陶景洲律师是美国德杰律师事务所负责中国业务的执行合伙人。陶律师在过去的三十余年中，一直为《财富》500强企业提供与中国业务有关的法律服务，积累了丰富的经验。他曾在一百多件仲裁案件中担任仲裁律师、首席仲裁员或当事人选定的仲裁员。陶律师还担任国际商会国际仲裁院成员（1999年至2018年）、中国国际经济贸易仲裁委员会（CIETAC）专家咨询委员会委员和香港国际仲裁中心（HKIAC）国际咨询委员会委员。

陶律师经常就各种法律和实务问题发表演讲，并以英文、法文和中文发表了众多的书籍和文章。陶律师还担任北京大学法学院、华东政法大学的兼职教授，以及清华大学法学院国际仲裁与争端解决高端研修项目的特邀法学教授。此外，陶律师还经常在《财新周刊》和英国《金融时报》发表专栏文章。

曹欣光律师是汇仲律师事务所资深合伙人，现执业于汇仲律师事务所北京办公室。

执业经历
曹欣光律师擅长于商事仲裁和诉讼，现为中国国际经济贸易仲裁委员会（CIETAC）仲裁员及专家委员会委员、中国国际经济贸易促进委员会调解中心（CCPIT/CCOIC）调解员及中美商事调解中心调解员。
曹欣光律师曾在中国国内外仲裁机构以及包括最高人民法院在内的中国各级法院进行的一百多起商事仲裁、诉讼案件中代理过中外客户。
作为CIETAC的资深仲裁员，曹欣光律师在近30年时间里已作为仲裁员处理了数百起仲裁案件。在多数案件中，曹欣光律师均担任首席仲裁员并因其专业水准受到尊敬。曹欣光律师作为首席仲裁员处理的多起案件均影响广泛，并被CIETAC选为示范案例。
此外，曹欣光律师还曾担任对外经济贸易大学副教授，于1990年至1991年期间作为访问学者到访美国洛约拉大学法学院。1984年至1985年、1991年至1993年期间，曹欣光律师在加拿大皇冠大学法学院求学，并获得法律硕士学位。

Sumeet Kachwaha is the founding partner of Kachwaha & Partners, having a leading dispute resolution and arbitration practice. He has handled many landmark and high-stake matters and cross-border disputes.

Sumeet has been appointed sole arbitrator by the High Court of Delhi in several arbitrations. He has also served as amicus curiae to the High Court of Delhi in two matters and has stood in as an expert witness on Indian law in the courts of England and Singapore.

Mr Kachwaha has been ranked in Band 1 in the arbitration section of Chambers Asia since 2009. He is named as a “leading individual” in The Legal 500: Asia Pacific for dispute resolution. He features in the arbitration, asset recovery, construction, government contracts and procurement titles of Who’s Who Legal.

Mr Kachwaha currently serves as vice president of the Asia-Pacific Regional Arbitration Group (APRAG). He also serves on the six-member advisory board of the Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration (KLRCA) now known as Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC). He served as the chair of the dispute resolution and arbitration section of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA) for three years.

Publications include: “The White Industries Australia Limited: India BIT Award – A Critical Assessment”, Arbitration International, Vol 29, Issue 2, pp 275–293 (2013); “Interim Relief: Comments on the UNCITRAL Amendments and the Indian Perspective”, Yearbook on International Arbitration, Vol III, pp 155–161 (2013); “Enforcement of Arbitration Awards in India”, Asian International Arbitration Journal, Kluwer (2008); “The Indian Arbitration Law: Towards a New Jurisprudence”, International Arbitration Law Review, Sweet & Maxwell (2007); and “Arbitration Law of India – A Critical Analysis”, Asian International Arbitration Journal, Kluwer (2005).

Mr. Kachwaha had served in the Panel of Arbitrators of AIAC (formerly KLRCA); SIAC; CIETAC; HKIAC; Singapore Institute of Arbitrators; Indian Council of Arbitration and Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration.

