Editors
Grant Hanessian (Editor) is a Partner in the New York office of Baker & McKenzie and head of the firm’s International Arbitration Practice Group in North America. He served as Global Co-Chair of the firm’s International Arbitration Practice Group from 2009 to 2015 and Chair of the Litigation Department of the firm’s New York office from 2003 to 2012. Mr. Hanessian has more than 25 years’ experience as counsel and arbitrator in disputes concerning investment, energy, construction, commodities, financial services, insurance, intellectual property and other matters.
Lawrence W. Newman (Editor) was the Founder, with the late Professor Henry de Vries, of the New York litigation department of Baker & McKenzie LLP, which has as one of its concentrations international litigation and arbitration. Mr. Newman has extensive experience in international arbitration as an advocate and as an arbitrator under the rules of various institutions. He has represented clients as lead counsel in numerous arbitrations of complex business disputes, including those involving international joint ventures, long-term contracts, natural resources (oil, coal, and uranium), banking, securities, shipping, intellectual property, investments, expropriation and insurance coverage.
Kabir Duggal (Assistant Editor) is a Senior Associate in the Baker & McKenzie’s International Arbitration Practice Group in New York focusing on international investment arbitration, international commercial arbitration and public international law matters. Mr. Duggal’s experience includes disputes under numerous bilateral and multilateral investment treaties in South Asia, Latin America, Central Asia, Middle East, Europe and Africa.
Kyle Richard Olson (Assistant Editor) is a Senior Associate in the Chicago Office of the Firm’s Dispute Resolution Practice Group, with an emphasis on international arbitration and general commercial litigation. Mr. Olson routinely represents U.S. and non-U.S.-based clients in international arbitral disputes, and has handled a range of large commercial disputes that have resulted in multi-million dollar awards before the ICC, ICDR and the AAA. Mr. Olson writes frequently on international dispute resolution issues and has authored numerous articles pertaining to international arbitration in particular.
Contributors
Andrew Aglionby, Arbitrator and Mediator at JAMS International in London and Hong Kong
Edward G. Baldwin, Partner at Baker & McKenzie LLP in Washington, D.C.
Jonas Benedictsson, Partner at Baker & McKenzie Advokatbyrå in Stockholm
George A. Bermann, Jean Monnet Professor of EU Law and Walter Gellhorn Professor of Law at Columbia University School of Law
Stefan Bessman, Partner at Baker & McKenzie Advokatbyrå in Stockholm
Eric Borysewicz, Partner at Baker & McKenzie SCP in Paris
J. Brian Casey, Arbitrator at Bay Street Chambers in Toronto
Leng Sun Chan SC, Partner at Baker & McKenzie.Wong & Leow LLC in Singapore
Maria Chedid, Partner at Baker & McKenzie LLP in San Francisco
Robert B. Davidson, Esq., FCIArb, Mediator and Arbitrator at JAMS in New York
Jo Delaney, Special Counsel at Baker & McKenzie LLP in Sydney
Leigh Duthie, Partner at Baker & McKenzie in Melbourne
Salvador Fonseca Gonzalez, Partner at Baker & McKenzie Abogados, S.C. in Mexico City
Richard Franklin, Senior Counsel at Baker & McKenzie LLP in Chicago
Eugenio Hernández-Bretón, Partner at Despacho de Abogados miembro de Baker & McKenzie in Caracas
Bruce H. Jackson, Senior Counsel at Baker & McKenzie LLP in San Francisco
Vladimir Khvalei, Partner at Baker & McKenzie - CIS, Limited in Moscow
Juergen Mark, Partner at Baker & McKenzie in Düsseldorf
Michael Morkin, Partner at Baker & McKenzie LLP in Chicago
Luis O’Naghten, Partner at Baker & McKenzie LLP in Miami
Joaquim de Paiva Muniz, Principal of Trench, Rossi e Watanabe in Rio de Janeiro
Dr. Guenter Pickrahn, Principal of Baker & McKenzie in Frankfurt
Nandakumar (Kumar) Ponniya, Principal of Baker & McKenzie.Wong & Leow LLC in Singapore
Edward E. Poulton, Partner at Baker & McKenzie in London
Stefan Riegler, Principal of Baker & McKenzie in Vienna
Arthur W. Rovine, Arbitrator in New York
Thomas Yates, Senior Associate at Baker & McKenzie in London
David Zaslowsky, Partner at Baker & McKenzie LLP in New York