Simon Powell

Personal Bio

Job Title: Independent Arbitrator

Areas of Expertise: Arbitration,Mediation

Education

• Law Society Finals, College of Law, Chester, 1987
• LL.B. (Hons), University of Leeds, 1986

Bar Admissions (non-practising)

• England and Wales (Solicitor), 1989
• Australia (New South Wales and Federal Court), 1990
• Hong Kong (Solicitor-Advocate, 2015), (Solicitor, 1992)
• New York (Attorney), 2002

Professional Memberships and Arbitral Panel Appointments

• HKIAC: Member of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre Panel of Arbitrators and Panel of Arbitrators for Financial Services Disputes

• SIAC: Member of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre Panel of Arbitrators

• ICC: Listed by the International Chamber of Commerce on its Database of Arbitrators in London

• AIAC: Member of the Asian International Arbitration Center (formerly the KLRCA/Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration) Panel of Arbitrators

• THAC: Member of the Thailand Arbitration Center Panel of Arbitrators

• JCAA: Listed by the Japan Commercial Arbitration Association on its Database of Arbitrators

• Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb)

• CEDR Accredited Mediator

• Member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration

• Member of the ICC-HK Standing Committee on Arbitration and ADR

• Immediate Past Chair of the ICC-HK’s Nomination Sub-Committee (Member 2015-17; Chair 2017-19)

• Member of the Arbitrators Admission Sub-Committee of the Hong Kong Law Society

• Member of a number of specialist Hong Kong Law Society Committees (Higher Rights of Audience Committee; Civil Litigation Committee; Insolvency Law Committee; and Competition Law Committee)

• Member of the Higher Rights of Audience Examining Panel (Civil)