Cameron Sim

International Counsel

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Cameron Sim is an international counsel in the firm’s International Dispute Resolution Group. He specializes in international arbitration and complex ... Read Full Biography

Experience

- An international pharmaceutical company in an ICC emergency arbitration concerning supply obligations.
- Helios Investment Partners and its investment vehicle Samba Luxco Sarl in the settlement of claims made in an ICC Arbitration regarding Samba's stake in Africatel BV. The settlement involved reducing Samba’s stake in Africatel BV from 25% to 14%, and the transfer from Africatel BV to Samba of a 34% stake in Mobile Telecommunications Limited, the Namibian telecoms operator.
- A private equity fund in ICC arbitration proceedings arising from a telecoms dispute based in Africa.
- A Russian state-owned gas company in SCC arbitration proceedings concerning disputes with foreign investors relating to carbon credits under the Kyoto Protocol.
- An Egyptian oil and gas company in LCIA arbitration proceedings concerning upstream oil operations in the Republic of the Sudan.
- An international oil and gas company in ICC arbitration proceedings arising from upstream natural gas operations in Oman.
- A Dutch life sciences company in ICC arbitration proceedings concerning a contractual dispute with a U.S.-based advisory firm.
- A Russian bank in parallel LCIA arbitration proceedings concerning breaches of Cypriot guarantees.
- A German technology company in UNCITRAL arbitration proceedings concerning a pricing dispute arising from a joint venture in Central Europe.
- An international oil and gas company on multijurisdictional issues relating to enforcement of multibillion dollar arbitral awards.
- A Russian bank in English litigation to enforce security over a super yacht.
- An international oil and gas company on obtaining a stay of English court proceedings under the Brussels I Regulation.
- The Joint Administrators of Lehman Brothers International (Europe) (“LBIE”) in English court litigation arising from LBIE’s insolvency.

Education

University of Oxford, 2012, BCL (distinction)
University of Melbourne, 2009, B.A.
University of Melbourne, 2009, LL.B. (First Class Honours)

