Christine Heeg-Weimann, LL.M. (Sydney) is an international arbitration lawyer and partner with KPMG in Germany based in Düsseldorf and Secretary General of the Chinese European Arbitration Centre (CEAC, www.ceac-arbitration.com). She represents the arbitration institution and has also been involved in the drafting and revision of the CEAC Arbitration Rules. Christine specializes in dispute resolution including litigation, arbitration and mediation in the general commercial/corporate field and in the field of industrial engineering. Her areas of expertise and practical experience include litigation and arbitration (under the rules of the ICC, DIS, LCIA, Swiss Chambers of Commerce, CEAC, GMAA as well as ad hoc arbitration under the UNCITRAL Rules) of national and international disputes including dispute prevention and amicable settlement. She also sits as an arbitrator. She is trained and certified as a mediator by the University of California (Berkeley, USA). Her areas of expertise comprise civil law, commercial and corporate law disputes, construction disputes and major IP disputes. Christine also focuses specifically on Greater China and on Russia and the Baltics. She studied at the Universities of Freiburg (Germany) and Moscow (Russia) followed by a doctoral degree from the University of Osnabrück (Germany) and a LL.M. from Sydney University (Australia).