Tribunal Secretary Training Programme

HKIAC is the first arbitral institution to offer a Tribunal Secretary Training Programme (the “Programme”).  As an extension of HKIAC’s tribunal secretary service, the Programme trains the next generation of qualified tribunal secretaries around the world.  

The Programme is taught by a world-class faculty (the "Faculty") and overseen by a Senior Advisory Board (the “Board”).  Members of the Faculty and the Board are listed below.

The training typically takes two and a half days, during which part of the participants work will be assessed. Participants who have passed the assessment will receive a certificate of completion and will be listed below subject to his/her consent.  

Recent Programme

• Asia: 23-25 June 2021
• Hong Kong: 8-10 July 2019
• Hong Kong: 3 - 5 December 2018 
• Manila: 13 - 15 December 2018 
• Hong Kong: 14 - 16 June 2018 
• Singapore: 23 - 24 November 2017
• Shanghai: 14 - 15 December 2017

Senior Advisory Board

• Neil Kaplan QC, Hong Kong
• Henri Alvarez QC, Vancouver
• Doug Jones AC, Sydney
• Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler, Geneva
• Julian Lew QC, London
• Hilary Heilbron QC, London
• Michael Hwang SC, Singapore

Faculty

• Sarah Grimmer, Hong Kong  
• Nicolas Wiegand, Hong Kong
• Olga Boltenko, Hong Kong
• Romesh Weeramantry, Hong Kong
• Niuscha Bassiri, Brussels
• Angeline Welsh, London
• Joshua Fellenbaum, London  
• Chester Brown, Sydney
• Janet Whittaker, Washington DC
• Natalie Reid, New York
• Anne Secomb, Singapore
• Ina C.Popova, New York

The Programme was launched in December 2015 and has taken place in Hong Kong, Beijing, Singapore, London and New York.  The participants who have successfully completed the Programme and have given their consent to publish their information are listed below: 

Hong Kong: 4 - 5 December 2015     Instructors: Nicolas Wiegand and Romesh Weeramantry

Last Name	First Name	Affliliated Organisation	Nationality	Place of Residence	CV
Dai	Wen	Mannheimer Swartling	Chinese	Hong Kong
Dontsova	Olga	Payne Clermont	American / Russian	Hong Kong
Fok	Bryan	Herbert Smith Freehills	British / Chinese	Hong Kong
Hui	Patrick	Kenneth Sit	British	Hong Kong
Lim	Benson	Hogan Lovells	Singaporean	Singapore
Liu	Dingmin	Dechert	Chinese	Beijing
Ng	James	Baker McKenzie	American	Hong Kong
Santiago	Jay	Quisumbing Torres (member firm of Baker & McKenzie International)	Filipino	Philippines
Wong	James	Bird & Bird	Hong Kong	Hong Kong

Beijing: 27 - 28 February 2016     Instructors: Olga Boltenko and Nicolas Wiegand

Last Name	First Name	Affiliated Organisation	Nationality	Place of Residence	CV
Chang	Alison	King & Wood Mallesons	Taiwanese	Beijing
Lai	Yu Man Geoffrey	Hill Dickinson	Chinese	Hong Kong
Jiang	Yujian (Sylvia)	Zhong Lun Law Firm	Chinese	Beijing

London: 12 - 13 March 2016     Instructors: Niuscha Bassiri and Angeline Welsh

Last Name	First Name	Affiliated Organisation	Nationality	Place of Residence	CV
Barker	Paul	Doughty Street Chambers	British	London
Bloomenthal	Jeremy	Jeremy M. Bloomenthal, Esq.	American	Boston
Minas	Stephen	The Dickson Poon School of Law , King's College	Australian & Greek	London
Putilin	Ilya	Clifford Chance	Russian	Moscow
Van De Velden	Jacob	De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek	Dutch	Amsterdam / Nairobi
Zlatanska	Elina	Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)	Bulgarian	London

Singapore: 28 - 29 May 2016     Instructors: Chester Brown and Olga Boltenko

Last Name	First Name	Affiliated Organisation	Nationality	Place of Residence	CV
Foo	Andrew	Clifford Chance	Singaporean	Singapore
Jumani	Dharam	Chambers of  Mr.S U Kamdar, SC	Indian	Mumbai
Lim	Jonathan	Wilmer Hale	Singaporean	London / Singapore
Mahajan	Kartikey	Clifford Chance	Indian	Singapore
Tahsin	Adam	White & Case	British	Singapore
Yaremko	Volodymyr	Sayenko Kharenko	Ukrainian	Kiev
Wadia	Anish	Chambers of Anish Wadia	Indian	India
Yap	Alvin	Eversheds	Singaporean	Singapore
Yeoh	Derric	Michael Hwang Chambers LLC	Singaporean	Singapore

