| Antje |
Baumann |
BAUMANN Resolving Disputes |
Germany |
Germany |
Prof. Dr. Antje Baumann
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Partner
BAUMANN Resolving Disputes
- Address
-
Alsterarkaden 12
7
Hamburg
Hamburg / Germany
Germany
- Tel.
8804
- E-mail
- Link (LinkedIn/website)
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/antje-baumann-71615465/?originalSubdomain=de
- Nationality
- Germany
- Languages
- German, English, French
- Short Bio
- Founding partner of BAUMANN Resolving Disputes (2019)
Partner at Corinius LLP (2010-2019)
Counsel at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (2002-2010)
- Areas of specialisation
- Banking and finance, Energy, Intellectual property, Maritime and shipping, Public international law, State contracts/PPP
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| Sir Jack |
Beatson |
Essex Court Chambers |
United Kingdom |
United Kingdom |
Hon. Sir Jack Beatson
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Arbitrator
Essex Court Chambers
- Address
-
24 Lincoln's Inn Fields
London
United Kingdom
- Tel.
204
- E-mail
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Areas of specialisation
- Banking and finance, Energy, Maritime and shipping, Transport
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| Julie |
Bédard |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP |
Canada, France, United States |
United States |
Ms. Julie Bédard
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Partner
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
- Address
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Four Times Square
New York
United States
- Tel.
206
- E-mail
- Nationality
- Canada, France, United States
- Languages
- English, French, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish
- Short Bio
- Julie Bédard is head of Skadden’s International Litigation and Arbitration Group for the Americas. Fluent in French, Spanish and Portuguese, Ms. Bédard practices in four languages in complex disputes and investigations. Trained in both civil and common law, she has a doctorate in conflict of laws and represents clients in connection with litigation and arbitration proceedings throughout the world, raising disputes on governing law, jurisdiction, the enforcement of arbitration agreements, extraterritoriality and international judgment enforcement. Ms. Bédard has repeatedly been recognized as a leading lawyer in a variety of legal publications, including Chambers Global, Chambers USA, Chambers Latin America, Euromoney and Latinvex.
- Areas of specialisation
- Antitrust, competition and trade, Communications, media and technology, Construction and engineering, Energy, Investment and investment treaties, Regulatory, State contracts/PPP
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| John |
Beechey |
Arbitration Chambers |
United Kingdom |
United Kingdom |
Mr. John Beechey
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-
Arbitration Chambers
- Address
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Lamb Building
Temple
London
UK
United Kingdom
- Tel.
207
- E-mail
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English, French, German
- Short Bio
- Mr. John Beechey CBE, a past President of the ICC International Court of Arbitration, has served as chairman, party-appointed arbitrator, or sole arbitrator on more than 100 international arbitral tribunals in both “ad hoc” (including UNCITRAL) and institutional arbitrations under the Rules of all major arbitral institutions including, inter alia, the EDF, ICC, ICDR/AAA, ICSID, LCIA, PCA, SIAC and Stockholm Chamber. He is the current Chairman of the Board of the BVI International Arbitration Centre. In June 2016, he was appointed CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) for services to international arbitration.
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| Gary F. |
Bell |
Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore |
Canada |
Singapore |
Prof. Gary F. Bell
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Associate Professor
Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore
- Address
-
469G Bukit Timah Road
Singapore
Singapore
- Tel.
208
- E-mail
- Link (LinkedIn/website)
- https://law.nus.edu.sg/people/gary-bell/
- Nationality
- Canada
- Languages
- French, English
- Short Bio
- Was trained in both the civil law tradition and the common law tradition at McGill University in both French and English. Was also trained in American law at Columbia University. Clerked at the Supreme Court of Canada. Was Editor-in-Chief of the McGill Law Journal. Was the founding Director of the Asian Law Institute (ASLI). Was the founding Director of the LL.M. in International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution at the National University of Singapore. Has acted as arbitrator in 35 cases, that is 8 as chair, 19 as sole arbitrator and 8 as co-arbitrator, under the rules of the SIAC, the ICC, the LCIA and the KCAB. Editor of The UNCITRAL Model Law and Asian Arbitration Laws (Cambridge University Press, 2018).
- Areas of specialisation
- Investment and investment treaties
- Publications
- Sample publications
Edited books
• The UNCITRAL Model Law and Asian Arbitration Laws (Cambridge University Press, 2018).
