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

Hong Kong: 12-14 December 2022
USA and LatAm: 10-13 May 2022
Europe: 22-25 September 2021
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
Joe Liu, Hong Kong
Eric Ng, Hong Kong
Tim Robbins, Hong Kong
Romesh Weeramantry, Hong Kong
Nicolas Wiegand, Hong Kong
Niuscha Bassiri, Brussels
Joshua Fellenbaum, London
Angeline Welsh, London
Ina C. Popova, New York
Natalie Reid, New York
Chester Brown, Sydney
Anne Secomb, Singapore
Janet Whittaker, Washington DC

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:

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

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

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

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

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
Low	Xide	Clifford Chance	Singaporean	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

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

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	Addleshaw Goddard (Hong Kong) LLP	Hong Kong	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

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