The panel
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Philip Boulding KC
Keating Chambers
Chair and moderator
Philip Boulding KC was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 1979 and has been at Keating Chambers since 1980. He is based primarily in Asia and specialises in construction, engineering and technology disputes, mainly in international arbitration. Philip sits regularly as an arbitrator, is on the HKIAC Panel of Arbitrators, and has been called to the Hong Kong Bar on an ad hoc basis many times.
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Simon Hughes KC
Keating Chambers
Simon Hughes KC is a silk at Keating Chambers specialising in major construction, engineering, shipbuilding, offshore and energy disputes. Much of his work is in arbitration, including where the governing law is not English law, and he has represented clients in disputes in Hong Kong, Singapore, Korea and Dubai. Simon is an editor of Keating on Construction Contracts (12th edition) and of the Construction Law Reports.
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Peter Brogden
Keating Chambers
Peter Brogden is a construction barrister at Keating Chambers whose main fields are construction, energy, shipbuilding and technology disputes. His work includes arbitrations seated in Australia, Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore and South Africa. Peter is an experienced arbitrator, an accredited panel adjudicator, a contributing author of Keating on Construction Contracts and an Honorary Professor at University College London.
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Mercy Milgo
Keating Chambers
Mercy Milgo is a barrister at Keating Chambers who acts in construction disputes, with a particular interest in fire safety and cladding, energy and related professional negligence claims. She has been junior counsel in ICC arbitrations, including a five-week hearing about a waste-to-energy plant. Mercy is a contributing author of Keating on NEC and Keating on Construction Contracts and sits on the TECBAR Executive Committee.
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Mike Allen
Managing Director, Secretariat
Mike Allen is a Managing Director at Secretariat and a Chartered Quantity Surveyor with more than 35 years of experience working internationally, the last 20 of them based full-time in Hong Kong. He has been appointed as a quantum expert witness in construction disputes and has given evidence in the High Court twice and in arbitrations on thirty separate occasions. Mike is a Fellow and Vice Chairman of the Academy of Experts.
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Ben Bury
Director, General Counsel, Gammon Construction Limited
Ben Bury is General Counsel of Gammon Construction Limited in Hong Kong, a role he has held since 2023. He has worked on the legal aspects of complex and high value construction projects for more than 20 years, including as a partner at HFW in Hong Kong from 2018 to 2023. Ben was Chairperson of the Society of Construction Law Hong Kong from 2025 to 2026 and was previously its Secretary.
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Portraits from Keating Chambers, Secretariat and Ben Bury, used with permission.