Chiann Bao
Asia-Pacific Guide 2024
International Arbitration: Most In Demand Arbitrators + 1 more ranking
Band 2
Band 3
About
Provided by Chiann Bao
Career
Chiann Bao is an independent arbitrator with Arbitration Chambers based in Singapore. She has been appointed in almost 100 ad hoc and institutional arbitrations totalling several billions USD in dispute. She serves as a Vice President of the ICC Court of Arbitration and is the Senior Vice Chair of the IBA Arbitration Committee. From 2010 to 2018, she served as the Secretary General of the HKIAC and was subsequently appointed as a Council Member of the HKIAC. She is an Adjunct Professor at National University of Singapore and a lecturer Sciences Po Law School and serves as a member of the Board of Trustees and an honorary senior fellow of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law. Chiann also serves as a member of the advisory board for the Journal of International Arbitration. She a member of the board of directors for Maxwell Chambers as well as a member of the global advisory board for the New York International Arbitration Center. Tri-qualified in New York, England and Wales and Hong Kong, Chiann is a Chartered Arbitrator and CEDR-accredited mediator.
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
Chiann Bao commands very high recognition in this space, having worked in it for over 15 years, not only as counsel and arbitrator both across and outside the region, but also as HKIAC secretary-general from 2010 to 2016. She demonstrates notable activity across the region, including in SIAC and KCAB, as well further afield for ICC and ICDR matters involving Asian parties.
Chiann Bao of Arbitration Chambers is an experienced arbitrator who has sat on various arbitration panels including those of SIAC, HKIAC, the JCAA and the LCIA.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"On a recent matter where she was arbitration chair, she handled it very well and had good control over the proceedings. She did a very good job on a difficult case with a very difficult counterparty."
"Chiann is wonderful. I think she is very good."
"Chiann Bao is diligent and meticulous."
"She is serious about her work and very dedicated."
"On a recent matter where she was arbitration chair, she handled it very well and had good control over the proceedings. She did a very good job on a difficult case with a very difficult counterparty."
"Chiann is wonderful. I think she is very good."
"Chiann Bao is diligent and meticulous."
"She is serious about her work and very dedicated."