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39 Essex Chambers Offices
39 Essex Chambers
81 CHANCERY LANE
LONDON
WC2A 1DD
England
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Grace Cheng
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Based in London, Grace Cheng is an English barrister and qualified solicitor in Hong Kong with a valid practicing certificate. She has rights of audience before the AIFC Court (Kazakhstan) and DIFC Courts (Dubai) and has also been granted full registration as a registered foreign lawyer at the Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC). In addition to speaking fluent English, Cantonese and Mandarin, Grace has a working knowledge of French and Spanish.
View Grace’s full profile at: https://www.39essex.com/profile/grace-cheng
Career
Year of call: Hong Kong (2013); England and Wales (2016); AIFC (2020); DIFC (2022); SICC (2022)
Memberships
- Bar Council – member of the Alternative Disputes Resolution (ADR) Panel
- Chancery Bar Association (ChBA)
- Commercial Bar Association (COMBAR)
- Technology and Construction Bar Association (TECBAR)
- International Law Association (ILA)
- International Chamber of Commerce Young Arbitrators Forum (ICC YAF)
- Young International Council for Commercial Arbitration (YICCA)
- The London Court of International Arbitration Young International Arbitration Group (LCIA YIAG)
- Young Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HK45)
Education
- The London School of Economics and Political Science, LLB Bachelor of Laws
- The University of Oxford, Bachelor of Civil Law
- The University of Hong Kong, The Postgraduate Certificate in Laws
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > International arbitration: arbitrators
39 Essex Chambers boasts an impressively diverse roster of highly experienced full and part-time arbitrators from senior silks through to the junior end. Across a wide range of sectors ranging from commercial and sports disputes, where Lord Dyson is a key practitioner, to investment treaty as well as large construction and energy arbitrations, in which Peter Rees KC
continues to be sought out for appointment. With an enviable track record of high-profile commercial, construction, energy and technology arbitrations, David Brynmor Thomas KC, Marion Smith KC and Lindy Patterson KC stand out, whilst Adrian Hughes KC is hugely respected in the Middle East, Hong Kong and China. On the junior end, Grace Cheng is a highly sought-after multilingual arbitrator, often sitting as sole arbitrator, with wide-ranging sectorial and jurisdictional experience.