The LCIA Board Chairman Christopher Style KC Deputy Chairman James Castello Members Marie Berard Kate Cervantes-Knox James Freeman David Goldberg Philip Haberman Paula Hodges KC Duncan Matthews KC Constantine Partasides KC Sherina Petit Dr Wolfgang Peter Natalie Reid Professor Dr Jacomijn van Haersolte-van Hof Roland Ziadé Deputy Director General Jamie Harrison Biographies Christopher Style KC Christopher Style is a King’s Counsel and arbitrator practicing at One Essex Court. He has more than 35 years’ experience of International dispute resolution, including acting as counsel and arbitrator in institutional and ad hoc references with seats in many of the centres of International arbitration. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and one of the UK’s representatives on the ICC Commission on Arbitration. Between 1977 and 2012, Christopher Style practised at Linklater’s in London. He became a partner in 1985 and held a number of senior management positions. He acquired solicitor’s higher courts rights of advocacy in 1997 and was appointed silk in 2006. He was called to the Bar to develop his practice as arbitrator in international commercial arbitration. He has been rated a leading practitioner by Chambers, the Legal 500 and GAR. James Castello James is a Partner in King & Spalding’s International Arbitration Group, based in Paris. For more than 20 of his 35 years in legal practice, he has lived and worked in Europe, focusing exclusively on international arbitration (both commercial and investor-state) as both counsel and arbitrator. Since 2001, he has served as well as a U.S. delegate to the UNCITRAL Arbitration Working Group, participating actively in revision or drafting of UNCITRAL’s signature arbitration instruments, including the Model Law (2006), the Arbitration Rules (2010), the new Transparency Rules for Investor-State Arbitration (2013), and the related Mauritius Convention on Transparency (2014), as well as the Expedited Arbitration Rules (2021). He is recognised, inter alia, in Chambers Global, International Who’s Who of Commercial Arbitration, and Legal 500. Before joining the LCIA Board, James served as a member of the LCIA Court (during which time he served on the drafting committee for the 2014 LCIA Arbitration Rules), he also now serves as an Executive Committee Vice Chair of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration and Co-Chair of CILS’ biennial Salzburg Symposium on International Arbitration. Marie Berard Marie is a Partner and head of the London International Arbitration Group at Clifford Chance LLP. A British and French national based in London, she has acted as counsel for multinational corporations, governments, and individuals in over 50 international commercial arbitration proceedings, with particular emphasis on the energy, infrastructure and finance sectors. Marie also sits as a sole arbitrator, panel member and chair. She is a Member of the LCIA Court, a Vice President of the LCIA European Users' Council, and a member of the City of London Law Society Arbitration Committee. Marie is on the Editorial Board of the International Arbitration Law Review and Kluwer’s Journal of International Arbitration. She regularly contributes to UK arbitration updates circulated by International Law Office. Kate Cervantes-Knox Kate Cervantes-Knox is a solicitor advocate with over 20 years of experience representing clients in commercial arbitrations and investment treaty disputes across a range of sectors, with a focus on energy and infrastructure disputes. She has been recognised by Who’s Who Legal: Arbitration, the Legal 500 and Chambers for her expertise in the fields of commercial arbitration, investor state arbitration and public international law. Kate joined Linklaters in 1999, qualified as a solicitor in 2001 and joined DLA Piper UK LLP in 2003. She became a partner in DLA Piper's international arbitration practice in London in 2010. During her career Kate has conducted arbitrations subject to many different systems of law, and under various different arbitral rules (including the LCIA, ICC, ICSID, UNCITRAL and LMAA). Kate also sits as arbitrator, and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. She is currently President of the LCIA European Users’ Council and a member of the ICC Arbitration and ADR Commission. Kate has lived and worked in Spain and Latin America, and is a fluent Spanish speaker. Kate is also a Visiting Professor at the University of Law, London. James Freeman James Freeman heads Allen & Overy’s international arbitration practice in London. He conducts both commercial and investor-State arbitrations under all of the major institutional rules and at all of the main seats. He has experience in a wide range of industry sectors, including tech, insurance, aerospace, steel, infrastructure and commodities, but especially in the energy and finance sectors. In the energy sector, he is the co-editor of Gas Price Arbitrations – the only textbook on the subject. In the finance sector, he was counsel to the International Swaps and Derivatives Association on the ISDA Arbitration Guide. He also has substantial experience of arbitration-related litigation before the courts of England and other jurisdictions. He is a Solicitor Advocate and routinely appears as an advocate at substantive hearings. He sits as an arbitrator. He is ranked in all of Chambers, Legal 500 and Who’s Who Legal. Among other comments, he has been described as an "excellent advocate", "a class act" and "massively persuasive." James was educated at Oxford University where he took a first class degree. He is a former co-chair of the LCIA’s Young International Arbitration Group and a current member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR. David Goldberg David Goldberg is a partner in White & Case’s Global International Arbitration Group. David is a solicitor-advocate and