Articles and chapters (samples)
• “Conflicts of laws and of jurisdictions in Singapore-seated arbitrations involving Indonesian-related matters – Perspectives from the Tribunal” (2022) 12(1) Indonesian Law Review 3, Available at: https://scholarhub.ui.ac.id/ilrev/vol12/iss1/3
• “Arbitration and Comparative Law” in Lim C.L., ed., The Cambridge Companion to Comparative Law (Cambridge University Press, 2021) at pp. 61-78
• “En quête d’un droit de l’arbitrage concurrentiel : ce que le Québec pourrait apprendre de Singapour et de Hong Kong” in F Gélinas and F Bachand (eds.), D'une réforme à une autre : Regards croisés sur l'arbitrage au Québec (Yvon Blais / Thomson Reuters, 2013) pp. 193 -220.
- Positions or offices held
- Fellow, CIArb, Fellow Singapore Institute of Arbitrators
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| Katherine |
Bell |
Schellenberg Wittmer AG |
Switzerland, United Kingdom |
Switzerland |
Ms. Katherine Bell
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Partner
Schellenberg Wittmer AG
- Address
-
Löwenstrasse 19, 8021 Zurich
Zurich
Switzerland
- Tel.
8782
- E-mail
- Link (LinkedIn/website)
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/katherine-bell-000bb89a/
- Nationality
- Switzerland, United Kingdom
- Languages
- English, German
- Areas of specialisation
- Construction and engineering
- Positions or offices held
- Co-Vice Chair of Dispute Resolution of Subcommittee of the IBA International Construction Projects Committee
Member of the Editorial Board of Construction Law International
Lecturer on Construction Law at the Swiss Centre of Construction
Co-Chair of the Swiss Arbitration Association's Construction Group
Member of the Board of ArbitralWomen
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| Rupert |
Bellinghausen |
Linklaters LLP |
Germany |
Germany |
Dr. Rupert Bellinghausen
- Address
-
Mainzer Landstrasse 16
Frankfurt
Germany
- Tel.
210
- E-mail
- Nationality
- Germany
- Languages
- German
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| Julia |
Benbenek |
Duke University School of Law |
Poland, United States |
United States |
Ms. Julia Anna Benbenek
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JD/LLM Candidate in International & Comparative Law
Duke University School of Law
- Address
-
704 15th St.
Apt. 360
Durham
North Carolina
United States
- Tel.
8721
- E-mail
- Link (LinkedIn/website)
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliabenbenek/
- Nationality
- Poland, United States
- Languages
- English, Polish, Spanish
- Short Bio
- As a JD/LLM candidate in international and comparative law at Duke, I am passionate about the global intersection of national security, business, and human rights. Both a native Polish and proficient Spanish speaker, I have deep regional interests in Eastern Europe and Latin America. I graduated from Georgetown University with a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service.
- Publications
- Co-Author of “Revisiting CFIUS Jurisdiction Over Real Estate Transactions” (Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, 2022)
Author of “ASEAN and Japan in the Twenty-First Century: An Important Relationship to Watch for ASEAN’s Economic and Security Development” (Sigma Iota Rho Journal of International Relations, 2021)
- Positions or offices held
- Legal Practice Assistant (International Trade & National Security) at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (June 2021 - May 2023)
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| Massimo |
Benedettelli |
ARBLIT – RADICATI DI BROZOLO SABATINI STUDIO LEGALE |
Italy |
Italy |
Prof. Massimo Benedettelli
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Partner
ARBLIT – RADICATI DI BROZOLO SABATINI STUDIO LEGALE
- Address
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Via Alberto Da Giussano n. 15
Milan
Italy
- Tel.
212
- E-mail
- Nationality
- Italy
- Languages
- Italian, English
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| Gary |
Benton |
Gary Benton Arbitration |
United States |
United States |
Mr. Gary L Benton
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US, UK and International Arbitrator
Gary Benton Arbitration
- Address
-
Gary Benton Arbitration
555 Bryant Street, Ste. 523
Palo Alto (San Francisco)
California
United States
- Tel.
215
- E-mail
- Link (LinkedIn/website)
- http://www.garybentonarbitration.com
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Short Bio
- GARY L. BENTON, C.Arb, FCIArb, FCollArb
US and International Arbitrator
Admitted in the US (California, New York & DC) and England & Wales.
Gary Benton is an internationally recognized Arbitrator with expertise in international business, private investment, technology, IP and emerging growth matters. He has handled hundreds of cases around the world and serves on the panels of the leading international arbitration institutions in the US, Europe and Asia.
In addition to his arbitration practice, Mr. Benton is the founder and currently serves as the Chairman of the Silicon Valley Arbitration and Mediation Center (SVAMC) and is the founder and Immediate Past President of California Arbitration (CalArb.org).
He teaches international commercial arbitration at Santa Clara University Law School in California.
