JASON H.C.CHEUNG
張皓程大律師

Tel 22185999
Fax 26066338
Email jasoncheunghc@gmail.com

Professional Qualifications

Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) Accredited Tribunal Secretary
Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb)
Admitted to the Bar of New York (2023)
Called to the Bar of Hong Kong (2020)

Education

2026~External Ph.D. Candidate in public international law, Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, Leiden University, Netherlands
2022LL.M. in Asian Economic Integration and Law, Waseda University, Japan
2019Postgraduate Certificate in Laws, University of Hong Kong
2018Juris Doctor, University of Hong Kong
2016Bachelor of Arts (with honors in International Studies and Political Science), summa cum laude, Case Western Reserve University, USA

Appointments

2025~Adviser, Global Policy Network (London, UK)
2025~Part-time Lecturer, Doshisha University (Kyoto, Japan)
2024 and 2025Judge, Intercollegiate Negotiation Competition (Tokyo, Japan)
2024, and 2025 and 2026Arbitrator, Vis Japan Pre-moot (Kyoto, Japan)
2022, 2023 and 2024Arbitrator, Vis East International Commercial Arbitration Moot (Hong Kong)
2022 - 2025 and 2023Tutor, Doshisha Oxford Merton College Advocacy Network Initiative
2020Referee, China: An International Journal, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore
2019, 2025Reviewer for manuscript, Japanese Journal of Political Science

Scholarship

2021Reserved Scholarship for Successful International Examinees of Waseda University
2016Phi Beta Kappa
2012-2016Dean’s High Honors List
2015Ohio State Scholarship for The Washington Center Academic Internship Program
2014Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO) scholarship for study abroad at Sophia University, Japan
2013The National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS)

Practice Profile

Jason joined Albert Luk’s Chambers after completing his pupillage with Mr C.Y. Li S.C., Mr Jon K.H. Wong, Mr Tony Ko and Mr Albert K.C. Yau. Jason accepts instructions in all areas of Chambers’ work. Additionally, he is a foreign counsel for Yodoyabashi & Yamagami LPC in Japan.

Jason’s practice focuses on international arbitration, cross-border litigation, and Hong Kong-law advisory work, with particular experience in matters involving Hong Kong, Japan, Greater China, and the United States. He accepts appointments as counsel, arbitrator, and tribunal secretary in arbitration matters.

He is regularly instructed to advise on cross-border disputes, including shareholder, corporate governance, and private client matters with international elements. He also advises on legal risks arising from overseas business operations, including corporate misconduct and compliance issues, internal investigations, crisis management, and disputes involving overseas subsidiaries and management.

Jason is frequently instructed to provide legal opinions on Hong Kong law in cross-border matters. He has also been engaged to prepare advice and expert opinions for use in foreign proceedings, including proceedings in Japan, Taiwan.

Before and during practice, Jason developed a strong interest in international dispute resolution. During his legal studies, he represented the University of Hong Kong in the Willem C. Vis (East) Moot and the Intercollegiate Negotiation Competition in Tokyo, where he advocated in Japanese.

In addition to practice, Jason is a part-time lecturer at Doshisha University in Kyoto, where he teaches public international law and international human rights law. He is also a PhD candidate in public international law at Leiden University. His research interests include the interaction between international relations and public international law, as well as aspects of Tokugawa legal history.

He is fluent in English and Chinese and has business-level proficiency in Japanese.

Selected Cases

  • Appointed as co-arbitrator in a Hong Kong-seated ad hoc arbitration concerning a property-related dispute (the tribunal was subsequently reconstituted as a sole-arbitrator tribunal by agreement of the parties).
  • Provided a New York legal opinion on corporate governance for Japanese mother company and overseas subsidiary decision-making procedure
  • [2025] HKTMR 34 "Atmos" - Represented Japanese client in trial to defend a trademark cancellation action in Hong Kong
  • Provided a legal opinion for a Japanese company on corporate governing risk for overseas subsidiaries and outbounding business in Hong Kong
  • Instructed to provide legal advice on product liability for a Japanese client’s inbound business in Hong Kong
  • Assisted Singaporean and Japanese counsel to represent a Japanese pharmaceutical company in a SIAC and Singapore seated international arbitration (on-going)
  • Assisted Japanese attorneys to represent a Japanese pharmaceutical company in a JCAA Tokyo seated domestic arbitration in Japan
  • Represented Japanese client in trial to defend a trademark cancellation action in Hong Kong (on-going)
  • Instructed to provide legal advice on cross border property dispute litigation that have concurrent jurisdiction and governing law of HK and Japanese law
  • Instructed by Taiwanese attorneys to provide expert opinion on Hong Kong law for the use in litigation in the Court of Taiwan
  • Instructed by Japanese attorneys to provide legal opinion on Hong Kong company law for the use of Japanese legal proceedings
  • DCCC 552/2020 HKSAR v Leung Man-yi & 5 others: led by Mr. Yiu-Leung Cheung, represented one of six defendants in a conspiracy to arson trial
  • STCC 3584/2020 HKSAR v Lam Ho Ming and 2 others: as sole advocate for 2nd Defendant defended three charges of unlawful assembly, criminal damage & face covering regulation
  • KTCC 835/2020 HKSAR v Yim Cheuk Kin and 9 others: as sole advocate represented one of the 10 defendants against a charge of unlawful assembly.

Publications

  • Multinationals and Human Rights in Asia in Studies in Private International Law – Asia Series, (co-editor with Dr. Kazuaki Nishioka) (Publisher: Hart Publishing) (16 April 2026) ISBN: 9781509980406
  • "A reflection on Japan’s "Justice Affair Diplomacy": Dispute resolution and international commercial arbitration as a ticket or as a shield from the Far East to the World" (co-author with Dr. Kazuaki Nishioka) The Hague Journal of Diplomacy, accepted as one of the papers for the Special Issue - Japan's Diplomacy: Between the West and the East and the paper workshop held at Leiden University in The Hague on 24 to 25 April 2025. (accepted and forthcoming in 2026)
  • "2024 JCAA Arbitration Days Recap Day 2: Flexible Harmonization and Cooperation Towards Best Practices", Kluwer Arbitration Blog on 17 December 2024, (co-author with Yuko Nitta and Bruno Savoie)
  • (https://arbitrationblog.kluwerarbitration.com/2024/12/17/2024-jcaa-arbitration-days-recap-day-2-flexible-harmonization-and-cooperation-towards-best-practices)
  • "Revisiting the Cliche of Community Service Order in Hong Kong: Non-Custodial Sentence in the Turmoil" (co-author with Ching Him Ho) in Global Journal of Politics and Law Research: Volume 11, No. 1 (2023) (DOI: https://doi.org/10.37745/gjplr.2013/vol11n16692)
  • "Gang Up with the Right Gangs – A Comparative Study on the Law of Unlawful Assembly in Hong Kong and Japan" in Contemporary Chinese Political Economy and Strategic Relations: An International Journal: Volume 7, No. 3 (2021)
  • Contributor, Lexis Practical Guidance – Private Client (2021)
  • Contributor, Lexis Practical Guidance – Corporate (2021)
  • "At the Edge of the Empire: Mapping the Law of Hong Kong’s Paradiplomacy" in The Hague Journal of Diplomacy: Volume 15, Issue 3 (2020) (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/1871191X-BJA10035)