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Arbitrators

Arbitration is the dispute resolution method of choice for international commercial and investment disputes.

Arbitration is a non court-based dispute resolution process.  As such, the parties will have a high degree of control over the selection of their tribunal, which will generally consist of one or three arbitrators.

Arbitration will also usually be private and substantially confidential.  The parties can choose the legal place, also known as the 'seat of the arbitration', and the law of the arbitration, as well as the language in which the process is conducted. Parties to cross-border contracts may choose a third, neutral country as the seat of their arbitration; they may consider London, Geneva or Paris in this context.

ArbDB Chambers provides a range of specialisms and experience in international arbitration, including in the areas of infrastructure, financial services, intellectual property and international trade disputes. 

Our experienced Clerk, Martin Poulter, can assist the parties and their advisers in selecting the tribunal. We have experience in working with all the major sets of UK and International rules for arbitration. We have Members who are on the Panels of Arbitrators of most of the leading arbitration institutions around the world, including those of the ICC, AAA-ICDR, WIPO, LCIA, DIAC, HKIAC, LMAA, SIAC, CIArb and and who work under their Arbitration Rules, as applicable, as well as the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules.

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Arbitrators

John Abbott

John Abbott is a former partner at Laytons where he was a Mediator & Arbitrator in the Dispute Resolution team. John handled a wide range of complex and high-value commercial litigation and international arbitration, often ...

Richard Price

Richard has a background in general commercial litigation, including contract and licensing disputes, becoming regarded as one of the UK’s leading patent and trade mark litigation lawyers...

Robert Sliwinski

Robert has over 35 years’ experience of the construction industry with particular emphasis on all forms of alternative dispute resolution. After 12 years as a quantity surveyor Robert entered the Bar dealing with civil ...

John Wright

John Wright is a Chartered Arbitrator and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. After 40 years in practice as a solicitor he now sits full time as an Arbitrator, Adjudicator, Mediator and ...

Michael Lawrence

Michael Lawrence is an accomplished and experienced construction professional, Chartered Civil Engineer and dispute specialist. Michael is fluent in Spanish and has extensive international experience, having worked in the UK ...

Peter McQueen

Peter accepts appointments as arbitrator, mediator and facilitator in respect of commercial disputes, in particular those relating to international trade and transport. He is a Fellow of the Chartered ...

Michael Cover

Michael Cover is a Member of ArbDB Chambers. He has over 30 years’ experience as a Barrister and Solicitor, both in private practice and as in-house Counsel. He is an accredited Mediator with CEDR and ...

Marieke Witkamp

Marieke Witkamp FCIArb is a Houston based international arbitrator with an LLM in Dutch and US Law and a Texas bar license. She also holds the CIArb Diploma in International Maritime Arbitration. Marieke has over 20 years ...

Steffen Pedersen

Steffen Pedersen is an international arbitrator and mediator with a focus on maritime and commercial disputes. He has received 165 appointments globally (as of 11/11/2024) in LMAA, SCMA, SIAC, HKIAC, DIAC, HKMAG as well as ...

Mark Appel

Mark Appel has nearly 40 years of global arbitration and mediation experience, having served in both executive and senior executive positions at the American Arbitration Association (AAA) and International ...

Tony Marks

Tony Marks has more than thirty years’ experience of dispute resolution. He was a solicitor and litigation partner at CMS Cameron McKenna from 1983 to 2008 and now practises as an
independent mediator and arbitrator...

Stephen Bate

Stephen Bate is a British citizen, Chartered Arbitrator, barrister and accredited mediator, with a UK domestic and international commercial arbitration practice carried on through ARBDB, international ...

George Grant

George Grant FRICS ACIArb is a Chartered Quantity Surveyor and practising Arbitrator with over 45 years experience in the fields of Development & Project Management, Cost Management, Contract Administration, ...

Paul Rose

Paul Rose is a Chartered Arbitrator, a Chartered Surveyor and an Accredited Mediator with Clerksroom the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and RICS. Paul has mediated some 150 mediations and he has over some 51 years' ...

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