Three Crowns will co-host a panel with the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) titled “US-China-India Trade Tensions: Practical Perspectives on Navigating Change”, as part of Singapore Convention Week 2025.
Join us for an engaging panel discussion which will explore recent shifts in US trade policy and how to manage risk and resolve disputes resulting from evolving trade dynamics.
Luke Sobota and YiKang Zhang will speak alongside a panel of other leading arbitration practitioners comprising Kevin Nash (LCIA), Ning Fei (Hui Zhong Law Firm) and Shaneen Parikh (Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas), who will provide diverse perspectives on these issues.
The event will take place on Wednesday 27 August, from 5:00pm to 7:00pm SGT at the Three Crowns Singapore office. Following the panel discussion, there will be networking drinks and canapés.
To find out more and 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, investor-State, and inter-State arbitrations, including the successful prosecution of one of the largest ICC cases in history. He also has more than 20 years of experience litigating international issues in U.S. courts.
Luke’s practice experience spans a variety of sectors, with a focus on the energy, financial, and technology industries.
He is active in pro bono matters, including work for Equality Now and the Penobscot Nation.
Luke is also a Senior Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School and an adjunct professor at the University of Miami School of Law. Among other publications, he is the co-author of the second edition International Arbitration: Three Salient Problems (Cambridge University Press, 2020) and General Principles of Law and International Due Process (Oxford University Press, 2017).
ABOUT YIKANG ZHANG
YiKang is a senior associate in the Singapore office. He has experience in both international commercial and investment treaty disputes across a range of sectors including energy, joint venture disputes, and financial services. YiKang has also been involved in proceedings under various institutional rules, including the ICC, LCIA, ICSID and UNCITRAL rules, and before the High Court.
YiKang has interned 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 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.