Languages

German

Cameron Sim is an international counsel in the firm’s International Dispute Resolution Group. He specializes in international arbitration and complex cross-border disputes, with a focus on Asia-related matters. He is admitted in Hong Kong, New York, England & Wales, and Australia.Mr. Sim is recommended for international arbitration by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2022-2023), which describes him as “excellent” and a “stand-out star”, and notes his “outstanding legal and commercial knowledge”. He is also ranked by Who’s Who Legal (2022-2023) as a national leader for arbitration in Mainland China & Hong Kong and as a global future leader. He draws praise as “a superb and unrelenting advocate” and “a force to be reckoned with,” renowned for both his “outstanding skills of coordination, especially in cross-border matters” and his “excellent academic background and intuition.” Mr. Sim is also recognized as a 2022 “Rising Star” by the Euromoney Legal Media Group, and by the IFLR Asia-Pacific Awards (2022).Mr. Sim has represented corporates and sovereigns across a range of industries, including banking and finance, energy, insurance, pharmaceuticals, private equity, retail, and telecommunications. He has particular experience in commercial disputes concerning shareholder agreements, joint ventures, private equity funds, M&A issues, supply and distribution, fraud, and investment protections. He has advised on arbitrations under all leading arbitration rules in key arbitral seats, including Hong Kong, Singapore, New York, London, Paris, Geneva, Stockholm, and The Hague. His arbitrations often involve parallel proceedings in courts, most frequently in the Caribbean.An established legal scholar, Mr. Sim regularly speaks and writes on arbitration-related topics. He is the author of Emergency Arbitration (Oxford University Press 2021), published as part of the Oxford International Arbitration Series. This is the first work of its kind, and it has been reviewed as a “first-class book” and “an indispensable guide”, which “contribute[s] substantially to the efficient and cost-effective conduct of arbitral proceedings”. Both courts and commentators have cited Mr. Sim’s academic publications with approval.Mr. Sim is an active participant in leading international arbitration organisations. He is a North Asia Regional Representative for the International Chamber of Commerce Young Arbitrators Forum (ICC YAF), a member of the Asia Task Force for the Institute of Transnational Arbitration (the ITA), and the immediate past Asia Chair for the ITA’s under-40 group (the Young ITA).Before joining the firm, Mr. Sim graduated with first class degrees in law from the University of Melbourne (BA/LLB), and the University of Oxford (BCL), where he pursued his Masters study as an Allan Myers scholar. Subsequently, Mr. Sim clerked for the President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom and in the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. He completed his legal training at a Magic Circle firm in London, including secondments to an international oil and gas company, and a pro bono advocacy unit.Mr. Sim was admitted as an Australian Lawyer of the Supreme Court of Victoria and a Solicitor and Barrister of the High Court of Australia in 2010, as a solicitor of the Senior Courts of England & Wales in 2011, as an Attorney and Counsellor at Law in the State of New York in 2016, and as a Solicitor of the High Court of the Hong Kong SAR in 2020.冼睦仁是德普国际争议解决业务团队的国际顾问。他的主要执业领域为国际仲裁及复杂的跨境争议解决，专注于亚洲相关案件。冼律师具备香港特别行政区、纽约、英格兰及威尔士和澳大利亚的律师执业资格。冼律师获评《亚太法律500强》（2022年）国际仲裁领域推荐律师，被描述为“优秀”、“杰出之星”。冼律师还获评《法律名人录》（Who's Who Legal）（2022年）中国内地及香港仲裁领域领军人物，以及全球仲裁领域未来领袖，被誉为“一位杰出而坚定的辩护律师”和“一股不容小觑的力量”，尤以“在处理跨境案件中的杰出的协调能力”和“出色的学术背景与直觉”而闻名。冼律师还被欧洲货币法律传媒集团（Euromoney Legal Media Group）评为 2022 年“新星”。冼律师曾代表银行与金融、能源、保险、制药、私募股权、零售和电信等众多行业的公司以及主权国家处理各种案件。他在处理涉及股东协议、合资企业、私募股权基金、并购问题、供应和分销、欺诈和投资保护的商业纠纷方面拥有丰富经验。冼律师曾在香港、新加坡、纽约、伦敦、巴黎、日内瓦、斯德哥尔摩和海牙等主要仲裁地根据相关仲裁规则出具法律意见。冼律师所处理的仲裁案件经常涉及各个国家法院间的平行诉讼（常于加勒比地区）。作为一名资深法律学者，冼律师经常就仲裁相关话题发表演讲和著述。他著有《紧急仲裁程序》（Emergency Arbitration)（牛津大学出版社2021年版）。此书作为牛津国际仲裁系列的一部分出版，也是第一部此类作品。该书被誉为“一流的著作”、“不可或缺的指南”，“对仲裁程序的高效和成本效益做出了巨大贡献”。冼律师的学术著作广泛获得法院及业内人士的认同与引用。冼律师是主要国际仲裁组织的积极参与者。他是国际商会青年仲裁员论坛（ICC YAF）的北亚区代表，跨国仲裁协会（ITA）亚洲特别工作组成员，以及跨国仲裁协会40岁以下青年团（Young ITA）的前任亚洲主席。在加入德普之前，冼律师毕业于墨尔本大学（BA/LLB）并取得一等荣誉学位，以Allan Myers学者的身份在牛津大学攻读并获得法学硕士学位（BCL），此后，Sim先生为英国最高法院院长和枢密院司法委员会担任书记员。他曾于伦敦一家“魔圈”（Magic Circle）律师事务所任职，期间被外派到一家国际石油和天然气公司以及一家公益法律援助机构工作。冼律师于2010年获准成为澳大利亚维多利亚州最高法院律师及澳大利亚高等法院事务律师及出庭律师；于2011年获准成为英格兰及威尔士高级法院的事务律师；于2016年获准成为纽约州执业律师；于2020获准成为香港特别行政区高等法院事务律师。