Database of arbitrators
Ms. Grace Cheng
Barrister
39 Essex Chambers
Gender: Female
Nationality: Hong Konger, New Zealander
Address: London,
Country: United Kingdom
Email Address: grace.cheng@39essex.com
Phone: +4402078321111
Languages: English Native, Cantonese Native, Mandarin Native, French Working knowledge
Experience as sole arbitrator: Yes , 2 cases
Experience as co-arbitrator: No
Experience as presiding arbitrator: No
Experience as counsel in arbitration proceedings: Yes
Legal systems: Common Law
Bar Admission: Hong Kong SAR, 2013 , England and Wales, 2016
Fields of arbitration specialization: Construction & Infrastructure, Energy & Natural Resources, Technologies, Transport
Publications:
• The Continuing Triumph of ‘Bright Line’ Rules: Rothwell revisited (2017) 25 Tort Law Review 3
• “You’re fired”: The Blacklisting of Workers in the Construction Industry (2017) 33 Construction Law Journal 403
• E-Money: Evolution or revolution? (2018) 33(2) Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation 56
• What’s in a name? (2018) 1 International Family Law Journal 50
• The role of judicial review in the EU’s financial architecture and the development of alternative remedies: The experience of the Board of Appeal of the European Supervisory Authorities (2018) 84 Quaderni di Ricerca Giuridica published by Banca d’Italia 17 (co-authored with Sir William Blair)
• In Code we trust? Trustlessness and smart contracts (co-authored with Mimi Zou and Marta Soria Heredia) originally published by the Society for Computers and Law (April 2019) and in abridged form by the Oxford Business Law Blog (University of Oxford)
• Member of Commercial Bar Association / Chancery Bar Association joint working group responding to the Law Commission’s call for evidence on smart contracts (March 2021)
• Overriding mandatory rules and compliance in international arbitration: national monetary restrictions, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Dossier XIX (co-authored with Sir William Blair)