Grace Cheng is an English barrister, Hong Kong solicitor and admitted to the Bar of the British Virgin Islands. She is a registered foreign lawyer at the Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC) and has rights of audience before the DIFC Courts (Dubai) and the AIFC Court (Kazakhstan). In addition to speaking English, Cantonese and Mandarin, Grace has a working knowledge of French and Spanish. She is recognised as a leading junior in Sport Law by Legal 500, and is included in Lexology Index as a Future Leader in Arbitration.
Grace is a versatile advocate with experience in many different areas of the law, with a particular focus on complex commercial matters involving an international element. She often appears as sole counsel, including acting for a company which is ultimately owned by one of the largest financial services companies in the world in a SIAC arbitration with a claim value in excess of SGD 400 million (i.e. over USD 300 million). 
In addition to her practice as counsel, Grace is a sought after neutral and has received over 50 appointments as arbitrator, adjudicator, expert, as well as being a member of various judicial panels, independent tribunals, disciplinary and regulatory commissions. She regularly deals with disputes in a diverse range of areas and involving a range of languages and governing laws, including the laws of England and Wales, Hong Kong, Singapore, Dubai and Malaysia. She has acted as arbitrator in matters administered under the rules of various institutions including the AIAC, DIAC, HKIAC, SIAC as well as ad hoc arbitrations and those under UNCITRAL rules.
Grace obtained a First Class Honours degree in law from the LSE and the BCL from the University of Oxford. She has taught law at the University of Oxford, King’s College London, and the University of Warwick.