Panel of Arbitrators for Financial Services Disputes

The HKIAC Panel of Arbitrators for Financial Services Disputes (the “FSD Panel”) comprises members who have demonstrated extensive experience and strong expertise in resolving financial services disputes. 

Last Name	First Name	Affiliated Organisation	Nationality	Place of Residence	CV
AFFAKI	Georges	Affaki Avocats	French	Paris
BAYKITCH AM	Alex	ACICA	Australian	Sydney
BERGER	Klaus Peter	University of Cologne	German	Cologne
BLAIR	William	3VB Chambers London	British	London
BROCK	Denis	O'Melveny & Myers	British	Hong Kong
BROWER	Charles	International Court of Justice	American	Washington DC
CHAN	Rollin	N.A.	Hong Kong Chinese/British	Shanghai/Hong Kong
CHEN	Armstrong	Dentons	Mainland Chinese	China
CRESSWELL	Peter	3 Verulam Buildings	British	London
DAWES SC	Victor	Temple Chambers	British	Hong Kong
EDELMAN QC	Colin	Devereux Chambers	British	London
EMMETT AO QC	Arthur	New South Wales Court of Appeal	Australian	Sydney
FERNÁNDEZ-ARMESTO	Juan	Armesto & Asociados	Spanish	Madrid
FIELD QC	Richard	One Essex Court	British/Canadian	London
GRAY	Richard	Gray Arbitration LLC	American	New York
GEARING QC	Matthew	Allen & Overy	British	Hong Kong
GOLD	David	David Gold and Associates	British	London
GOLDSMITHLQC,LPC	Peter	Debevoise & Plimpton LLP	British	London
GOLDSTEIN	Marc J.	MJG Arbitration & Mediation	American	New York
HASSALL	Cameron	Clifford Chance	Australian	Hong Kong
HECKEL	Peter	Hengeler Mueller	German	Frankfurt
HUO	Wilson Wei	Zhong Lun Law Firm	Mainland Chinese	Beijing
HWANG SC	Michael	Michael Hwang Chambers	Singaporean	Singapore
KAUFMANN-KOHLER	Gabrielle	Levy Kaufmann-Kohler	Swiss	Switzerland
KREIDER	David L.	Independent Arbitrator	American and New Zealander	Hong Kong/New Zealand
LAMM	Carolyn	White & Case	American	Washington DC
LEAVER	Peter	One Essex Court	United Kingdom	United Kingdom
LEE	Michael	20 Essex Street Chambers	British	Singapore/London
MAURELLET SC	José-Antonio	Des Voeux Chambers	French	Hong Kong
NEOH QC, SC	Anthony	Chambers of Anthony Neoh QC, SC	Hong Kong Chinese	Hong Kong
PARK	William	Boston University	American	Boston
PAULSSON	Jan	Three Crowns	Swedish/French	Paris
PECK	James	Morrison & Foerster	American	New York
POWELL	Simon	Powell Arbitration Limited	British	Hong Kong
REYES SC	Anselmo Reyes	University of Hong Kong	Canadian	Hong Kong
ROWLEY QC	William	20 Essex Street Chambers	Canadian	Ontario
SCOTT SC, QC	John	Des Voeux Chambers	British	Hong Kong
SIHOMBING	Sala	Conflict Change Consulting Limited	Australian	Hong Kong
STONE SBS, QC	William	N.A.	British	Hong Kong
TAO	Xiuming	JunZeJun Law Offices	Mainland Chinese	Beijing
WONG	William M.F.	Des Voeux Chambers	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
YANG	Ing Loong	Latham & Watkins	Singaporean	Hong Kong
YEO SC	Alvin	Wong Partnership	Singaporean	Singapore

An applicant who is not on HKIAC’s Panel or List of Arbitrators and wishes to be considered for inclusion on the FSD Panel must submit the following:

1.       Application Form – FSDPAL;
2.       Latest CV detailing the applicant’s experience in financial services disputes and arbitration;
3.       At least two written references regarding the applicant’s experience in financial services disputes and arbitration;
4.       Copies of at least two sanitised arbitral awards concerning financial services disputes drafted by the applicant within the last five years;*
5.       Proposed terms of appointment including a proposed hourly rate; and
6.       Any other materials which the applicant wishes to submit to demonstrate his or her experience in financial services disputes and arbitration.  

In exceptional circumstances, HKIAC may waive the third and/or fourth requirements for eminent arbitrators or practitioners with substantial experience in financial services disputes.  
 

An applicant who is already on HKIAC’s Panel or List of Arbitrators and wishes to be considered for inclusion on the FSD Panel must submit the following:

1.       Latest CV detailing the applicant’s experience in financial services disputes and arbitration; and
2.       Any other materials which the applicant wishes to submit to demonstrate his or her experience in financial services disputes and arbitration.   

Please note that an application will first be reviewed by the HKIAC Secretariat to ensure that all required materials have been submitted.  Upon receipt of the required materials, the Secretariat will submit them to the Appointments Committee for consideration.  

Appointments Committee meetings are held on a quarterly basis.  The Scretariat will notify all applicants of the Appointments Committee’s decisions, once made.

HKIAC has full discretion and reserves the right to admit or reject applications for inclusion on the FSD Panel. HKIAC may also invite individuals with a particular background or qualification, including nationality, place of residence, language ability and area of expertise, to apply for the FSD Panel.

HKIAC’s decision on an application is final.

Membership of the FSD Panel is for a period of three years, ending on 31 December of the third year.

* Awards "drafted" by an applicant include those to which he or she has contributed as part of a three-member arbitral tribunal.