- Areas of specialisation
- Antitrust, competition and trade, Banking and finance, Communications, media and technology, Energy, Information technology, Intellectual property, Investment and investment treaties
- Publications
- Recent publication and speaking engagements:
The Efficient Arbitrator - In the Post-Pandemic Era;
Technology Arbitration Revisited (G.Benton/S.Andersen);
Resolving Tech Disputes Internationally;
ABA DRS Arbitration Institute,
Arbitration in the Next 100 Years, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) Centennial;
Effective Resolution of M&A Disputes;
VCDR: Venture Capital Dispute Resolution;
The Android Wars – International Technology Arbitration in an Alternate Universe: A Case Study of Apple v. Samsung;
Cross-Border Disputes: Should My Company Use International Arbitration;
Intellectual Property Disputes Under the Amended AAA International Rules;
The Arbitration of International Technology Disputes Under the English Arbitration Act
- Positions or offices held
- Chartered Arbitrator and Fellow, CIArb; Fellow, College of Commercial Arbitrators (CCA); Founder/Director, Silicon Valley Arbitration & Mediation Center (SVAMC); Founder/Director, CalArb.org; NADN Appointee; National Law Journal ADR Champion. Appointed to leading US and international arbitral institution panels. Member, Institute of Transnational Arbitration Advisory Board, IBA, ABA, CLA. USDC ENE Panel. Former partner Pillsbury Winthrop LLP and Coudert Brothers LLP. Focus on international business, corporate investment, technology/IP, emerging growth, matters, including A.I. and fintech. Significant experience with civil law and other non-US style arbitration. Has handled matters in over 80 countries. Serves an Arbitrator throughout the US, UK and internationally on institutional and ad hoc matters. https://garybentonarbitration.com
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| Paddy (Patricia) |
Bergin |
The Hon P A Bergin AO SC |
Australia |
Australia |
Ms. Paddy (Patricia) Anne Bergin
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arbitrator
The Hon P A Bergin AO SC
- Address
-
9th Floor Selborne Chambers
174 Phillip Street
Sydney
New South Wales
Australia
- Tel.
217
- E-mail
- Nationality
- Australia
- Languages
- English
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| George |
Bermann |
Columbia Law School |
United States |
United States |
Prof. George A. Bermann
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Professor of Law, Director of Center for International Commercial and Investment Arbitration (CICIA)
Columbia Law School
- Address
-
435 West 116th Street
New York
United States
- Tel.
218
- E-mail
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English, French
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| Martin |
Bernet |
Bernet Arbitration / Dispute Management |
Switzerland |
Switzerland |
Dr. Martin Bernet
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Partner, Owner
Bernet Arbitration / Dispute Management
- Address
-
Bernet Arbitration / Dispute Management
Mühlebachstrasse 173
Zurich
Switzerland
- Tel.
219
- E-mail
- Link (LinkedIn/website)
- http://www.bernet-arbitration.ch/en/
- Nationality
- Switzerland
- Languages
- German, English, French, Italian
- Areas of specialisation
- Banking and finance, Communications, media and technology, Construction and engineering, Energy, Regulatory
- Publications
- International Commercial Courts: What’s up, Switzerland? in: Anwaltsrevue 11/12|2021; with Arun Chandrasekharan and Sandrine Giroud, 2021; International Commercial Courts - the Projects in Zurich and Geneva, in: New Developments in International Commercial Arbitration 2020 (University of Neuchâtel, Faculty of Law, Neuchâtel), 2020; The Third Party Litigation Funding Law Review - 2nd Edition - Chapter 18 Switzerland, in The Law Reviews, 2018; Liability of Arbitrators under Swiss Law: Legal Basis and Limitations of Arbitral Immunity in SchiedsVZ 2016, 189; Confidential and Restricted Data in the Award: How Do Arbitrators Draft Awards without Breaching Confidentiality or Restrictions? in ASA Special Series No. 43, 2016; Die Haftung des Schiedsrichters nach Schweizer Recht - Grundlagen und Grenzen von Schiedsrichterprivileg bzw. -immunität in Festschrift für Isaak Meier zum 65. Geburtstag "Tatsachen, Verfahren, Vollstreckung", 2015; International Arbitration in Switzerland - Chapter: Recognition and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards in: Geisinger/Voser/Petti (Eds), International Arbitration in Switzerland: A Handbook for Practitioners, 2nd ed., Kluwer Law International, 2013; Sammelklagen und kollektiver Rechtsschutz - neueste Entwicklungen in Europa und der Schweiz in Anwaltsrevue 10/2012;
