a solicitor in Sidley’s London, Brussels and Hong Kong offices where he gained experience with the firm’s Global Finance, Competition, Arbitration and M&A practices.

Christoph is fluent in Mandarin and German, and speaks conversational French.

• Representing a leading pharmaceutical group based in China in HKIAC arbitration relating to the termination of its distribution and licensing agreement with a pharmaceutical company headquartered in Canada. The dispute was governed by New York law, with PRC laws, regulation and practice relating to the pharmaceutical and drug industry also relevant in the arbitration.
• Representing a Cayman subsidiary of a Hong Kong listed company in a multi-million dollar executive compensation dispute under the ICC Rules following the acquisition and subsequent restructuring of the PRC-based franchise business of a Fortune 500 company.
• Representing a P.R.C. real estate developer in the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) arbitration proceedings against a U.S. private equity fund in relation to a dispute arising from their joint venture investment in Mainland China.
• Representing a U.S.-listed pharmaceutical and medical device company in internal investigations into alleged bribery of healthcare professionals.