Madhav Kumar, Counsel
CIETAC Hong Kong Arbitration Center

Madhav Kumar holds the position of Counsel at CIETAC Hong Kong Arbitration Center (CIETAC Hong Kong) and CMAC Hong Kong Arbitration Center (CMAC Hong Kong). His specialisation lies in the field of international arbitration and has a master’s degree in Arbitration and Dispute Resolution from the University of Hong Kong. In the brief period that he has been with CIETAC Hong Kong, he has participated as a panellist in various panel discussions and has spoken in conferences that has covered contemporary topics on international arbitration.

His primary tasks at CIETAC Hong Kong and CMAC Hong Kong include case administration, arbitration related research, business development and addressing queries raised by parties or their counsels on general arbitration practice or CIETAC’s practice. He is a qualified lawyer in India and before joining CIETAC Hong Kong he worked with a first-tier law firm in India. He has also pursued a career as a litigator in various civil related matters.

Sarah Grimmer, Secretary- General
HKIAC

Sarah Grimmer is Secretary-General of Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre. She was formerly Senior Legal Counsel at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) where she acted as registrar in several inter-State arbitrations under the Law of the Sea Convention and served as tribunal secretary in multiple investment treaty arbitrations and contract-based claims.

Prior to joining the PCA, Sarah served as Assistant Counsel at the ICC International Court of Arbitration in Paris. She was also a member of the international arbitration group at Shearman & Sterling LLP in Paris, prior to which she worked in private practice in Auckland. In 2015, Sarah was appointed to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon Disciplinary Board. She is a member of the ICCA-ASIL Task Force on Damages (2016), ICCA Publications Committee (2015), the IBA Investment Arbitration Subcommittee (2014), New Zealand ICC Arbitration Committee (2014), and the IBA Arb40 Steering Committee (2013).

Dr. Christopher To, Adjunct Professor
City University of Hong Kong

Dr. Christopher To is an independent mediator and arbitrator who is on the panels of various leading global alternative dispute resolution bodies. He has arbitrated more than hundred international cases involving both ad-hoc and institutional arbitrations; and has mediated many international and domestic cases. He is an accredited mediator, chartered arbitrator, chartered engineer, chartered information technology professional, barrister-at-law and a law professor.

As former Secretary-General of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, he managed to elevate Hong Kong’s status as the regional dispute resolution hub of Asia.

Jason CH Poon, Managing Director
China Technology Corporation Limited

Jason is the Managing Director for China Technology Corporation Ltd, where he undertakes major infrastructure projects focusing on reinforced concrete carcass and develops both system formwork and construction blockchain applications in Hong Kong, Macau and Mainland China. 

He holds Bachelor of Science (First Honor) in construction management from London South Bank University and Master of Laws in Arbitration & Disputes Resolution from City University of Hong Kong.  He has more than 25 years of experience on project and contract management in both building and civil engineering fields.  He was awarded in 2001 as the Top Ten Global Project Manager from Hyundai Engineering & Construction Group (South Korea) for his excellent performance on pioneering use of aluminium handset formwork in Hong Kong highrise construction and his business is currently the unique successful applicant on aluminium handset in civil engineering field.  His business had been awarded the Gold Prize of Best Subcontractor Award 2012 to 2017 from Hong Kong Construction Industry Council. In his management on annual turnover of HK$300millions and dealing with different main contractors’ cultures and project contingencies, he has gain much solid and practical experiences on dispute resolution and effective techniques on dispute facilitation.

Danny McFadden, Regional Representative of CEDR Asia Pacific and 
Regional Mediator with World Bank Group

Danny worked as a CEDR Director (London) since 2004 and is dually qualified as a lawyer both in Australia and the UK. 

He speaks Mandarin Chinese fluently and based in Hong Kong. He mediates regularly in the commercial, employment, construction, succession and trusts, banking, insurance, and property sectors. He is an expert trainer providing training to organisations such as the UN, ADB, IHG, World Bank and MTR

Since 2010 he has acted the Asian Regional Mediator for the World Bank Group and he is a designated unconscious bias trainer for the World Bank East Asia Pacific. 

