events

Join us for the “WIA Coffee Roulette 2025” series — a bi-monthly virtual or hybrid event designed to connect arbitration practitioners worldwide and foster cross-cultural exchange.

Maxwell Unplugged, a podcast series part of Maxwell En-Route, is a female-led podcast series to showcase, empower and support talent in the legal industry by featuring their takeaways and insights.

We’re back with another episode of Maxwell Unplugged!

This time, we feature Swee Im Tan of 39 Essex Chambers, joined by Charis Tan of Peter & Kim. Swee reflects on her experiences navigating the construction industry and shares thoughtful insights on the importance of pausing, embracing uncertainty, and staying open to new directions in both career and life.

Explore how international law and investor protections are evolving amid global complexity, and what it means for States, investors, and practitioners in Asia—through an evening of expert insights and real-world perspectives on Public International Law and ISDS.

In this #10QuestionsWithMaxwell interview, we feature Fei Ning, Managing Partner at Hui Zhong Law Firm, based in Singapore.

Fei Ning is a leading figure in international arbitration, specializing in complex commercial disputes across multiple industries. As the Managing Partner of Hui Zhong Law Firm, he has over 30 years of experience acting as both counsel and arbitrator in high-stakes cases before major arbitral institutions, including CIETAC, HKIAC, SIAC, ICC, and DIAC. His expertise spans cross-border disputes, investment arbitration, and enforcement proceedings, making him a highly regarded authority in the field.

Beyond his practice, Fei has played a pivotal role in shaping China’s arbitration landscape and strengthening its global integration. He was the first mainland Chinese individual to serve on the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) Council and currently holds leadership roles, including Vice-Chair of the ICC Belt and Road Commission and a Governing Board Member of ICCA.

In this interview, Fei Ning shares his insights into the firm’s expansion into Singapore and the evolution of China’s arbitration landscape.

[Save the Date] SIAC Manila Conference 2025 | 6 May 2025

This webinar features expert panellists from the US, UK, India, Mexico, and Singapore, discussing global trends in BITs and FTAs, UNCITRAL and OECD reforms, treaty negotiations, and skills for junior lawyers.

Ciarb European Branch’s annual conference, theme: Darwinism in ADR: How commercial arbitration and mediation are adapting to changes in their operating environment

SIAC-YSIAC Event: SIAC’s New Rules: What They Mean for You – A Fireside Chat with the President of the SIAC Court of Arbitration

IPBA 33rd Annual Meeting and Conference 2025 will take place in Chicago. The theme of the Conference is: Transformation Everywhere All at Once: Business and Law in a Changing World.

An interactive session on how mediation is used to resolve complex, high-value construction disputes. Hear from experts across law, finance, engineering, and industry as they share real-world insights, effective strategies, and practical takeaways.

Join us on 22 April 2025 for an insightful hybrid seminar on “𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐍𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 & 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬”, hosted by the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (SIArb), kindly sponsored by Drew & Napier LLC.

ICC DRS and ICC Japan are delighted to organize their annual ICC Tokyo Arbitration Day – an influential regional conference focused on Japan and related markets.

The “Enforcement of Arbitral Awards: Theory & Practice” global series seeks to provide an overview of the arbitration law in different jurisdictions, with a focus on the theory and practice of the enforcement of arbitral awards in those jurisdictions.

Join us for the eighth instalment of this series which will focus on the theory and practice of enforcement of awards in Indonesia.