A non-practising international arbitration lawyer, Cheng-Yee is skilled in business development and client relations, having founded the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Court of Arbitration Secretariat’s first office outside of Paris, where she led a team administering hundreds of ICC arbitrations seated mainly in Asia Pacific, but also the Middle East and west coast USA. After 8 years at the ICC, she became an investment manager \/ senior client relations manager responsible for setting up and running the Hong Kong office of Omni Bridgeway (a global litigation funder), as well as sourcing, assessing and negotiating funding agreements and managing funded cases through to resolution. Prior to joining Accuracy, Cheng-Yee was in charge of client relationships in the Asia Pacific region, promoting and sourcing arbitration \/ litigation matters for a global expert consultancy.<\/p>\n
Qualifications<\/p>\n
Cheng-Yee is qualified to practise law in England & Wales and Malaysia.\u00a0 She trained and worked in the International Arbitration Group at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (Paris and London), as well as Shook Lin & Bok in Kuala Lumpur.<\/p>\n
She is a member of various dispute resolution groups, including the ICC Commission on Arbitration & ADR, ICC Hong Kong Arbitration Sub-Committee, HK45, ArbitralWomen, Society of Construction Law Hong Kong, HKIAC Users\u2019 Council, Mauritius Chamber of Commerce & Industry Mediation & Arbitration Center (MARC) Court and the Arbitration Committee of the Lagos Court of Arbitration. Cheng-Yee is featured as a Thought Leader for Third-Party Funding since 2023 by Who\u2019s Who Legal (now Lexology Index).<\/p>\n