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Mr Mathias Cheung
Position
Mathias’ domestic and international commercial practice covers all areas of Chambers’ work, including construction, engineering and infrastructure, energy and utilities, information technology, professional negligence, and international arbitration. In addition to these specialist areas, he has also gained experience in a wide range of commercial disputes, including cases on banking, insolvency, fraud, insurance, assignment, subrogation, conflicts of law and airline claims.
Mathias has experience at all stages of mediation, litigation, adjudication and arbitration, and he has worked with a variety of bespoke and standard form contracts including the FIDIC, JCT, NEC and ACE forms, as well as various forms of PFI contracts.
As a native of Hong Kong, Mathias is fluent in both Cantonese and Mandarin, and he is therefore able to take instructions for cases involving Chinese-speaking parties and Chinese documentation in Hong Kong, Macau, Mainland China, Singapore and other jurisdictions. Mathias also has working proficiency in French.
Mathias was the winner of the SCL Hudson Prize 2015 for his essay entitled ‘Shylock’s Construction Law: the Brave New Life of Liquidated Damages?’ on the Supreme Court decision regarding penalty clauses. He has also published in the Construction Law Journal, International Construction Law Review, TECBAR Review and Construction Law newsletter.
Career
Called 2015
Languages
As a native of Hong Kong, Mathias is fluent in both Cantonese and Mandarin. He also has working proficiency in French.
Memberships
Mathias is a member of COMBAR, TECBAR and the Society of Construction Law. He is also a member of the Human Rights Lawyers Association and a committee member of the UK Association for European Law.
Education
2014-2015 Bar Professional Training Course (Outstanding), City Law School
2013-2014 BCL, Magdalen College, University of Oxford (Master’s in Law – Competition Law;
Jurisprudence and Political Theory; Restitution of Unjust Enrichment; Comparative Public
Law); Law Faculty Graduate Assistance Fund Scholarship
2010-2013 LLB Hons (First Class Honours), King’s College London
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Construction
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3Mathias Cheung –Atkin Chambers ‘Mathias drafts very well and is good on his feet – an outstanding junior and definitely one to watch.’
London Bar > International arbitration: counsel
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3Mathias Cheung – Atkin Chambers ‘Diligent, efficient, and adaptive.’
London Bar > Energy
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Mathias Cheung – Atkin Chambers ‘Mathias is a very bright, able and personable advocate.’
Regional International Arbitration – The Bar > Construction, energy and infrastructure
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Mathias Cheung – Atkin Chambers ‘Mathias is a very diligent junior, who is very thorough in his work and always provides commercial solutions to complex legal issues.’