Jingzhou Tao is an independent arbitrator of the Arbitration Chambers. He has been Avocat à la Cour de Paris since 1991. He has more than 30 years, experience in advising for the Fortune 500 companies on China-related matters and also the Chinese companies on cross-border mergers and acquisitions and arbitration and litigation. He has acted as counsel, chief arbitrator or party- nominated arbitrator in over one hundred international arbitration proceedings. He is a Member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration (1999-2018), the Advisory Committee of China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission, the International Advisory Board of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, Advisory Board of Foundation International for Arbitration Advocacy (FIAA) and the Board of Global Arbitration Review. He has also served as Vice Chairman of the Arbitration Committee of the International Bar Association (IBA) and Co-Chair of the Asia Pacific Forum of IBA.
Mr. Tao has published several books and many articles in English, French and Chinese on issues such as international arbitration and cross-border mergers and acquisitions. He has also been an adjunct professor at Peking University Law School, East China University of Political Science and Law, and a specially-invited professor of law for the International Arbitration Program at Tsinghua University School of Law. Mr. Tao graduated from Peking University Law School in 1982 and University of Paris I (Panthéon Sorbonne) (D.E.A.) in 1984. He speaks Chinese, English and French.