Sir Mark Havelock-Allan QC 20 Essex Street London
Mr. Mark Havelock-Allan retired in May 2017 from being the Mercantile Judge on the Western Circuit and also judge in charge of the Bristol Technology and Construction Court. He specialised as a barrister in all aspects of international trade, in particular in cases involving carriage by sea and by road, shipbuilding, the international sale of goods, commodity trading, the Lloyd’s of London insurance market and arbitration law and practice.
Prof. George Bermann Professor of Law, and the Director for the Center for International Commercial and Investment Arbitration (CICIA) at Columbia Law School.
Mr. George Bermann is an American lawyer, arbitrator and member of the faculty of Columbia Law School, where he directs the Center for International Commercial and Investment Arbitration Law and holds both the Walter Gellhorn Professorship of Law and the Jean Monnet Professorship of European Union Law.
Mr. Gary Born Chairman, SIAC
Mr. Gary Born is the chair of the International Arbitration Practice Group. Mr. Born is widely regarded as the world's preeminent authority on international commercial arbitration and international litigation. He has been ranked for the past 20 years as one of the world's leading international arbitration practitioners and the leading arbitration practitioner in London.
Mr. Michael Hwang, SC. Senior Counsel & Chartered Arbitrator, Michael Hwang Chambers LLC.
Mr. Michael Hwang, SC, is a barrister and arbitrator in Singapore. He has received specialist training in both domestic and international arbitration (as well as mediation), and has lectured and written extensively on international arbitration and mediation. He is active in domestic and international disputes (under ICC, CIETAC, UNCITRAL, LCIA, ICSID, AAA, BANI and SIAC Rules) as counsel and arbitrator as well as mediator. His arbitrations and mediations have involved disputes in a host of countries all over the world.
Mr. Ian Gaunt President, The London Maritime Arbitrators Association
Mr. Ian Gaunt has been President of the London Maritime Arbitrators Association since 2017. Mr. Gaunt is a graduate of Cambridge University, a Barrister (non-practising) and full time professional arbitrator in maritime and commercial cases. He is a member of the Baltic Exchange, a member of the Board of Maritime London and a member of the arbitration panels of China Maritime Arbitration Commission, Shanghai Arbitration Commission and Shanghai International Shipping Institute. From 1999 to 2008 he was Senior Vice President-International of Carnival Corporation the world’s leading cruise shipping company and responsible to the Chief Executive for contracting and implementation of the group’s large-scale shipbuilding programme.
Mr. David Joseph QC Barrister, Essex Court Chambers
David Joseph joined Essex Court Chambers in 1985, took silk in 2003, and has acted as counsel and arbitrator in an extremely wide range of high profile and high value commercial disputes. He has acted and appeared as Counsel in over 200 complex and lengthy LCIA, ICC, UNCITRAL and other ad hoc arbitrations in London and overseas. In addition he has acted as Counsel in numerous LMAA arbitrations. He has also frequently been appointed to act as arbitrator in both institutional (ICC and LCIA) and ad hoc arbitration.
Mr. Toby Landau QC Barrister, Essex Courts Chambers, London.
Mr. Toby Landau has been in private practice at the English bar since 1994, specialising in international and commercial law, and in particular international and commercial arbitration and in private practice at the Singapore Bar since 2017. He has also been named as the “Arbitration Lawyer of the Year”, and ranked 1st in International Arbitration in Who’sWho Legal worldwide survey, 2014 and 2015. Ranked 2nd for 2017.
Mr. Brandon Malone Chairman, Scottish Arbitration Centre
Mr. Brandon Malone is a solicitor advocate and arbitrator and adjudicator with over 25 years experience in dispute resolution. Brandon was a driving force behind the establishment of the Scottish Arbitration Centre and is Chairman of the Centre’s Board. He is also Co-Director of the International Centre for Energy Arbitration. He is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) and in 2013 was elected as an eminent Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
The Hon Wayne Martin AC QC Former Chief Justice of Western Australia
The Honourable Wayne Martin AC QC was Chief Justice of Western Australia between 2006 and his retirement from the bench in July 2018. Prior to his appointment he practised at the Western Australian Bar in the field of commercial litigation. He has over 40 Years of experience in Dispute Resolution.
Mr. Salim Moollan QC
Salim Moollan has been in private practice as a barrister since 1998, specialising in international and commercial law, and in particular international and commercial arbitration. He is a past Chairman of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), the current Chairman of the UNCITRAL Arbitration Working Group and a current Vice-Chairman of the Commission, a Vice-President of the International Court of Arbitration of the ICC, a member of the LCIA Court and a Senior Visiting Lecturer in International Arbitration Law at King’s College London.
Mr. Alexis Mourre President of ICC International Court of Arbitration.
Mr. Alexis Mourre is president of the ICC International Court of Arbitration and past chair of the IBA arbitration committee. He has participated as counsel or arbitrator in more than 250 arbitration proceedings under most international rules, and since 1 May 2015 has established his independent arbitrator practice. He is also a founding Partner of of French disputes boutique Castaldi Mourre & Partners.
Mr. James Searby Senior Managing Director, Economic Consulting, FTI Consulting.
Mr. James Searby is a Senior Managing Director in the Economic and Financial Consulting practice specializing in the assessment of quantum issues in contentious matters, in both litigations in national courts and international arbitrations. From 2011 to early 2015, he has led FTI Consulting’s International Arbitration practice in the Asia Pacific region.
Hon’ble Justice A. K. Sikri Former Justice of Hon’ble Supreme Court of India.
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sikri is an eminent jurist and a former judge of the Supreme Court of India. He was sworn in as a Supreme Court judge on 12 April 2013. Earlier, he had served as the Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. He retired as senior most puisne judge of Supreme Court of India on 6 March 2019. He was enrolled as an advocate in 1977 and had specialization in constitutional cases, labour - service matters and arbitration matters.
Mr. Chan Leng Sun Essex Court Chambers, Duxton.
Mr. Leng Sun is a Senior Counsel of the Supreme Court of Singapore. He is the Deputy Chairman of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre and a member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR. He is the former Global Head of Arbitration of Baker McKenzie and the Immediate Past President of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (SIArb).
Ms. Janet Walker Chartered Arbitrator.
Janet Walker is an independent arbitrator with chambers at Toronto Arbitration Chambers, Int- Arb Arbitrators in London, and Sydney Arbitration Chambers. She is the Chair of ICC Canada and a member of Toronto Commercial Arbitration Society (formerly Arbitration Roundtable of Toronto); and of the CIArb Canada Board. Janet is also professor of law and past associate dean of Osgoode Hall Law School, York University.
Mr. Gaëtan Verhoosal Partner, Three Crowns LLP.
Mr. Gaëtan Verhoosal is the Co-Chair of the IBA Arbitration Committee and was appointed to the ICSID Panel of Arbitrators by the Kingdom of Belgium. He teaches international investment law at King’s College School of Law in London.
Mr. David Wolfson QC Barrister, One Essex Court
Mr. David Wolfson is one of the most sought-after commercial Silks at the Bar and attracts instructions in the most complex and high value disputes. He has been instructed in many of the major banking and commercial disputes in recent years, and his practice extends over a broad range of commercial law, both in litigation and arbitration.David is a registered Foreign Lawyer with the Singapore International Commercial Court