INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF LAWYERS - Key Persons
Albert helps clients resolve U.S. and international construction disputes, particularly in the areas of power generation, infrastructure, and heavy industrial process facilities. He also advises clients on project planning, project execution, and change management on large engineering, procurement, and construction projects. Albert has counseled clients on more than 15 mega-projects, including projects in the U.S. and internationally, and including projects in excess of $10 billion. He has acted as counsel on coal, gas-fired, solar, nuclear, biomass, and hydroelectric power generation projects; tunneling projects; chemical plants; pharmaceutical plants; steel mills; coke and coal byproduct plants; mass transit, bridge and highway projects; airports; mixed-use facilities; and sports and entertainment venues.
In addition to serving as counsel in arbitration matters, Albert has served as an arbitrator or mediator on more than 150 U.S. and international construction and commercial disputes, including multiple matters with amounts exceeding $100 million USD. Albert is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, is a Fellow in the College of Commercial Arbitrators, and is a Certified Mediator by the International Mediation Institute. From 2008-2019, Albert served as a member of the board of directors of the American Arbitration Association/International Centre for Dispute Resolution. In addition, Albert is honored to be an inaugural member of the AAA's Mega-Project Construction Panel of Arbitrators.
Chambers USA gave Albert a Band 1 rating in Construction. He is also recognized as a Leading Lawyer in Construction by The Legal 500 and is listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Who's Who Legal, and the International Who's Who of Construction Lawyers. Albert is a Fellow of the American College of Construction Lawyers.
Andrew Stephenson is a partner in the Projects and Arbitration Group of Corrs Chambers Westgarth Melbourne. Andrew has over 30 years experience in contentious and non-contentious matters relating to all types of major projects.
Andrew's practice relates to both national and international projects. He has given advice or otherwise acted in respect of projects situated in all Australian States and Territories, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, United Kingdom, Iran, Kuwait, Singapore, Thailand, Peoples Republic of China, Malaysia, India, Bangladesh, Central African Republic, Ireland and Dubai.
He is a senior fellow of Melbourne University Law School lecturing in project risk and dispute resolution. He has also lectured at Monash University, Queensland University of Technology and Queensland University and regularly presents at industry conferences. He is a past Co-chair of the Project Execution Sub-committee of the International Construction Projects Committee of the International Bar Association. He is also the Australian correspondent for the International Construction Law Review, published in London.
Antonio Crivellaro is a former Professor of International Organization and International Trade Law (Padua University).
He is a former partner and currently Of Counsel at Bonelli Erede Pappalardo, Milan office, where he heads the International Arbitration Group.
He has extensive experience in international - commercial and investment - arbitration as either counsel or arbitrator in several arbitral institutions (ICC; ICSID; LCIA; SCA; Cairo Centre; Bangkok Centre; Milan Chamber, Dubai-DIAC Arbitration Centre) and ad hoc proceedings.
His area of expertise includes disputes arising from contracts relating to: construction, concessions, industrial plants, gas and oil projects, long term gas supply agreements, commercial supplies or sales, financing and banking operations, telecommunications agreements, post-closing M&A operations and distributorship agreements.
He further specializes in international investment law and investor-to-State arbitrations, acting as arbitrator or counsel.
He is a Council Member of the ICC Institute of World Business Law, Member of the "Milan Club of Arbitrators", Member of and Italian Correspondent for IAI (International Arbitration Institute).
He is the author of a number of publications in international trade law, international contracts, international arbitration law and related matters.
He is Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Italian Journal of International Trade Law.
Job Titles:
- Professor at the Law Faculty
Benoît Kohl is a professor at the Law Faculty of the University of Liège (ULg), where he heads the department for law of obligations, contract law and construction law. He also teaches a specialised course on commercial law at the Management School - University of Liege (HEC-ULg) and is a visiting professor at the University of Paris II (Panthéon-Assas), where he teaches a course on European and international construction law. Besides, Benoît is member of the Belgian Notary Nomination Commission.
Benoît Kohl is also an attorney at the Brussels Bar (of counsel, Stibbe). Besides negotiating contracts, drawing up legal advice and structuring operations in relation to the above areas of law, Benoît has dealt with various disputes before the courts and in arbitration procedures. He also often acts as an arbitrator in these matters.
Benoît holds a Master of Law (LL.M) specialising in commercial law from the University of Cambridge (2005), and a doctorate degree from the University of Liège (ULg) with his thesis dedicated to the prospects of European harmonisation of real estate promotion (2008). For his thesis, he was awarded several awards, and notably the triennial Jean Rey Award at the European Parliament in 2010.
In 2012, he was appointed President of the European Society of Construction Law (ESCL). He is also the co-President of the Belgian Society of Construction Law (ABDC) and the co-President of the CEPANI40 (the Young association of the CEPANI, the Belgian Centre for Arbitration).
Benoît Kohl speaks French, Dutch and English
Chantal-Aimée Doerries QC is the Head of Atkin Chambers and was the 2016 Chairman of the Bar of England and Wales. She has a wide-ranging practice in domestic and international commercial dispute resolution, with particular emphasis on disputes relating to energy and natural resources, construction, engineering and infrastructure projects, joint ventures, professional negligence, shipbuilding, and IT and telecommunications.
As well as being instructed on a number of significant domestic project and energy disputes, she has a busy international practice. Recent cases have involved disputes arising in Asia (Singapore, China, and Indonesia), Europe (Norway, Germany, and Switzerland), the Middle East (Qatar, Dubai), South America (Peru, Costa Rica) and Ukraine. She is bilingual in German and English.