Kommentar zum schweizerischen Privatrecht, Obligationenrecht I [commentary on Swiss contract law], Heinrich Honsell, Nedim Peter Vogt, Wolfgang Wiegand ed., Art. 91-96, 5th ed., Basel, 2011; Der Bankier als Zeuge in der Schweizerischen Zivilprozessordnung, in: Transparence et Secret dans l'ordre juridique, July 2010;
Cross-border Insurance and Reinsurance: Country Q&A Switzerland, published in PLC Insurance and Reinsurance Handbook 2010, April 2010; Die Stellung der geschädigten Person nach der neuen schweizerischen StPO, 2009, Festschriftsbeitrag zum 60. Geburtstag von Dr. Peter Gauweiler; Sammelklagen in Europa?, Co-author Philipp Groz, 2008, Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Zivilprozessrecht (SZZP) 1/2008; Freezing assets in Switzerland - a creditor's Options, 2007, Business Law International, Vol 8 No 2, pp. 127 et seq.; Kommen die Sammelklagen nach Europa? - Für die Schweiz steht eine einheitliche Zivilprozessordnung im Vordergrund, NZZ Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 22. November 2006, p. 29; Kommentar zum Gerichtsstandsgesetz [commentary on Switzerland's Federal Act on the Jurisdiction of the Courts in Domestic Matters], Co-author Christoph Kurth, 2005, Franz Kellerhals, Nicolas von Werdt ed., Art. 25-32, Bern, 2nd ed. 2005; Schiedsgericht und Konkurs einer Partei [Arbitral tribunal and bankruptcy of one party], 2005, Festschrift [liber amicorum] für Franz Kellerhals zum 65. Geburtstag, Bern 2005; Die Vollstreckbarerklärung englischer Freezing Orders in der Schweiz, Einige Bemerkungen zu BGE 129 III 626 [Declaring English Freezing Orders enforceable in Switzerland, Some remarks on the Swiss Federal Court's Decision BGE 129 III 626], 2004, Jusletter 19 January 2004, available on http://www.weblaw.ch/jusletter; Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, Co-author Anna Katharina Müller, 2004, Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler / Blaise Stucki (eds), Arbitration in Switzerland: A Handbook for Practitioners, Kluwer Law International / Schulthess, The Hague / Zurich 2004; Report on Switzerland in International Commercial Fraud, 2001, Sweet & Maxwell, London, 2001; Englische Freezing (Mareva) Orders - Praktische Fragen der Anerkennung und Vollstreckung in der Schweiz [Practical aspects of the recognition and enforcement of English Freezing (Mareva) Orders in Switzerland], 2001, Schriftenreihe des Europa Instituts Zürich, Bd. 37, 2001, 51-100; Praktische Fragen im Zusammenhang mit Anerkennung und Vollstreckung ausländischer Urteile nach IPRG [Practical aspects of the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments under Switzerland's Private International Law Act], Co-author Nathalie Voser, 2000, Schweizerische Zeitschrift für internationales und europäisches Recht, 2000, 437-473; Recognition and Enforcement in Switzerland of U.S. Judgments Containing an Award of Punitive Damages, Co-author Nicolas Ulmer, International Business Lawyer, 1994, 272-275; Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Civil Judgments in Switzerland, Co-author Nicolas Ulmer, The International Lawyer, 1993, 317-341; Die Parteientschädigung in der schweizerischen Verwaltungsrechtspflege [The law on the shifting of attorney's fees in Swiss administrative proceedings], doctoral thesis, Zurich, 1986.
- Positions or offices held
- Chair of the International Bar Association's International Litigation Committee 1997 - 1999;^member of the German Arbitration Institute's ("DIS") Arbitration Council, since 2018
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| Sébastien |
Besson |
Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler |
Switzerland |
Switzerland |
Dr. Sébastien Besson
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Lawyer
Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler
- Address
-
3-5, Rue du Conseil-Général
Geneva
Switzerland
- Tel.
220
- E-mail
- Nationality
- Switzerland
- Languages
- French, English
- Areas of specialisation
- Banking and finance, Construction and engineering, Energy, Sport
- Publications
- Comparative law of international arbitration, 2nd ed. London 2007, with Prof. J.-F. Poudret
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| Aditya |
Bhat |
AZB & Partners |
India |
India |
Mr. Aditya Bhat
- Address
-
AZB House, 67-4,
4th Cross, Lavelle Road,
Bangalore
India
- Tel.
222
- E-mail
- Nationality
- India
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| Rohit |
Bhat |
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer |
India |
Singapore |
Mr. Rohit Bhat
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Senior Associate and Lead, India Disputes
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
- Address
-
42-02, Ocean Financial Center, 10 Collyer Quay, Singapore
Singapore
Singapore
- Tel.
