Personal bio
Grace Chaw read law at Monash University, Australia (LL.B with Honours). Grace holds a Master of Laws (LL.M) in International Dispute Resolution (specialising in investment treaty arbitration and international commercial arbitration) from the Queen Mary University of London. She is dual-qualified to practise in Australia and Malaysia. She serves under the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) as an ICC Young Arbitrators Forum (ICC YAAF) representative for 2021-2024. Grace leads an active dispute resolution practice specialising in commercial and construction disputes. She was the lead counsel in various decisions of the High Court, the Court of Appeal and the Federal Court, reported in the Malayan Law Journal (MLJ) and Current Law Journal (CLJ), recognising her dedication to advocacy practice. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb), and an arbitrator empanelled with the Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC) and Borneo International Centre for Arbitration and Mediation (BICAM). She is also an adjudicator appointed by the AIAC to hear payment claims under the Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act (CIPAA) 2012. Her contribution to the Malaysian adjudication literature includes “Statutory adjudication in Malaysia and ‘Sabah proceeding’ – a paradox?” [2021] 3 MLJ cdlxxxviii.