She was featured in The Lawyer's ‘Hot 100' list for 2009 and listed in the Debrett's 500 Most Influential People in 2016 (under ‘Law'). Chantal-Aimée has been identified by the leading legal directories for many years as one of the leading practitioners in energy and natural resources, construction, professional negligence, and international arbitration, as well as under international arbitration and construction in the Asia-Pacific region.
David has more than 30 years of experience in international dispute resolution across five continents, and has become recognised in particular as an international construction specialist. Based in Paris for most of that period, he joined the Paris office of Clyde & Co in February 2010 following his previous firm's merger with Clyde. His experience covers the fields of energy, infrastructure and utilities, particularly the design and construction stages.
His has specialised throughout his career in international arbitration (particularly ICC arbitration), in which he has acted as both counsel and arbitrator in construction matters as well as in many commercial matters. He is also actively involved in expertise and dispute board proceedings, including arbitration proceedings to enforce dispute board decisions.
He speaks regularly at conferences around the world on construction and dispute resolution issues, notably in connection with FIDIC contract forms, dispute boards and ICC arbitration.
He has authored a number of construction-related articles, and has contributed a chapter to the recently published Global Arbitration Review book on Construction Arbitration, dealing with interim relief and emergency arbitration.
David has recently been recognised in ‘Who's Who Legal' as one of the three most highly regarded lawyers in the construction field in France and is recommended by ‘European Legal Expert' for dispute resolution. He is also listed in the ‘PLC Cross-Border Construction and Projects Handbook' as a "renowned practitioner" in complex international cases.
He is a visiting lecturer for the Stuttgart University Masters course in international construction law and practice as well as being a member of the course advisory board.
David is very active in ICC initiatives, and has been a Council member of the ICC Institute of World Business Law for a number of years.
He is on the FIDIC President's List of Approved Dispute Adjudicators, as well as FIDIC's French national list of adjudicators for international project disputes.
Donald G. Gavin is a partner at Akerman LLP in Washington, D.C. He sits as a neutral on dispute resolution tribunals, panels and boards on major construction projects and contract disputes all over the world having had clients in the energy, environmental and infrastructure sectors, to include power production, natural resources, hazardous cleanups and governmental. Mr. Gavin has been elected a Fellow of the International Academy of Construction Lawyers, the American College of Construction Lawyers, the American Bar Foundation and is a Past National Chair of the Section of Public Contract Law of the American Bar Association. He was a founding partner in the construction law firm of Wickwire Gavin P.C. and is the senior construction and government contract lawyer at Akerman LLP.
He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, is certified by the International Mediation Institute, a representative of the Board of Governors of the American Bar Association to the National Construction Dispute Resolution Committee and a past officer of the International Construction Projects Committee of the International Bar Association.
Douglas Stuart Oles, FCIArb, is an arbitrator, mediator, and attorney in private practice with over 30 years of experience in helping to avoid or resolve disputes on complex construction and supply contracts. He is a board member of the Global Engineering & Construction panel at JAMS and a senior partner at the firm of Oles Morrison Rinker & Baker (Seattle, Anchorage and Oakland).
Mr. Oles has been national Chair of the American Bar Association Forum on Construction Law (the largest association of construction attorneys) and is President-Elect of the American College of Construction Lawyers (an association of elected Fellows). He is also an Honourary Fellow of the Canadian College of Construction Lawyers. He has served as editor of the Washington Law Review, The Construction Lawyer, and the Journal of the ACCL.
Mr. Oles has held the highest AV rating from Martindale & Hubble for many years and has received the highest ratings from Best Lawyers and several other peer-review lists. He has co-authored numerous books and articles on construction law and has appeared as a co-chair or speaker at multiple conferences of the Society of Construction Law, International Bar Association, American Bar Association, and other professional organisations.
Mr. Oles has extensive expertise in matters involving design and construction of complex buildings, heavy foundations, tunnels, energy generation plants, oil refineries, transmission lines, roads and bridges, airports, and arctic construction.
He received his undergraduate degree from Stanford University (Phi Beta Kappa) and his juris doctor (with honors) from the University of Washington.
Mr. Oles edited and completed Cities of the Classical World (2011), a gazetteer of Roman cities published by a division of Penguin Books.
Job Titles:
- Principal Counsel, Head of Legal, Infrastructure Legal
Gabrielle Hurley joined Bechtel in 2006 and became Head of Legal for the Infrastructure Global Business Unit in May 2012. She is responsible for legal services for Bechtel infrastructure projects worldwide. During her time at Bechtel, she has negotiated the Albania and Kosovo motorway projects as well as the Muscat airport and Riyadh metro projects, and has advised on the Panama Canal and Abu Dhabi airport bids. Prior to joining Bechtel, Gabrielle was a partner in the construction and engineering group of the international law firm of Norton Rose Fulbright. She there gained extensive experience of transactional and disputes work in relation to the civil, power, oil and gas, water and other sectors in a wide variety of jurisdictions including Oman, Abu Dhabi, Pakistan, Thailand and the UK.
Job Titles:
- Construction Law Partner in One of New Zealand
Graeme is a construction law partner in one of New Zealand's largest law firms, Simpson Grierson.
