DLA Piper has acted for China Southern Airlines (CSA) to win a litigation case in the UK that the firm says demonstrates good results are possible for Chinese parties.
“If a Chinese party has taken a careful approach, instructed the right law firm, the litigation will be conducted on an equal footing basis and this would greatly enhance the chance of getting a favourable result,” Kevin Chan, the office managing partner at DLA Piper in Hong Kong, told China Business Law Journal.
The other party, Tigris International, once agreed to purchase six redundant aircraft and five spare engines from CSA. But due to an internal dispute, the buyer only paid for and took one aircraft. CSA sold the remaining aircraft to others to mitigate its loss.
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