Peter Thorp is the managing partner of the Beijing office of the international law firm Allen & Overy LLP. Peter has substantial experience in dispute resolution law, both in the PRC and in Europe. He has acted as counsel for PRC and non-PRC clients in international arbitrations under the rules of all the major international arbitration institutions, including the ICC, SIAC, HKIAC, LCIA and CIETAC. He has also acted as sole arbitrator for a number of China-related ICC arbitrations. Peter was appointed in 2005 to the panel of arbitrators of CIETAC, China's largest international arbitration commission. He is currently working as counsel for foreign investors on several arbitrations at various arbitration institutions in China as well as for PRC corporate clients in their arbitrations in Hong Kong and London. He speaks English, Mandarin and French and is qualified in England, Hong Kong and New Zealand.