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When the dispute is technology — crypto, patents, code, capital — we are the firm

We are counsel and arbitrators in the most consequential technology, intellectual property, and digital-asset disputes in the world.


Dan Tan Law is the rare boutique that runs the full life of a high-stakes technology and IP dispute. The same partner who has been appointed as arbitrator in the highest-value technology arbitration in the world is the partner who served as counsel in the first-ever mega-crypto arbitration. That dual standing — arbitrator and advocate — is the firm’s defining advantage in tech and IP.

Representative tech & crypto matters

Representative tech & crypto matters

AS PARTY-APPOINTED ARBITRATOR

#1 in the world

ICDR proceedings between a household-name technology company and a European party. The sums in dispute make this the highest-value arbitration in the world.

ICDR · PARTY-APPOINTED

AS PARTY-APPOINTED ARBITRATOR

US$400m+

ICDR proceedings between a major technology company and Asian partners.

ICDR · TECH LICENSING

AS PARTY-APPOINTED ARBITRATOR

US$400m+

ICDR proceedings between a major technology company and Asian partners.

ICDR · TECH LICENSING

AS PARTY-APPOINTED ARBITRATOR

US$300m

Technology-licensing dispute with patent infringement and validity issues over standard essential patents. Governed by Chinese, Indian and California law.

SEP / FRAND-ADJACENT

AS PARTY-APPOINTED ARBITRATOR

US$300m

Technology-licensing dispute with patent infringement and validity issues over standard essential patents. Governed by Chinese, Indian and California law.

SEP / FRAND-ADJACENT

AS PARTY-APPOINTED ARBITRATOR

US$300m

Technology-licensing dispute with patent infringement and validity issues over standard essential patents. Governed by Chinese, Indian and California law.

SEP / FRAND-ADJACENT

AS PARTY-APPOINTED ARBITRATOR

US$300m

Technology-licensing dispute with patent infringement and validity issues over standard essential patents. Governed by Chinese, Indian and California law.

SEP / FRAND-ADJACENT

AS COUNSEL

US$2.4B

First-ever mega-crypto arbitration. Defended Three Arrows Capital cryptocurrency hedge fund in AAA emergency and full arbitration proceedings — the largest digital-asset dispute brought to international arbitration.

AAA · THREE ARROWS CAPITAL · COUNSEL

AS PARTY-APPOINTED ARBITRATOR

US$200m+

Arbitration over a website and the underlying sales technology in the travel industry.

E-COMMERCE · PLATFORM TECH

AS PARTY-APPOINTED ARBITRATOR

US$200m+

Arbitration over a website and the underlying sales technology in the travel industry.

E-COMMERCE · PLATFORM TECH

AS PARTY-APPOINTED ARBITRATOR

US$300m

Acted for airplane systems designer and manufacturer in ICC arbitration with aircraft manufacturer — patent and IP licensing, technical design and manufacturing compliance, and IP infringement claims.

ICC · AEROSPACE IP

AS PARTY-APPOINTED ARBITRATOR

US$300m

Acted for airplane systems designer and manufacturer in ICC arbitration with aircraft manufacturer — patent and IP licensing, technical design and manufacturing compliance, and IP infringement claims.

ICC · AEROSPACE IP

AS COUNSEL

First-ever

First-ever mega-crypto joint-venture dispute — structuring of risk, governance, and asset-recovery posture in a multi-jurisdictional matter.

CRYPTO JV · COUNSEL

AS COUNSEL

First-ever

First-ever mega-crypto joint-venture dispute — structuring of risk, governance, and asset-recovery posture in a multi-jurisdictional matter.

CRYPTO JV · COUNSEL

AS COUNSEL

US$100m+

Patent infringement claim brought against US company on behalf of Argentinian and Panamanian entities. Obtained favorable arbitration award for client.

AAA · PATENT INFRINGEMENT

AS COUNSEL

US$100m+

Patent infringement claim brought against US company on behalf of Argentinian and Panamanian entities. Obtained favorable arbitration award for client.

AAA · PATENT INFRINGEMENT

AS COUNSEL

Patent licensing

Patent holder in infringement and breach-of-licence claims. Initiated AAA arbitration in California and negotiated settlement ten times what was offered before Dan Tan Law was brought in.

