Speakers

Thematic Session
Legal Risk Management: Key to International Trade and Investment

Mr Ian Pennicott, SC
Barrister-at-law and Arbitrator, Member of Committee on Arbitration, Hong Kong Bar Association

Ian Pennicott QC SC is a Barrister in full-time practice at Des Voeux Chambers, Hong Kong and an Associate Tenant of Keating Chambers, London. He was called to the Bar in England in 1982 and in Hong Kong in 1984. He was appointed Queen’s Counsel in England and Senior Counsel in Hong Kong in 2014. Ian specializes in domestic and international construction, infra-structure, and oil & gas disputes. As well as acting as Counsel, he has sat as a party-appointed or sole Arbitrator in Hong Kong, Singapore and London. As well as arbitration, Ian has extensive knowledge of other forms of ADR, in particular, mediation and adjudication. Ian is a member of the CIArb and a Council Member and Immediate-Past Chairman (2015-2016) of the Society of Construction Law Hong Kong.