So, a record-breaking #HongKongArbitrationWeek is approaching with various events jam-packed for the week (21-25 October 2024).
If you are anything like me, you are already looking at all the events and developing a huge headache because let's be real, professional networking with hundreds of people and digesting all of the invaluable information you will be sure to receive at the millions of events (fine, I'm exaggerating, but there sure as heck are a lot of things squeezed into a span of a few days) is quite honestly more work and takes more out of you than actual work itself. Or, I am just old - likely the latter. But it needs to be done and what better time to do it than at one of the leading (and if I recall correctly, one of the first, if not the first) arbitration weeks worldwide.
However, this post is not a plug (or gripe) for HKAW, which needs no further promotions since it has broken all previous registration records (kudos to the HKIAC team who have been working non-stop behind the scenes). Rather, this is a post for another record-breaking and over-subscribed event during the week, Hong Kong Arbitration Charity Ball!
The Hong Kong Arbitration Charity Ball is a staple event started by the one and only Gavin Denton more than a decade ago and now organized by the Hong Kong Arbitration Charity Ball Committee, with the tremendous support of our amazing Coordinator, Ms. Maricel Somerville. Thanks to the dedication and support of the #HongKong legal community as well as the #InternationalArbitration Community in general, we are FULLY SOLD OUT of tables AND individual seats (though if you sweet talk Maricel, she can probably figure out how to squeeze one or two more of you in....after killing me for posting this).
For those of you who are part of the 550 or so people attending this special evening and joining us onboard the Hong Kong Arbitration Charity Ball Orient Express, please do check out the website (www.hkacb.net) for details, not only for the evening but also the amazing raffle and auction prizes available.
As always, proceeds from the evening will go to very deserving #HongKong based non-profits. This year's recipients are: Equal Justice 平義社 and Splash Foundation.
So in summary - come thirsty, hungry, ready to mingle, and most importantly, be in your most generous mood! If you cannot attend but wish to still donate to these wonderful charities, there is a donation option on the website where you can make direct donations.
Thomas Walsh, Christopher Boog, Elizabeth Chan (陳曉彤), John Choong, Thomas Fearis, Jocelyn Heng, Neil Kaplan, Wesley Pang, Tom Christopher Pröstler, Robert Rhoda, Cameron Sim, Emily Tillett, Matthew Townsend, Mei Yong.
We are thrilled to publish the list of prizes we have for the raffle portion of the evening!
Super and Regular Raffle Tickets will be sold throughout the evening while our guests enjoy their trip on the Hong Kong Arbitration Charity Ball's Orient Express. Cash AND Credit Cards will be accepted. All proceeds will be donated to Equal Justice 平義社 and Splash Foundation
A heartfelt thank you to all our prize sponsors for their generosity! Your support makes a difference.
Julian Cohen, Hong Kong Sports Clinic, PURE Group, Wilson Tang, Freshfields, Tanner De Witt, Fencing Master, Burford Capital, H-KORE, HULA, Amanda Leigh Style, Marianne Esquivel Obena, Inspire Yoga HK, Wesley Pang, Thomas Walsh, Herbert Smith Freehills, Kirkland & Ellis
Some fantastic prizes on the silent auction Julie ! Wow !