In this first Episode of TagTime Season 3, Matthew Gearing QC discussed “Appeals on Questions of Law – Worth the Trouble?” with Dr Kabir Duggal and Amanda Lee. The recording is available here; and Matt’s slides are available here. Matt was tagged by Catherine Amirfar; he in turn tagged Yoshimi Ohara.

Matthew Gearing QC is a partner in Allen & Overy’s Global Arbitration group. He is widely regarded as a leading arbitration practitioner; in particular he was appointed Queen’s Counsel (England & Wales) in February 2014. Matthew has acted in many complex and high-profile arbitrations around the world, both commercial arbitrations and investment treaty arbitrations. His experience includes arbitrations under the ICC, UNCITRAL, SIAC, HKIAC, KLRCA, SCC, LCIA and ICSID Rules.

Matthew was Chairperson of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre from 2017 to 2020. In addition, he is a past Co-Chair of the LCIA Young International Arbitration Group. He is on the HKIAC, SIAC and KLRCA panel of arbitrators. He is also on Prime Finance’s panel of Dispute Resolution experts.

Find out more about the TagTime series here, and browse past episodes here.