Mathias’ domestic and international commercial practice covers all areas of Chambers’ work, including construction, engineering and infrastructure, energy and utilities, information technology, professional negligence, and international arbitration. In addition to these specialist areas, he has also gained experience in a wide range of commercial disputes, including cases on banking, insolvency, fraud, insurance, assignment, subrogation, conflicts of law and airline claims.
Mathias has experience at all stages of mediation, litigation, adjudication, and arbitration, and he has worked with a variety of bespoke and standard form contracts including the FIDIC, JCT, NEC and ACE forms, as well as various forms of PFI contracts.
Mathias has recently been ranked by Chambers and Partners UK and by The Legal 500 (London Bar) as a leading junior in Construction Law and a rising star in Energy Law, “who is fast becoming a favourite among solicitors” and regarded as “one to watch” and “a very impressive junior who is clearly going places” in construction, infrastructure and commercial matters. He is described by clients and colleagues as “user-friendly, hard-working and extremely clever”, “amazingly hard-working and a real team player who gets stuck in and has a great eye for detail“, and “very intelligent, meticulous and user-friendly”.
As a native of Hong Kong, Mathias is fluent in both Cantonese and Mandarin, and he is therefore able to take instructions for cases involving Chinese-speaking parties and Chinese documentation in Hong Kong, Macau, Mainland China, Singapore, and other jurisdictions. He is recognised for his international practice by The Legal 500 (Asia Pacific), and is ranked as a Tier 1 “rising star” who “understands highly complex and technical subject matter and is very detail-oriented and organised in working with witnesses”. Mathias also has working proficiency in French.
Mathias was the winner of the SCL Hudson Prize 2015 for his essay entitled ‘Shylock’s Construction Law: the Brave New Life of Liquidated Damages?’ on the Supreme Court decision regarding penalty clauses. He has also published in the Construction Law Journal, International Construction Law Review, TECBAR Review and Construction Law newsletter.