Mediator Resume

Highly experienced US trained international commercial arbitrator, mediator and legal academic with over 18 years of experience in bilingual (English/Mandarin) cross border commercial, trade, compliance and financial disputes with a focus on the US and Asia Pacific. Proficient in handling contractual and multi-jurisdictional proceedings in diverse industries such as technology, manufacturing, finance and infrastructure. Arbitration and mediation consultant with international institutions including the United Nations, IFC/World Bank, Asian Development Bank and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. Legal practice experience in the United States, China, Hong Kong SAR, France, UK and Israel.

Arbitration Chambers | Resolve Consulting Professor; Director LLM in Arbitration and Dispute Resolution, HKU

Arbitrator, Mediator, Legal Academic, Attorney

International Arbitrator (45 cases), 2008-Present; Professor/ Associate Dean (International)/ Director, LLM in Arbitration and Dispute Resolution, HKU, 2008-Present; International Mediator (12 cases), 2009-present; Mediation Consultant, Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank, 2023-Present; Asian Mediator Consultancy Group, IFC/World Bank, 2014; Attorney (International Trade Group), Baker & McKenzie, LLP, 2006-2008; Mediation Trainer, United Nations Office of Human Resource Management/QED, 2003-2007; Researcher, U.S. District Court, Alternative Dispute Resolution Program, 2005; Researcher, California Administrative Office of the Courts, Office of the General Counsel, 2004; Mediation Case Manager, Gregorio, Haldeman & Piazza, 1996-1998.

Diversified international/ cross-border commercial arbitration and mediation experience with primary emphasis on international trade/sale of goods, e-commerce, IP, licensing, copyright/IP law, contract negotiation, compliance, corporate and securities advice and claim resolution. Sectors include manufacturing, food, securities, technology, travel and infrastructure. Active arbitrator having served on more than 45 ad hoc and institutional arbitrations and administrative tribunals as tribunal chair, co-arbitrator and sole arbitrator and panelist under the UNCITRAL and diverse arbitration centre rules. Full professor at the University of Hong Kong teaching International Arbitration, Mediation, Contracts and Dispute Prevention. Dispute resolution consultant with USAID, IFC/World Bank, ADB, AIIB and the UN and delegate to UNCITRAL’s WG II and III, and IBA’s Working Group on Investor State Mediation Rules. Member of the HK Department of Justice’s Mediation Regulatory Framework Sub-Committee, the Financial Dispute Resolution Appointments Committee, Women in International Arbitration Committee, ICDR’s Greater China Committee and the Executive Committee of the Asia-Pacific Mediation Forum. Board member of Townsend Enterprises, LLC with real estate operations in California.

Mediator with over 12 years of experience facilitating mediations involved multiple industries, including real estate, employment, family, transport, art and infrastructure.

Real estate, employment, transport, family, art and infrastructure cases.

I approach each mediation as a process of exploring areas of potential alignment based on just and equitable principles. I request relevant information from the parties on a confidential basis prior to the mediation. I respect party autonomy in mediation and only share my views when requested or when it appears that it will assist with resolution.

Proficient in online communications programs like Microsoft Teams and Zoom. Willing to utilize an online platform for preliminary hearings, conferences, and formal hearings. Fluent in standard Microsoft suite of programs. Experienced in navigating electronically stored information and documents.

UC Berkeley (PhD, Jurisprudence and Social Policy - 2007); UC Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law (JD - 2004); Landegg International University (MA, Consultation & Conflict Resolution - 2002); Hopkins-Nanjing University (Graduate, Mandarin-immersion - 2001); Stanford University (BA, International Relations and Chinese Language - 1998).

Admitted to the Bar: California (2007).

American Society of International Law, Asian Academy of International Law, Fellow Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb), ICDR Greater China Committee, Asia Global Institute Senior Fellow, Law and Society Association, Institute for Transnational Arbitration Academic Council, UNCITRAL Working Group II Singapore Convention Delegate, Women in International Arbitration, International Task Force on Mixed-Modes of Dispute Resolution, IBA Working Group on Investor State Mediation Rules, International Association for Conflict Management.

Author or co-editor of 9 books, and more than 50 articles and chapters, and frequent conference speaker in the area of cross border dispute resolution. For a complete list, please see http://www.shahlaali.com/ and https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=403698

Hourly Rate: $495.00 Daily Rate: Not provided Study Rate: $395.00/hr Cancellation: Not provided Cancellation Period: Not provided Comment: If travel cancellation fee is issued, parties will cover this fee.

English; Mandarin

United States of America

Hong Kong