About the Editors:
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 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, 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, Mr. Shore was a Partner at Herbert Smith in London, where he practiced since 1995, serving as the Head of the international arbitration group since 2005.
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. Her book, Substantive Law in Investment Treaty Arbitration: The Unsettled Relationship between International Law and Municipal Law, is scheduled for publication in 2010 (Kluwer).
The late Hans Smit was the Stanley H. Fuld Professor of Law at Columbia University School of Law. Professor Smit was acknowledged as an internationally renowned expert in the fields of International Law and Arbitration and had published numerous books and articles on International Arbitration and International Law and Procedure. Professor Smit had been a visiting professor at the University of Paris and has consulted on legal reform at the World Bank. He was also a member of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences and International Academy of Comparative Law. From 1960 to 1969 Professor Smit was a Reporter to the U.S. Commission on International Rules of Judicial Procedure. He was a former Adviser to the U.S. Delegation to UNCITRAL.
About the Contributors:
Jalal El Ahdab (Jil Ahdab) is a Cousel in Orrick's Paris office and a member of the Orrick Arbitration Practice.
Maria Beatrice Deli is Professor of International Law and International Organisations in the Faculty of Economics of the Università degli Studi del Molise and in the Faculty of Political Science of the LUISS Guido Carli in Rome.
Claudia Frutos-Peterson is Counsel in the International Arbitration Group of Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt and Mosle, LLP.
Norah Gallagher is the Director of the Investment Treaty Forum, Visiting Senior Lecturer, Queen Mary, University of London, and Adjunct Professor, Xi'an Jiaotong University.
Joanna Gomula is a Fellow at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law and a Visiting Reader at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary College, University of London, where she lectures WTO law in the international trade and investment dispute settlement course.
Sabine Konrad, is a Partner in the Paris office of K&L Gates LLP since 2009, specializes in International Dispute Resolution and in particular in International Arbitration and Public International Law, regularly advising investors and governments in matters of investment protection.
Andrea J. Menaker is a Partner of White & Case LLP where she practices international arbitration.
Colin Ong is a practicing barrister at the English Bar (since 2001) and is a practicing door tenant at Essex Court Chambers and 3 Verulam Buildings.