8642
- E-mail
- Nationality
- India
- Languages
- English, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil
- Areas of specialisation
- Antitrust, competition and trade, Investment and investment treaties, Public international law
- Positions or offices held
- Young ICCA Co-Chair, 2023-2025
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| Gautam |
Bhatikar |
Phoenix Legal |
India |
India |
Mr. Gautam Bhatikar
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Partner
Phoenix Legal
- Address
-
12, Vaswani Mansions
120, Dinshaw Vatcha Marg Churchgate
Mumbai
Maharashtra
India
- Tel.
8174
- E-mail
- Link (LinkedIn/website)
- http://www.phoenixlegal.in/
- Nationality
- India
- Languages
- English, English, Hindi, Marathi
- Short Bio
- Gautam is dual-qualified in India and England, and is a veteran with nearly two decades of wide-ranging experience in offshore maritime & shipping, insurance, environment, international trade, oil & gas, energy, commercial litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). Gautam has acted for various large banks, shipowners, PSUs, oil companies and insurers in high-stakes and complex cross-border litigation and arbitration. He has been advising and representing domestic and international clients from a variety of jurisdictions including the UK, US, Europe, Middle East and South East Asia.
Gautam has represented one of the world's largest shipping companies in its joint venture dispute before the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) and has been regularly representing clients at the International Chambers of Commerce (ICC)
- Areas of specialisation
- Banking and finance, Construction and engineering, Energy, Environmental law, Investment and investment treaties, Maritime and shipping, Regulatory, Restructuring and insolvency, State contracts/PPP, Transport
- Publications
- Authored an article on ’India’s changing litigation landscape’ published by International Bar Association (IBA) in 2020.
Speaker–International Shipping conference on PPP projects in India.
Speaker – South East Asia Logistics Shipping and Ports Conference on 2012 and 2014.
Speaker – International Port Finance Conference held in 2011.
Gautam has contributed to India Chapter covering Investment for Ports in India at the World Bank –Doing Business In India.
Authored article on Ports and Terminals in India at Lexology.
Legal500 2022 quotes Gautam in various practice areas:
‘Gautam Bhatikar is a good manager and professional lawyer.’ Shipping.
‘Gautam Bhatikar is a good manager of cases.’ Dispute Resolution, Litigation.
- Positions or offices held
- Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa.
The Law Society of England & Wales.
Life Member – Indo American Chamber of Commerce & Industry.
Board Member – Indo African Chamber of Commerce & Industry.
Member – Indo Arab Chamber of Commerce & Industry.
Member – Indo China Chamber of Commerce & Industry.
International Bar Association.
Dubai International Arbitration Centre.
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| Saadia |
Bhatty |
Gide Loyrette Nouel |
France |
United Kingdom |
Ms. Saadia Bhatty
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Counsel
Gide Loyrette Nouel
- Address
-
125 Old Broad Street
London
United Kingdom
- Tel.
223
- E-mail
- Nationality
- France
- Languages
- French, Urdu, English
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| Preety |
Bhima |
Appleby |
Mauritius |
Mauritius |
Ms. Preety Sharmilla Bhima
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Partner
Appleby
- Address
-
7th Floor Happy World House
37 Sir William Newton Street
Port-Louis
Mauritius
- Tel.
8676
- E-mail
- Link (LinkedIn/website)
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharmilla-bhima-mciarb-a75b3814
- Nationality
- Mauritius
- Languages
- French, Creole, English
- Short Bio
- She is a partner at Appleby Mauritius and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators UK and is an arbitrator on both the (i) MARC Panel of Arbitrators of the Mauritius Chamber of Commerce and Industry and (ii) Mauritius International Arbitration Centre (‘MIAC’). She formed part of the team that was responsible for opening the former LCIA chapter in Mauritius on international arbitration when the LCIA set up the LCIA-MIAC international arbitration centre jointly with the Government of Mauritius in 2011, from which it officially withdrew as from 27 July 2018.
She is one of the contributing authors for Lexis Nexis, representing Appleby, on International Arbitration in relation to the Mauritius.
She gained significant experience on arbitration in relation to insurance claims as Vice Chairman of the MVIAC.
- Areas of specialisation
- Banking and finance, Communications, media and technology, Employment and pensions, Intellectual property, Public international law, Regulatory, Restructuring and insolvency
- Publications
What is RegTech? Has the time come for its implementation into our legal landscape?
Digital Banking - being future ready
Blockchain: the new normal for voting?
