Mark Mangan, Partner, Dechert LLP, Lucy Reed, Head of global international arbitration group, Freshfields, and John Choong, Partner, Freshfields. Mark Mangan is a Singapore-based partner in the international law firm, Dechert LLP. Mark represents clients in complex cross-border disputes, often involving a government or political dimension, in various sectors, including oil and gas, mining, finance, and telecommunications. He has acted as counsel in over 25 commercial, investment treaty and sports arbitrations, and been appointed as arbitrator under the rules of various institutions (SIAC, ICC, LCIA and SCC) and as an ad hoc arbitrator under the Singapore International Arbitration Act. Mark is recommended in the Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2015 for his work in international arbitration in Singapore. In addition to writing A Guide to the SIAC Arbitration Rules, Mark's academic contributions include numerous published articles and book chapters on investment treaty arbitration, international commercial arbitration and sports arbitration. He presents regularly at seminars and conferences on those subjects. Mark is admitted to practice law in Australia, England and Wales, and is a fellow of the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration, a member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and the ICC task-force on the Role of Parties and their In-house Counsel in arbitration, and is an Advisory Board Member of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration.
Lucy Reed heads Freshfields' global international arbitration group, which is ranked at the top of the GAR 100, Chambers, Legal 500 and the AmLaw Scorecard. Lucy advises private and public clients on high-value commercial and investment treaty arbitrations, and sits selectively as arbitrator. Among her many publications, Lucy is co-author of the 1st and 2nd editions of the Guide to ICSID Arbitration, as well as the 2nd and 3rd editions of the Freshfields Guide to Arbitration Clauses in International Contracts (both published by Wolters Kluwer). Currently directing the Freshfields' international arbitration practice in Singapore, Hong Kong, and Tokyo, she has substantial experience in Asia, including as general counsel of the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization, and in Asian-related arbitrations. Lucy is on the SIAC panel of arbitrators and serves on the LCIA Court and the new ICC Governing Body. She is Honorary Vice President of the American Society of International Law. John Choong is a Partner in Freshfields' international arbitration group, and has had many years of experience dealing with disputes and arbitrations covering much of Asia (including Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam, Brunei, India, Taiwan, Sri Lanka, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, and China). He has practiced arbitration in both Singapore and Hong Kong, and has been involved in many Singapore arbitrations, including those under the SIAC Rules and the SIAC Domestic Arbitration Rules.
John is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators, and has been listed as a leading individual for dispute resolution in Chambers Global. He is admitted in Singapore, Hong Kong and England and Wales, and is a Singapore country rapporteur for the ICC Task Force on the New York Convention. He has published with OUP, Kluwer, Juris, Sweet & Maxwell, and others.