Anthony Connerty is a barrister in practice at Lamb Chambers, Temple, London. He is a CIETAC arbitrator. He has acted as counsel for Chinese clients in litigation in the English courts and in international arbitrations, and has acted as counsel and arbitrator in major international commercial arbitrations in multi-million U.S. dollar claims-AAA/ICDR, ICC, LCIA, SCC, LME and ICA - and in ad hoc arbitration under the UNCITRAL Rules. He is an accredited mediator (IMI and CEDR) and acts as counsel and mediator in international mediations:
he has acted in mediations in Beijing and Singapore. He is chairman of the CIETAC Foreign Arbitrators’ Forum (www.cfaforum.co.uk) and head of the IDR Group® (www.idrgroup.org). His contact information is anthonyconnerty@idrgroup.org.

The author gratefully acknowledges the assistance of Mr. Yu Jianlong, Secretary General of CIETAC, in writing this article.