He has been involved in many of New Zealand's iconic construction projects, such as the SkyTower as well as many in the Pacific Region and the iconic 7-star sail hotel, Burj Al Arab in Dubai. He practised in construction law with Linklaters in London and is admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales.
Graeme was the successful counsel in the New Zealand Court of Appeal decision which is the leading case on adjudication and the New Zealand Construction Contracts Act, which addresses security of payment. He was also involved as counsel on behalf of Rolls Royce in litigation concerning the Kinleith Cogeneration Project, which is one of New Zealand's leading authorities on negligence, and was New Zealand's largest construction case to date.
Graeme has also acted as an ICC Arbitrator. In 2016, he was inducted as a Fellow of the IACL. He is a former lecturer in the School of Architecture and a guest lecturer at the Faculty of Engineering.
Helmut Johannsen, P.Eng., C.Arb., FCIArb. is Associate Counsel at Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP in Vancouver.
Helmut is a lawyer, registered Professional Engineer and Chartered Arbitrator (ADRIC) with over 35 years' experience in construction law. He is a Fellow and Past President of the Canadian College of Construction Lawyers, Fellow of the American College of Construction Lawyers, Fellow and Secretary of the International Academy of Construction Lawyers, Co- Chair of the International Construction Projects Committee of the International Bar Association, Director of the BC Arbitration & Mediation Institute (Chair of the Arbitration Credentials Committee), Member of the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation, and Vice-President of the Society of Construction Law North America.
Helmut's practice includes all aspects of law relating to construction, engineering, procurement and infrastructure, in both disputes and transactional work, including: risk mitigation strategies; procurement strategies and documents; negotiating, drafting, tendering, awarding and interpreting contracts; insurance and bonding; mediation; arbitration; and litigation. He has prepared procurement processes and negotiated contracts for major infrastructure projects within Canada and internationally, including for highways, hospitals, powerplants, transit projects, LNG, gas pipelines, marine facilities, mining infrastructure, and decommissioning and reclamation of mines. He has been involved in projects in Canada, USA, Mexico, Venezuela, Chile, Argentina, China, Africa, Europe and elsewhere with values in excess of $10 billion. He is a frequent speaker at domestic and international conferences, is recognized and listed in Who's Who Legal of the International Who's Who of Business Lawyers (under Construction, Government Contracts, and Mediation), in Lexpert, in Best Lawyers, in Chambers Global, and in other publications. In addition to his transactional and counsel work he acts as an Arbitrator, Mediator, Dispute Review Board Member and Project Adjudicator on construction projects.
Job Titles:
- Founding Partner of the Peruvian Law Firm Navarro Sologuren, Paredes, Gray Abogados ( Aka NPG Abogados )
Jaime Gray has worked or has been directly involved in many projects in fields like hydroelectric generation plants, electric transmission lines, mine plants and infrastructure, transportation (including roads, highways, tunnels, bridges, ports and airports), first-class office buildings and hotels, sanitation and water plants and facilities, industrial plants, etc.
John Bishop practices as an arbitrator, ADR practitioner and independent consultant working from bases in Beijing, Hong Kong and London. Since qualifying in 1971 John has been involved in all forms of dispute resolution including arbitration, court litigation, adjudication and other forms of alternative dispute resolution. John specialised in construction and engineering, oil and gas and energy projects throughout his career representing clients at all stages of the construction process including contract documentation, risk handling strategies, project counsel and conducting dispute resolution. John retired from Pinsent Masons LLP in order to practice as an arbitrator, ADR practitioner and independent consultant. In 2016, John became a member of Arbitration Chambers Hong Kong.
Mr. Hinchey is recognized in the United States and internationally as a leader in resolving significant engineering, infrastructure and energy-related disputes as an arbitrator and mediator. Prior to his retirement from King & Spalding, an international law firm, he led the Firm's commercial contracting and construction disputes practice for 18 years. He is now a full-time arbitrator who serves on institutionally administered and ad hoc panels of arbitrators, including the ICC, AAA/ICDR, CPR International Institute's Distinguished Panels of Neutrals, including their ADR, Construction and Cross-border Panels; the Institute for Energy Law Panel, the LCIA North American Panel, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Presidential Panel and the JAMS Engineering, Construction, Energy and International Panels.
As an advocate, Mr. Hinchey represented a broad spectrum of clients engaged in engineering, construction and infrastructure projects, including financiers, bond guarantors, surety companies, insurers, owners and developers, design professionals, contractors, vendors and equipment and material suppliers.
Mr. Hinchey has served as Chair of, and received the lifetime achievement "Cornerstone" award from, the world's largest organization of construction lawyers, the American Bar Association's Forum on Construction Law. He is a Fellow and has served as President of the American College of Construction Lawyers; he is an Honorary Fellow of the Canadian College of Construction Lawyers; a Fellow of the College of Commercial Arbitrators; a Chartered Arbitrator, Fellow and Diplomate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; former Chair of the Atlanta Bar Association Construction Law Section; and former President of the Georgia Arbitrators Forum. Mr. Hinchey currently serves on the Advisory Board of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration; he serves as a visiting lecturer to a number of colleges and universities on arbitration subjects and has served on the Council of Distinguished Advisors to The Straus Institute of Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University School of Law; he has been frequently listed in Chambers and Partners, Best Lawyers in America, U.S. Legal 500, Guide to the World's Leading Experts in Commercial Arbitration, Superlawyers (Corporate Counsel Edition), Who's Who in American Law, and Who's Who in America. He was recognized as one of the top eight "Most Highly Regarded Individuals-Global" in the International Who's Who of Construction Lawyers and is also listed in the International Who's Who of Commercial Arbitration. He is a frequent writer and speaker and co-authors, with Professor Troy Harris, the International Construction Arbitration Handbook, a two-author treatise published by Thomson Reuters, now in the 2018 edition, having been originally published in 2008.