The Virtual Assets and Initial Token Offerings Act 2022: The Financial Services Commission Confirms Processing Fees and Licensing Criteria
The Variable Capital Companies Act 2022: The Game Changer of the Investment Funds Industry
Mauritius: Virtual Assets and Initial Token Offerings now a Reality
Lexis Nexis: Mergers & Acquisitions Mauritius (2022)
Contributed to a chapter on Intellectual Property in "Investing in Mauritius - An Ocean of Opportunities"
- Positions or offices held
- Chairperson - January 2005 to-date
Industrial Property Tribunal
Vice-Chairperson - November 2005 - December 2014
Motor Vehicle Insurance Arbitration Committee ('MVIAC')
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| Pierre |
Bienvenu |
IMK s.e.n.c.r.l./LLP |
Canada, Canada |
Canada |
Mr. Pierre Bienvenu
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Senior Counsel, Ad. E.
IMK s.e.n.c.r.l./LLP
- Address
-
Place Alexis Nihon | Tour 2
3500 Blvd. De Maisonneuve West
Montréal
Québec
Canada
- Tel.
225
- E-mail
- Link (LinkedIn/website)
- https://imk.ca/equipe/pierre-bienvenu-ad-e/
- Nationality
- Canada, Canada
- Languages
- French, English
- Short Bio
- Disputes lawyer with more than 35 years' experience in international commercial arbitration, commercial litigation, and constitutional law. He has acted as counsel or served as arbitrator in international arbitrations involving disputes in energy, transportation, telecommunications, international distribution and joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, construction, pharmaceuticals, and foreign investment. A former co-chair of the IBA’s Arbitration Committee (2008-2009), he has served on the LCIA Court (2010-2015), of which he was a vice-president (2011-2015), the ICC International Court of Arbitration (2015-2021), and is currently a member of the Court of Arbitration of the Singapore International Arbitration Center (SIAC). He was appointed by the Government of Canada to ICSID’s Panel of Arbitrators in 2021 for a six-year term.
- Areas of specialisation
- Antitrust, competition and trade, Energy, Investment and investment treaties
- Publications
- Throughout his career, Mr. Bienvenu has spoken regularly at international conferences on topics of interest to his practice. See IMK LLP website (https://imk.ca/en/team/pierre-bienvenu-ad-e/)
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| Selim Can |
Bilgin |
Kabine Law Office |
Turkey |
Turkey |
Mr. Selim Can Bilgin
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Senior Associate
Kabine Law Office
- Address
-
21-33 Worple Road, Flat 252
Wimbledon Central
London
Turkey
- Tel.
8053
- E-mail
- Link (LinkedIn/website)
- http://www.kabinelaw.com/selim-can-bilgin/
- Nationality
- Turkey
- Languages
- Turkish, English, French
- Short Bio
- Selim Can Bilgin is a senior associate at Kabine Law Office. Selim, qualified in England & Wales and Turkey, focuses his practice on international commercial and investment arbitration spanning numerous jurisdictions, procedural rules (ICC, SCAI, ICSID, UNCITRAL, LCIA, ISTAC), and industries (construction, energy, and infrastructure). Selim also represents clients before the local courts in civil cases and enforcement and related proceedings across different jurisdictions. Alongside his contentious practice, he provides advice in non-contentious matters concerning the questions of public international law and the laws of England & Wales and Turkey.
- Areas of specialisation
- Construction and engineering, Energy, Investment and investment treaties, Public international law, Transport
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| Lisa |
Bingham |
International Council for Commercial Arbitration / Permanent Court of Arbitration |
Australia, United Kingdom, Belgium |
Netherlands |
Ms. Lisa Bingham
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Deputy Executive Director ICCA / Legal Counsel PCA
International Council for Commercial Arbitration / Permanent Court of Arbitration
- Address
-
The Peace Palace
Carnegieplein 2
The Hague
Netherlands
- Tel.
3
- E-mail
- Nationality
- Australia, United Kingdom, Belgium
- Languages
- English, French, Italian
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| Doak |
Bishop |
King & Spalding LLP |
United States |
United States |
Mr. Doak Bishop
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Partner
King & Spalding LLP
- Address
-
1100 Louisiana Street, Suite 4000
Houston
Texas
United States
- Tel.
227
- E-mail
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Short Bio
- Mr.Doak Bishop is a partner in King & Spalding’s Houston office and co-chairs the Firm’s International Arbitration Practice Group. He has served as both an arbitrator and counsel under the auspices of ICSID, the ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL, ICDR, AAA, IACAC, and CPR, as well as in ad hoc arbitrations. He has served as Chairman of the Institute of Transnational Arbitration, Advisor to the American Law Institute’s Restatement of Law (3rd) of International Commercial Arbitration, a member of the Board of Directors of AAA, as a member of the Courts of the LCIA and of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, as a member of the Executive Committee of ASIL, and others.
