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Sally A. Harpole

Address: 

236 West Portal Ave. #129
San Francisco, California 94127
USA

Phone Number: 
+1 (415) 318 6523
Fax Number: 
+852 3007 0441
Email: 
sallyharpole@sallyharpole.com
Born: 
1951, Connecticut
Languages: 
English Chinese Spanish French
Nationalities: 
USA
Education: 
University of California, Berkeley (A.B., 1972)
University of Washington School of Law (J.D., 1978)
University of East Asia (Chinese Law Certificate, 1991)
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
State Bar of California, 1978
The Law Society of Hong Kong, 2001
Present Position: 
Independent Arbitrator and Mediator
Professional Experience: 

Attorney resident in Beijing and in Hong Kong for 35 years total, specializing in investment, trade and dispute resolution matters (head of China matters for multinational law firm for 25 years and solo practice for 10 years). Part-time lecturer on international law and comparative dispute
resolution systems in Asia at numerous university law faculties in China Mainland and in Hong Kong, as well as Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution in California. Independent arbitrator and mediator since 1990.

Professional Associations: 

International Bar Association (IBA) – Chair, Arbitration Committee (2007 & 2008) and Council Member (2009 & 2010); Commission Member, CIETAC (2011-2013); Council Member, HKIAC (1990-2012); American Chamber of Commerce in the People’s Republic of China (elected President in 1985 & 1986), Executive Committee, Board of Directors, AAA/ICDR (1991-2011); Chartered Institute of Arbitrators – Chartered
Arbitrator.

Panels of Arbitrators: 

China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC); Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC); Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC); Kuala Lumpur Regional Center for Arbitration (KLRCA); Korean Commercial Arbitration Board (KCAB); Chinese Arbitration Association in Taiwan (CAA) and American Arbitration Association/ International Center for Dispute Resolution (ICDR);
Japan Commercial Arbitration Association (JCAA); Shanghai Arbitration Commission, Shenzhen Arbitration Commission.

Arbitration Experience: 

Served as arbitrator (chair, sole and co-arbitrator) in over 100 international commercial arbitration cases, both ad hoc cases and cases referred to the following institutions: CIETAC, HKIAC, SIAC, KCAB, KLRCA, ICDR, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC).

Areas of Specialization: 
Foreign Investment & Joint Ventures
Trade
Investment Treaty
Mergers & Acquisitions
Intellectual Property
Publications from JURIS: 
Chapter Nineteen: International Arbitration (Conduct of Proceedings) - CCA Guide to Best Practices in Commercial Arbitration - Fourth Edition
Chapter Eighteen: International Arbitration (Preliminary Matters) - CCA Guide to Best Practices in Commercial Arbitration - Fourth Edition
Arbitration in China - Dispute Resolution Journal - Vol. 52, No. 1
The Role of the Third Party Neutral When Arbitration and Conciliation Procedures are Combined - Chapter 19 - Asian Leading Arbitrators' Guide to International Arbitration
Publications: 
General Editor and Special Editor, CCH China Business Law Guide (1992-2003)