John Sharkey is an ADR practitioner with recent appointments as arbitrator, adjudicator and dispute board member. He is a Professorial Fellow of the University of Melbourne where he has been a lecturer in the University's Construction Law programme since its inception and is a member of the programmes' advisory board.
Mr Sharkey is the former head of the Construction and Engineering division of Norton Rose Fulbright Australia with more than 35 years' practice in construction law. He has co-authored two books, Building and Construction Contracts and Commercial Arbitration and is the state editor for Victoria and Tasmania of Building and Construction Law.
In 2006 John Sharkey was made a member of the Order of Australia. In 2008 the government of Victoria appointed John as a member of the Victorian Skills Commission. In 2010 Mr Sharkey was the inaugural winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award in the Icon Awards presented by Lawyers' Weekly.
Lindy Patterson is a specialist in arbitration, adjudication, and commercial litigation in the construction and energy sectors. She regularly acts as arbitrator, adjudicator and dispute board chair. She leads a team of lawyers handling major project disputes both domestic and international. This covers oil & gas, renewable energy and construction projects.
Lindy is qualified in both English and Scottish law and as solicitor advocate was appointed Queen's Counsel in August 2010. She was the first woman to be appointed to the International FIDIC President's list in 2012. She is a regular speaker at major industry events and seminars.
Job Titles:
- Senior Lecturer and Co - Director of Studies for Construction Law at Melbourne La
Matthew Bell is a Senior Lecturer and Co-Director of Studies for Construction Law at Melbourne Law School. He joined the Law School in 2005 after several years' experience as a construction lawyer with Clayton Utz in Melbourne and Clifford Chance in London. Matthew is the author of many publications in the field, including the texts Construction Law in Australia and Understanding Australian Construction Contracts (with Ian Bailey), and his scholarship and teaching has been recognised in several awards. Matthew is Professional Support Lawyer to Construction and Major Projects at Clayton Utz on a part-time basis and was founding Chair of the Academic Subcommittee of the Society of Construction Law Australia. In 2015, he commenced PhD studies through the Centre of Construction Law at King's College London.
Matthew Bell joined Melbourne Law School as an academic after several years in practice as a solicitor, primarily as a non-contentious construction lawyer. Matthew is Co-Director of Studies for the Law School's Construction Law Program. He teaches construction law subjects in the Melbourne JD and the Melbourne Law Masters. He has also taught the Melbourne JD subjects Contracts and Legal Method and Reasoning and the LLB subjects Contracts, Principles of Construction Law and Remedies and the Melbourne School of Design subject Construction Law.
In 2015, Matthew commenced research towards a PhD via the Centre for Construction Law at King's College London.
From 2006-14, Matthew was an Editor (including founding Managing Editor) of Construction Law International, the publication of the International Bar Association's International Construction Projects Committee. He has published widely in the field, including being co-author of the books, Understanding Australian Construction Contracts(2008) and Construction Law in Australia (3rd ed, 2011).
Upon completion of his undergraduate studies at the University of Melbourne, Matthew undertook his articles at Clayton Utz in Melbourne. He settled in the Construction Group and was appointed Senior Associate in 2000. Matthew consolidated his knowledge in the specialist area of construction law through being in the first intake of Melbourne Law School's Master of Construction Law in 2000. He completed his studies towards the Masters at King's College, University of London in 2003-04.
Matthew's primary areas of interest revolve around the drafting and negotiation of contracts for major construction projects. He was able to gain a depth of experience on a wide variety of procurement methods whilst working with clients at Clayton Utz, which was enhanced by two years based in London with the International Construction Group of Clifford Chance. Matthew's experience in London included negotiating and drafting the EPC Contract and associated construction and finance documentation for the Sohar Refinery Project in Oman. This project was named the Middle East Oil and Gas Deal of the Year for 2003 by Project Finance International Magazine. He was also Professional Support Lawyer to the International Construction Group at Clifford Chance.
In 2009 and 2016, Matthew was awarded the Building Dispute Practitioners' Society Essay Prize. He was also a Finalist in the LexisNexis-Australasian Law Teachers' Association Award for Early Career - Innovative Teaching Award for 2009. Essays written by Matthew were awarded First Prize (2017), Second Prize (2013), Joint Second Prize (2010) and adjudged Highly Commended (2008, 2015) in the Society of Construction Law (UK) Hudson Prize. In 2012, Matthew was awarded a Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning in the Australian Awards for University Teaching. In 2017, Matthew was a Finalist in the Academic of the Year category of the Australian Law Awards.
In addition to his role at the Law School, Matthew is Professional Support Lawyer to the national Construction and Major Projects at Clayton Utz on a part-time basis. He was also founding Chair of the Academic Subcommittee of the Society of Construction Law Australia and has been since 2010 Chair of the judging panel for the Society's Brooking Essay Prize.
Mercedes Fernández focuses her practice in the area of civil and commercial jurisdiction, both in arbitral and judicial proceedings. Her litigation experience is centered on disputes involving construction contracts and large civil engineering projects, construction defects, energy projects, commercial litigation, and conflicts arising from M&A transactions. Mercedes is also very active in investment arbitration. She leads the Global Disputes Practice in Madrid.
