Teresa Cheng

Member

General Bio

Ms Cheng is Senior Counsel of Hong Kong SAR.  She is Chartered Arbitrator, Accredited Mediator and Chartered Engineer.  She is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the Institution of Civil Engineers.

Ms Cheng was called to the Bar in Hong Kong, England and Wales and New South Wales and also admitted as Solicitor in Singapore.  She was appointed as Senior Counsel by the Chief Justice of Hong Kong SAR in 2000.  She is currently the Deputy Head of Des Voeux Chambers. 

She has been practicing as advocate, mediator/conciliator and arbitrator in many international construction, commercial and investment disputes in various jurisdictions.  She has been involved in arbitrations in Hong Kong, Mainland China, London, Stockholm, Singapore, Taiwan etc. including International Chamber of Commerce, London Court of Arbitration and Stockholm Chamber of Commerce arbitrations.  She has also provided expert reports to arbitral tribunals and foreign courts on legal issues in international arbitrations and litigation.

Ms Cheng is a member on the Panels of Arbitrators and Mediators of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre.  She is also on the Panel of China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission, Beijing Arbitration Commission and Singapore International Arbitration Centre, and other arbitration commissions in Guangzhou, Qingdao, Taipei etc.

She is Visiting Professor of China University of Political Science and Law and Harbin Engineering University; Adjunct Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Hong Kong, Department of Building and Real Estate at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and School of Law at the City University of Hong Kong; and Honorary Lecturer in the Department of Professional Legal Education of the University of Hong Kong.

Awards, Nominations and Special roles

Ms Cheng is the President of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Councillor of Asia Pacific Users’ Council of the London Court of International Arbitration, and Council Member of China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Committee.

Ms Cheng is a Vice Chairperson Member of Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre; and Chairman of the Special Committee of Alternative Dispute Resolution of the Hong Kong Bar Association. 

Ms Cheng served as Deputy President of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a member of Board of Trustees and chairman of its East Asia Branch, vice-chair of International Bar Association Committee D (Arbitration and ADR), chair, officer and council member of Inter-Pacific Bar Association.

In July 2003, Ms Cheng was appointed as Justice of the Peace in Hong Kong SAR.  She was awarded the Bronze Bauhinia Star in July 2006 in Hong Kong SAR for services to the public and community. 

She is the Chairman of the Transport Advisory Committee; Town Planning Appeal Board and a member of Construction Industry Council; she served as the Chairman of the Copyright Tribunal and Environmental Impact Assessment Appeal Board Panel, a member of the Executive Committee of the Commission on Strategic Development, Hong Kong Housing Authority, and Appeal Tribunal (Buildings) Panel of Chairmen. 

Ms Cheng was the Chairman of the Task Force on Emergency Transport Coordination set up in 2005 and a member of the Investigation Panel on Accountability of Shatin Area 14B Phase 2 in 2000.