Li Xuefei has been working in the field of arbitration for 9 years. Now she is acting as the Executive of Brand Operation and Senior Case Manager of CIETAC. Ms. Li has rich theoretical knowledge and practical experience in arbitration. She has managed more than 500 arbitration cases, which include the sales of goods, finance, construction etc. She is also a member of the organizing committee of CIETAC Cup and member of Editorial Board of Annual Report on International Arbitration of Intellectual Property Rights in China by CIETAC

Tao Jingzhou is a member of the Expert Committee of Chinese International Commercial Court of Chinese Supreme Court, a Member of the Advisory Committee of CIETAC, a Member of the International Advisory Board of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, a member of the Global Advisory Board of the Saudi Commercial Arbitration Center, a Member of Board of Trustees of Foundation International for Arbitration Advocacy (FIAA), a Member of the Board of Global Arbitration Review.

Mr. Tao has published several books in English, French and Chinese such as “Arbitration Law and Practice in China”.

Sun Wei is a managing partner at Zhong Lun Law Firm with extensive experience in domestic and international arbitration and litigation, especially in the field of construction and infrastructure, energy, corporate equity, etc. He is the Representative of China to UNCITRAL Working Group II, Board Member of Singapore International Mediation Centre, and Member of ICC International Court of Arbitration. Mr. Sun is frequently appointed as an arbitrator in international and domestic arbitration cases. He has received awards such as Who’s Who Legal 2023 Arbitration “Global Leader” and ALB’s “2020 China Top 15 Litigators.”

Ge Huangbin specializes in international arbitration and complex cross-border disputes involving China. He has been appointed as an arbitrator by prestigious institutions, including SIAC, CIETAC, SHIAC, SCIA, and other international arbitration courts in China. He has represented clients from China, North America, Southeast Asia, South Asia, and East Africa in arbitrations held in Singapore and London.

Huangbin serves on the committees of several arbitration institutions and academies, such as the Central Asian Court of International Arbitration in Kyrgyzstan and the Dispute Resolution Research Center at Peking University Law School. He was the inaugural Head of China at the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC).

He is a contributing author to authoritative publications on international arbitration related to China, including the recent 2023 Report on International Arbitration of IPR in China, published by China Legal Publishing.

Xie Changqing has 30 years’ rich experience in commercial disputes resolution either as a case manager, a presiding arbitrator, sole arbitrator or co-arbitrator. She is an arbitrator of CMAC and a member of the HKIAC Panel of Arbitrators. Before the present position starting from 2021，she had been working on the position of Secretary-General of CIETAC and CMAC Tianjin Sub-Commission and Vice Secretary-General of CMAC for many years.

Fu Xiaohui is the Chief Representative of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) Representative Office in Singapore and Secretary General of China Enterprises Association ( Singapore ). He use to work at Human Resources Department of CCPIT, China Trade News, China International Economic Cooperation and Investment Inc.

Gloria Lim is the CEO of SIAC. She is responsible for the overall management and operations of the institution.

Gloria was previously the Director of the Legal Industry Division in Singapore’s Ministry of Law. She was awarded the Public Administration Medal (Bronze) in 2008, and was awarded the Public Administration Medal (Silver) in 2016.

Gloria also headed the Singapore delegation involved in the UNCITRAL Working Group II (Dispute Settlement) discussions from 2019-2021.

She graduated from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and is called to the Singapore Bar. She also holds a Graduate Certificate in International Arbitration from NUS and an LL.M from Harvard University.

Paul Tan is a partner in the Singapore office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He leads the arbitration practice for the firm in Asia.

Paul is ranked by all major legal publications, including Legal 500 as a “leading lawyer” in his areas of practice, which encompasses international arbitration, litigation and arbitration-related proceedings across a range of industries and concerns. In addition to his counsel work, he sits as an arbitrator in Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) and International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) cases.

He recently published two books: The Law and Theory of International Commercial Arbitration in Singapore (2022), and A Commentary on the Singapore International Arbitration Act (2023). He is also the co-author of the next edition of Mustill and Boyd’s treatise on international commercial and investor-state arbitrations.

He is also the co-chair of the ADR Committee of the Law Society of Singapore.

Tim Meng is the Managing Partner of GoldenGate Lawyers, a law firm based in Beijing and listed with CIETAC and various other prominent arbitration institutes.

Admitted to both the Chinese National Bar and the New York Bar, Mr. Meng has been recognised as one of the most competent PRC commercial litigators, who is expert at CISG, cross-border transactions, engineering, and IP protection.

Mr. Meng is a Fellow of CIArb and associated with ICCA, VMAA and ECAA. He has been an active judge with the Vis East Moot, CIETAC Cup, Frankfurt Moot and FDI Moot in the past 20 years.

Ms. Yin is a frequent speaker of international conferences. She has handled thousands of arbitration cases during her legal career with CIETAC. CIETAC has accepted 5237 cases in 2023 and ranked among the five most preferred arbitration institutions in the world, according to the 2021 International Arbitration Survey published by Queen Mary University of London and White & Case LLP.