Mercedes has participated in proceedings before Spanish courts at all levels, including the Supreme Court. She has acted as counsel in national and international arbitration proceedings. Among the latter, she has participated in ad hoc and institutional arbitrations. Her broad experience in arbitration includes proceedings governed by United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) and International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Rules, as well as investment arbitrations before the World Bank (ICSID). She has civil and commercial law experience in construction, corporate matters, and acquisitions. Mercedes also acts as an independent arbiter.
Job Titles:
- Founding Partner of LALIVE
- Immediate past President of the Swiss Arbitration Association
Michael E. Schneider is a founding partner of LALIVE. He has practised in international arbitration for more than 35 years as counsel in ad hoc proceedings and under various rules, including those of the ICC, ICSID, Swiss Rules, Stockholm Institute, the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA), European Development Fund, UNCITRAL, and before other international bodies, including the WTO Appellate Body and the United Nations Compensation Commission. He has also acted as arbitrator (chair, sole or co-arbitrator) under the rules of many institutions both in Switzerland and abroad.
Michael E. Schneider's main areas of practice are disputes involving States and private parties in energy and natural resources (in particular oil and gas), construction, industrial engineering and infrastructure projects, power generation, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications and various other industries. He has specific experience in managing large and complex disputes, organizing and leading teams of specialists from different fields and different legal and cultural backgrounds.
Michael E. Schneider is the immediate past president of the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA). He was vice chair of the ICC Commission on Arbitration until 2013 and a member of several of its working groups (1998 and 2012 revisions of the ICC rules, constructions, pre-arbitral referee). He chaired the UNCITRAL Working Group II (Arbitration) at its Sessions in New York and Vienna (2006- 2010) on the revision of the Arbitration Rules and again since 2014 on the revision of the Notes on Organizing Arbitral Proceedings. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA) and President elect of the International Academy of Construction Lawyers (IACL).
The academic assignments of Michael E. Schneider include Director of Studies at the Centre for Studies and Research at the Hague Academy of International Law (Transnational Arbitration and State Contracts) and lecturer at the LLM Programme of the University of Fribourg. Mr Schneider studied law and history at the universities of Munich, Bonn and Geneva and at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva and was a former AIESEC trainee with the Shell Company in Sierra Leone.
Job Titles:
- Singapore Member of the ICC Commission
Mohan is a Singapore member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR. His past appointments include President, Singapore Institute of Arbitrators & Chairman, Society of Construction Law (Singapore), with past teaching appointments as Adj. Assoc. Professor, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore (2003 - 2011) and Visiting Professor, Centre of Construction Law & Dispute Resolution, King's College London (2005 - 2011).
Naoki Iguchi is a partner in the international construction/infrastructure projects and arbitration team of Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu. He advises construction and infrastructure companies in construction, transportation, gas pipeline and other infrastructure projects in various jurisdictions. He has also represented clients in international arbitration globally. He has served as country representative of Japan at the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation (DRBF), director of the International Academy of Construction Lawyers (IACL), co-chair of the International Construction Project Committee of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA), and is a regular lecturer for the Overseas Construction Association of Japan (OCAJI). Naoki studied at the University of Tokyo (LL.B.; LL.M.), Stanford Law School (LL.M.) and has worked at law firms in Japan, China, Taiwan and the United States. He is a member of the Japan Arbitration Committee for the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), and the ICC Workforce on Cost. He is fluent in Japanese, English and Mandarin and he also understands Spanish.
Paul Bruno is a Managing General Counsel that leads the dispute resolution function for Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR), the largest U.S. publicly held ECPM company operating in 25 countries across six continents. His primary function includes leading a team of professionals whose responsibility is management of dispute resolution activities for the Company, its operating subsidiaries and each of the business units, affiliated companies, joint ventures and partnerships on a global basis.
He leads both a team of lawyers and a group of construction contract professionals (the Corporate Claims Management Group) that are strategically located geographically. Additional duties performed by Mr. Bruno include the preparation of reports for the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors, liaison with external audit on dispute matters, conducts and directs key internal investigations, liaison with internal audit, liaison with insurance providers (both underwriters for placement and claims) and the internal insurance department, and assistance in preparation of public reports.
Mr. Bruno is a graduate of the University of California (B.A. Double Major with Honors 1978), University of Santa Clara (J.D. 1981) and the Stanford Business School Executive Program (2006). Mr. Bruno is a Fellow, American College of Construction Lawyers and a Founding Fellow, International Academy of Construction Lawyers.
Job Titles:
- Member of Thirty Nine Essex Street Chambers.Prior
- Queen 's Counsel
Peter Rees QC is a member of Thirty Nine Essex Street Chambers.Prior to joining Thirty Nine Essex Street, Peter was Legal Director of Royal Dutch Shell plc for just over 3 years and before that he spent 27 years at Norton Rose, including 8 years as Head of Global Dispute Resolution, and 5 years as a litigation and arbitration partner at Debevoise & Plimpton.
Peter specialises in international commercial arbitration and litigation and has been recommended as aleading expert in commercial arbitration and litigation by, amongst others, the Euromoney Guides to the World's Leading Litigation Lawyers and Experts in Commercial Arbitration and in the Legal Business Report on Legal Experts as an Expert in Arbitration, Commercial Litigation and Construction and in the Chambers "Leaders in their Field" as an expert in construction.
