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Peter Chow is a Partner in King & Spalding’s Singapore office. Peter has a specific focus on high-stakes, complex international disputes globally, including those related to energy & natural resources, oil & gas, infrastructure & construction, and technology projects, in addition to other commercial disputes. He is also the global head of the firm's Greater China international dispute resolution practice. He has acted as counsel in numerous cases, appearing for parties in court, mediation and arbitration proceedings, including those involving ICC, HKIAC, SIAC, CIETAC, ICDR, AAA, NAI and UNCITRAL arbitral rules. He has been involved in arbitrations in Asia for over 30 years and is one of the most experienced arbitration lawyers in Asia. He has represented clients in some of the largest arbitrations in Asia involving multibillion-dollar claims.
Peter is a Chartered Arbitrator. He is on the panels of arbitrators in a number of countries and has been appointed regularly as an arbitrator in a wide range of disputes.
He has also been recognized as a “litigation star” by Benchmark Litigation Asia Pacific, as a world-leading practitioner by Euromoney Guide to the World's Leading Experts in Commercial Arbitration and by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific in the field of international arbitration. He was shortlisted for “Arbitration Practitioner of the Year” at the Asialaw Asia Pacific Dispute Resolution Awards 2017. He has been named by China Business Law Journal in its “A-List”, which highlights leading private practice lawyers in the Chinese legal market. Legal directories and peers have described Peter as being “experienced and personable,” "excellent", a “very sharp lawyer,” “very well prepared,” with “impressive energy and infrastructure sector credentials,” “tremendous expertise in construction arbitration,” and that he “often represents clients in the oil and gas and construction sectors.”
Peter is a vice chair of the IPBA International Construction Projects Committee and was chair of the IPBA Energy & Resources Committee and a council member of IPBA. He is also a member to the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR and was a member of the ICC Arbitrator Nomination Committee. He was vice president of the Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators. He is a member of the Editorial Board for LexisNexis online Practical Guidance (Arbitration). Peter is a contributing author of several authoritative textbooks on arbitration and litigation including: Arbitration in Hong Kong – A Practical Guide, The Hong Kong Arbitration Ordinance: Commentary and Annotations and Commercial Litigation in Hong Kong, all published by Sweet & Maxwell.
Arbitrator Panel
Asian International Arbitration Centre (Malaysia); Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration; Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK) - Presidential Panel; China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission; Guangzhou Arbitration Commission; Hainan International Arbitration Centre; Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre; Japan Commercial Arbitration Association; Korean Commercial Arbitration Board; Pacific International Arbitration Center, Vietnam; Russian Arbitration Center at Institute of Modern Arbitration; Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration; Singapore International Arbitration Centre; Weihai Arbitration Commission.
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