HKIAC names Lalive’s Domitille Baizeau as new co-chair
The Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) has named Domitille Baizeau (pictured), partner at Lalive in Geneva, as its new co-chair, alongside the also newly elected Victor Dawes, senior counsel at Temple Chambers in Hong Kong .
Baizeau and Dawes will succeed David W. Rivkin and Rimsky Yuen, whose term as HKIAC Co-Chairs concludes on 30 June 2026.
Moreover, the Institution apponited Thomas Walsh and Huawei Sun as vice-chairs, following approval by the HKIAC Council.
The incoming co-chairs and vice-chairs will join the existing members of HKIAC’s Executive Committee: John Choong, partner at Freshfields and chair of the HKIAC Proceedings Committee, and Friven Yeoh, partner at Skadden and recently appointed chair of the HKIAC Finance & Administration Committee.
About Domitille Baizeau
Domitille Baizeau has served on HKIAC’s Council since 2020 and on its Proceedings Committee from 2020 to 2023. Alongside her counsel and arbitrator practice, she currently sits on the Governing Board and Governance Committee of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA).
