Practicing lawyer
Master of Laws, National Taiwan University,
Bachelor of Laws, National Taiwan University.
Adjunct professor, College of Law, National Taiwan University,
Adjunct lecturer, Department of Law, Chinese Culture University,
Chair, Civil Law Study Foundation,
Member of the Exam, Proposition, Marking, Questions Review Committee of the Examination Yuan,
Lecturer, Pre-Service Training Center for Attorneys, Ministry of Justice, R.O.C.(Taiwan) and the Taiwan Bar Association,
Lecturer, Training Seminars for Lawyers, Taipei Bar Association,
Lecturer, Interactive Study Course of Claim and Main Text in Court Judgment, Judges Academy of the Judicial Yuan,
Member, Study and Amendment Subcommittee of the Lodging Act, Judicial Yuan,
Lecturer, Legal Study Class, Department of Civil Service Development, Taipei City Government,
Member, Legal Affairs Committee of Taipei City Government,
Advisory Member, Department of Legal Affairs of Taipei City Government,
Chair, Deliberation Committee on the Amount in Dispute and Arbitration Fees, CAA.
Vice President, CAA Court of Arbitration
Bachelor of Laws, National Taiwan University
Studied at the Graduate School of the University of Tokyo, Japan.
Professor, Department of Political Science, National Taiwan University,
Audit Committee Member (the 3rd), Control Yuan,
Director (the 1st) and Chair (the 2nd), Legal Aid Foundation,
Member, Taiwan Provincial Government,
Member, Taiwan Provincial Election Commission,
Member, Law and Regulations Committee of the Ministry of the Interior, R.O.C.(Taiwan),
Member of the Political Party Registration Review Committee of the Ministry of the Interior, R.O.C.(Taiwan),
Member, Administrative Appeal Examination Committee, Administrative Appeal Re-examination Committee and Advisory Committee of the Control Yuan,
Member, Re-examination Committee of the Academia Sinica,
Adviser of the Executive Yuan
President (the 4th), International Federation of Women Lawyers Republic of China.
Honorary Professor, National Central University,
Chair, Veracity Foundation of Legal Studies.
PhD. in Civil Engineering, Michigan State University, USA,
Master of Civil Engineering, Michigan State University, USA,
Bachelor of Civil Engineering, National Cheng Kung University.
Chair, CECI Engineering Consultants, Inc., Taiwan,
Deputy Minister, Public Construction Commission of the Executive Yuan,
Director, Planning Department of the Ret-Ser Engineering Agency,
Professor, Director and Dean, School of Engineering of National Central University,
Assistant Professor, Wayne State University, Michigan,
President, Chinese Institute of Engineers,
President, Chinese Institute of Civil and Hydraulic Engineering,
President, Chinese Association of Engineering Consultants,
President, Federation of Engineers Institutions of Asia and Pacific (FEIAP).
Manager , Lin’s Law Office.
Honorary Consultant, Lin & Associates Maritime Law Office.
Standing Supervisor and Arbitrator, Arbitration Association of the Republic of China.
National Taipei University, LL.B., LL.M.,
Southern Methodist University, J.D.
Public Prosecutor, Hsinchu District Court
Judge, Taipei District Court
Notary Public, Taipei District Court
Committee Member of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications for the Amendment of Taiwanese Maritime Code
Chairman of the Association of Maritime Laws
Standing Supervisor, Chinese Maritime Research Institute.
Head of Chambers, The Arbitration Chambers
LL.M, National University of Singapore 1988
LL.B (Hons), University of Singapore 1980
Formerly the Deputy Chairman (2004–2009), first Chief Executive Officer and Registrar (1991–1996) of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), Lawrence is one of Singapore’s founding voices of arbitration. He now serves on
the SIAC Court of Arbitration and the ICC Court of Arbitration.
With more than 25 years of experience as an arbitrator, Lawrence has sat more than 300 cases, presiding or acting as sole arbitrator in over 200 cases. He has taken on cases administered by institutions including the SIAC, ICC, LCIA, ICSID, HKIAC, CIETAC, AAA, AIAC, AMTAC, SCMA, BANI, BAC, VIAC, LMAA, PCA, SCMA, as well as ad hoc matters.
Lawrence is also no stranger to mediation, having mediated in no less than 100 disputes, with mediations reaching settlement at a success rate of 75%.
Lawrence is on the panels of leading international arbitration and mediation bodies such as the AAA, AIAC, CIETAC, CMAC, BAC, KCAB, HKIAC, SIMC and SMC He is Singapore’s nominee to ICSID’s Panel of Arbitrators, as well as the National Correspondent to UNCITRAL’s Case Law on UNCITRAL Text (CLOUT).
