• Dual national (Canada-U.K.), a member of the Bars of Ontario and New York, and qualified as a Solicitor in England & Wales. 
• Full-time member of the faculty of law of Hong Kong, she teaches Dispute Resolution, Insurance Law, Company Law, and Legal Skills.
• Accredited tutor and Course Examiner for the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
• Teaches Contract Law and Foundations of Hong Kong Law at LLB level
• Practiced law in Toronto, studied and taught International Law in Europe, and in 1990 returned to Canada, teaching European Law, Conflicts, and Torts in the Common Law (French) Faculty at the University of Ottawa.
• 1992:  Joined the International Chamber of Commerce as Director of the Institute of International Business Law and Practice, an independent forum for researchers, lawyers and business executives, in close cooperation with most of the ICC’s technical commissions (banking, tax, IP, insurance, arbitration)
• 1997:  Established the ICC’s first regional office, ICC Asia, in Hong Kong, managing the office and providing resources for ICC members and National Committees
• Frequently presented both ICC Incoterms 2000 and ICC Model Contracts – on Agency, Distribution, and Franchising –  around the globe
• 2000:  Returned to private practice, joining construction firm Shadbolt & Co at its Hong Kong address, specialising in dispute resolution in Asia and for clients the world over.
• 2001:  A Chartered Arbitrator, joined the HKIAC lists of accredited mediators and tutors
• Has arbitrated large and small matters involving contracts of construction, insurance, commissions, licensing and international sales of goods
• Author of publications on Canadian, Asian and international law, is active in a number of international professional organizations, and  frequent speaker at international conferences on international business law and dispute resolution topics
• Founder and director of the Vis (East) International Commercial Arbitration Moot
• Primarily based in Hong Kong, she retains personal and professional ties in both Canada and Europe. She speaks fluent French, has a good working knowledge of Spanish, reading ability in German, and some basic Chinese.

PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

• Founder and director of the Willem C Vis East International Commercial Arbitration Moot
• Founder and co-Chair of arbitralwomen
• Chair, Lawasia International Trade and Arbitration Committee
• Member, Arbitration Committees of ICC in Canada and in Hong Kong
• Hong Kong delegate to ICC Arbitration Commission (Paris), and Member of the Task Force on Arbitration of Competition Disputes
• Chaired the ICC Task Force on Small Claims Arbitration
• Former Council Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (London) and now member of the Education and Training Committee
• Elected Member of the CIArb’s East Asia Branch and chaired the Regional sub-committee
• Formerly elected Member of Hong Kong Mediation Council, now co-opted to Training and Accreditation sub-committee
• Member, Hong Kong Institute of Arbitration
• Member, International Bar Association
• President, Canadian Club of Hong Kong
• Governor, Canadian International School of Hong Kong
• Former Chair, Y-Dive of Hong Kong

DISPUTE RESOLUTION PANEL LISTINGS

• ICC in Canada
• ICC in Hong Kong
• Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (Arbitrator and General Mediator panels)
• LCIA (London)
• CIETAC
• Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration
• BANI (Indonesian Arbitrator panel)
• Singapore International Arbitration Centre
• International Commercial Arbitration Centre, British Columbia
• Croatian Chamber of Commerce Arbitrator Panel

SELECTED ARTICLES and PRESENTATIONS

• Morguard Investments v. Savoye: Developing International Implications; co-author, Dalhousie Law Review (1992)
• International Commercial Arbitration: An Overview. delivered at International Export Techniques Seminar for the Chamber of Commerce of Sfax, Tunisia (1994)
• Tools for the International Business Operator. Delivered at International Contracts Seminars; adapted and presented in dozens of countries on four continents
• ADR in Europe: A Comparative Study. A confidential research project for the Canadian federal government (April 1995)
• A Small Step Backward? A comment on the Ken Ren Cases, American Journal of International Arbitration (July 1995)
• Arbitral Women: A study of Women in International Commercial Arbitration. Presented to the Conference of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, in The Commercial Way To Justice, Kluwer 1997
• The Need for Speed – A Word from Asia, article in Improving International Arbitration, Liber Amicorum Michel Gaudet, B.G. Davis, ed., ICC Publishing S.A., 1998
• Arbitration In Asia. Review of book by M. Pryles, for International Arbitration Journal, Autumn 1999
• Business, Government and Civil Society – Working Together for a Better World, Asian Review of Public Administration, V. XII No 1, Jan-June 2000
• Arbitration in Asia: Recent Trends. Canadian International Lawyer, April 2000
• Dispute Prevention, Management and Resolution: Can We Do it Better? Building Journal Hongkong China, July 2000
• Cultural Do’s and Taboos: Some Observations out of Asia. On IBA website: www.arbitration2000.com Book version for publication in Comparative Law Yearbook, Kluwer, The Hague, in 2001.
• Arbitration in Hong Kong: Centre of Excellence. In Brief, October 2000
• Partnering: The Way Forward for Hong Kong? Journal of the Hong Kong Institute of Architects, December 2000
• Enforcing arbitration awards in Hong Kong and Mainland China. Lawyer International, December 2000/January 2001
• Arbitrating Compensation for Expropriation: IPPAs as the New Frontier, for LAWASIA Journal May 2001
• Managing Disputes Better, presented to the International Conference on Construction, 19 June 2001
• Mediating Across Cultures, Asian Dispute Review and in Mediation Newsletter, both in Spring 2002
• The Project Manager as Mediator, Journal of the Association of Project Managers, Spring 2002
• ICC’s New Guidelines for Arbitrating Small Claims, Lawasia Update, May 2003
• The UNCITRAL Model Law, 15 Years On – presentation and paper for UIA Congress, Sydney 2003
• Arbitrating Claims Under Investment Promotion and Protection Treaties, presented to Lawasia and the China Law Society, Shanghai, May 2004
• The Arbitrating Mediator: Angel or Devil? - presented at the Congress of International Legal Studies, Rome Italy, June 2004
• From Moses to MITs: A Brief History of International Arbitration, published in International Law FORUM du droit international, Fall 2004