Biography

Educational/ Current position / Professional Experience

Educational Experience

• Baccalaurate (1999, European School of Luxembourg)
• Diplôme du Programme International (2001-2, Sciences Po Paris)
• MA Economics and History (2003, Trinity College Dublin)
• Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) Diploma in Insurance
• LL.M (2021, Columbia University) with focus on arbitration

Admissions 

• Solicitor England & Wales (2008)
• Solicitor Hong Kong (2010)
• Admitted New York (2022)

Relevant Board Memberships

• Board member of Hong Kong Insurance Law Association Limited since 2012
• Board member of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators East Asia Branch since 2023
• Board member of ARIAS Asia since 2023 (AIDA (Association Internationale de Droit des Assurances) Reinsurance and Insurance Arbitration Society)

Current Positions

• Director, Arbitratio & Concilium Limited
• Consultant, Hugill & Ip Solicitors

Previous Professional Experience

• Senior Manager at the Insurance Authority of Hong Kong (2018-20).
• Formerly partner at international insurance, shipping and trade firm in HK (2016-18).
• Previously at two further leading international insurance, shipping, trade law firms.
• Prior to becoming a lawyer, I worked at two fund managers (in Luxembourg and Australia). I have also advised/ been director of insurance companies.

Arbitration Experience

Extensive experience as counsel in international arbitration (over 50 HKIAC, ICC, LCIA, LMAA, SIAC and UNCITRAL arbitrations) and included on several lists/ panels internationally. Acted as arbitrator in over 5 commercial arbitrations. Examples include:

• Appointments as arbitrator by SIAC and HKIAC.
• As sole counsel successfully defending a SIAC arbitration (including a 3-day hearing) arising under a joint venture agreement.
• Acting for successful Claimant in complicated ICC arbitration in Paris.
• Acting as counsel in many commodities/ shipping/ trade disputes under LMAA/LCIA/ HKIAC/ UNCITRAL rules.

Publications and Speaking Engagements

• Forthcoming,  Arbitration Law Review 2023, Lloyd’s List Intelligence.
• Forthcoming, introduction chapter to Nutshell on Investor-State Arbitration edited by Professors Bermann and Duggal.
• “Paying for Arbitration” talk given for The University of Hong Kong’s LLM Arbitration and Dispute Resolution series “Insights from the Dispute Resolution Community” (2023)( https://www.hugillandip.com/2023/11/webinar-insights-from-the-dispute-resolution-community-paying-for-arbitration/)
• “Reform of arbitration law: the Law Commission’s consultation on Enka”, (2023) originally published on Arbitration Law Monthly with K Duggal, and A Lee (https://www.hugillandip.com/2023/05/arbitration-law-monthly-reform-of-arbitration-law-the-law-commissions-consultation-on-enka/)
• “UNCITRAL Working Group III Produces First Deliverables on ISDS Reform”, with Pijan Wu (https://www.hugillandip.com/2023/05/uncitral-working-group-iii-produces-first-deliverables-on-isds-reform/).
• TagTime with Matthew Gearing QC – Appeals on Questions of Law – Worth the Trouble?,  March 25, 2021, The American Review of International Arbitration, Columbia University https://aria.law.columbia.edu/tagtime-with-matthew-gearing-qc-appeals-on-questions-of-law-worth-there-trouble/).

Languages

English & German (native), French (fluent), Spanish & Italian (working), Mandarin (knowledge)