ACADEMIA
Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Law, Bond University, Australia
Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore
NOTABLE MENTION
• Chambers & Partners’ Most in Demand Arbitrators – Singapore, Band 1
• Chambers & Partners’ Most in Demand Arbitrators – Asia-Pacific Region, Band 1
• Chambers & Partners’ Most in Demand Arbitrators – Global, Band 2
• Who’s Who Legal – Mediation
• GAR – Arbitration
• Who’s Who Legal – Arbitration
National Chengchi University, Professor of Law
Bachelor of Laws, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Master of Laws, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Doctor of Judicial Science, University of Munich, Germany
Doctor of Judicial Science, University of Munich, Germany
Judge of Banqiao, Yilan, Taichung District Court
Chief Financial Ombudsman of the Financial Ombudsman Institution
Member of Mediation and Grievance Committee of the Public Construction Commission
Member of Professional Engineer Discipline Retrial Committee of the Public Construction Commission
Member of Judicial Evaluation Committee
Member of Attorney Disciplinary Re-Examination Committee
Member of Attorney Disciplinary Re-Examination Re-Consideration Committee
Member of Judicial Selection Committee
Member of Ethics Committee of the Arbitration Association
Member of the Committee of Arbitration Fees and Amount in Dispute Determination
Membersof Code of Civil Procedure Research and Amendment Committee, Member of Mediation Law Legislation Committee
Associate Dean of College of Law, National Chengchi University, Taiwan
Chair of Department of Law of, National Chengchi University, Taiwan
Chair of Master of Laws Program for Executives, National Chengchi University, Taiwan
Senior Partner, Tsar & Tsai Law Firm
National Cheng-Chi University School of Law (LL.B.)
National Taiwan University Graduate School of Law (LL.M.)
Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University / Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (MBA)
Director, Arbitration Association of the ROC
Executive Board Supervisor, Chinese International Economic Cooperation Association
Member, ICC International Court of Arbitration (06/2016-06/2024)
Director, Judicial Reform Foundation (1997-2023)
Consultation Member of Committee for Examining Procurement Petitions of the Public Construction Commission, Executive Yuan (2003-2005)
Regional Vice Chair for Asia/Pacific, Lex Mundi Construction and Infrastructure Practice Group (2008-2014)
Executive Board Member (1993-1996) and Supervisor (1990-1993), Taipei Bar Association
Sally A. Harpole is an international arbitrator, mediator and attorney-at-law. Since 1977, she has focused on investment, trade, technology licensing and disputes for transactions between multinational corporations and Chinese and other Asian parties in a wide range of industries. As an attorney qualified in the State of California and the Hong Kong SAR, she led the China practices of multinational law firms in Beijing and Hong Kong for nearly three decades before establishing full-time practice as an independent arbitrator. After 36 years in Asia, she is currently based in San Francisco, California and continues to serve as arbitrator and mediator for complex commercial cases.
Sally Harpole has been appointed as arbitrator, mediator or counsel in over 130 international commercial cases in Asia, Europe and North America with procedures conducted under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules as well as the institutional rules of the AAA/ICDR, the ICC, the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC), the Shanghai International Arbitration Center (SHIAC), the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC), the Singapore International Arbitration (SIAC), the Chinese Arbitration Association (CAA) in Taiwan, the Korean Commercial Arbitration Board (KCAB), the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce and others.
Sally Harpole has contributed to the leadership of numerous professional organizations, including but not limited to the International Bar Association (Arbitration Committee Co-chair), ICDR/American Arbitration Association (Board of Directors), Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (Council), China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (Commission and Advisory Board member), Japan Commercial Arbitration Association (Advisory Board) and the American Chamber of Commerce in the People’s Republic of China (elected as President for two terms).
Ms. Harpole holds a Juris Doctor Degree from the University of Washington School of Law, an A.B. Degree (with honors) from the University of California, Berkeley and an advanced mediator certificate from Harvard Law School.
Ms. Harpole is fluent in English, Chinese and Spanish languages.
Partner of K&L Gates, LL.P, Member of ICC Court of Arbitration, Member of CAAI Court of Arbitration
LL.M., University of Minnesota Law School, 2002
LL.B., National Taiwan University, 1989
Shilin started to practiced law since 1991 and focused his practice in dispute resolution area, including commercial litigation and international arbitration. He received various training from ICC Court of Arbitration and Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He was one of the founders of CIArb Taiwan Chapter and currently serve as Member of ICC Court of Arbitration. He acts as counsel for arbitration in arbitrations administered by International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Court of Arbitration, Milan Arbitration Commission, China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC), and Chinese Arbitration Association (CAA). He also acts as co-arbitrator and chief arbitrator from time to time for arbitrations administered by CAA. Other than practicing laws, he also taught United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods from 2016 to 2020 in International Programme at Tamkang University, which was one of the most popular classes in the programme.
Tiffany Huang is the Executive Partner of Baker McKenzie Taipei office and head of the Energy, Mining and Infrastructure and Insurance Practice Groups
National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan (LL.B. 1979).