a Chartered Arbitrator and is recognised by the leading legal directories for the strength of his Russian, CIS and Eastern European practice; he is one of only three lawyers in the world ranked Band 1 for "Dispute Resolution - Russia (Expertise Based Abroad)" by Chambers Global 2017. David has particular expertise in complex international arbitrations arising out of corporate transactions connected to Russia and the CIS. His experience covers a broad range of sectors, including oil and gas, metals and mining, telecommunications, manufacturing, financial services and insurance. David is a founder, trustee and the Secretary General of the Anglo-Russian Law Association and a founder and Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Russian Arbitration Association. Philip Haberman Philip has retired from practising as an expert witness, and now provides advisory services, acts as an expert determiner, and is an independent arbitrator. He also enjoys helping younger experts progress in their careers. Philip has a degree in mathematics from Cambridge University and qualified as a chartered accountant in 1980. He specialised in forensic accounting from 1990, spending 22 years as a partner in big-four accounting firms before leaving in 2013 to set up Haberman llett, which quickly became the leading independent UK firm specialising in providing accounting and financial expert evidence in international arbitration and litigation, before being acquired by Kroll in 2020. Philip was seven times named as “expert witness of the year” by Global Arbitration Review, and retired as one of the most experienced accounting experts in international arbitration, having been cross-examined 69 times. Paula Hodges KC Paula heads Herbert Smith Freehills' Global Arbitration Practice and has over 30 years' experience of advising on international disputes, particularly in the energy, telecommunications and technology sectors. She specialises in international arbitration and has represented clients in many jurisdictions (including London, Paris, Geneva, Zurich, Stockholm, the US, Canada, Dubai, Africa, Asia, Russia and the CIS) in ad hoc arbitration and proceedings under the auspices of the major arbitral institutions. She also sits as an arbitrator. Paula has been closely involved in several high profile cases before the High Court in London, and has also appeared before the Court of Appeal and House of Lords (now the Supreme Court). Paula studied law at the University of Cambridge and graduated in 1986 with an M.A. in Law. Paula became a QC in 2014 and President of the LCIA Court in May 2019. She was appointed for a second term as President of the LCIA Court in May 2022. Duncan Matthews KC Duncan Matthews KC is co-Head of Chambers at Twenty Essex. He is a lead trial advocate with a broad practice in international and domestic commercial dispute resolution. He advises and acts in English Court proceedings at all higher court levels, and overseas, and has a large international arbitration practice (including HKIAC, ICC, JCAA, LCIA, LMAA, SIAC, UNCITRAL). He also accepts arbitral appointments and has been appointed sole arbitrator and as chairman of three-member tribunals. Duncan is a registered foreign lawyer with the Singapore International Commercial Court and is admitted to the Bar of the Turks and Caicos ad hoc, the Bar of the East Caribbean Supreme Court, British Virgin Islands and admittted to the Bar of Nevis and St Kitts (ad hoc) (2012). Duncan is ranked in all the leading legal directories for civil fraud, commercial dispute resolution, energy & natural resources, international arbitration (commercial and insurance), shipping & commodities and as arbitrator. Constantine Partasides KC Constantine Partasides KC, one of the founding partners of Three Crowns, has appeared as counsel in some of the largest international arbitrations of the last two decades. In addition to his counsel work, Constantine appears regularly as arbitrator, including in disputes that involve States and State entities. He has experience acting as Chairman or Sole Arbitrator in cases under the LCIA Rules, the ICC Rules, the SCC Rules, and the UNCITRAL Rules. Constantine is recognised internationally in all major directories and publications at the top of the arbitration market. Over the last decade, he has been named each year in the Top 20 a “Global Elite Thought Leaders” by Who’s Who Legal, which describes him as “‘one of the best practitioners in the market,” “exquisite as an advocate,” and “a leader of his generation.” Chambers recognises him as one of only two “Star Individuals” in international arbitration in London, with a market source saying he is “seen as one of the go-to people in the world for a party who is involved in a large and complex arbitration.” He is also listed in the “Hall of Fame” for international arbitration in The Legal 500. Constantine is a co-author of the fourth, fifth, and sixth editions of the leading textbook on international arbitration, Redfern and Hunter on International Arbitration. He is a solicitor-advocate (Higher Courts Civil) and was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 2014. He was educated at King’s College, London and Cambridge University. Sherina Petit Sherina is a partner, Head of International Arbitration and Head of India Practice at Stewarts, based in London. She specialises in all forms of dispute resolution, with a primary focus on international arbitration, arbitration related court proceedings and ADR. She has been involved in high-value matters in a range of industry sectors including commodities, construction, energy, financial services, infrastructure, oil and gas, pharmaceuticals, technology and transport. She represents clients across the globe in a wide variety of arbitration proceedings, including those before the LCIA, ICC and UNCITRAL, as well as in ad hoc proceedings. In addition