Panel of Emergency Arbitrators

The HKIAC Panel of Emergency Arbitrators comprises members who have substantial experience as arbitrator and have confirmed their willingness to act as emergency arbitrator under Schedule 4 of the 2013 HKIAC Administered Arbitration Rules.

Name	Affiliated Organization	Nationality	Place of Residence	CV
Alastair Henderson	Herbert Smith Freehills LLP	British	Singapore
Andrew Aglionby	Arbitration Chambers Hong Kong; JAMS	British	United Kingdom
Andrew Robertson	Piper Alderman	Australian	Australia
Anthony Rogers QC		British	Hong Kong
Benjamin Hughes	Seoul National  University School of Law	American	South Korea
Benny Lo	Des Voeux Chambers	British/Hong Kong	Hong Kong
Bertha Cooper-Rousseau	Rousseau & Cooper Law Firm	Bahamian	The Bahamas
Charles Manzoni QC SC	Temple Chambers	British	Hong Kong
Charles Stevens		American	USA
Chiann Bao	Arbitration Chambers Hong Kong	American	Hong Kong
Christopher Moger QC	Arbitration Chambers Hong Kong; 4 Pump Court  Temple	British	United Kingdom
Damien Laracy	Laracy & Co.	New Zealand	Hong Kong
David Bateson	39 Essex Chambers	British	Singapore
David Kreider		American/ New Zealander	Hong Kong/ New Zealand
David Rivkin	Debevoise & Plimpton LLP	American	USA
Doak Bishop	King & Spalding	American	USA
Doreen Le Pichon		British	Hong Kong
Douglas Stephen Clark	Rouse	Australian	Hong Kong
Edna Sussman	SussmanADR LLC	American	USA
Elliot Polebaum	Fried Frank	American	USA
Gavan Griffith QC	Essex Court Chambers; Owen Dixon Chambers	Australian	Australia
Gavin Denton	Arbitration Chambers Hong Kong; Arbitration Asia	Australian	Hong Kong
Hew Dundas		British	United Kingdom
Hilary Heilbron QC	Brick Court Chambers	British	United Kingdom
Hop Dang	Allens	Vietnamese	Vietnam
Jean Kalicki	Arbitration Chambers Hong Kong	American	USA
Jeffrey WAINCYMER	National University of Singapore	Australia	Singapore
Jennifer Kirby	Kirby Arbitration	British/American	France
Jingzhou Tao	Arbitration Chambers Hong Kong	French	China
John Tackaberry QC	39 Essex Chambers	Irish	United Kingdom
John Wright	Goodman Derrick LLP; John Wright ADR Limited	British	United Kingdom
Jose-Antonio Maurellet	Des Voeux Chambers	French	Hong Kong
Joseph Matthews	Colson Hicks Eidson	American	USA
Julian Lew QC	20 Essex Street	British	United Kingdom
Kim Rooney	Gilt Chambers	Australian	Hong Kong
Kwok Kit Cheung	Deacons	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
Laurent Lévy	Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler	Brazilian/Swiss	Switzerland
Marc J. GOLDSTEIN	MJG Arbitration & Mediation	American	USA
Mary Thomson	Pacific Chambers	British	Hong Kong
Michael Lee	20 Essex Court	British	Singapore
Michael Tonkin	Hill International, Inc.	British	UAE
Ming Tai Yeung		Hong Kong	Hong Kong
Ning Fei	Hui Zhong Law Firm	Chinese	China
Patrick Norton	Arbitration Chambers Hong Kong, Law Offices of Patrick M. Norton	American	USA
Paulo Fohlin	Magnusson	Swedish	Hong Kong
Peter Thorp		New Zealander	France
Rashda Rana SC	6 St James’ Hall Chambers	Australian/British	Australia
Raymond Leung	C & L Holdings Ltd.	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
Robert Davidson	JAMS	American	USA
Robert Lambert	Clifford Chance	British	United Kingdom
Robert Merkin QC	University of Exeter Law School	British	United Kingdom
Sandor Schick	Schick & Associates LLC	Singaporean/American	Singapore
Sir Bernard Eder QC	Essex Court Chambers	British	United Kingdom
Sophie Nappert	3 Verulam Buildings	Canadian/British	United Kingdom
Steven Y.H. LIM	CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP	Singaporean	Singapore
Stuart Isaacs QC	King & Spalding	British	United Kingdom
Sumeet Kachwaha	Kachwaha & Partners	Indian	India
Ted Howes	Mayer Brown LLP	American	USA
Thomas Lee	Sir Oswald Cheung’s Chambers	Australian	Hong Kong
Veijo Heiskanen QC	Lalive	Finnish	Switzerland
Wei Mun Chang	Raja Darryl & Loh	Malaysian	Malaysia
William M.F. Wong	Des Voeux Chambers	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
William Stone SBS, QC		British	Hong Kong
Yas Banifatemi	Shearman & Sterling LLP	French/Iranian	France
Yu-Jin Tay	Mayer Brown JSM	Singaporean	Singapore
Zachary Douglas QC	Matrix Chambers	Australian	United Kingdom

Application Procedure

An applicant who is not on HKIAC’s Panel or List of Arbitrators and wishes to be considered for inclusion on the Panel of Emergency Arbitrators must submit the following to hkiac_arbitrators@hkiac.org.

1. Application Form;
2. latest CV including the applicant’s experience as emergency arbitrator or arbitrator;
3. at least two written references regarding the applicant’s experience as emergency arbitrator or arbitrator;
4. copies of at least two sanitised emergency arbitrator decisions or arbitral awards* drafted by the applicant within the last five years;
5. proposed hourly rate; and
6. any other materials which the applicant wishes to submit to demonstrate his or her experience as emergency arbitrator or arbitrator.  

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

An applicant, who is already on HKIAC’s Panel or List of Arbitrators and wishes to be considered for inclusion on the Panel of Emergency Arbitrators, may email hkiac_arbitrators@hkiac.org for further information regarding the application process.

All applications will be reviewed by the HKIAC Secretariat to ensure that they meet the application criteria.  If the application satisfies the criteria, it will then be placed before the Appointments Committee for consideration.  

Appointments Committee meetings are held on a quarterly basis.  HKIAC will inform all applicants of the Appointments Committee’s decisions on their applications.

HKIAC has full discretion and reserves the right to admit or reject applications.  HKIAC may also invite persons fulfilling areas of any particular requirement including, inter alia, nationality, place of residence, language ability and experience, to apply for the Panel of Emergency Arbitrators.

HKIAC’s decision of an application for the Panel of Emergency Arbitrators is final.

The panel membership is for a period of three years, ending on 31 December of the third year.

* Arbitral awards “drafted” by the applicant also includes those to which they have contributed as part of a three member arbitral tribunal.