AAA · PATENT LICENSING

AS COUNSEL

Patent licensing

Patent holder in infringement and breach-of-licence claims. Initiated AAA arbitration in California and negotiated settlement ten times what was offered before Dan Tan Law was brought in.

AAA · PATENT LICENSING

AS COUNSEL

US$1B+

Patent inventorship, trade secrets and confidentiality disputes for an international fiber and polymer company. US federal and state court proceedings, ad hoc arbitration in Switzerland, and ICC arbitration in Paris.

ICC · PATENT / TRADE SECRETS

AS COUNSEL

US$1B+

Patent inventorship, trade secrets and confidentiality disputes for an international fiber and polymer company. US federal and state court proceedings, ad hoc arbitration in Switzerland, and ICC arbitration in Paris.

ICC · PATENT / TRADE SECRETS

AS COUNSEL

Crypto-exchange defense

Two HKIAC arbitrations defending crypto-exchanges against customer claims arising from the issuance of cryptocurrencies. English-law governed, Hong Kong seat.

HKIAC · DIGITAL ASSETS

AS COUNSEL

Trade-secrets win

International construction company facing trade-secrets claims arising from Asia and Middle East projects. Obtained dismissal of all claims in UNCITRAL/SIAC proceedings.

SIAC · TRADE SECRETS

AS COUNSEL

Trade-secrets win

International construction company facing trade-secrets claims arising from Asia and Middle East projects. Obtained dismissal of all claims in UNCITRAL/SIAC proceedings.

SIAC · TRADE SECRETS

WHAT WE HANDLE

WHAT WE HANDLE

A specialist practice across the full surface of technology and IP.

From the first call to enforcement of the award, we run the whole life of these disputes — offensive or defensive, in arbitration or in court, in the US or in any of the four other jurisdictions where we are admitted to practice.

Patent infringement, validity & SEPs

Patent infringement, validity & SEPs

Including FRAND-adjacent licensing disputes and standard-essential-patent claims spanning Chinese, Indian, California and English law.

Including FRAND-adjacent licensing disputes and standard-essential-patent claims spanning Chinese, Indian, California and English law.

Technology licensing

Technology licensing

Scope, royalties, audit rights, change-of-control, sublicensing, termination and post-termination supply — in arbitration and in court.

Scope, royalties, audit rights, change-of-control, sublicensing, termination and post-termination supply — in arbitration and in court.

Trade secrets & IP misappropriation

Trade secrets & IP misappropriation

Cross-border injunctive relief, source-code review protocols, and damages methodologies in matters that touch multiple jurisdictions.

Cross-border injunctive relief, source-code review protocols, and damages methodologies in matters that touch multiple jurisdictions.

Software, SaaS & platform disputes

Software, SaaS & platform disputes

SLA failures, e-commerce and travel-tech platforms, marketplace disputes, and the intellectual-property layer underneath them.

SLA failures, e-commerce and travel-tech platforms, marketplace disputes, and the intellectual-property layer underneath them.

Crypto, tokens & digital assets

Crypto, tokens & digital assets

Foundation governance, token-holder claims, exchange and custodian failures, smart-contract disputes, and on-chain tracing into fiat off-ramps.

Foundation governance, token-holder claims, exchange and custodian failures, smart-contract disputes, and on-chain tracing into fiat off-ramps.

Hardware & specialist equipment

Hardware & specialist equipment

Manufacture-and-distribution disputes, IP carve-outs, supply and quality claims across cross-border supply chains.

Manufacture-and-distribution disputes, IP carve-outs, supply and quality claims across cross-border supply chains.

Telecommunications & aerospace

Telecommunications & aerospace

Equipment, licensing and outfitting disputes — including ICDR-administered aviation outfitting matters.

Equipment, licensing and outfitting disputes — including ICDR-administered aviation outfitting matters.

Award & judgment enforcement

Award & judgment enforcement

Recognition under the New York Convention and ICSID; tracing across crypto-native and traditional rails. Chambers Band 1 in award-enforcement work in the US.

Recognition under the New York Convention and ICSID; tracing across crypto-native and traditional rails. Chambers Band 1 in award-enforcement work in the US.