When: Thursday, June 6, 2024, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PMWhere: Lecture Theatre, Centre For Commercial Law Studies, 67-69 Lincoln's Inn Fields London WC2A
The Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) has released its new 2024 Administered Arbitration Rules. They came into effect on 1 June 2024. Hear from HKIAC's Secretary-General, Ms. Joanne Lau, on the key changes introduced by the new rules, and HKIAC’s recent case statistics and trends.
Joanne Lau is the Secretary-General of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre. As HKIAC’s principal officer, she leads the Secretariat and is responsible for the overall management of the centre, including overseeing its international dispute resolution services and operations across its Hong Kong, Shanghai and Seoul offices. She also works closely with the HKIAC Council and committees in the development and implementation of HKIAC’s strategies and initiatives. Prior to joining HKIAC, Joanne was a Partner at Allen & Overy, specialising in international arbitration. As counsel, she represented clients in both international commercial arbitrations and investment treaty arbitrations in a wide variety of cases, across multiple sectors, jurisdictions and arbitral rules. She also regularly advised on arbitration-related court matters and sat as arbitrator. Joanne is a past co-Chair of the HK45 Committee. She has been recognised in leading legal directories, including Chambers & Partners, Legal 500 and Who’s Who Legal.
Nicholas Peacock is an experienced English law qualified solicitor-advocate specialising in international arbitration. He has 24 years’ experience advising and acting for parties including 16 years as a partner of international law firms Herbert Smith Freehills (London and Singapore) and Bird & Bird (London). Nick advises and acts on both commercial and investment arbitration across a range of industry sectors including in particular energy and power, infrastructure, technology, financial services, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, transport and leisure, and aviation. Nick has appeared as counsel (advocate) before arbitral tribunals seated in multiple jurisdictions worldwide. Nick sits as arbitrator both sole or as part of a 3-person tribunal. He has sat as arbitrator under various institutional rules (ICC, SIAC, and LCIA) and ad hoc (including under UNCITRAL rules). He has also acted as an English law expert for foreign court proceedings to enforce arbitration awards and in expert determination.
Moderator: Dr Maria Fanou, Queen Mary University of London, School of International Arbitration
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