Anna K. C. Koo is an acclaimed international arbitrator and mediator based in Hong Kong.

Koo is a disputes specialist, with substantial experience in litigation, arbitration and mediation practice. She was called to the Hong Kong Bar in 2005. A Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, she arbitrates cross-border commercial disputes in mainland China, Dubai and the rest of Asia Pacific. In addition, Koo is a leading and accredited general, family and Greater Bay Area mediator, with contribution to the introduction of the Mediation Ordinance, mediator accreditation, and mediation scholarship.

Koo’s dispute resolution style blends business acumen with theoretical insight. From 2023 to 2025, Koo was Board Director and Chief Executive Officer of Hong Kong’s Financial Dispute Resolution Centre. Prior to that, she was appointed the Director of the Judicial Institute at the Hong Kong Judiciary. All along, Koo has been a legal scholar. A published author and an Adjunct Associate Professor of Law at the University of Hong Kong, she has written widely and spoken regularly on civil procedure, alternative dispute resolution, and legal technology.

Over the years, Koo has held a number of public roles. These include: Chair of the Buildings Appeal Tribunal, Chair of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants Disciplinary Panel, Member of the Higher Rights Assessment Board, Member of the Department of Justice Special Committee on Evaluative Mediation, and Member of the University of Hong Kong Discontinuation Committee.

Koo holds a Bachelor of Laws from King’s College London, and a Master of Laws in Information Technology and Telecommunications Law from the University of Strathclyde. She attended mediation and negotiation programmes at Harvard Law School. At present, she is reading for a Doctor of Philosophy in Law at the University of Oxford.

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