Geoffrey Y. M. Chan  Partner

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Experience 

• Extensive experience in all aspects of contentious construction work in terms of legal proceedings, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution in Hong Kong, China and Macau
• Extensive experience in advising on town-planning and building law
• Extensive experience in advising on numerous construction contract claims, construction negligence claims and claims involving environmental issues
• Advising clients on labour importation issues by Legco Select Committee

Notable Engagements 

• Advising and acting for a PRC public authority in relation to claims for prolongation disruption delay to the tune of RMB 7 billion in respect of a hydro-electric dam and powerplant which involved multiple critical paths.
• Advising and acting for a NYSE listed electronics company in relation to legal and arbitration proceedings in Hong Kong and in the PRC. The dispute concerned the escalation of the cost of construction of factory premises.
• Advising numerous PRC employers on the drafting and negotiation of  PRC construction contracts in China.
• Advising a NYSE listed electronics company on the construction of successive Phases of their hi-tech factory premises in the PRC.
• Acting for Hong Kong and China Gas Co Limited in relation to its Shenzhen - Tai Po submarine pipeline project in its entirety.
• Acting for Hong Kong and China Gas Co Limited in relation to a major gas explosion in Hong Kong.
• Acting for a blue chip company on the environmental and construction issues in relation to the construction operation and testing of a pilot incineration plant.
• Advising a PRC employer on defective glass curtain walls with nickel sulphide inclusions in relation to a project in the PRC.
• Advising on an observation Tower and entertainment project in Macau in its entirety including the engagement of consultants of different disciplines, finalizing their terms of engagements and advising on liability for defects in the design drawings and claims by the contractor.
• Advising and acting for a large contractor in relation to claims for uncharted utilities, variations, extensions of time and loss and expense arising out of civil engineering works in Hong Kong against the Drainage Services Department.
• Advising employers in relation to the duty to re-nominate nominated subcontractors, disputes on extensions of time, loss and expense, the copyright in drawings provided by the nominated subcontractors.
• Advising and acting for a firm of consulting engineers in a High Court Action in Hong Kong and successfully defending the same (Secan Limited v Associated Consulting Engineers [HCCT 93 / 1999]).

Education 
University of London, Queen Mary College, LLB

Languages

• English
• Cantonese
• Putonghua

Admitted

• Hong Kong, 1992
• England & Wales, 1991