to representing clients as counsel in arbitrations, Sherina regularly sits as an arbitrator. Sherina is a published writer and speaker on international arbitration and India, and has co-authored a chapter of the book “Arbitration in England” edited by Julien Lew KC et al. She has recently been featured as a “rising star of 2015” by Legal Business and is consistently ranked in several leading directories, including Chambers Global, Asia Pacific and UK. Sherina is an expert in India-related matters and has extensive experience representing leading Indian companies. Dr Wolfgang Peter Dr Peter is particularly active in cases involving complex issues of valuations, including post-M&A disputes, joint ventures and projects stemming from the heavy industry. He has particular expertise in cases involving gas & oil contracts, including upstream and downstream projects, as well as price reviews under long-term gas supply agreements. Dr Peter regularly advises third-party funding companies in evaluating the merits of the Claimant(s)’ cases, especially with regard to damage claims. Natalie Reid Natalie Reid is a partner in Debevoise & Plimpton’s International Disputes Group and Co-Chair of the firm’s Public International Law Group. Her practice focuses on international arbitration, public international law, and complex commercial litigation matters. Natalie regularly advises and represents multinational corporations, sovereign States, international organisations, and non-governmental organisations in proceedings in U.S. courts and international fora, including commercial, treaty, and public international law arbitrations. She also sits as an arbitrator in a wide range of commercial cases. Among other leadership positions, Natalie is also a member of the LCIA Board of Directors, and a counsellor of the American Society of International Law. Professor Dr Jacomijn van Haersolte-van Hof Jackie van Haersolte-van Hof has been the Director General of the LCIA since 2014. Previously, she practised as counsel and arbitrator in The Hague, at her GAR 100 boutique HaersolteHof. She set up HaersolteHof in 2008 after three years as counsel in the international arbitration group at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Amsterdam. From 2000 – 2004 she was with De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek in The Hague, and before that with Loeff Claeys Verbeke in Rotterdam, which she joined on her qualification in 1992. She continues to sit as arbitrator and has handled cases under the ICSID, ICC, LCIA and UNCITRAL Rules, as well as those of the Netherlands Arbitration Institute (NAI), and UNUM, the Institute of Transport, Arbitration & Mediation, and at the Royal Dutch Grain and Feed Trade Association, based in the Netherlands. She is on the ICSID roster of arbitrators and was and is a member, including as president, of several ICSID Annulment Committees. She was also involved in setting up the arbitral process for the Claims Resolution Tribunal in Zurich, which analysed claims from Holocaust survivors over dormant accounts in Swiss banks. She is the professor of arbitration law at Leiden University and a member of GAR’s editorial board. Her 1992 PhD thesis on the application of the UNCITRAL Rules by the Iran-US Claims Tribunal was one of the first books to be published on the subject. On 3 December 2020 she delivered the 35th Annual Lecture of the School of International Arbitration and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, entitled “Impartiality and Independence: fundamental and fluid”. View here... Roland Ziadé Roland Ziadé is the Global Co-Head of International Arbitration at Linklaters LLP, based in Paris. He acts as counsel in both commercial and investment arbitration cases across a range of sectors and has acted as arbitrator in around 50 arbitral proceedings (ICC, LCIA, ICSID, UNCITRAL, SCC, SIAC, DIFC-LCIA, DIAC, etc). He is also on the ICSID panel of arbitrators. His experience as counsel and arbitrator includes a number of the most complex, high value and significant disputes. Roland was a member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration for 9 years and is, inter alia, a member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR, the Executive Committee of the Foundation for International Arbitration Advocacy (FIAA), the Bureau of the French Arbitration Committee (CFA), the Executive Committee of the Harvard Club of France, as well as several other arbitral organisations and working groups. He is also a sought-after speaker and writer on international arbitration and the author of numerous publications and articles relating to commercial and investment arbitration. Roland holds an LLM from Harvard Law School (Fulbright Scholar), as well as postgraduate degrees from Assas and Sorbonne Universities. He is consistently recognised in Chambers Global, International Who’s Who of Commercial Arbitration and Legal 500 for his experience and expertise in arbitration, and has been regularly described as a “sharp” and “bright lawyer,” as a “skilled arbitrator,” and as an “outstanding negotiator.” He is a member of the Paris, New York and Beirut Bars and his working languages are English, French and Arabic. Jamie Harrison Jamie Harrison is Deputy Director General of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), a role that he took up in June 2019. As a practising international arbitration lawyer in English and US law firms based in London, Singapore and Hong Kong, Jamie acted as Counsel on general commercial disputes, principally arising in developing markets in Asia and West Africa under the rules of LCIA, ICC, SIAC, HKIAC, CIETAC, JAMS, UNCITRAL and ICSID. Jamie is qualified to practice as a solicitor in England & Wales and Hong Kong, and has been a registered foreign lawyer with full registration before the International Commercial Court, in Singapore. Read more...