New York: 17 - 18 June 2016     Instructors: Natalie Reid and Janet Whittaker

Last Name	First Name	Affiliated Organisation	Nationality	Place of Residence	CV
Rana	Rajat	Dechert	Indian	Washington DC
Halprin	Peter	Anderson Kill	American	New York

Hong Kong: 24 - 25 June 2016     Instructors:  Nicolas Wiegand and Romesh Weeramantry

Last Name	First Name	Affiliated Organisation	Nationality	Place of Residence	CV
Ahuja	Navin	City University of Hong Kong	British	Hong Kong
Chan	Ching Lung (Keith)	CFA Institute	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
Cheung	Yuen Fan (Fanny)	Financial Dispute Resolution Centre	Chinese	Hong Kong
Kofman	Marina	Australian Centre for International Commerical Arbitration	Australian	Hong Kong / London / Sydney
Mak	Wing Wa (Mandy)	Morrison & Foerster	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
Nijburg	Kirstin	De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek	Dutch	Singapore
Vijay	Sakshi		Indian	New Dehli

Hong Kong:  8-9 May 2017     Instructors:  Sarah Grimmer and Romesh Weeramantry

Last Name	First Name	Affilated Organisation	Nationality	Place of Residence	CV
Aguila	Esasto Miguel de Guzman		Filipino	Philippines
Deng	Zhicong (Eric)	Fangda Partners	Chinese	Beijing
Gabato	Vien Lawrence SY	Gabato Law Office	Filipino	Philippines
Jiang	Helen Shan	Harvard Law School	Chinese	Cambridge, MA
Law	Sau Wai (Samuel)		Hong Kong	Hong Kong
Lai	Katherine Sze Kei	Luk & Partners (In Association with Morgan, Lewis & Bockius)	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
Lazaro	Grace Ann C	Quisumbing Torres (member firm of Baker & McKenzie International)	Filipino	Philippines
Leung	Tim	Parson Brinckerhoff (Asia)	Hong Kong	Hong Hong
McKenzie	James	King & Wood Mallesons	Australian	Hong Kong
Ng	Eric	Gilt Chambers	USA/Hong Kong	Hong Kong
Omori	Yuichiro	Baker McKenzie	Japanese	Tokyo
Robbins	Michael	Dorsey & Whitney	Australian	Hong Kong
Sucharitkul	Vanina	Université Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas	Thai, French, USA	Paris

Singapore: 23 - 24 November 2017     Instructors:  Sarah Grimmer and Romesh Weeramantry

Last Name	First Name	Affilated Organisation	Nationality	Place of Residence	CV
Cheung	Desmond	DLA Piper	Hong Kong / British	Hong Kong
Lim	Si Cheng	Michael Hwang Chambers	Singaporean	Singapore
Kwong	Chiew Ee	Rahmat Lim & Partners	Malaysian	Malaysia
Neo	Cathryn	Michael Hwang Chambers	Singaporean	Singapore
Poon	Nicholas	Drew & Napier LLC		Singapore
Sim	Christine	Centre for International Law	Singaporean	Singapore
Yu	Lily	Anthony Rogers Chambers	Hong Kong	Hong Kong

Shanghai:  14-15 December 2017     Instructors:  Sarah Grimmer and Nicolas Wiegand

Last Name	First Name	Affilated Organisation	Nationality	Place of Residence	CV
Chen	Elva	T & C Law	Chinese	Hangzhou
Clift	Hamish	Bar Association of Queensland	Australian	Brisbane
Jeong	Inhoe	Kim & Hyun(SeSeung) LLC, Seoul	Korean	Seoul
Magraw	Kendra	IHEID	American	Geneva
Park	Moses	Liberty Chambers	Korean	Hong Kong
Wong	Janie Lai Yun		Canadian	Hong Kong
Xin	Yi	Peking University, School of Transational Law	Chinese	Shenzhen
Ye	Weina	Herbert Smith Freehills	Chinese	Shanghai
Zheng	Tianyuan	Fangda Partners	Chinese	Shanghai