National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan (LL.M. 1987).
University of Washington, Seattle, U.S.A. (LL.M. 1989).
Professional affiliations
Board member and arbitrator of Arbitration Association of the Republic of China
Co-chair of ECCT Government Procurement Committee
Member of ECCT Wind Energy Committee
Member of Taipei City Government Promotion of Private Participation in Infrastructure Projects Committee
Pro bono and community involvement
Board member of VisionFund International.
Board member of World Vision International (2007-2016)
Former Chair of World Vision Taiwan.
Board member of Taitung Christian Hospital
Awards and rankings
Named Eminent Practitioner by Chambers Asia-Pacific (2021).
Named Hall of Fame Individual by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2021).
Named Recommended Lawyer by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2021)
Dr Michael Hwang S.C. currently practices as an international arbitrator and mediator based in Singapore. He was the Chief Justice of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Courts from 2010 to 2018. He sits as arbitrator in domestic and international disputes, including investment treaty disputes, under a wide variety of arbitral rules. Michael was called to the Singapore Bar in 1968, when he joined Allen & Gledhill. He became a partner in 1972 and retired from the firm in 2002 after serving as head of its Litigation and Arbitration Department for 10 years. Michael’s past appointments include: a former Vice Chairman of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), a former Vice President of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA), a former member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), a former Court Member of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), a former panel member on the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) Panel, a former Governor of the IP Academy of Singapore and a former Trustee of the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC). He has also served as a United Nations Compensation Commissioner (adjudicating claims against Iraq arising from the First Gulf War) and a Vice-Chair of the International Bar Association’s (IBA) Arbitration Committee, as well as a Council Member of International Council of Arbitration for Sport (ICAS). He has served on the Users Council of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) and the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC), and is also a Board Member of the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA), the Hainan international Arbitration Court and the Shanghai International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (Shanghai International Arbitration Center). Michael has also previously served as Singapore’s Non-Resident Ambassador to Switzerland and Argentina, as a Judicial Commissioner (fixed-term High Court Judge) of the Supreme Court of Singapore, and as President of the Law Society of Singapore. He was educated at undergraduate and postgraduate levels at Oxford University, where he was a college scholar by open competitive examination. He has also been conferred an Honorary LLD by the University of Sydney where he commenced his legal career in 1966-7 as a Teaching Fellow.
Attorney-at-Law
LL.M., Harvard (1983)、LL.M., National Taiwan University (1980)、LL.B., Soochow University (1977)
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Distinguished Professor & WENG Yue-Sheng Chair Professor, College of Law, National Taiwan University
Director of the Research Foundation of Civil Procedure Law
LL.B. (NTU, 1991)
LL.M. (NTU, 1994)
Ph.D. in Law (Heidelberg University, 1999)
Vice Dean & Director of Graduate Institute of Interdisciplinary Legal Studies, College of Law, National Taiwan University (2017-2019)
Exchange Professor of NTU-Hamburg University (2018)
Exchange Professor of NTU-Heidelberg University (2019)
Senior Fulbright Research Grant and Visiting Scholar at the School of Law, University of California (2013-2014)
Dr. Wu Da-You Research Award, National Science Council (2009)
Professor Shen is a qualified attorney in Taiwan, specializing in civil procedure law, non-contentious law, family proceedings law, arbitration law and ADR. She has published extensive articles and 6 books on arbitration and ADR, amendments to the Code of Civil Procedure, as well as the Family Proceedings Act.
Architect,
Professional Civil, Hydraulic, and Structural Engineer,
Assistant professor.
PhD. in Materials Engineering, National Taiwan Ocean University,
Master in Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University,
PhD. in Structural Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai,
PhD. in Business Administration, Nankai University, Tianjin.
Adjunct Assistant Professor, National Taiwan Ocean University,
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Feng Chia University,
Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Architecture, Chung Yuan Christian University,
Section Head, Design Section of the Public Works Department, Taipei City Government,
President, Taiwan Professional Civil Engineers Association,
Director, Inspector and Member, CAA,
Founding President, Fukien Kinmen Matsu Architects Association (former the Fujian Province Architects Association),
Member, Procurement Complaint Review Board, Taipei City Government.
