Paul Starr

Paul is previous winner of AsiaLaw’s Hong Kong Disputes Star of the Year. He is in the Legal 500 Hall of Fame and is joint coordinator of King & Wood Mallesons’ worldwide arbitration practice. He is ranked by AsiaLaw as an Elite Practitioner for construction and dispute resolution.

The Legal 500 describes Paul as: “Hong Kong’s pre-eminent construction lawyer, with unparalleled knowledge of construction law and a vast wealth of experience in East Asia and the Pacific, Paul Starr always delivers rock-solid legal advice and exceptional strategic insight with a canny knack of regularly identifying winning strategies … He is able to inform and guide preparation of the supporting technical and financial analyses and he is excellent in marshalling the required high-quality technical resources, both in-house in the client and from external sources”.  

The Global Arbitration Review adds: ‘Simply the best lawyer for dispute resolution in construction and industrials in the East Asia and Pacific region”. 

Chambers Asia Pacific cites that "Paul Starr is widely acknowledged as the leading dispute resolution practitioner in Hong Kong, China and the Pacific region." The same source reports: "He is masterly in assembling and leading a team that presses all the right buttons and delivers superior outcomes for the client”. 

Chambers Greater China Region Guide quotes a client appreciating him “as the linchpin for the firm's successful integration of its PRC-based dispute resolution operations”. Chambers quotes clients as saying: “his knowledge of disputes is extraordinary, and his track record speaks for itself. What really amazed me is that though he is so senior on the team, he focuses on details to an amazing degree”. Another client remarked: “He instinctively knows what a client wants and delivers tremendous results.”  

Who’s Who Legal Construction lists 799 lawyers from nearly 400 firms and describes Paul as the “go-to name on construction and infrastructure dispute resolution and a legend of the Hong Kong legal scene”.

His team has won “International Arbitration Law Firm of the Year” at the ALB Hong Kong Law Awards 2021.