Hong Kong: 14-16 June 2018     Instructors:  Sarah Grimmer and Olga Boltenko

Last Name	First Name	Affilated Organisation	Nationality	Place of Residence	CV
Brar	Manini	Arista Chambers	Indian	New Dehli
Bruessel	Carlotta	HKIAC	German/Australian	Hong Kong
Chandresh	Kunwar	Kabi & Associates	Indian	New Dehli / Hong Kong
Chen Chuang	Eric	Peking University School of Transnational Law	Chinese	Shenzhen
Chua	Daniel	Herbert Smith Freehills	Malaysian	Kuala Lumpur
Doumal	Hana	HKIAC	French / Moroccan	Hong Kong
Fu	Xin	Grandall Law Firm	Chinese	Shanghai / Nanjing
Ganapathy	Puneeth	Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC)	Indian	Kuala Lumpur
Hu	David	Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP	Singaporean	London
Kao	John	The Hong Kong Institute of Architects	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
Ma	Boqiao	Chinese University of Hong Kong	Chinese	Shanghai
Mak Ho Wang	Charles		Hong Kong	Hong Kong
Miguel Figueiredo	Jose		Portuguese	Macau
Morwale	Harshal	MIDS Geneva	Indian	Geneva
Oh	Nicholas	Sir Oswald Cheung's Chambers	Australian	Hong Kong
Ong	Rachel	Michael Hwang Chambers LLC	Singaporean	Singapore
Sajnani	Suraj	King & Wood Mallesons	British	Hong Kong
Shuxiang	Jin	Chinese University of Hong Kong	Chinese	Shenzhen
Stanley-Ryan	Ashley	Victoria University of Wellington	New Zealand / Irish	Wellington
Xu	Rui	Peking University School of Transnational Law	Chinese	Beijing

Hong Kong: 3 - 5 December 2018     Instructors:  Sarah Grimmer and Nicolas Wiegand

Last Name	First Name	Affilated Organisation	Nationality	Place of Residence	CV
Benlafkih	Othmane	HKIAC	Moroccan	Hong Kong
Carter	Justin	N/A	Australian	Australia
Chan	Cynthia	Herbert Smith Freehills	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
Chen	Peter Xiongchao	Herbert Smith Freehills	Chinese	Hong Kong
Constantino	Jeffrey B.	Cadiz Tabayoyong and Partners	Filipino	Philippines
Li	Valerie	DLA Piper	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
Lilliu	Marco Francesco	Citadel Arbitration LLC	Canadian / Italian	Vancouver
Mok	Murphy	Herbert Smith Freehills	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
Nordlund	Filip	HKIAC	Swedish / Finnish	Hong Kong
Tan Xi'en	Rachel	National University of Singapore	Singaporean	Singapore
Tsubota	Yotaro	Mori Hamada & Matsumoto Law Firm	Japanese	Singapore
Vajpeyi	Alok	Singhania & Co.	Indian	Mumbai
Wei	Qiqi	HKIAC	Chinese	Hong Kong
Geng	Xueyang	Beijing DHH Law Firm	Chinese	Shanghai
Xia	Zhiyi	Zhong Lun Law Firm	Chinese	Shanghai
Yeu	Albert	ARUP	Chinese / New Zealand	Hong Kong

Manila: 13 - 15 December 2018     Instructors:  Sarah Grimmer and Olga Boltenko

Last Name	First Name	Affilated Organisation	Nationality	Place of Residence	CV
Bernardo	Donna	Supreme Court of the Philippines	Filipino	Philippines
Bongcaron	Kristine	Martinez Vergara Gonzalez & Serrano (MVGS)	Filipino	Philippines
Lee	Kwang Chian	Singapore Management University	Singapore	Singapore
Uy	Michael Marlowe	Insights Philippines Legal Advisors	Filipino	Philippines
Heng	Celia Xili	Peking University School of Transnational Law	Chinese	Shenzhen
Macapagal	Michael	Quisumbing Torres	Filipino	Philippines
Primadi	Albertus Aldio	Asian International Arbitration Centre(AIAC)	Indonesian	Kuala Lumpur
Wang	Qian	N/A	Chinese	Beijing
Xu	Rui	N/A	Chinese	Cleveland

Hong Kong: 8-10 July 2019     Instructors: Sarah Grimmer and Olga Boltenko

Last Name	First Name	Affliliated Organisation	Nationality	Place of Residence	CV
Bong-Kwan	Justin	Alan Leong SC's Chambers	Canada	Hong Kong
Huang	Zhihuang	Stevenson, Wong & Co.	Hong Kong	Hong Hong
Hui	Sui Hang	Davis Polk & Wardwell	Singapore	Hong Kong
Koeda	Mihiro	Nishimura & Asahi	Japanese	Tokyo
Lau	Chun Ming	Stevenson, Wong & Co.	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
Lu	Lei Lei	Fangda Partners	Chinese	Beijing
Mok	Cheuk Yuen Billy	Liberty Chambers	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
Ng	Sue		Singaporean	The Netherlands
Prusinowska	Monika	Chinese-EU School of Law at the China University of Polutical Science and Law	Poland	Beijing
Sihombing	Sala	Conflict Change Consulting Limited	Australian	Hong Kong
Tam	Keith	Liberty Chambers	Canada / Hong Kong	Hong Kong
Tumpovskiy	Anna	TLG Legal, PA	Russian /  American	Miami
Yang	Shixin	Zhong Lun Law Firm	Chinese	Shenzhen
Yan	Jiaying Angela	Zhong Lun Law Firm	Chinese	Beijing
Zhang	Tian Shu	Zhong Lun Law Firm	Chinese	Beijing