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Chai Chong Low
Chai Chong Low is a senior partner in Dentons Rodyk’s Arbitration and Litigation and Dispute Resolution practices, with a focus on Intellectual Property & Technology litigation. Since 1987, Chai Chong has appeared in numerous cases before the High Court and the Court of Appeal in Singapore. Several of the cases in which he appeared as counsel have been reported in the law journals and law reports of Singapore and Malaysia, and have been the subject of academic articles. Chai Chong has appeared as counsel for many multinational corporations in matters involving patents, trademarks, copyright, passing off, and trade secrets. His practice encompasses telecommunication and competition law, two emerging areas which have been increasingly active in recent years. Some of his most recent high profile cases include high court suits: Towa Corporation v ASM Technology Pte Ltd and another; Rohm & Haas v Nexplanar; Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharma Company vs Novartis (S) Pte Ltd; H. Lundbeck A/S v Apotheca Marketing; Merck & Co Inc v Novartis (S) Pte Ltd (Montelukast).
Dentons Rodyk
Chaim Zelichov
Partner
Kennedys
Chaitanya Kaushik
Associate Partner
DMD Advocates
Chandni Gopal
Partner
Webber Wentzel
Chandra Kurniawan
Senior Counsel
IABF Law Firm (IABF)
Chang Ho Seong
Partner
Lee & Ko
Chao Yang
Partner
Haiwen & Partners
Chaoyi (Rocky) Ji
Partner
East & Concord Partners
Charikleia Theodoulou
Partner
Harris Kyriakides
Charis Tan
Charis is tri-qualified (Singapore, England & Wales and New York) and has specialised in international arbitration her entire career. Her practice straddles international commercial and investment treaty arbitration and public international law. She trained under Senior Counsel Michael Hwang, before joining an international firm where she worked with one of the top teams in the world for public international law and investment treaty arbitration. In 2020, she joined Peter & Kim, launching the Singapore office. Her experience includes international commercial and investment arbitrations under the rules of major arbitration institutions, including ICSID, ICC, SIAC, HKIAC, KCAB, AIAC and SCC, as well as ad hoc proceedings under UNCITRAL Rules. Charis is appointed as Counsel and Arbitrator, and she has also served as an arbitrator in WTO trade proceedings. She regularly acts for States, and has represented them in ISDS proceedings and high-profile State-to-State disputes before the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Her cases almost always involve complex multi-layered disputes involving the interplay between commercial relations, regulation, policy, and domestic and international law. Charis has been referred to as “formidable arbitration counsel”, with “great familiarity with the rules and personas involved” and “very deep technical international arbitration expertise“, “simply outstanding” and “an amazing practitioner“, recommended by Lexology (formerly Who’s Who Legal), Global Arbitration Review (GAR), Legal 500 and Chambers amongst others. An initiative she spearheaded for the training of Government officials was awarded the Asia Pacific FT Innovative Lawyers Award. Previously Charis taught adjunct at the National University of Singapore (NUS) for almost a decade. She is co-editor and author of Investment Protection in Southeast Asia, A Country-by-Country Guide on Arbitration Laws and Bilateral Investment Treaties (2017), Jus Mundi’s Wiki Notes on Investment Law and Arbitration (2021), and Practical Public International Law and its Implications for Businesses (2025). AREAS OF EXPERTISE Arbitration Public International Law Private International Law International Investment Law Joint Ventures / Consortia INDUSTRY SECTORS Oil Gas Energy & Power REPRESENTATIVE CASES Appointed on a WTO Panel to determine a trade dispute between the European Union (EU) and the United States (US) relating to anti-dumping and countervailing duties. On the Counsel team for Colombia in two International Court of Justice (ICJ) cases brought by Nicaragua relating to delimitation of the outer continental shelf and alleged violations of sovereign rights and maritime spaces. Representing the Government of Vietnam in two investor-State cases brought by Chinese investors arising out of a construction project. Acting for an Eastern European State in a high-profile commercial arbitration under UNCITRAL Rules arising out of the construction of a trans-border highway, a project worth €1.4 billion. Acting for a South Asian State in an ad hoc UNCITRAL commercial arbitration between an investor and a State in relation to a concession over an airport, in a claim worth more than US$1 billion. Representing an Indonesian oil company in an ICC arbitration for failure to supply gas under a significant contract, resulting in a claim for more than US$500 million. Appointed as a Presiding Arbitrator in an SIAC arbitration relating to the sale and purchase of commodities involving multiple jurisdictions. Lead Counsel in an ICC arbitration in a claim brought by a French investor against an investment company based in Vietnam. Lead Counsel in an SIAC arbitration between a Chinese company and Singapore-based private equity fund relating to investments in the food sector. Co-Lead Counsel representing a listed American