Cunyuan is responsible for overseeing SIAC’s activities in China. He is a member of the SIAC delegation at UNCITRAL Working Group II (Dispute Resolution). He graduated from Renmin University of China and Peking University School of Transnational Law, with Bachelor’s degree, JD and JM Degrees. He is qualified as an attorney in China. Prior to joining SIAC, he worked in a leading Chinese law firm in Beijing, where he advised and represented clients in international arbitrations and related lawsuits.

William is the Co-Head of the Litigation & Dispute Resolution Department at Allen & Gledhill. His areas of practice encompass international arbitration, banking litigation, corporate insolvency and restructuring, and corporate litigation. William has substantial experience in banking litigation, financial and securities-related disputes, and regularly acts in disputes involving structured products, margin trading, valuations, guarantees and enforcement of security. He is also actively involved in representing clients in corporate disputes, such as shareholder and directors’ disputes as well as joint venture disputes. William is effectively bilingual in English and Mandarin. He regularly acts for Chinese clients in international arbitrations and has provided expert evidence before the PRC courts.

Wei Ziping has worked for more than 20 years with different Divisions of CIETAC and accumulated rich experience in international commercial arbitration. As a case manager, she assisted for the tribunal with the procedural administration of almost 1000 cases. As a member of awards scrutinizer, she has scrutinized more than 2000 awards ranging from the international sale of goods, joint venture, equity transfer, fund investment etc. She also serves on the panels of arbitrators for CIETAC and CMAC.

Mr Hee joined the Singapore government legal service upon his graduation in 1979 from University of Singapore. He also holds a Diploma in PRC Law. As a proficient bilingual (English/Mandarin) lawyer, he has served as counsel or arbitrator in over 200 litigation and arbitration cases during his more than 40 years of experience, many of which have been reported in Singapore Law Reports and numerous law journals. He has written many awards in both English and Chinese in matters administered under SIAC, CIETAC, HKIAC and ICC rules. He is also a member of Singapore-China Joint Experts Team.

Teck Wah is currently the Head of Legal, Asia Pacific for Syngenta, a global agribusiness company. Teck Wah oversees a team of lawyers supporting a business of more than US$2 bio in 13 countries in the Asia Pacific region.

In his 24 years with Syngenta and more than 10 years in private practice before that, Teck Wah has successfully handled many complex legal issues in multiple jurisdictions including M&A and divestment transactions, setting up JVs and collaborations, ensuring FTOs in new markets and businesses and various types of litigations.

Invariably, one area that Teck Wah has had to manage is dispute and litigation resolution, including but not limited to JV disputes, IP enforcement and product liability claims. In resolving cross border disputes, Teck Wah has appeared before the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) and the Singapore Mediation Centre (SMC).

Cui Jun is LLB, LLM, Managing Director of Frontier and Partners, a practice specializing in international construction law and international construction projects. He is Arbitrator of China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission.

His experience includes contract drafting for international construction contract, contract negotiation, and construction claim for international projects as well as domestic and international arbitration and disputes settlement such as DAB/DB for international construction dispute. He regularly advises some of the China’s international major contractors and his current caseload involves projects in Asia, Africa, Middle East, Latin America and Europe. Since 1989, he has worked abroad for more than 20 years in Middle East, Asia, Africa and Europe.

He is the author of 14 books including Principle and Practice of FIDIC Contract, Principle and Practice of FIDIC Subcontract and the others and more than 100 articles and papers dealing with aspects of international construction contracts.

Hew has specialised in construction and engineering law for over 30 years, providing a full range of legal services to clients on major infrastructure, projects and construction disputes in many parts of the world. Many of his clients are the Chinese international contractors on the list of The Top 250 International Contractors, Engineering News-Record (ENR).

He is one of the leading international construction, projects and infrastructure lawyers currently working and living in China, and the only one consistently recognised as an Eminent Practitioner in the field by Chambers and Partners.

Hew is tri-qualified in Singapore and England & Wales as well as Hong Kong. He is fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese.

Sophia practises international arbitration and international litigation, and has represented well-known multi-nationals in commercial litigation, arbitration and enforcement, as well as in non-contentious matters. She is listed as an International Mediator at the Singapore International Mediation Centre, and is on several arbitration and mediation panels in mainland China. Sophia is cited by Asian Legal Business as being one of the region’s super 50 Dispute Lawyers for advising clients on risk management and dispute resolution in Asia.

Mr Lim Soo Kim is currently the Deputy Managing Director and Legal Counsellor of China Harbour (Singapore).

He has more than 35 year of experience in marine, coastal and land reclamation projects in Singapore such as Pulua Tekong, Southern Islands, Pasir Panjang and Tuas Mega Port.

He graduated from University of Manchester in 1982. He joined the HDB, in Nov 1982 and last held the post of Deputy Director (Coastal Engineering) till Dec 2014.

Apart from his engineering experience, he is also well known for his vast experience as a contract administrator handling numerous multi-million contractual disputes, including bilateral disputes.