In 2009, Peter was appointed Queen's Counsel, one of very few Solicitors to have been so appointed.
Philip Jeyaretnam SC is Managing Partner of Rodyk & Davidson LLP. Appointed Senior Counsel in 2003 at the early age of 38, Philip specialises in commercial litigation and international arbitration work as counsel. Legal500 2014 calls him a ‘star' and a ‘master tactician'.
He has a strong record as an appellate advocate. A Fellow of both CiArb and SiArb, he has been appointed as arbitrator in ICC, SIAC and SCMA arbitrations. His professional and public service has included serving as a member of the Public Service Commission and of the Presidential Council for Minority Rights, and as President of the Law Society of Singapore.
Philip also chairs the board of Maxwell Chambers, the world's first integrated dispute resolution facility, and he was the founding chairman of Society of Construction Law, Singapore, in 2002.
Job Titles:
- Founding Fellow and past President of the American College of Construction Lawyers
Philip L. Bruner, Esq. is a full-time arbitrator, mediator and resolver of engineering and construction disputes, and is Director of JAMS Global Engineering and Construction Panel of Neutrals. He has chaired or served on many U.S. and international arbitral tribunals hearing complex construction and commercial disputes, and has mediated many complex multi-party disputes. Prior to joining JAMS on January 1, 2008, he engaged in the private practice of law with law firms in Minneapolis for 40 years, the last 17 of which as a senior partner and founding head of the Construction Law Group of the international law firm of Faegre & Benson (now Faegre Baker Daniel) with offices then in Minneapolis and other U.S. cities and in London, Frankfurt and Shanghai.
Mr. Bruner is a Founding Fellow and past President of The American College of Construction Lawyers, Honorary Fellow of The Canadian College of Construction Lawyers, Fellow of the International Academy of Construction Lawyers, and Life Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. He also is a Chartered Arbitrator and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (London), Fellow of the College of Commercial Arbitrators, Overseas Member of Britain's Society of Construction Arbitrators (London), Fellow of The American College of Civil Trial Mediators, and Fellow of the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals.
Mr. Bruner's leadership contributions to the dispute resolution and construction fields have been widely recognized. TheInternational Who's Who of Business Lawyers has vetted him as one of the world's leading commercial arbitrators, commercial mediators and construction lawyers. In 2011, the American Bar Association's Construction Lawyeracknowledged him as "a giant of our field", and Britain's Society of Construction Arbitrators honored him with its 2011 Norman Royce Prize. In 2005 he was honored by the American Bar Association's Forum on Construction Law with its Cornerstone Award presented annually to one lawyer for "exceptional service to the construction industry, to the public and to the legal profession."
Mr. Bruner is co-author with Patrick J. O'Connor Jr. of Bruner & O'Connor on Construction Law (2002, updated annually), the 10 volume, 9000 page legal treatise regarded as the most authoritative ever written on American law governing construction. The treatise is cited in more than 250 published judicial opinions reported by American federal, state and territorial courts. He also has authored or co-authored more than 50 professional articles on construction law, dispute resolution and related subjects. In addition, Mr. Bruner has chaired many professional conferences, and has presented over 350 lectures to professional and industry groups throughout North American, Europe and Asia. He has spoken at international law conferences held in Barcelona, Calgary, Chicago, Halifax, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Kuala Lumpur, London, Los Angeles, Manila, Melbourne, New York, Princeton, Quebec City, San Francisco, Singapore, Toronto, Warsaw and Washington DC.
Mr. Bruner earned his bachelor's degree from Princeton University, law degree from the University of Michigan Law School and Master of Business Administration degree from Syracuse University. He is a member of the bars of the states of Minnesota and Wisconsin, the U.S. Supreme Court, and various federal appellate and district courts. Additional information about Mr. Bruner is available in his CVs at www.jamsadr.com, www.jamsinternational.com and www.philbruner.com. His email address is pbruner@jamsadr.com
Founding Partner & Head of International Arbitration, Construction and Energy, Zulficar & Partners; Professor of International Arbitration, Private International Law and English Contract Law, Cairo University; Member of the Governing Board (ICCA); Vice-Chair of the ICC Governing Body for Dispute Resolution Services; Vice President Global of the CIArb; President Elect of the CIArb (2025); Dean of the Africa Arbitration Academy; Chair of the International Expert Committee of the Permanent Forum for China Construction Law; Fellow of International Academy of Construction Lawyers; Member of the International Commercial Expert Committee, China International Commercial Court; Co- Chair, IBA Arab Regional Forum; Vice-Chair of the Advisory Committee of the CRCICA; Member of the Advisory Board of the Mauritius International Arbitration Centre (MIAC); Member of the Advisory Board, Indonesia International Arbitration Center (INIAC); Member of the LACIAC Court of Arbitration; Member of the ITA Academic Council; Member of the Court, PCA (The Hague), and Member of the Board of Trustees of the CIArb. He is a fellow of the National Centre for Technology and Dispute Resolution at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA; and associate fellow of the Centre for Private International Law and Centre for Commercial Law at Aberdeen University (UK); Former Court Member of the LCIA (2014-2019); Former President of LCIA's Arab Users' Council (2016-2018); and Former Vice Chair of the IBA Arbitration Committee (2015-2018). Professor Dr. Abdel Wahab is the Director for the CIArb's Flagship International Arbitration Diploma, and is a Chartered Arbitrator and Fellow of the CIArb.