Dr Michael Hwang S.C. currently practices as an international arbitrator and mediator based in Singapore. He was the Chief Justice of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Courts from 2010 to 2018. He sits as arbitrator in domestic and international disputes, including investment treaty disputes, under a wide variety of arbitral rules. Michael was called to the Singapore Bar in 1968, when he joined Allen & Gledhill. He became a partner in 1972 and retired from the firm in 2002 after serving as head of its Litigation and Arbitration Department for 10 years. Michael’s past appointments include: a former Vice Chairman of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), a former Vice President of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA), a former member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), a former Court Member of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), a former panel member on the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) Panel, a former Governor of the IP Academy of Singapore and a former Trustee of the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC). He has also served as a United Nations Compensation Commissioner (adjudicating claims against Iraq arising from the First Gulf War) and a Vice-Chair of the International Bar Association’s (IBA) Arbitration Committee, as well as a Council Member of International Council of Arbitration for Sport (ICAS). He has served on the Users Council of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) and the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC), and is also a Board Member of the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA), the Hainan international Arbitration Court and the Shanghai International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (Shanghai International Arbitration Center). Michael has also previously served as Singapore’s Non-Resident Ambassador to Switzerland and Argentina, as a Judicial Commissioner (fixed-term High Court Judge) of the Supreme Court of Singapore, and as President of the Law Society of Singapore. He was educated at undergraduate and postgraduate levels at Oxford University, where he was a college scholar by open competitive examination. He has also been conferred an Honorary LLD by the University of Sydney where he commenced his legal career in 1966-7 as a Teaching Fellow.
Peter Thorp is an independent arbitrator based in Paris.
Peter has conducted arbitrations under a wide range of rules and subject to
many different systems of law. He has acted as Chairman, Sole Arbitrator and
Co-Arbitrator on a large number of ICC, LCIA, SCC, CIETAC, HKIAC,
SIAC and CAA (Taiwan) arbitrations, as well as ad hoc arbitrations under the
UNCITRAL Rules. He is on the panel of numerous arbitration institutions, and
is regularly selected by those institutions, such as the ICC and HKIAC, for
appointments as arbitrator.
Peter has also frequently acted as emergency arbitrator and as sole arbitrator in
expedited and fast-track arbitrations.
Peter’s experience as arbitrator spans a broad range of sectors, including joint
venture and M&A, shareholder disputes, IP and licensing, construction and
infrastructure, media and telecoms, banking & finance, insurance, energy, oil
& gas and mining, sale of goods, and pharmaceuticals/biotechnology.
Peter is a former partner of the law firm Allen & Overy LLP and was from
2005 to 2011 Managing Partner of Allen & Overy's Beijing and Shanghai
offices before joining the firm’s Paris office.
Peter speaks (and writes) English, Mandarin and French and is qualified in
England and Wales, Hong Kong, New Zealand and France.
Career history
− Independent Arbitrator, Paris, since September 2013
− Partner, Allen & Overy LLP, Paris, 2012-August 2013
− Managing Partner, Allen & Overy LLP, Beijing, 2005-2011
− Part-time Lecturer, Université de Paris Dauphine, 2003-2004
− Senior Associate, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Paris, 1999-2004
− Solicitor, Freshfields, Hong Kong, 1995-1999
− Barrister & Solicitor, Simpson Grierson, Auckland, 1992-1995
− China Manager, Sandvik International AB, 1986-1989
− Consultant/Administrator, China New Zealand Agricultural Consultants
Limited, 1984-1986
Legal qualifications
− Admitted as avocat à la cour, Barreau de Paris, 2014
− Admitted as Solicitor, Hong Kong, 2005
− Admitted as Solicitor, England and Wales, 2003
− Admitted as Barrister and Solicitor, New Zealand, 1992
Associate Professor, Civil Engineering Department, National Central University
Vice President, Radium Life Tech. Corp., Ltd.
Member, Complaint Review Board for Government Procurement, New Taipei City Government
Arbitrator/Director, Chinese Arbitration Association
Arbitrator, CIETAC
LLB, Soochow University, Law School
Master, University of Illinois , Springfield Campus
Chief Legal Officer, CTCI Corporation
Chief of legal Section, Ret-Ser Engineering Agency, Executive Yuan
Director of Auditing Office, RSEA Corporation
Deputy Director, Construction Arbitration Commission, Chinese Arbitration Association
Chairman of Legal Committee, Chinese Insititute of Engineers
Adjunct Professor of Law, National Taiwan University(NTU)
Member, Committee of International Monetary Law, International Law Association(London)
Member of the Board of Directors, Society of International Law(ROC)
Bachelor of Law NTU
LLM and SJD, University of California at Berkeley
Associate Professor of Law, NTU
Counsel, Asian Development Bank
Executive Vice President, Exim Bank of ROC
Professor of Law, NTU
Adviser, Securities and Futures Commission
Justice of Constitutional Court
Member of the Board of Directors and executive committee, Bank of Taiwan
Member of the Board of Directors and the listing committee, Taiwan Stock Exchange
Chairman and Director of the Board, Securities and Futures Institute
Member of the Management Board, Public Employees Pension Fund
Member of the Board of Directors, Private Sector Employees Pension Fund
Member of the Board of Directors, Corporate Governance Association(Taiwan ROC)
Member of the Board of Directors, Joint Credit Information Center
Member of the Board of Directors, Pension Fund Association
