Dennis Wu

His significant experience includes*:

• Representing a Taiwanese conglomerate in a US$1.1 billion HKIAC arbitration against a Japanese trading house. The parties’ dispute arose out of a series of sale and purchase agreements, which required the transfer of (i) certain shares in a Cayman corporation from the Japanese party to our client and (ii) shares in a real estate project from our client to the Japanese party. 
• Representing a major pharmaceutical company in an SIAC arbitration concerning disputes arising from the purchase of a portfolio of generic drugs.
• Representing a U.S.-based global investment company in an approximately US$50 million HKIAC arbitration arising from its private equity investment in the P.R.C.
• Representing a P.R.C real estate developer and its related Singapore SPV in an approximately US$100 million HKIAC arbitration concerning a Sino-foreign joint venture dispute with its U.S. private equity fund partner.
• Representing an Asian electronic manufacturing company in a New York-seated ICC arbitration commenced by a U.S.-based purchaser with respect to warranty breaches under various supply and engineering agreements; New York law governs.
• Acting for a Chinese pharmaceutical conglomerate in an approximately US$50 million London-seated LCIA arbitration governed by English law in relation to a pharmaceutical distribution and licensing agreement.
• Advising an electronics and information technology multinational in an approximately US$1 billion ICC arbitration in Tokyo against a U.S. multinational technology company concerning the calculation of patent royalties.
• Representing a global private equity fund in a third-party intervention application before the Hong Kong High Court to amend/discharge an interim injunction in support of an arbitration commenced by a Chinese investor against the founder in respect of ownership over the fund, whose portfolio companies were valued at over US$800 million. The application before the Hong Kong High Court was one of several contentious proceedings between the parties across multiple jurisdictions.
• Advising an engineering conglomerate in an HKIAC arbitration and subsequent mediation at the SIMC in relation to disputes with a subcontractor arising from allocation of responsibility for delays in respect of a pipeline pre-commissioning project in Southeast Asia.
• Advising a Chinese company in connection with allegations of material misstatements and responding to regulatory investigations by the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and the Securities and Futures Commission.

*Includes matters completed prior to joining Sidley.