About the Editors of the World Arbitration Reporter:
Loukas Mistelis is the Clive M Schmitthoff Professor of Transnational Commercial Law and Arbitration at Queen Mary, University of London. He is a member of the Centre for Commercial Law Studies at where he is Director of the School of International Arbitration. He maintains a selective arbitration and consulting practice in respect of international commercial and investment disputes, secured transactions and complex contractual matters, including e-commerce and technology matters. He has also participated in a number of experts groups, including for the UK Department of Trade and Industry, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), UNCITRAL and UNCTAD. He has been a Visiting Professor at Columbia University School of Law, Keio University in Tokyo and teaches at the NYU in London program.
Laurence Shore is a dual U.S./U.K. qualified Partner in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He is Co-Chair of the firm's International Arbitration Practice Group. Mr. Shore's practice focuses on international arbitration. He has been the lead advocate in a large number of arbitration cases under, for example, the ICC, LCIA, AAA, UNCITRAL and Swiss Rules. He also has sat as an arbitrator in cases under the ICC, Cairo Regional Centre, and LCIA Rules. In addition to his work as an arbitration practitioner, Mr. Shore has tried cases in the United States courts and in England's High Court. Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Shore was a Partner at Herbert Smith in London and served as Chair of the International Arbitration group.
Specialist Editiors:
Dr. Stavros Brekoulakis is an academic who works and advises on dispute resolution matters. His legal expertise focuses on arbitration in the context of international business transactions, affecting construction projects, shipping and insurance contracts, international trade, investments, trading agreements with developing countries, Eastern Europe and EC law. He lectures on courses of International Comparative and Commercial Arbitration, International Construction Contracts and Arbitration, International Commercial Litigation and Conflict of Laws at Queen Mary University of London. His academic work includes monographs and articles in leading legal journals. He has a LL.M degree on Dispute Resolution from King’s College University, London and a Ph.D. degree in International Arbitration from Queen Mary University, London.
Monique Sasson holds a Ph.D. in public international law from the University of Cambridge (2009). She began her doctoral studies after working at Chiomenti Studio Legale in Rome (1995-2000) and then at Herbert Smith LLP (2000-2005) in London. At both Chiomenti and Herbert Smith, Dr. Sasson’s practise focused on cross-border disputes and, in particular, international commercial arbitration (e.g., ICC, UNCITRAL, and LCIA cases) and investment treaty arbitration (ICSID and UNCITRAL). She also has worked on major international criminal litigation matters. Dr. Sasson qualified as an Italian avvocato and as an English solicitor, and is fluent in Italian (native) and English. She is a speaker at international arbitration conferences and is the author of a number of journal articles on international arbitration topics.
Contributors include:
Phillip Bliss Aliker, London
Dr Torki A. Alshubaiki, Saudi Arabia
Stefano Azzali, Milan
Crina Mihaela Baltag, FGV School of Law, Rio de Janeiro
Philippe Bärtsch, Schellenberg Wittmer
Alex Baykitch, Holman Fenwick Elliott
Prof Alexander Belohlávek, Prague
Luis Fernando Bermejo Quiñónez, Guatemala
Prof Lawrence Boo, Singapore
Ignacio de Castro, WIPO
Maria Beatrice Deli, Rome
Domenico Di Pietro, Chiomenti, Rome
Dr Jalal El Ahdab, Orrick, Paris
Laila El Shentenawi, CRCICA, Cairo, Egypt
Claudia Frutos-Peterson, American University, Washington College of Law
Jason Fry, ICC International Court of Arbitration
Gardar V. Gunnarsson, Reykjavik, Iceland
John P Gaffney, Cork, Ireland
Norah Gallagher, School of International Arbitration
Björn Gehle
Dr Joanna Gomula, Cambridge
Sergiy Gryshko, CMS Cameron McKenna, Kyiv, Ukraine
Oleksandr Gudko, Kyiv, Ukraine
Prof Martin Hunter, Nottingham Law School
Doug Jones
Dr Inga Kačevska, Riga, Latvia
Daniel Kalderimis, ChapmanTripp, Wellington
Dr Roman Khodykin, Clifford Chance, Moscow
Masafumi Kodama, Osaka, Japan
Dr Christian Koller, University of Vienna
Dr. Sabine Konrad, K L Gates, Paris
Ivan Marisin, Moscow
Lars Markert, Gleiss Lutz, Stuttgart
Olexander Martinenko, Kyiv, Ukraine
Andrea J. Menaker, White & Case
José Antonio Moreno Rodríguez, Paraguay
Michael J. Moser, Hong Kong
Prof Tatsuya Nakamura, JCAA, Tokyo
Marie Öhrström, Settlerwells, Stockholm
Dr Colin Ong, Brunei
Guy Pendell, CMS Cameron McKenna, London
Prof Pilar Perales Viscasillas, Universidad La Rioja and Baker McKenzie, Madrid
Yaroslav Petrov, Kyiv, Ukraine
Mohamed Abdel Raouf, Cairo
John Rhie
Dr Stefan Riegler, Baker McKenzie, Vienna
Lukasz Rozdeiczer, Clifford Chance, Warsaw
Rogier Schellaars
Anne Véronique Schlaepfer, Schellenberg Wittmer
Nicholas Song, Vinson Elkins, Beijing
Prof Thawatchai Suvanpanich, Thammasat University, Bangkok
Sarah Theurich, WIPO
Nicole Thornton, White & Case
Reynaldo Urtiaga, Mexico
Prof Alan Uzelac, Zagreb
Bommel van der Bend
Prof Van Vechten Veeder QC, Essex Court Chambers
Dr Andrea Vincze, Budapest
Dr Stephan Wilske, Gleiss Lutz, Stuttgart
Dr Gaļina Žukova, Riga, Latvia and ICC Court of Arbitration, Paris
