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Anselmo Reyes

Anselmo Reyes

Newmans Row, London

Work Department

Full Time Arbitrator

Position

International Arbitrator and Mediator

Career

Anselmo Reyes practises as an arbitrator. He was Professor of Legal Practice at Hong Kong University from 2012 to 2018. Before that, he was a judge of the Hong Kong High Court from 2003 to 2012, when he oversaw the Construction and Arbitration List (2004 to 2008) and the Commercial and Admiralty Lists (2008 to 2012). He was Representative of the Hague Conference on Private International Law's Regional Office for the Asia Pacific from 2013 to 2017. He became an International Judge of the Singapore International Commercial Court in 2015 and a member of the International Commercial Expert Committee of the China International Commercial Court in 2018. Author on several books on international arbitration and dispute resolution including The Practice of International Commercial Arbitration: A Handbook for Hong Kong Arbitrators (Lloyd's Arbitration Law Library). He is an Overseas Bencher of the Inner Temple.

Languages

Spoken: French, Italian, Spanish, Tagalog, English | Documentary evidence: German, Chinese (Putonghua) and Japanese

Memberships

Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) Fellow, Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators (FHKIArb) Overseas Bencher, Inner Temple, London Special Advisor, Japan International Dispute Resolution Center (JIDRC) Member, Advisory Board, Japan Institute for International Arbitration Research and Training (JIIART) Advisor, Japan International Mediation Center (JIMC) Panel Arbitrator, Japan Commercial Arbitration Association (JCAA) Panel Arbitrator, Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) Panel Arbitrator, Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) Panel Arbitrator, China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) Member, Chinese Arbitration Association International Arbitration Centre (CAAI) Court of Arbitration Council Member, Shanghai Arbitration Commission (SHAC) Guest Professor, Faculty of Law, Keio University, Tokyo 2018-2021 Guest Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Chuo University, Tokyo 2019-2021 Guest Professor, Faculty of Law, Doshisha University, Kyoto

Education

Harvard (Concentration: Econmoics) A.B.

Cambridge University (Law) B.A.

Cambridge University L.L.M.

Cambridge University (Law) Ph.D