Author of many articles on ADR and negotiation; in 2013 his book “Mediation in Greater China” was published and he is an Editor of “Mediation in Singapore: A practical guide” republished in October 2017.

In 2009, he was appointed Director of Mediation at the United Nations in New York, following on from 2008, when he joined the United Nations Ombudsman’s New York Office in as an expert adviser on the establishment of a new Mediation Division. 

He has worked as a trainer in over 30 countries and is a visiting Professor at Kobe University teaching International Dispute Resolution. He has provided consultancy to the legislatures of Hong Kong, China and Vietnam.

He is a member of the Hong Kong Government’s Steering Committee on Mediation, HKMAAL Vice Chair and Council Member, Law Society of England and Wales, UK Civil Mediation Council, IBA, ABA and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Currently Mediator Panels: World Bank, U N New York, ADR Chambers, CEDR London, CEDR Asia Pacific Hong Kong, Singapore International Mediation Centre, the CCPIT Mediation Centre Beijing and the International Mediation Institute (IMI).

Dennis Cai, Chief Commericial Officer
The eBRAM Centre

Dennis Cai has rich experience in arbitration, mediation and Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) in both private and public sectors. He is currently serving as the Chief Commercial Officer of eBRAM Centre Ltd, the President of Policy and Compliance of Internet DotTrademark Organisation Ltd, and Council Member (Director) of the Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Centre (ADNDRC). He has also worked for the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) for 12 years, serving as the Assistant Secretary-General for most of the time.

He is an untiring advocate of ODR and specializes in Internet-related IP dispute resolution. He is listed as a Panelist of the ADNDRC and HKIAC and has rendered many decisions on domain name disputes. 

He has memberships with many professional bodies, including the Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators (HKIArb), Licensing Executive Society China (Hong Kong Sub-Chapter), and the Hong Kong Institute of Directors (HKIoD). He holds two master’s degrees, respectively L.L.M (WTO and Globalization Laws) and M.A in Arbitration and Dispute Resolution from Hong Kong.

He is also a part-time lecturer and tutor appointed by the University of Hong Kong and the Open University of Hong Kong for courses on arbitration practice, and online domain name dispute resolution. He has delivered 120+ public presentations, lectures, and training sessions in Hong Kong, Mainland China and overseas, and published more than 15 articles, chapters, and case reports on various subjects of dispute resolution.

John Karamoschos, Associate Director – Hong Kong eDiscovery Services
Law In Order

John Karamoschos is the Associate Director – Hong Kong eDiscovery Services. He joined Law In Order from a big 4 consultancy, where he was a Senior Manager responsible for the forensic technology and eDiscovery practice. Prior to Hong Kong, John spent 12+ years working in the UK specialising in planning and delivering large scale, end-to-end eDiscovery projects across Europe, U.S.A and the Asia/Pacific regions.

He has experience across the entire spectrum of the EDRM with a particular focus in the Financial Services and Oil and Gas sectors. He has experience on a number of cases ranging from litigation, arbitration, fraud and compliance investigations. He has also managed regulatory requests such as SEC, DOJ, FCPA, FCA, PCAOB and EU competition cases.

He graduated from Plymouth university UK with an LLB Law (Hons).

Olga Boltenko, Partner
Fangda Partners

Olga Boltenko is a Partner at Fangda Partners in Hong Kong. She chairs the ICC Hong Kong Commercial Law and Practice Committee, and she is an adjunct lecturer at the University of Hong Kong. Ms Boltenko specialises in investment arbitration. She has acted as counsel in investor-state disputes under the auspices of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, the World Bank, the UNCITRAL, and as tribunal secretary in dozens of commercial disputes, both ad hoc and institutional (including SIAC, ICC, HKIAC, SCC), in a wide array of industries including oil and gas, infrastructure, construction, telecommunications and pharmaceuticals. She is listed as arbitrator on the HKIAC list of arbitrators, and on the KLRCA, CIETAC, and SIAC panels of arbitrators.