Dispute: arbitration and winding-up petitions

The question before Jonathan Harris J of the Hong Kong Court of First Instance in Lasmos Ltd v Southwest Pacific Bauxite (HK) Ltd [2018] HKCFI 426 was whether a winding-up petition should be entertained where the petitioner and debtor had agreed to submit all disputes between them to arbitration. The case is discussed by Edward Yang Liu, Senior Associate, Reed Smith Richards Butler.

Lasmos : the facts