Professor Dr Abdel Wahab regularly serves as arbitrator, expert, or counsel in high value construction disputes. He is considered a leading authority on construction law and practice, and he chairs arbitral tribunals in complex and mega construction arbitration. He has acted in mega multi-hundred million dollars' construction claims in institutional and ad hoc arbitration proceedings in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Europe. He has taught construction law and practice courses, and conducted trainings on FIDIC forms of contracts and disputes arising thereunder. He is the MENA exclusive contributor to the Global Arbitration Review Guide on Construction Arbitration (2017 - 2020). He was also named as co-author of the monograph entitled "Practicing FIDIC in Civil Law Jurisdictions - Application of Time and Additional Payment Provisions" (2018).
Prof. Dr. Abdel Wahab served as ‘Arbitrator', ‘Counsel' or ‘Expert' in more than 255 cases involving parties from Africa, Asia, Canada, Europe, the Middle East and the United States. He featured in cases under the auspices of the AAA-BCDR, ADCCAC, CRCICA, DIAC, DIFC-LCIA, ICC, ICSID, KIAC, LCIA, LMAA, RCICAL (Lagos), SCC, SIAC, ad hoc UNCITRAL proceedings, and governed by the laws of Angola, Bahrain, California, Egypt, England & Wales, France, Iraq, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Libya, Morocco, New York, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Switzerland, Syria, United Arab Emirates and Uzbekistani laws, as well as the general principles of law.
He was shortlisted among the top five arbitrators for the GAR award for the best prepared and responsive arbitrator (2021). He received the LAW Magazine 2022 Most Influential Legal Academic Award, the 2021 and 2020 Client Choice International Award, the 2019 AYA Hall-of-Fame African Arbitrator Award, the 2018 ASA International Arbitration Advocacy Prize, and the LAW Magazine 2017 Best Legal Practitioner Award. He is listed in Who's Who Global Elite Thought Leaders: International Arbitration; selected among the Legal500 Africa Powerlist and the AYA's Africa's Top 30 Powerlist. He is the co-editor (with Prof Maxi Scherer and Ms. Niuscha Bassiri) of the first ever book on COVID-19 and international arbitration under the title "International Arbitration and the COVID-19 Revolution" (2020). He is also the co-editor (with Prof Ethan Katsh and Mr. Daniel Rainey) of "Online Dispute Resolution: Theory and Practice" (2011 and 2021). He is the author of the Abdel Wahab Pandemic Pathway to Virtual/Remote Hearings (2020); Co-author (with Dr. Kabir Duggal) of the first book dedicated to comparing the OIC and UAIA Treaties under the title "The Resurgence of the Unified Arab Investment Agreement and the Organisation for Islamic Cooperation Investment Agreement" Brill (2022).
WWL: Arbitration & Global Elite Thought Leaders (2023) says "‘He is an amazing practitioner and one of the hardest working people' ‘His sharp mind never ceases to amaze' ‘He is one of a kind!'". WWL: Construction (2023) says: " ‘Mohamed is an all-time great of construction law ', ‘He has a profound expertise in construction matters', and ‘Our go-to lawyer for construction cases' ". Legal 500 (2023) says ‘Mohamed Abdel Wahab - very prepared arbitrator; deep experience in international arbitration; very thoughtful in his comments; collegial; engaged; insightful and sharp questions', ‘Highly respected, very experienced arbitrator, exhibiting the highest standard of integrity and ethics', ‘an outstanding arbitration practitioner', ‘and ‘He has the quality of being knowledgeable in several systems of law: common law, civil law, and Sharia law.' Chambers and Partners Global (2023) says: "Mohamed is the crème de la crème in the field and someone who impresses with his unmatched mastery of complex legal issues across various legal systems and sectors", "He is always well prepared and doesn't leave any stone unturned", "He's outstanding in every way", and "Mohamed Abdel Wahab is someone who is very brilliant and technically capable", and "very smart on the law, but also emotionally intelligent as well." Who's Who Legal: Arbitration (2022) says: "He is academically brilliant", "One of the best minds on arbitration issues" and "Extremely impressive". Chambers & Partners Global (2021) says "Peers regard Mohamed Abdel Wahab as "an absolute star in arbitration". Legal 500 (2021) says: ‘Mohamed Abdel Wahab is a brilliant practitioner who is at the top of the international arbitration field globally. His understanding of and experience in international arbitration are matched by few'; and ‘Importantly, he is one of the most hardworking individuals in the field. His working ethos and common sense approach to complex legal problems are outstanding'. Who's Who Legal Construction (2019) says: Mohamed Abdel Wahab is highlighted as "a leading heavyweight construction law specialist whose analytical skills are second to none".
Job Titles:
- Head of International Arbitration at White & Case LLP
Phillip is Partner and Head of International Arbitration at White & Case LLP in London and his practice is focused in international arbitration, and engineering and construction. He has for years been recognised by legal directories as a "leading individual" in these fields. He is at ease in addressing highly technical engineering and technology issues, of which he has also had considerable experience. He is one of the very few lawyers worldwide who has been listed in the Most Highly Regarded Individuals - Global in the International Who's Who of Business Lawyers in Construction.
