Dr. Fan Yang
扬 帆博士
Director, International Dispute Resolution Academy | 国际争议解决研究院 主任
Dr. Fan Yang was born in Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China. She has studied and researched law in Shanghai, Paris, Birmingham and London. She was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2005 and became a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb) in 2006 and a Fellow (FCIArb) in 2012. She was awarded her PhD in Law by Queen Mary University of London in 2011.
Dr. Yang is the founding Director of International Dispute Resolution Academy. She is a former Vice Chairperson of the CIArb EAB China Committee.
She has represented clients as well as arbitrated and mediated in English and Chinese (Putonghua and Cantonese) languages. She specializes in complex commercial contracts (such as joint ventures, international sale of goods, letter of credits, carriage of goods by sea and construction contracts e.g. FIDIC and NEC) under English law, Hong Kong law and Mainland Chinese law.
Dr. Yang is an arbitrator at HKIAC, KCAB, KLRCA (AIAC), SCIA and THAC. She is a mediator accredited by CEDR, and an investor-state disputes mediator trained by ICSID, CEDR, Energy Charter Secretariat and IMI.
She has been appointed as an arbitrator under the ICC Rules of Arbitration, HKIAC Administered Arbitration Rules and SCIA Arbitration Rules, and has extensive experience in international arbitrations under other leading institutional rules, as well as in ad hoc arbitrations in leading international arbitration seats such as London and Hong Kong.
She has published widely in a range of leading journals. She co-authored Contract Law in Hong Kong: A Comparative Analysis, Hong Kong University Press, together with Professor Neil Andrews, Clare College, Cambridge, and is the sole author of a substantial commentary and casebook (Vols.1&2) on Foreign-related Arbitration in China, published by Cambridge University Press.
扬帆博士出生于中国广东。先后在上海，巴黎，伯明翰和伦敦研习法律。2005年获英格兰及威尔士大律师资格，是英国林肯大律师公会自新中国成立以来首位中国大陆籍会员。2006年获英国皇家特许仲裁员协会会员资格（MCIArb）。2007年受英国皇家特许仲裁员协会聘任为研究员。2011年获英国伦敦大学（玛丽亚皇后学院）授予的博士学位。2012年获英国皇家特许仲裁员协会资深会员资格（FCIArb）。
扬博士是国际争议解决研究院（IDRA）创始主任。她曾任英国皇家特许仲裁员协会东亚分会中国委员会副主席。
扬博士是香港国际仲裁中心（HKIAC）的仲裁员，大韩商事仲裁院（KCAB）国际仲裁员,吉隆坡区域仲裁中心（KLRCA）国际仲裁员及调解员, CEDR（国际有效争议解决中心）及香港调解资历评审协会（HKMAAL）认证的调解员。她是受ICSID, CEDR, Energy Charter Secretariat 及 IMI共同培训和认证的国际投资者与东道国纠纷调解员（Investor-State Mediator）。
扬博士的研究方向以中国与国际商法比较、中国与国际仲裁及调解比较以及跨境纠纷解决为主。扬博士还是受联合国贸易法委员会（UNCITRAL）邀请的法规专家，特别擅长于《承认及执行外国仲裁裁决公约》（《纽约公约》）、《贸易法委员会国际商事仲裁示范法》、《贸易法委员会国际商事调解示范法》以及《联合国国际货物销售合同公约》的适用和解释等问题。此外，扬博士对国际商事合同法比较，特别是英国和香港合同法也有深入研究。
扬帆博士的主要执业领域包括国际商事及投资仲裁、跨境调解及争议解决、复杂的国际商事合同、跨境合资合作、股东协议、股权买卖、国际货物买卖、跟单信用证及建筑工程合同（如FIDIC和NEC），尤其擅长涉及英国法、香港法和中国内地法律的跨境争议解决。
扬博士的专著包括由剑桥大学出版社出版的Foreign-related Arbitration in China: Commentary and Cases, Cambridge University Press (2 Volume Hardback Set)；以及香港大学出版社出版的Contract Law in Hong Kong: A Comparative Analysis 等等。