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| John |
Bishop |
Arbitration Chambers London, Hong Kong |
United Kingdom |
United Kingdom |
Mr. John Maurice Bishop
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Arbitrator
Arbitration Chambers London, Hong Kong
- Address
-
4 Clifton Terrace
Brighton
United Kingdom
- Tel.
228
- E-mail
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
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| Andrea |
Bjorklund |
McGill University Faculty of Law |
United States |
Canada |
Prof. Andrea Kay Bjorklund
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Full Professor and L. Yves Fortier Chair
McGill University Faculty of Law
- Address
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3644 rue Peel
Montréal
Québec
Canada
- Tel.
229
- E-mail
- Link (LinkedIn/website)
- https://www.mcgill.ca/law/about/profs/bjorklund-andrea
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English, French
- Short Bio
- Andrea K. Bjorklund is Associate Dean (Graduate Studies), as well as a Full Professor and the L. Yves Fortier Chair in International Arbitration and International Commercial Law, at McGill University Faculty of Law. She is an adviser to the American Law Institute’s project on restating the U.S. law of international commercial arbitration, as well as a member of the Advisory Board of the Investment Treaty Forum of the British Institute for International and Comparative Law. She is an active arbitrator and expert on both commercial and investment arbitration matters. Professor Bjorklund has a J.D. from Yale Law School, an M.A. in French Studies from New York University, and a B.A. (with High Honors) in History and French from the University of Nebraska.
- Areas of specialisation
- Investment and investment treaties, Public international law, State contracts/PPP
- Publications
- Selected recent publications: CAMBRIDGE COMPENDIUM OF INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL AND INVESTMENT ARBITRATION (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2021) (with Stefan Kröll & Franco Ferrari).
• Foreign Investors’ Responsibilities and Contributory Fault in Investment Arbitration, 69 INT’L & COMP. LAW Q. 877 (2020) (with Jean-Michel Marcoux).
• Enforcement of Arbitral Awards, IN OXFORD HANDBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION (Thomas Schulz & Federico Ortino, eds) (Oxford University Press 2020).
- Positions or offices held
- Professer, University of California, Davis, 2003-2013
University of Chicago Law School, Bigelow Fellow, 2001-2003
Attorney-Adviser, U.S. Department of State NAFTA Arbitration Division, 1999-2001
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| Nigel |
Blackaby |
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer |
United Kingdom |
United States |
Mr. Nigel Blackaby
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Partner
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
- Address
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700 13th ST NW
Floor 10
Washington DC
United States
- Tel.
230
- E-mail
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English, Portuguese, Spanish, French
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| Juliet |
Blanch |
Arbitration Chambers |
United Kingdom |
United Kingdom |
Ms. Juliet Blanch
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Arbitrator
Arbitration Chambers
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Lamb Building, Temple
3rd Floor South
London
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
- Tel.
5704
- E-mail
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Short Bio
- Juliet Blanch is a full time arbitrator having chaired the international dispute resolution practice at Weil, Gotshal & Manges from 2010 to 2016 and before that the international dispute resolution practice at McDermott, Will & Emery and the international arbitration practice at Norton Rose. Juliet has over 30 years’ experience in the arbitration of international commercial disputes with a particular focus on energy and infrastructure, mining, commodities, telecommunications, pharmaceutical, hospitality, maritime and shareholder disputes. Juliet has acted as lead Counsel and/or sat as arbitrator in arbitrations held under HKIAC, ICC, ICSID, LCIA, LMAA, SCC, SIAC, UNCITRAL and other rules and which have been seated in a variety of jurisdictions including London, Geneva, Hong Kong, New York, Paris, Singapore, Stockholm, Washington DC .