Nigel N. T. Li received LL.M. degrees from Harvard in 1983 and National Taiwan University in 1980, after obtaining an LL.B. degree from Soochow University in 1977. In addition to his role as a practicing attorney specializing in dispute resolution and arbitration, media law, human and civil rights, international litigation and constitutional law, he is also an adjunct professor at both the Graduate School of Law of Soochow University and the Department of Political Science of National Taiwan University. He teaches Constitutional Law, Human Rights, ADR and International Arbitration.
Serving as Chairman of the Arbitration Association of Chinese Taipei from 2007 to 2014, Nigel has made considerable effort in raising the quality of transnational arbitration and has contributed greatly to cross-strait and international exchanges. At the same time, he is also registered as an arbitrator of The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre and the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission.
Over the years, Nigel has dedicated himself to pro bono work. He was President of the Taipei Bar Association and sits on the Board of the Judicial Reform Foundation. His determination to preserve human rights and justice has led to his ardent involvement in numerous cases applying for the Grand Justices' interpretation of the Constitution and his appointment as a Member of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Human Rights.

David W. Rivkin is Co-Chair of Debevoise & Plimpton’s International Dispute Resolution Group and Immediate Past President of the International Bar Association (IBA). Mr. Rivkin is consistently ranked as one of the top international dispute resolution practitioners and international lawyers in the world. He has handled international arbitrations throughout the world and before virtually every major arbitration institution, and he has won some of the largest investment treaty and commercial arbitration awards. Subjects of these arbitrations have included long-term energy and natural resources concessions, investment treaties, joint venture agreements, financial issues, insurance coverage, construction contracts, distribution agreements and intellectual property, among others, and they have involved common law, civil law, and Islamic law systems. He also represents companies in transnational litigation in the US, including the enforcement of arbitral awards and arbitration agreements. He was the first American to serve as IBA President in 25 years. He has authored many articles and frequently spoken about international arbitration and litigation, and in his role as IBA President about such topics as business and human rights, judicial integrity, climate change justice and the important role of lawyers in preserving the rule of law. Mr. Rivkin has served in leadership roles in arbitration institutions on five continents, including formerly the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, and he sits on many arbitration panels. In 2012, the American Lawyer’s Am Law Litigation Daily named Mr. Rivkin one of two “Global Lawyers of the Year.” In 2011, the National Law Journal named him one of the country’s “Most Influential Attorneys.”

Mary Thomson, Chartered Arbitrator, Barrister, Mediator and Adjudicator, Former Solicitor of Pacific Chambers, Hong Kong, 36 Stone Chambers, London & Singapore.

Mary started her career in London. After qualifying as a barrister, she worked in the transport and insurance industry before returning to private practice and requalifying as a solicitor. She practiced at solicitors’ firms in London and Hong Kong for 25 years and has conducted litigation in the High Courts of England and Hong Kong including to the highest appeal courts. Mary’s extensive experience spans the financial, insurance, transport, energy, commodities, construction, IT and manufacturing sectors. In 2013, Mary joined the Hong Kong Bar and rejoined the English Bar to become self-employed and independent as she was increasingly being appointed as an arbitrator and mediator.

Mary has been involved in arbitration since her early years in London, conducting ad hoc as well as institution administered arbitrations including LMAA, ICC, Uncitral, HKIAC, SIAC, SCMA, SCMA and CIETAC Rules. She has been appointed arbitrator since 1996, including pursuant to “commercial men” clauses. She is on the panel of arbitrators of CIARB, LCIA, SIAC, DIAC, HKIAC, CIETAC, KCAB, KLRCA, CAA, HKMAG, APRAG and SCMA. She regularly sits in arbitrations in London, Hong Kong and Singapore.

Mary regularly judges at Vis East international arbitration moots including at the Finals in 2015.

Mary has mediated large international commercial disputes in London, Hong Kong, Singapore and Shanghai.

Mary is the current Chair of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (East Asia Branch), Chair of ARIAS Asia, Member of ICC Commission on Arbitration and member of the Advisory Committee on the promotion of Arbitration, Hong Kong Department of Justice.

Mr. Philip Yang has been a full-time arbitrator for well over 30 years, mainly in international trade, shipping and commercial disputes. He has published/issued over 600 arbitration awards as a sole or co-arbitrator. Mr. Yang is the Honorary Chairman of the HKIAC, the member of the International Advisory Board of CIETAC, the member of the International Advisory Board of Asian International Arbitration Centre, the Committee Member of International Arbitration Committee of KCAB, the member of the General Committee of SCMA, the immediate past Vice-Chairman of the BIMCO Documentary Committee, the Past President of the APRAG, and the past Hong Kong Representative of ICC International Court of Arbitration. He has published many books and a lot of articles on international trade, shipping and arbitration related topics/matters.