Instructor:
Mr. Vincent Li
Vincent Li is a practicing barrister, an arbitrator and an accredited mediator. He is also a U.K. Chartered Engineer, a Hong Kong Registered Professional Engineer, and a NEC4 ECC Accredited Project Manager. He holds academic qualifications in the disciplines of civil engineering (BSc.(Eng.), HKU), business administration (MBA, CUHK) and law (LLM, CityU). He is included in the lists of mediators and arbitrators of various local and international institutions. He is also included in the Hong Kong SAR Government’s approved list of Dispute Resolution Advisors.
Before joining the legal profession, Mr. Li has been working in the construction and commercial fields for more than 25 years, involved in various construction and investment projects in mainland China and Hong Kong. In addition to technical and commercial matters, Mr. Li was also responsible for contractual and legal issues arising from these projects, including resolution of disputes by means of mediation, arbitration and litigation.
Mr. Li is now practicing as a barrister working on various arbitrations, as well as civil and commercial litigation cases. He also acts as the arbitrator and mediator in various cases involving commercial and construction matters.
Mr. Li is one of the co-authors of the book Arbitration in Hong Kong: A Practical Guide (2nd Ed) published by Sweet & Maxwell in 2011; and the book Construction Contract Essentials in Hong Kong published by the HKU Press in 2017. He has also been serving as a visiting lecturer at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, The City University of Hong Kong, and other training institutions teaching subjects relating to development control law, dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration, construction and commercial law, and regulatory prosecution in construction projects.