renewables company in its claim against a supplier of solar panels in a dispute worth almost US$200 million under SIAC Rules. Acting for a Chinese State-owned entity in an SCC arbitration concerning a consultancy agreement against a Middle Eastern management company in relation to a petrochemical project worth US$750 million. On the Counsel team for Peru in the ICJ case of Peru v. Chile relating to maritime delimitation. Represented a Middle Eastern State in three inter-related ICSID arbitrations relating to investments in ports and customs systems. Counsel for an Eastern European State in an ICSID arbitration involving a longstanding investment in a motorway in Europe. RANKING 2025 – Lexology Index: Arbitration 2025 – Chambers and Partners, Dispute Resolution: Arbitration (Asia-Pacific) 2024 – WWL Global Elite Thought Leader, recognizing the top practitioners globally, achieved by only around 5% of WWL-listed professionals. 2023 – Who’s Who Legal: Arbitration 2023, listed among the “Most Highly Regarded” Partners in Asia Pacific. 2022 – Who’s Who Legal (Southeast Asia). 2022 – The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2022. 2022 – Who’s Who Legal: Arbitration 2022, Future Leaders (Partners). 2021 – Who’s Who Legal (Southeast Asia). QUOTES WWL (Southeast Asia, 2021) says: Charis Tan is a “formidable arbitration counsel”, according to sources who laud her “very deep technical international arbitration expertise” and “great familiarity with the rules and personas involved”. Global Arbitration Review quotes a client as saying that Charis was “simply outstanding”. Who’s Who Legal names Charis as a “Future Leader” in arbitration (2022): “Charis combines deep technical expertise together with a profound understanding of the client’s commercial goal” “She is a practical and effective lawyer” “She distils complex legal concepts in a highly palatable manner” The Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2022) highlighted Peter & Kim in Singapore as a “firm to watch”, stating: “Peter & Kim‘s Singapore international arbitration practice was set up by Charis Tan… in April 2020. Tan is tri-qualified in Singapore, England & Wales and New York and has particular experience in international arbitration and public international law and advises States in investment treaty disputes.” In 2023, Chambers and Partners ranked Peter & Kim Singapore in Band 1 among highly regarded firms for arbitration. Who’s Who Legal (2023) named Charis among the “Most Highly Regarded” partners in Asia Pacific: “An amazing practitioner”
Peter & Kim
Charles Gordon
Charles Gordon is a mediator and arbitrator, recognised by the Legal 500 for his mediation expertise. Charles handles a broad range of disputes including insurance and reinsurance, energy, professional negligence, property, shareholder and joint venture disputes . He is appointed by a wide range of law firms in London, the UK regions and internationally. He writes on disputes resolution topics and lectures on the subject. Charles is also involved in mediation training. He was a law firm partner for over 30 years and led the International Insurance practice at DLA Piper until his retirement in 2014. He still acts a consultant to clients in the insurance and reinsurance sectors. Charles was also, until October 2016, the litigation director of The RBoS Action Group advising on the £5 billion shareholder litigation against the Royal Bank of Scotland. Charles is also a visiting lecturer at Queen Mary University College in London. He is admitted to the Bar of the Bahamas. He is also a mentor with the Princes Trust. Having advised on leading cases at all levels of the English court, Charles was consistently recognised, during his years in private practice, in Chambers & Partners and the Legal 500 guides to the legal profession. He is noted for combining a warm sense of humour with robust probing of parties’ positions, Charles is described as a “natural mediator” whose style is built on meticulous preparation and a thorough understanding of clients’ commercial positions. Charles’ approach to mediation is to engage with the parties on the issues, to drill down into the details of the dispute, in order to establish and help influence the key sticking points which have prevented prior resolution.
IPOS Mediation
Charles Scibetta
Founding Partner
Chaffetz Lindsey LLP
Charles-Emmanuel Prieur
Charles-Emmanuel has spent his entire professional career at UGGC Avocats. He joined as an intern, immediately worked in the corporate law department and became partner in 2006. Charles-Emmanuel deals with M&A and private equity transactions, nationaly and internationaly. He advises industrial and commercial operators for their take over transactions and asset purchase operations. He assists investment funds or company officers with their venture capital, investment capital or leverage buy out operations. He also advises clients on corporate law matters (regulatory, governance, management package) in the context of internal organization, and defends them when they are involved in litigations or arbitrations in relation to equity capital operations and financings. Charles-Emmanuel has been working more closely with some sectors of activity in particular: new technologies, life sciences (health and biotechnology), defence activities, real estate and financial services.
