39 Essex Chambers

Grace Cheng is an English barrister and qualified Hong Kong solicitor. She is a registered foreign lawyer at the Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC) and has rights of audience before the DIFC Courts (Dubai) and the AIFC Court (Kazakhstan).

Grace is a versatile advocate with experience in many different areas of the law with a particular focus on complex commercial matters involving an international element. She has worked for a wide range of clients including governments, FTSE 100 companies and high net worth individuals.

In addition to her practice as counsel, Grace is a sought after neutral and has received over 30 appointments as arbitrator, adjudicator, expert, as well as being a member of various judicial panels, independent tribunals, disciplinary and regulatory commissions.

She regularly deals with disputes in a diverse range of areas and involving a range of languages and governing laws, including the laws of England and Wales, Hong Kong, Singapore and Dubai. She has acted as arbitrator in matters administered under the rules of various institutions including the DIAC, HKIAC, SIAC as well as ad hoc arbitrations and those under UNCITRAL rules.

Year of call: Hong Kong (2013); England and Wales (2016); AIFC (2020); DIFC (2022); SICC (2022)

Grace obtained a First Class Honours degree in law from the LSE and the BCL from the University of Oxford. She previously worked at Slaughter and May and was judicial assistant to the Honourable Mr Justice Blair when he was the Judge in Charge of the Commercial Court. She has taught law at the University of Oxford, King’s College London, the University of Warwick, the National Taiwan University, and the National Chengchi University. She is a member of the AIAC Academy Tutors Panel and the AIFC Academy of Law Academic Pool.

English, Cantonese, Mandarin, French, Spanish

Chancery Bar Association (ChBA) Commercial Bar Association (COMBAR) Technology and Construction Bar Association (TECBAR)

The London School of Economics and Political Science (LLB); The University of Oxford (BCL)