Graduated from the Law Department of Peking University (LL.B. 1982), China Foreign Affairs University (LL.M. 1985) and Free University of Brussels (LL.M. 1986); Fulbright scholar at the Law School of Stanford University (1995-1996), visiting scholar at Max Planck Institute (Hamburg, 2008); 

Teaching and research on private international law, arbitration, civil and commercial law at China Foreign Affairs University since 1985; lecturing on Arbitration in China at Geneva MIDS program since 2009; lecturing on Arbitration at the IADS program at the Law School of Tsinghua University since 2013; 

Admitted to practice Chinese law in 1989 and had been a part-time counsel for over 10 years; 

ICSID Conciliator, Member of International Commercial Expert Committee of the China’s Supreme People’s Court, Vice President of the Chinese Society of Private International Law, Vice President of the Arbitration and ADR Committee of ICC China, Executive Member of the China Academy of Arbitration Law, Member of CIETAC and its Expert Advisory Committee, Vice Chairman of the Conciliation Centre of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade; 

Serving as arbitrator since 1989 having been involved in over 500 arbitrations under the rules of CIETAC, BAC/BIAC, SCIA, SHIAC, HKIAC, SIAC, ICC, SCC, ICDR, UNCITRAL and CAS as arbitrator, counsel or expert witness, covering, inter alia, trade, service, investment, joint venture, corporate matters, M&A, share transfer, construction, hotel management, licensing, agency, distribution, intellectual property, banking, letter of credit, securities, financial derivatives, leasing, maritime transportation, sport-related dispute;

Malcolm Holmes QC is a Chartered Arbitrator at Eleven Wentworth Chambers in Sydney and an arbitrator member of chambers at 20 Essex Street, London and at Maxwell Chambers in Singapore.

After initially commencing an engineering degree at the University of NSW, he transferred to law, and obtained degrees in Arts and Law from Sydney University, NSW, Australia, and then a Bachelor of Civil Law from Oxford University, UK. He was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 1991. He is an experienced arbitrator, senior counsel and academic exclusively involved in international and domestic arbitration. He has acted as an arbitrator in a wide range of disputes. He is an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Queensland in International Commercial Arbitration and a Professorial Visiting Fellow to the University of NSW in International Commercial Arbitration.

He has since 1995 acted as arbitrator in a broad variety of disputes in Japan, North America, England, Europe and Australia conducted under the rules of the Court of Arbitration for Sport based in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Marianne is a Senior Legal Counsel with the FIA. 

Mark Baker is Global Head of International Arbitration and a member of the Norton Rose Fulbright’s Global Supervisory Board.

 A member of the litigation and disputes team, Mark practices in the areas of complex commercial arbitration, investment arbitration, business litigation and alternative dispute resolution (ADR). He has extensive experience in international and domestic arbitration, acting as both counsel and as arbitrator under all the major arbitral rules (including ICDR, AAA, ICC, LCIA, SCC, SIAC, ICSID, NAFTA, CPR, WIPO, CAS, CAM, CAFTA) as well as ad hoc disputes under UNCITRAL rules.

Mark has represented numerous clients in matters regarding international and domestic construction contracts, power purchase and sale agreements, energy contracts, joint ventures, and project finance and development agreements. He is also a leading commentator on the avoidance and resolution of climate change and sustainability disputes. In addition, he has extensive experience litigating banking, financial and securities transactions.

Mark's clients include global financial institutions, major corporations, governments and state-owned entities, from across all industry sectors including energy (oil and gas, power and renewables), infrastructure, mining and commodities, transport, banking and finance, and technology and innovation. Mark and his global team are regularly entrusted with some of the most sensitive, high-value and strategically important matters, and he works closely with his clients to achieve their commercial objectives in an efficient and cost-effective manner.