UGGC Avocats
Charlotte Donnelly
Charlotte is an associate in the dispute resolution and litigation team at Carey Olsen Bermuda Limited. Charlotte has acted for large pension funds, telecommunication operators and high-net-worth individuals in arbitrations and injunctions. Charlotte has experience in telecoms and property related commercial disputes in the English High Court and Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) where she has secured successful outcomes for her clients. She has also advised on a range of settlements agreements in relation to landlord and tenant disputes.
Carey Olsen Bermuda Limited
Charlotte Franzoni
Senior Associate
Abbatescianni Studio Legale e Tributario
Charlotte Hasseriis Iversen
Charlotte is a partner in Plesner's Insurance and Pension Law team. She has assisted a number of Danish and foreign insurance and pension companies, as well as insurance intermediaries, with establishment and restructuring, including portfolio transfers. She has also assisted a number of Danish and foreign companies with advice on the Danish insurance intermediary regulation. Charlotte specialises in general insurance and tort law, which encompasses insurance fraud, advisors' professional liability, product liability, general commercial liability, and reinsurance. In these areas, she has handled a large number of litigation and arbitration proceedings. Thanks to her in-depth knowledge of the insurance markets, Charlotte provides targeted and value-creating advisory services to her clients in the industry. Charlotte holds a master’s degree in law from the University of Copenhagen. She is a vice chairman of the board of the Danish Association of Insurance Law and a member of the board of the European chapter of the International Insurance Law Association (AIDA). Plesner's Insurance and Pension Law team has conducted a series of leading cases on behalf of large Danish insurance and pension companies. The team offers advice on all regulatory aspects, including transactions and restructurings of large Danish and foreign insurance and pension companies, as well as insurance intermediaries. The Insurance and Pension Law team has detailed knowledge of the insurance and pension industry, as well as insurance intermediaries, thanks to the cases in which we have been involved. Our participation in and board work for trade associations such as the Danish Association of Insurance Law, the European Chapter of AIDA, and AIDA World underpin this knowledge. Almost all the regulatory matters that Charlotte is involved in require a multi-disciplinary team approach. Clients frequently seek her and the team out for their capacity to offer clear guidance, clear communication, and a deep commercial understanding of the client's needs.
Plesner
Charlotte Jacobsen
Charlotte Jacobsen is a USPTO-qualified, first-chair litigator with advanced scientific degrees and a deep understanding of chemistry, biology and biotechnology. For 20 years, Charlotte has represented clients in complex chemical, pharmaceutical and biotechnology patent and licensing disputes. She has been lead trial counsel and won cases in the federal district courts, before the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and inter partes review proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. She also has experience with arbitrations before the American Arbitration Association (AAA) and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), and with pre-litigation work having handled comprehensive preparatory investigations for numerous blockbuster products. As a skilled litigator, Charlotte frequently provides strategic advice concerning ongoing patent litigations, including assessing the risks associated with ANDA and other patent litigations for private equity and M&A deals.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Charlotte Wong
Charlotte Wong is an associate in the Hong Kong office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Litigation & Trial Department. Charlotte advises on a range of cross-border commercial arbitration, litigation, and enforcement proceedings, with a particular focus on complex M&A, private equity, joint venture, and shareholder disputes, as well as fraud and breach of warranty claims. She represents major commercial clients, government-owned entities, and corporations across various industries, including in the private equity, venture capital, financial services, TMT, cryptocurrency, and energy sectors. Charlotte’s arbitration practice covers representing clients in all of the major arbitration rules, including the HKIAC, ICC, SIAC, and UNCITRAL rules. She also contributes to various books and publications in the arbitration field.
Latham & Watkins LLP
Chartchai Piriyapanyaporn
Senior Counsel
Mahanakorn Partners Group Co
Chean Hong Yap
Partner
Azmi & Associates
Chen Cohen
Ms. Cohen is a partner in FBC’s Litigation Department, her practice concentrates on litigating commercial and administrative disputes. Prior to joining FBC, Ms. Cohen worked as a legal clerk in the legal department of the Supreme Court of Israel, following her legal internship there. She also completed a legal internship in the criminal department of the State Attorney's Office. During her academic studies, Ms. Cohen acted as a teaching assistant in various fields and served as a member of the "Hukim" Law Review editorial board. Recently Ms. Cohen acted as a frontal teaching assistant for Dr. Uri Ben-Uliel in the area of Contract Law at the College of Law and Business.
FISCHER (FBC & Co.)
Chen Glick
Partner
Shnitzer Gotlieb Samet & Co.
Chen Neeman
Partner
Zioni Pillersdorf Phillip Advocates
Chen Zaefen
Partner
S. Horowitz & Co