Personal bio
Stephen D. Mau is a qualified attorney in the United States, retired Assistant Professor in Law from the Department of Building and Real Estate at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and author of several articles and books, including his latest, International Commercial Arbitration in Hong Kong: A Guide and Hong Kong Legal Principles. He is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb), Accredited Mediator (General) by the Hong Kong Mediation Accreditation Association Limited (HKMAAL) and Accredited Evaluative Mediator by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). Atty. Mau is also panelist of various leading international dispute resolution institutions. Currently, Atty. Mau includes serving as an independent arbitrator, advisor on arbitration and arbitration-related matters and lecturer on Alternative Dispute Resolution. Atty. Mau obtained a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Politics from Brandeis University and his Juris Doctor (JD) from the University of Connecticut School of Law. He is admitted to the state bar of New Hampshire in addition to the US District Court for the District of New Hampshire and the US First Circuit Court of Appeals. Subsequently, he obtained a Master of Laws (LLM) in Transactional Business Practice from McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific. He served as a senior registered foreign consultant with one of Hong Kong largest local law firms (125 solicitors) as its Head of Construction and Engineering Practice Group. He has also served as in-house legal counsel to an international joint venture construction company. After being in practice for more than 20 years, he served as an Assistant Professor in Law at the Department of Building and Reals Estate at Hong Kong Polytechnic University (amongst the world’s top 100 universities) for more than 10 years. He taught both bachelor’s degree and master’s degree programme for the Department of Building and Real Estate. His teaching focus included international arbitration, dispute resolution, contract law, negotiation and also served as dissertation supervisor. His dedication to pedagogy resulted in two honours: the Departmental Award for Outstanding Teacher (2012/2013) and the Faculty Award for Outstanding Performance/Achievement (2015/2016), the only academic staff at the time to have received both awards. While at the Department of Building and Real Estate, he received various academic and industry funding for his research in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). He published a number of articles in the Construction Law Journal amongst others along with several books, including International Commercial Arbitration in Hong Kong: A Guide. He was also invited to speak at various conferences.