Tai-Heng Cheng

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Practice Areas

Tai-Heng Cheng is global co-head of international arbitration and trade at Sidley. Clients turn to him to solve their most significant legal problems.

He has won and collected nine-figure awards for clients both in commercial and investment-treaty arbitrations.

With over 20 years of experience, he is also a trusted advisor to companies, boards, and governments on issues beyond business disputes. He uses the full range of subject matter specialists at Sidley to devise and execute strategies that efficiently achieve his clients’ goals. Often this has involved a multi-pronged approach before courts, tribunals, regulators, and directly with counter-parties, in multiple countries.

His clients span many industries, including energy and infrastructure, pharmaceuticals, real estate, manufacturing and financial services. While he is resident in the New York and Singapore offices, he also spends substantial time in Europe and Latin America representing clients.

Publications

Tai has authored four books and over 60 articles, including contributing to “Advocacy in Investment Treaty Arbitration,” Chapter in Global Arbitration Review: The Guide to Advocacy, Law Business Research (2019).