Dr. Christopher TO (陶榮博士)
BEng(Hons), LLB(Hons), LLM, MA, PhD, DEng (Honorary), PCLL, DipCD, FCIArb, FHKIArb, FAMINZ(Arb/Med), FSIArb, FIET, FHKIoD, FHKIE,
RPE, CEng, CITP, MBCS, HKCS, ARAeS, Barrister-at-law
Dr. Christopher To is a chartered arbitrator, accredited mediator, adjudicator, adjunct professor, barrister-at-law and listed in over 32 panels of arbitrators, adjudicators, conciliators, mediators and domain name disputes specialist globally. He has arbitrated a variety of international cases involving both ad-hoc and institutional arbitrations. Christopher has mediated many international and domestic cases and is representing clients in cases within the dispute resolution field. In May 2018, Christopher was appointed by the Mayor of Weihai in China to be a member of its International Economic Advisory Council and is a highly sought-after speaker at various conferences domestically and internationally in areas of his expertise. Christopher is an appointment Chairperson of the sub-committee on Mediator Accreditation of the Hong Kong Mediator Accreditation Association Ltd (the body tasked with the accreditation of mediators in Hong Kong) and is a co-Chair of the International Chamber of Commerce Mediation Competition- Hong Kong. He is currently a Committee member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (East Asia Branch) tasked with handling faculty member approvals in the region and training. He is also a member of the Education and Training Committee of the Institute in the UK and is actively contributing his services and time towards the training of future dispute resolution practitioners.
Christopher has published over 40 articles and 6 books on Arbitration Law, Mediation and Dispute Resolution to date. Other than the legal field, Christopher is actively involved with the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers as a vice-Chairperson of its Construction Dispute Resolution Committee and is the Chairperson of the Hong Kong Institute of Directors. He is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Hong Kong and City University of Hong Kong as well as being the Programme Director of the Masters in Law in Arbitration and Dispute Resolution at City University of Hong Kong.
As former Secretary-General of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, Dr. To managed to elevate Hong Kong’s status as the regional dispute resolution hub of Asia. Christopher has won many prestigious awards to date including in 2001 the Director of the Year by the Hong Kong Institute of Directors; in 2007 the Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum; in 2014 the Alumni of the Year award and Honorary Doctorate Degree in Engineering by his Alma Mater; listed in the Who’s Who of Mediators from inception to now; listed in the Who’s Who of Arbitrators; in 2019 Top Ten Mediators in the Asia Pacific Region by the Bali International Arbitration and Mediation Centre and in 2019 appointed as the Honorary President of the Hong Kong Institute of Construction Adjudicators.
Sala Sihombing
LLB (Hons) Bristol, LLM Pepperdine, Graduate Diploma in FDR
Sala originally qualified in England and Wales as a solicitor in 1995, and on her return to Hong Kong qualified as a solicitor in 1996. On qualification in Hong Kong, Sala worked as a criminal and civil litigator at a local Hong Kong firm. She then worked as in-house legal counsel at an Asian and a French investment bank. From 2000 to 2011, Sala worked in Institutional Equity at Morgan Stanley.
Sala runs her own mediation practice and teaches financial dispute resolution and co-teaches family mediation as an adjunct lecturer in the LLM ADR programme at the University of Hong Kong.
Sala is an accredited family and general mediator (HKIAC and HKMAAL) in Hong Kong, NMAS (Aus) and on the FINRA mediation panel. Sala is also on the HKIAC’s Panel of Arbitrators for Financial Services Disputes.
Dr. James Shing Ping CHIU (趙承平醫生)
MB,BS (HK), FCSHK (HK), FHKAM (Surgery), Specialist in General Surgery, LL.B. (Hons) Lond.
Dr. James Chiu is a mentor mediator and collaborative practitioner. He is the founder of JC Professional Dispute Resolution Centre and has been conducting mediation since 2006. James was appointed the first Adjunct Assistant Professor in mediation courses of the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2010, and is an Hon Clinical Assistant Professor of the
University of Hong Kong.
Dr. Chiu is a member of the Regulatory Framework & Accreditation Sub-committee under the Steering Committee on Mediation of the Department of Justice, a member of the Working Party on Review of the HK Mediation Code of the HK Mediation Accreditation Association Ltd (HKMAAL), and a member of the Evaluative Mediation Working Group of the HK Mediation Council. He is an Assessor, recognised Lead Trainer and coach of HKMAAL-accredited mediation courses and also an Honorary Advisor of HK Society for Healthcare Mediators. James was a Member of the Working Group on Apology Legislation, an ExCom member of the HK Mediation Council, an Assessor in general mediation of the HK Academy of Law, HK International Arbitration Centre, and HK Mediation Centre.
Dr. Chiu co-authored the “Hong Kong Apology Ordinance (Cap. 631) Commentary & Annotations”. He has published many articles and book chapters and has chaired or spoken in 100 meetings on mediation, negotiation, apologies and medico-legal issues, in English and Chinese, both in Hong Kong and abroad. James is listed in Who’s Who in the World, initially in the Healthcare Profession and, since 2013, in the Law Profession. He is also a member of International Network for Law and Apology Researchers (INLAR).
