Lloyd Michaux was recently selected by The World Bank to provide realtime and daily court reporting services for a hearing held at the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC).

Ken Fleming - Director of Business Development: "We are extremely pleased to have been selected. The World Bank looked at all the court reporting firms based in Hong Kong and their selection process was much more exhaustive than normal. It included several internal reviews as well as their in-house legal team speaking with a number of referees to verify our suitability.

As such, our appointment brings with it significant credibility and recognition in terms of the relative quality of our arbitration court reporting service and reflects our growing reputation. Lloyd Michaux is now proudly listed by The World Bank as a preferred realtime and daily court reporting services provider in this region."

The panel of arbitrators were: Neil Kaplan QC, John Beechey - ICC Chairman, and Toby Landau QC. We worked with teams from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer - Paris office and McMillan Keck of New York.

We are pleased to welcome Herbert Smith as a client. Herbert Smith selected Lloyd Michaux to provide realtime and daily court reporting services for an HKIAC administered arbitration involving one of their premier investment bank clients.

Ken Fleming - Director of Business Development: "Prior to this we had not worked with Herbert Smith. This was an important matter involving one of their premier clients. In order to gain selection, we were required to not only provide testimonials, but also make a presentation to their client's in-house legal team.

We feel our selection - ahead of the incumbent court reporting firm - was a pretty big vote of confidence from Herbert Smith and their client. Herbert Smith told me they were very happy with our service and we look forward to working with them again."

We are also pleased to welcome K&L Gates as a deposition services client. We were engaged by K&L Gates to cover a series of depositions in Hong Kong and Malaysia. Realtime, cleaned-up daily drafts and video were provided as standard in addition to the normal final deliverables.

Lloyd Michaux was selected to cover the five-day Court of Final Appear hearing for the matter: Akai Holdings Limited (In Compulsory Liquidation) vs Thanakharn Kasikorn Thai Chamkat (Mahachon). We worked with Hogan Lovells, Lipman Karas and Baker & McKenzie. This matter was widely reported in the local business media. Jason Karas of Lipman Karas has kindly provided a testimonial.

Our hi-tech IP deposition practice continues to grow and we are pleased to welcome Alston + Bird - Silicon Valley office - as new clients. This was another large ITC section 337 investigation involving 8 weeks of depositions with the multiple tracking of reporters. We provided realtime reporting, expedited turnaround (5 business days) and daily cleaned-up drafts for all depositions. We also provided E-Transcripts, hyperlinked electronic transcripts, hard copy deliverables, video and video synchronization.

Lloyd Michaux is proudly the only independent Hong Kong court reporting firm with locally based court reporters. Since our founding in 2008, Lloyd Michaux has established itself as a leading realtime court reporting firm, with a reputation for accuracy and quality. Our progress has been recognised by InvestHK, who have chosen to feature Lloyd Michaux in its quarterly magazine.

Once again, we had the pleasure of working with the Managing Partner of the Silicon Valley office: Howard Pollock. This was the second round of depositions held in Taiwan and was seven days in total. Our service included realtime, daily cleaned-up drafts and video.

Building on the success of our Taiwan deposition practice, we have now opened an office in Taipei. In doing so, Lloyd Michaux has proudly become the first and only court reporting firm located in Taiwan. Nicky Misso, Director: "Establishing a local Taiwan presence and being the only court reporting firm in Taiwan will allow us to build on the foundations we have established and provide an even better Taiwan deposition and arbitration service, with locally based court reporters and support staff. We look forward to growing our existing relationships, as well as welcoming new clients."

This was one of the region's most high-profile hi-tech matters, between the world's largest (TSMC) and third largest (SMIC) semiconductor foundries. Lloyd Michaux was retained exclusively by WSGR to cover all of their Asia depositions.

We ended up covering upwards of 60 days of depositions. On a number of occasions, this required the triple tracking of reporters. The terminology was very technical in nature. Realtime reporting, as well as daily cleaned-up drafts, were provided to both sides on all depositions. We also provided E-Transcripts, hard copy transcripts, hyperlinked electronic transcripts and video as standard to both sides.

The lead partner, David Steuer, was kind enough to provide a testimonial.

Akai is Hong Kong's biggest ever corporate collapse and the liquidators were suing Ernst & Young for negligence. The case was bitterly contested and was 10 years in coming to court. When it did, the liquidators were seeking US$1 billion from Ernst & Young. The case was scheduled to run for six/seven months in the Hong Kong High Court - by far the largest court case in Hong Kong and the region for many years.

This matter was extremely high-profile, being widely reported in both the local and international media. We are very proud to have been selected by the parties to cover this matter.

Cosimo Borrelli, Managing Director of Borrelli Walsh - the liquidators of Akai Holdings - and the partner in charge of this matter, kindly provided a testimonial.

This was a large ITC section 337 investigation requiring the multiple tracking of reporters over a three-week period. Realtime reporting and daily cleaned-up drafts were provided to both sides for the duration. Final deliverables included E-Transcripts, hard copy transcripts and hyperlinked electronic transcripts in multiple formats.

We had the pleasure of working with the Managing Partner of the Palo Alto office: Ken Kuwayti. The depositions were held in Hong Kong and our service included daily drafts, video, E-Transcripts and hard copy deliverables.

This Hong Kong High Court matter involving local identities was widely reported in the Hong Kong papers. The case was technical in nature, revolving around testimony from forensic handwriting experts.

SK Lam, the lead partner, kindly provided a testimonial.

This was another ITC section 337 investigation, involving numerous depositions in Taiwan and Hong Kong. Realtime, daily cleaned-up drafts, video, E-Transcripts, hyperlinked electronic transcripts and hard copy transcripts were provided on this job.

This was a high-profile public hearing, widely reported in the local papers, held before a three member panel of the Hong Kong Copyright Tribunal. California Red is the largest karaoke chain operator in Hong Kong, with substantial international operations. There have been very few of these public hearings held to date, and Lloyd Michaux was proud to be selected by the parties to cover this matter.

This was another widely reported matter in the international media. This was an ITC section 337 investigation involving semiconductors, which Professor Gertrude Neumark Rothschild brought against 50 companies including LED, laser diode, electronics and cell phone companies.

Lloyd Michaux was subcontracted to cover Asian depositions for this matter. We provided realtime and video for all of the depositions.