Contributors

Sarah Grimmer

Sarah Grimmer is Secretary-General of Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre. She was formerly Senior Legal Counsel at the PCA where she served as tribunal secretary in multiple investor-State arbitrations and was appointed registrar in several inter-State arbitrations.

Prior to joining the PCA, Sarah served for three years as Assistant Counsel at the ICC International Court of Arbitration in Paris. She was also a member of the international arbitration group at Shearman & Sterling LLP in Paris, prior to which she worked in private practice in Auckland. In 2015, Sarah was appointed to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon Disciplinary Board. She is a member of the ICCA-ASIL Task Force on Damages (2016), ICCA Publications Committee (2015), the IBA Investment Arbitration Subcommittee (2014), New Zealand ICC Arbitration Committee (2014), and the IBA Arb40 Steering Committee (2013). She has an LLM from Cambridge University and an LLB/BA (Criminology) from Victoria University of Wellington. She is admitted to practice law in New Zealand.

Satish Bakhda

Satish Bakhda is an entrepreneur and investor with a proven track record in private equity, venture capital, and asset-backed lending. He has founded and led companies that became industry leaders, including a successful environmental business and a premier corporate service provider in Singapore. Satish currently leads two ventures: RIKVIN Capital, which specializes in bridge funding, and RIKVIN Ventures, a single-family office fund that invests in and scales companies across Asia. With a commitment to entrepreneurship and value creation, Satish is always seeking new opportunities for collaboration and growth.

Scherzade Westwood

Scherzade Westwood is Co-Chairwoman of W@OLN and Legal Assistant in Matrimonial Law at Oldham Li & Nie Lawyers. 

Scott D. Michel, Esq.

Scott Michel is internationally recognized for his extensive experience in matters arising from the U.S. government's crackdown on undeclared foreign accounts. As a partner and President of Caplin & Drysdale, a DC-based law firm, Mr. Michel advises individuals and corporations on voluntary disclosures, U.S. tax compliance for U.S. citizens living abroad and foreign entities doing business in the U.S., and civil and criminal tax examinations arising from unreported foreign assets.

Shaman Chellaram 

With 18 years of experience in strategic and investment advisory, and having transacted over USD2 billion, Shaman Chellaram works closely with clients to maximise the potential of their hotel and commercial real estate assets in Hong Kong and across key regional and international markets.  This includes local and cross-border acquisition and disposal advisory,  asset repositioning,  market entry, portfolio diversification, operator selection, hotel and mixed-used development, ESG advisory, transaction advisory and M&A.  

Shana L. Lam

Shana L. Lam is an Executive Director who oversees the Rating and Taxation Division. She undertakes and co-ordinates reviews of valuation-based statutory assessments (principally Rates and Government Rent assessments) and object on behalf of clients, where appropriate. Other than Rating and Taxation valuation, she is also engaged in rent reviews and valuation assignments for litigation purposes, with a prime focus on acting as expert witness.

As a Chartered Surveyor with over 15 years' experience, she has acted for many of Hong Kong's leading ratepayers and has advised on rating assessments in excess of $50b in rateable value and government rent. Her clients include many multi-national corporations that have properties covering all sorts of classes, including commercial buildings, retail arcades, theme parks, tunnels, telecommunication networks, car parks, cargo logistic terminals, petrol filling stations, etc.

Lam joined CBRE in 2012.

Sharmini Wainwright

Sharmini Wainwright has over 10 years of recruitment experience and is the Regional Director of Page Personnel in Hong Kong.

Sophia Lai

Sophia Lai is the Head of Marketing of Groupon Hong Kong, overseeing brand strategies, digital marketing and communications activities of the company. 

Sri Srinivisan

Sri Srinivisan is the Product Marketing Manager for Nexmo Verify and Number Insight. He has several years of experience in the mobile industry including roles at Druva, Motorola, RIM, and Qualcomm. Srivatsan holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, an MS from UT.

Stefan Sawh

Stefan Sawh is Asia Pacific Regional Director for Cazar.