Alice Meissner is a double qualified attorney-at-law and partner at the law firm Fieldfisher based in Vienna. Ms. Meissner is admitted with the Vienna as well as the Munich Bar Association. She holds a doctoral degree in law from the University of Vienna as well as a graduate degree in law from the University of Hamburg.
Alice has a well-established track record in advising Chinese investors with their post-M&A disputes in various industries. She has been acting as counsel in a number of commercial arbitration proceedings, under the arbitration rules of ICC, VIAC and CIETAC. She also acts as independent arbitrator and is Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators (HKIArb). She advised CIETAC with their establishment of the CIETAC European Arbitration Centre in Vienna in 2018. She has been listed by the Chambers and Legal500 as key contact for China-related disputes. Alice Meissner has been appointed as Chair of ECAA.

Liyu (Denning) Jin is a Chinese lawyer based in Shanghai China practicing in complex commercial and financial litigation, international arbitration, large-scale litigation on torts, insurance litigation, patent litigation, IP-related antitrust litigation etc. Mr. Jin also serves as an arbitrator of China International Economic & Trade Arbitration Commission, Shanghai International Economic & Trade Arbitration Commission, Arbitration Center Across the Straits, Hangzhou Arbitration Commission and Hong Kong International Arbitration Center (General Panel and IP Panel), and a CEPA Mediator of the CIETAC Investment Dispute Settlement Center.

Denning Jin has been appointed as Deputy Chair (China) of ECAA.

Julie Raneda, FCIArb, is a partner in Schellenberg Wittmer’s international arbitration practice and the managing director of the Singapore office. She represents clients in international commercial and investment arbitration matters.

Julie has been involved as counsel and arbitrator in complex arbitrations seated in civil and common law jurisdictions under different laws and various arbitration rules (in particular ICC, SIAC, SCAI, UNCITRAL, CAS, VIAC). Her main areas of expertise include construction and engineering, energy, pharmaceutical/life sciences, fintech, distribution, manufacturing and international sales. She also advises clients on international trade sanctions.

Julie is the chair of the Swiss Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Singapore (SwissCham Singapore) and the co-chair of the ASA Asia chapter. Julie is also a member of the ICC Singapore Group (Empowerment Sub-Committee) and a member of HKIAC Proceedings Committee. She sits on the Faculty of the Delos ROAP (Remote Oral Advocacy Programme) Asia and is the co-founder of the Women’s Business Society established in Geneva in 2012. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb).

Colin Seow is a distinguished legal professional with experience sitting as presiding arbitrator, sole arbitrator and co-arbitrator in various arbitrations administered by the LCIA, SIAC, HKIAC and AIAC. He boasts over twelve years of judicial experience in the Singapore Supreme Court, and he brings with him expertise in alternative dispute resolution and mediation. He also appears as instructed counsel in commercial arbitration and litigation cases, specializing in complex international commercial cases. He has played a pivotal role in legal reforms, including contributions to the Singapore International Commercial Court and the drafting of procedural rules. Colin is also a member of the DIFC Courts Court Users’ Committee and a committee member of the Singapore Young Public International Law Group. He is qualified to practise law in Singapore, in England and Wales, in New York and before the DIFC Courts.