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Patrick Pearsall has extensive experience representing parties in international disputes and providing strategic advice on investments, particularly in the energy and extractive sectors. He served in the U.S. State Department for nearly a decade, working on natural resource diplomacy, and departed as the Chief of Investment Arbitration.

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Ms Candy Nip assumed the position of Director of the Hong Kong and Economic and Trade Office in New York on 7 August 2020. She is responsible for promoting and strengthening the business, trade and cultural ties between Hong Kong and 31 eastern states of the United States.

Since joining the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government in 1997, Ms Nip has worked in various policy bureaux and departments, including the Chief Executive's Office, Private Office of the Chief Secretary for Administration, Tourism Commission and Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau.
Between 2005 and 2008, Ms Nip was the Assistant Representative of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to the European Union. Based in Brussels, she promoted the bilateral ties between Hong Kong and the European Commission as well as European Union Member States.

Ms Nip was responsible for the aviation portfolio when she worked in the Transport and Housing Bureau between 2012 and 2017. Apart from advocating the air transport policy of Hong Kong, she oversaw the operations of the Airport Authority Hong Kong. During her tenure in the Transport and Housing Bureau, Ms Nip was also in charge of air services negotiations between Hong Kong and the governments of its aviation partners.

Ms Nip was born and raised in Hong Kong. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. She obtained a Public Administration Certificate from the Maxwell School of Syracuse University in 2003.

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Sarah Grimmer is Secretary-General of Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre. She was formerly Senior Legal Counsel at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) where she acted as registrar in several inter-State arbitrations under the Law of the Sea Convention and served as tribunal secretary in multiple investment treaty arbitrations and contract-based claims.

Prior to joining the PCA, Sarah served as Assistant Counsel at the ICC International Court of Arbitration in Paris. She was also a member of the international arbitration group at Shearman & Sterling LLP in Paris, prior to which she worked in private practice in Auckland. In 2015, Sarah was appointed to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon Disciplinary Board. She is a member of the ICCA-ASIL Task Force on Damages (2016), ICCA Publications Committee (2015), the IBA Investment Arbitration Subcommittee (2014), New Zealand ICC Arbitration Committee (2014), and the IBA Arb40 Steering Committee (2013).

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David W. Rivkin is the co-chair of HKIAC, and a litigation partner in Debevoise’s New York and London offices, with broad experience in the areas of international litigation and arbitration. He served as Co-Chair of the firm’s International Dispute Resolution Group for more than 20 years, and he is a Past President of the International Bar Association (IBA).

Mr. Rivkin is consistently ranked as one of the top international dispute resolution practitioners in the world. Chambers Global (2021) identified Mr. Rivkin as one of the top 12 international arbitration practitioners worldwide, describing him as “a leading light and one of the most respected figures.” Previous editions of the guide have recognized his demonstrated “aptitude for complex, high-stakes disputes” in international arbitration, and highlighted his achievement in securing one of the largest ICSID awards ever. Chambers Latin America (2021) ranks Mr. Rivkin as a leading international arbitration lawyer and has described him as a “very thorough and focused lawyer with excellent advocacy skills.” Other Chambers publications have noted that he is “outstanding,” “a true giant in the field, whose depth of knowledge is incredible,” and that “his advocacy skills are without parallel.”

In 2014, when The American Lawyer named Debevoise the Litigation Department of the Year, one client’s General Counsel noted, “The thing that impresses me about lawyers is when they come up with better answers to problems than I do. Every once in a while, you encounter a lawyer who has really created the better answers. David W. Rivkin is that lawyer.”

In 2012, The American Lawyer’s Am Law Litigation Daily named Mr. Rivkin one of two “Global Lawyers of the Year.” In 2011, the National Law Journal named him one of the country’s “Most Influential Attorneys.” He has also been ranked as the leading American in international arbitration in Who’s Who Legal (2016) and in Euromoney’s Expert Guide to the Leading Lawyers: Best of the Best (2017).