Overview
Jessica van der Kamp is a senior associate practicing arbitration, litigation and dispute resolution at Tanglau. She is also a Solicitor Advocate granted Higher Rights of Audience in civil proceedings in Hong Kong.
Jessica is noted for her experience in high-stakes and high-value disputes. Her international arbitration practice covers complex, multi-party construction, infrastructure, high-tech and other commercial disputes. She also has acted in high-profile judicial reviews and public law disputes at the forefront of environmental, town planning and constitutional law in Hong Kong.
Jessica’s arbitration experience extends to acting for clients in arbitration-related court proceedings, including set-aside applications, injunctions, and consolidation proceedings. Notably, Jessica acted for the respondent in P v M (2018 and 2019) where the claimant’s award was partially set aside twice on grounds of serious irregularity and procedural unfairness.
Jessica also represents clients before statutory tribunals and at all levels of the Hong Kong court. She recently successfully acted for the Hong Kong Golf Club in a high-profile judicial review concerning the environmental impact of a proposed development at an ecologically sensitive site with significant cultural heritage value (Hong Kong Golf Club v Director of Environmental Protection). She has also acted for the Appellants in a successful town planning appeal concerning the development and conservation of Nam Sang Wai and Lut Chau, an area of high-ecological value protected under the Ramsar Convention (Nam Sang Wai Development Company Ltd & Others v Town Planning Board). Jessica was also part of the team acting for the successful Appellant in the landmark Court of Final Appeal case Hysan Development Co Ltd & Others v Town Planning Board.
Jessica also has experience advising on contentious and non-contentious matters relating to insolvency, intellectual property, and competition/antitrust issues.
