Dan Tan
Legal Counsel for International Litigation Dan Tan is a recognized international litigation star. He was named one of the top 100 arbitration lawyers in the world by Global Arbitration Review 100 (2012-2019), Legal 500, Chambers and Global Chambers (2012-2019). Dan teaches courses in International Commercial Arbitration at Harvard Law School and International Investment Law at Stanford Law School, USA.
Dan Tan’s experience in international litigation in US and foreign national courts includes:
• in a multi-jurisdictional case involving parallel proceedings in the United States and England, provided specialist forum selection and strategic advice on novel international litigation issues to an international communications entity that enabled litigation in the client’s preferred forum.
• representing in case on recognition and enforcement of judgments, using claim and issue preclusion doctrines (res judicata and collateral estoppel) offensively as part of defense strategy against claims in US courts.
• representation of the client’s interests on the appeal of the court order to suspend proceedings abroad.
• traced assets and collaborated with foreign lawyers in enforcement of £50 million English judgment in New York and several offshore jurisdictions.
Commercial disputes:
• representing plaintiff in international litigation before the California Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals for damages under the Montreal Convention.
• representing plaintiff in a dispute with a claim of US$12 million arising out of a fiduciary duty violation related to a fraud claim in California courts.
• representing plaintiff in a case of breach of a contract for the payment of a commission of more than US$1 million in New York courts.
• representing plaintiff from Taiwan in a case to enforce foreign court order in New York courts. We have secured a preliminary seizure of assets in the amount of US$4 million (what the New York courts called the “extraordinary remedy”)
• representing in a complex bankruptcy case involving asbestos production. The case took place simultaneously in federal and state courts. After an 8-month trial and a large number of petitions and complaints, Dan Tan have obtained a favorable settlement terms for the client. Total Claims exceeded US$1 billion (In Re Congoleum Corp.)
• representing in breach of contract case against a well-known hotel chain in the courts of New York. Dan Tan have achieved an amicable settlement agreement in all respects for the client.
• representing and pursuing large claims arising from fraud and bankruptcy against international companies in connection with the global bankruptcy of BCCI.
• representing in insurance coverage cases before New York and New Jersey state courts, as well as ad hoc arbitration in London.