Cameron Sim

International Counsel, Debevoise & Plimpton

Cameron Sim is an international counsel in the firm’s international dispute resolution group. His practice focuses on international arbitration and complex cross-border disputes, notably on Asia-related matters. He is admitted in Hong Kong, New York, England & Wales and Australia.

Mr Sim is recommended for international arbitration by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific – Greater China (2024) and The Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2022-2023). The Legal 500 also includes him in its Arbitration Powerlist for Hong Kong (2023). He is also ranked by Who’s Who Legal (2024) as a national leader for arbitration in Mainland China & Hong Kong and as a global future leader. In 2022, Mr Sim was also recognized as a ‘Rising Star’ by the Euromoney Legal Media Group, and by the IFLR Asia-Pacific Awards.

Mr Sim has represented corporates and sovereigns across a range of industries, including banking and finance, energy, insurance, pharmaceuticals, private equity, retail, and telecommunications. He has particular experience in commercial disputes concerning shareholder agreements, joint ventures, private equity funds, M&A issues, supply and distribution, fraud, and investment protections. He has advised on arbitrations under all leading arbitration rules in key arbitral seats, including Hong Kong, Singapore, New York, London, Paris, Geneva, Stockholm and The Hague. His arbitrations often involve parallel proceedings in courts, most frequently in the Caribbean.

Mr Sim was admitted as an Australian lawyer of the Supreme Court of Victoria and a solicitor and barrister of the High Court of Australia in 2010, as a solicitor of the Senior Courts of England & Wales in 2011, as an attorney and counsellor at law in the State of New York in 2016, and as a solicitor of the High Court of the Hong Kong SAR in 2020.