Siu Wing Yee Sylvia J.P.

Siu Wing Yee Sylvia J.P. is a Solicitor admitted in HK (practising) (1984); Solicitor of The Supreme Court of United Kingdom (1989), Barrister and Solicitor of The Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory (1989), Barrister of The High Court of Australia (1989), and Advocate and Solicitor Singapore (1990) (non-practising).

She is an experienced arbitrator listed on many arbitration panels, such as China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission, Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration and PRC Arbitration Commissions such as Nanjing, Tianjin, Guangzhou, Qingdao, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Zhuhai and Nansha International Arbitration Court. She is an arbitrator of HK International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC), Law Society of Hong Kong (HKLS), World Trade Centre Macau Arbitration Centre & Macau Arbitration Centre.

She is an international general mediator, commercial and family mediator; she is listed on panels such as China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, Dongguan Court No.2, Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution, HKIAC, HKLS, HK Institute of Arbitrators, HK Mediation Accreditation Association Limited (HKMAAL)and HK Mediation Centre (HKMC); HKLS; Conciliator of World Trade Centre Macau Arbitration Centre; one of the three founders of the HKMC.

She is the Vice President of the Guangzhou, HK & Macao Arbitration and Mediation Alliance and is a Mediator/ Legal Expert of Benchmark Chambers International & Benchmark International Mediation Centre (PRC).

She chairs the Joint Mediation Helpline Office Limited, HK Federation of Women Lawyers’ ADR Committee; a director of HKMAAL. She has spoken on ADR internationally at major cities in China, Asia, USA and Spain, and locally in Hong Kong.
She was the ADR PCLL Examiner of HKUniversity, Chinese University and City University: a PCLL Academic Board Member and External Academic Advisor of the City University.

She was a member of: Judiciary’s Working Party on Mediation; Department of Justice’s Working Party on Mediation, Reform of the Law of Arbitration in Hong Kong, Advisory Committee on Arbitration, and Steering Committees on Arbitration as well as Mediation.

She was the Vice Chairlady of Town Planning Appeal Board, the Immediate Past President of Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators; Past President of Hong Kong Federation of Women Lawyers, Zonta Club of Victoria; Chaired HKLS’s Continuous Professional Development Committee and the Pro Bono Committee.

In the community service area: she is the Vice Chairlady of the Society for Rehabilitation and Crime Prevention; she chairs HK Chinese Women’s Club’s Elderly Committee; and is the Immediate Past President of HK Chinese Women’s Club. She is a council member of HK Family Welfare Society for over 25 years.

Some of the awards she has received include:
• Global Law Experts, England - 2018 Expert for Dispute Resolution in Hong Kong
• Acquisition International Media, England - Global Excellence Awards Most Influential Women in Alternative Dispute Resolution 2017 - Hong Kong
• Social Enterprise Research Institutes - Nobel laureate series - Asian Social Caring Leadership Award (2017)
• China Association of Women Entrepreneurs
- 10 Most Influential Women Entreprenuer Award (2013)
- 100 Leading Women in PRC, HK, Taiwan and Macao Award (2011)
- 2010 Women Entrepreneur of Highest Integrity Award
• HKLS - 2011 Distinguished Pro Bono Service Individual Award