Joanne is an associate in the Construction & Engineering practice in Tanglau's Hong Kong office, having previously worked as part of the team as a paralegal. She has experience in contentious construction work in terms of court proceedings and arbitrations, and also in a high-profile Commission of Inquiry matter.
Experience
Contentious Work Experience
Acting for a major construction company on building summonses relating to construction material quality in a high-profile residential development project.
Acting for a developer and operator of data centre in Hong Kong in relation to termination of service agreement and related court proceedings.
Assisted in acting for MTRCL in the Commission of Inquiry into the Construction Works at and near the Hung Hom Station Extension under the Shatin to Central Link Project.
Assisted in acting for a university in relation to the collapse of a roof structure on one of its campus buildings.
Assisted in acting for developers in a successful town planning appeal concerning a proposal to convert a network of abandoned and commercial fish-ponds into a residential development and a nature reserve for wet-land conservation at Nam Sang Wai and Lut Chau, an area of ecological importance and a site of special scientific interest protected un-der the Ramsar Convention (Nam Sang Wai Development Company Ltd & Others v. Town Planning Board, Town Planning Appeal No. 1 of 2017 and 3 of 2014)
Assisted in acting for an international contractor which is listed in Hong Kong in an arbitration in relation to disputes arising from a residential development project in Macau.
Assisted in acting for a respondent employer in a consolidated arbitration proceeding under the HKIAC Domestic Arbitration Rules against main contractor in relation to a final account dispute. The Arbitrator’s final award was successfully setting aside twice on grounds of serious irregularity and procedural unfairness (P v. M [2018] HKCFI 2280 and P v. M [2019] HKCFI 1864).
Assisted in acting for a claimant distributor based in the Middle East in an ad-hoc Hong Kong seated international arbitration concerning a breach of a distribution agreement.
Non-contentious Work Experience
Assisted a joint venture in reviewing a large number of tender documents and consultancy agreements for a new logistics development in Hong Kong.
Worked on a project in collaboration with a large Hong Kong NGO platform and an international bank to produce an anti-money laundering toolkit for NGOs.
Worked in collaboration with a Hong Kong-based NGO to provide lessons and materials for domestic helpers in Hong Kong to understand the legal framework to develop a business in Hong Kong.
Assisted a Hong Kong-based NGO to obtain a Hong Kong work visa for an incoming member of staff.
