Advocacy, Arbitration and the Road to Silk: A Fireside Chat With Queenie Lau SC

Please join us for an in-person fireside chat with Queenie Lau SC, moderated by Christoph Murphy (committee member of the IBA Arb40 Subcommittee). The discussion would be followed by an audience Q&A, with drinks and light refreshments served and time for informal networking before and after the session.

6:00 p.m. – Registration
6:30 p.m. – Fireside Chat
7:30 p.m. onwards – Networking Reception

Speakers:

• Queenie Lau SC, Temple Chambers
• Christoph Murphy, Registered Foreign Lawyer, Sidley (Moderator)

Topics for discussion:

• Queenie Lau SC’s journey from solicitor to barrister and ultimately silk
• Developing an individual style and confidence as an advocate
• Key milestones, challenges and lessons along the way
• Effective advocacy in international arbitration
• Differences between advocacy in court and before arbitral tribunals
• How experience as an arbitrator and mediator informs work as counsel