Personal bio
Ms Jessica Fei is a widely recognized leading international arbitration and dispute resolution specialist with over 30 years' experience working with international arbitration institutions and leading firms. She is currently the joint global head of international arbitration practice of King & Wood.
Constantly ranked and recommended by leading legal media including Chambers, Legal 500, and ALB, Jessica is one of the very few leading international arbitration practitioners (acting as counsel and arbitrator) with dual qualifications (China and New York) as well as extensive cross-border dispute resolution experience between Chinese/Asian and Western parties. Prior to joining King and Wood Jessica has practiced as a partner for a number of years with leading international law firms (including Herbert Smith Freehills) based in Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, New York and Singapore.
Jessica focuses her practice on international arbitration, litigation and alternative disputes resolution. She represents and assists clients in international arbitrations (including HKIAC, SIAC, ICC, CIETAC, LCIA, SCC, AAA/ICDR, BAC and UNCITRAL) and litigation matters inside and outside China in both English and Chinese languages. She handles disputes relating to energy/ power, mining, infrastructure and construction, trade, international investment, merger & acquisition, manufacturing, distribution, and intellectual property matters (including license agreement) among others.
Jessica is a very well-known name in international arbitration. Jessica has a very successful track record for winning cases for clients as lead counsel. She sits regularly as arbitrator in commercial arbitration cases, and is listed on the international arbitrator panels of the CIETAC, ICDR/AAA, HKIAC, SIAC, AIAC, KCAB, CEAC etc. Jessica is a court member of SIAC Court of Arbitration, a member of the International / Asia Advisory Committee of the AAA/ICDR, a member of the CEAC Advisory Board, and China Chapter Chair of NYSBA (New York State Bar Association) International Section.