Three Crowns will host a panel titled “Arbitration in an Age of Global Uncertainty” during Singapore Convention Week 2026.
Join us for this panel which will explore how geopolitical conflict, the accelerating adoption of AI, and the energy transition are reshaping the disputes landscape. The panellists will also share practical insights on navigating arbitration in this increasingly uncertain environment.
Luke Sobota and YiKang Zhang will speak alongside Lara Hammoud (Independent Arbitrator), Montek Mayal (Osborne Partners), and Yvonne Mak (ICC International Court of Arbitration).
The event will take place on Tuesday, 25 August 2026, from 8:00am to 9:30am SGT at Three Crowns’ Singapore office. Breakfast and networking will follow.
To register, click here.
ABOUT LUKE SOBOTA
A founding partner of Three Crowns, Luke represents private and sovereign clients in some of their largest and most important commercial and investor-State arbitrations, including the successful prosecution of one of the largest ICC cases in history. He also has more than 25 years of experience litigating international issues in US courts. Luke’s cases span a variety of sectors, including, energy, technology, aerospace, financial, and construction.
He is active in pro bono matters, including work for Equality Now and the Penobscot Nation.
Luke is a Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School and an adjunct professor at the University of Miami School of Law. He is also a member of the SIAC Board and a Vice President of the ITA’s Executive Committee. Among other publications, Luke is the co-author with former ICJ President Stephen Schwebel of International Arbitration: Three Salient Problems (2nd edition, Cambridge University Press 2020), and with Professor Charles Kotuby of General Principles of Law and International Due Process (Oxford University Press 2017).
Luke is ranked by Chambers, which describes him as an “extraordinarily intelligent” attorney who “draws extensive praise for his advocacy skills, with clients affirming that ‘his analysis and strategic view is outstanding.’” Lexology Index has recognised him a “sharp intellectual” who “is praised for his fantastic analytical and writing abilities”. The Legal 500 writes that Luke “is extremely smart and a great strategic thinker” and is “an excellent draftsman”.
Luke previously worked in the Office of Legal Counsel at the US Department of Justice, where he advised and prepared formal legal opinions for executive branch officials on a range of constitutional, international, and administrative law issues. After law school, he served as a law clerk to Judge Pamela Ann Rymer of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist of the US Supreme Court.
ABOUT YIKANG ZHANG
YiKang is a dual-qualified senior associate in the Singapore office. He regularly represents clients in both investment treaty and commercial arbitrations under all major arbitral rules, with particular expertise in the energy and financial services sectors, and in joint venture/shareholder and M&A disputes. YiKang also has substantial experience in arbitration-related litigation and post-award proceedings.
YiKang has been recognised in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2026 guide for international arbitration. He has worked with Judge Ronnie Abrams on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and assisted with the representation of low-income individuals in the Bronx at The Bronx Defenders. His work on the termination of intra-EU BITs has been published in the American Review of International Arbitration.
YiKang obtained his J.D. from Columbia Law School, where he was a James Kent and Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, and was awarded the Whitney North Seymour Medal for excellence in trial advocacy. He also holds an LL.B with First Class Honours from King’s College London, where he finished top of his class in consecutive years.