Dr Chern is a Barrister, Chartered Architect, Structural Engineer, Chartered Arbitrator, Accredited Mediator, Adjudicator and holds a BArch in Architecture & Engineering and Juris Doctor (Law). He is Secretary of the DBF, is on the FIDIC President’s List, is an adjudicator and dispute board trainer for FIDIC, the DBF, the World Bank, and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).

His current Dispute Boards include the Marmaray Light Rail System in Istanbul, the Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link Tunnel connecting Denmark and Germany, the Lesotho Highlands Dam Project, and the Koysha Hydroelectric Dam Project in Ethiopia.

He is the author of: Chern on Dispute Boards, International Commercial Mediation, The Commercial Mediator’s Handbook, and The Law of Construction Disputes. His newest book Nuclear Infrastructure Development was released last year.