John is Head of Freshfields’ China International Arbitration Practice, and has many years of experience counselling clients on international dispute matters throughout Asia. He regularly acts as trusted adviser to leading international and Chinese corporates, including Fortune 500 companies, on their most significant disputes. These have included a number of publicly reported billion-dollar matters. He is listed as a leading individual for dispute resolution and arbitration by the legal directories, and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.  He sits on various arbitration committees and organisations, including as council member, and is regularly appointed as presiding or sole arbitrator under the leading arbitration rules. John is the author or editor of books published by the Oxford University Press and Sweet & Maxwell, including as co-General Arbitration Editor of the Hong Kong White Book.