The Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) has appointed Domitille Baizeau and Victor Dawes as its new Co‑Chairs, with effect from July 1, 2026. Partner at LALIVE in Geneva, Domitille Baizeau has served on HKIAC’s Council since 2020 and on HKIAC’s Proceedings Committee from 2020 to 2023. In addition to her counsel and arbitrator practice, she has held positions in several arbitral institutions and associations, including as a current member of the Governing Board and Governance Committee of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA). Victor Dawes, Senior Counsel at Temple Chambers in Hong Kong, was a member of HKIAC’s Proceedings Committee from 2020 to 2023, and was appointed to HKIAC’s Council and Appointments Committee in 2024. Victor is the immediate past Chairperson of the Hong Kong Bar Association, and a Recorder of the High Court in Hong Kong. He regularly acts as counsel in arbitrations, sits as arbitrator, and plays an active role in shaping Hong Kong’s arbitration case law through his extensive counsel work in arbitration-related court proceedings. Domitille and Victor will succeed David W Rivkin and Rimsky Yuen, whose term as HKIAC Co-Chairs will conclude on June 30, 2026. The HKIAC has also appointed Thomas Walsh, Partner at Clifford Chance in Hong Kong and Chair of the HKIAC Appointments Committee, and Huawei Sun, Senior Counsel at Zhong Lun Law Firm in Beijing and member of the HKIAC Proceedings Committee, as Vice‑Chairs. Thomas and Huawei will succeed Nils Eliasson, Partner at King & Spalding, and Briana Young, Professional Support Counsel at Three Crowns, whose term as HKIAC Vice-Chairs will also conclude on June 30, 2026. The new Co-Chairs and Vice-Chairs will join existing members of HKIAC’s Executive Committee, John Choong,...