- Areas of specialisation
- Banking and finance, Energy, Investment and investment treaties, State contracts/PPP, Transport
- Publications
- Lecturer at the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators summer programme at Oxford University
▪ External examiner of the Queen Mary LLM course on International Trade and Investment Dispute settlement
▪ Access to dispute resolution mechanisms under Article 26 of the Energy Charter Treaty, Investment
▪ Protection and the Energy Charter Treaty
▪ Arbitrators bias – current law
▪ Enforcement of International Arbitration Awards in Russia
▪ Examining the legal framework of the OHADA and its impact on trade facilitation
▪ Interim Measures in International Arbitration
▪ The Art of Arbitrating
▪ Cultural clashes in Arbitration: Civil Law versus Common Law
▪ Liability of Arbitrators in England and Wales
▪ Model Pipeline Agreements – disputes settlement provisions
▪ Value maximization: Litigation versus Arbitration
▪ Denial of benefits provisions
- Positions or offices held
- Vice President, ICC International Court of Arbitration
Former Board Director of the LCIA
Chair of the International Arbitral Appointments Committee of the Scottish Arbitration Centre
Vice Chair of the Energy Arbitration Club
Member of the FDI Moot Advisory Committee
Chair of the Review Committee of the Energy Arbitrators List
Member of the editorial committee of the IBA publication Dispute Resolution International
Past Chair of the Dispute Resolution and Arbitration Committee of the Inter Pacific Bar Association
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| Jonathan |
Blythe |
Senguler & Senguler/Eurasia Consultants Ltd |
United Kingdom |
Turkey |
Mr. Jonathan William Blythe
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Partner/Director
Senguler & Senguler/Eurasia Consultants Ltd
- Address
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Cumhuriyet Caddesi No. 25 Kat 4,
Taksim, Beyoglu
Istanbul
Turkey
- Tel.
7572
- E-mail
- Link (LinkedIn/website)
- https://senguler.av.tr/
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English, Turkish
- Short Bio
- Jonathan is a qualified Scottish and English solicitor, but for the majority of his professional life he has been located in Turkey. Having completed an MA (Law) at Istanbul University, in 1995 he set up and ran the Istanbul office of the O&G law firm Ledingham Chalmers. Following an MBO in 2004 he formed Senguler law office. Besides energy and project work, Jonathan advises foreign investors setting up in Turkey across a range of sectors. Being fluent in Turkish but having a common law background he has been appointed to a number of ICC arbitration cases and also acts as counsel including ICSID cases.
- Areas of specialisation
- Construction and engineering, Energy, Public international law
- Positions or offices held
- Partner at Senguler & Senguler Law office
Owner and Principal of Eurasia Consultants
Board Member British Turkish Lawyers Association
Member of CIArb.
Commonwealth Notary
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| Andres |
Bobadilla |
BOBADILLA |
Dominican Republic |
Dominican Republic |
Mr. Andres Emilio Bobadilla
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Attorney
BOBADILLA
- Address
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295 Abraham Lincoln Ave.
4th Floor
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
- Tel.
232
- E-mail
- Nationality
- Dominican Republic
- Languages
- Spanish, English
- Areas of specialisation
- Banking and finance, Communications, media and technology, Construction and engineering, Energy, Investment and investment treaties, State contracts/PPP
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| Karl-Heinz |
Böckstiegel |
Independent Arbitrator |
Germany |
Germany |
Prof. Karl-Heinz Böckstiegel
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Independent Arbitrator
Independent Arbitrator
- Address
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Parkstrasse 38
Bergisch-Gladbach
Frankenforst
Germany
- Tel.
233
- E-mail
- Nationality
- Germany
- Languages
- German, English, French
- Short Bio
- Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Bockstiegel is an arbitrator, sole practitioner and member of Law Faculty of University of Cologne as Professor Emeritus. He has practiced as parties' counsel, as mediator, and as arbitrator and president of arbitration tribunal in many national and international arbitrations of the ICC, ICSID, NAFTA, AAA, SCC, UNCITRAL and others. He is a Past Patron of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; Honorary Chairman (Chairman 1996-2012), German Arbitration Institute (DIS); President, International Law Association (ILA) 2004-2006 and President, German Association for International Law 1993-2006. In view of his age, in 2018 he stopped accepting new arbitrator appointments, and by the end of 2019 he resigned from
the remaining cases still pending at that time. 2021 the https://khboeckstiegel-foundation.was created.
- Areas of specialisation
- Construction and engineering, Energy, Investment and investment treaties, Public international law, Regulatory, State contracts/PPP, Transport
- Publications
- Numerous publications on various aspects of domestic and international arbitration,international Business law and public international law.
- Positions or offices held
- - Member, ICCA Governing Board
- Professor Emeritus, Law Faculty of University of Cologne
- Chairman of the Board 1996-2012 (now Honorary Chairman)of German Institution of Arbitration (DIS).
- President, International Law Association (ILA) 2004-2006
- President, German Association for International Law 1993-2006
- President of London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) 1993-1997
- Panel Chairman of the United Nations Compensation Commission 1994-1996
- President of Iran-United States Claims Tribunal, The Hague, 1984-1988;
- Chair, “Arbitration of the Century",IBA Conference Amsterdam 2000
2021 Creation of the Karl-Heinz Böckstiegel Foundation: https://khboeckstiegel-foundation.org/
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