Former Chairman of the Faculty of Law at the University of Oxford, Phillip is now also Nash Professor of Engineering Law at King's College London. He is an Honorary Member of the Society of Construction Law, an Honorary Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, and Honorary President of the Adjudication Society. For 15 years he was the Director of the Diploma in International Arbitration, held in Oxford each year, the flagship programme of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
As arbitrator, Phillip has chaired ICC, LCIA, ADCCAC and UNCITRAL arbitral tribunals, and has served as sole arbitrator and party appointed arbitrator in ICC and LCIA arbitrations. As arbitrator, all his cases have been international cross-border disputes concerning manufacturing facilities design and procurement, mineral supplies and processing, oil and gas plant processing, investor disputes, agency contracts, claims under guarantees, metal ore trading, construction contract disputes, sale and supply issues, and manufacturing plant commissioning; and were governed by the laws of Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, India, Kuwait, Egypt, France, Jamaica, and England.
Phillip is a highly regarded advocate in arbitration. As counsel, under many applicable laws, common law and civil law, he has acted under the rules of ICC, LCIA, and the Stockholm, Madrid and Prague Chambers of Commerce, as well as in contractual mediations and ad-hoc arbitrations under UNCITRAL Rules and otherwise. His cases have included cross-border investor disputes, engineering issues concerning process plant, rail infrastructure, highways, oil and gas facilities, and power and water plants, and applications of international technical standards (ISO, ASTM, etc).
He has led counsel teams in some of the largest projects in the world, from the Channel Tunnel to the expansion of the Panama Canal, and the new generation of nuclear power plants.
For the ICC in Paris he led small working groups drafting model clauses for ICC arbitration and ADR, and for use with the ICC Rules for Expertise. He drafted the disputes clauses in the New Engineering Contract 2nd edition and ICE 7th edition and was engaged as expert by French Association of International Contractors (SEFI) to evaluate FIDIC's EPC Silver Book. For CIRIA's Client's Guide to Risk in Construction he wrote on legal risk management.
In 2014, Euromoney's Global Commercial Arbitration Awards named Phillip "Construction Lawyer of the Year". In 2013 the Technology and Construction Solicitors' Association (TeCSA) awarded Phillip the Clare Edwards Award, which recognises "professional excellence and contribution to the legal profession serving the construction industry", and which is given "when an exceptional candidate is identified."
"The impressive Phillip Capper is respected by clients and colleagues alike as ‘the doyen of construction law'." (Chambers UK 2013), "Clients admire his ‘stunning grasp of expert evidence and masterful cross-examination of opponents.'" (Chambers UK 2012).
Bruce Reynolds, FCIArb, is the chair of the international construction projects group and a partner in the construction group of the Toronto office of Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP. He focuses his practice on both the contentious and non-contentious aspects of construction, insurance, and surety law, with a special emphasis on international arbitration, both as counsel and arbitrator. He is a co-author of Scott and Reynolds on Surety Bonds (Carswell); co-author of Construction, Builders and Mechanics' Liens in Canada, seventh edition (Carswell); and a co-author of A Guide to Canadian Construction Insurance Law (Carswell). He recently acted as Counsel for the Ontario government to conduct a review of the Construction Lien Act, and is currently acting for the Government of Canada conducting a prompt payment review in respect of federal construction.
Mr. Reynolds is former co-chair of the international construction projects committee of the International Bar Association; Vice President of the International Academy of Construction Lawyers; a past governor of the American College of Construction Lawyers; and a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He is also a past member of the executive of the Canadian Bar Association construction law section, was an executive of the construction law section of the Ontario Bar Association, and was its chair for two terms. He is also a former vice chair of the fidelity and surety law committee of the American Bar Association's (ABA) torts and insurance practice section. He is, as well, a member of ABA's forum on the construction industry.
Mr. Reynolds was a founding fellow of the Canadian College of Construction Lawyers, and is a past president. He was named Toronto Construction Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers. He is listed in Chambers Global (Band 1, construction law), Canadian Who's Who, and the Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada. He is also listed in Martindale-Hubbell as AV Preeminent. He has also been named an Acritas Star. Mr. Reynolds was recognized by the Benchmark Canada Awards as Construction Litigator of the Year, and was the recipient of an award from the Council of Ontario Construction Association for outstanding contributions to the construction industry. Canadian Lawyer Magazine has recognized Mr. Reynolds as one of the Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers in Canada: "Bruce is a meticulous, professional and absolutely innovative individual." Most recently, Mr. Reynolds Received a Client Choice Award for Arbitration and ADR.
Ricardo also has extensive experience in matters related to mining and oil and gas, especially in regulatory, title and environmental risk issues. He has negotiated and written, as well as advised clients on matters related to, financing, commercial agreements (associative and joint operations agreements, options, purchase and sale of blocks, concessions, exploration permits, royalties and guarantees, and other agreements related to said sectors.
Roberto got his law degree in 1995 and his Masters Degree (Cum Laude) in 2012 from Universidad Panamericana, Mexico City.In 1989, he joined COMAD, a prestigious Mexican law firm specialized in the areas of construction law, public procurement, and anticorruption in those sectors. (www.comad.com.mx)
He has acted as counselor in transactional and dispute work (claims, arbitration, expert determination, conciliation, dispute boards), in projects related to transmission lines, substations, highways, trains, industrial plants, power plants, railways and airports, among many others, including the New International Mexico City Airport and the Mexico-Toluca train, considered the two most important public construction projects in Mexico in the last years.
He has served as co-chair of the International Construction Projects Committee (ICP) of the IBA; Chair of the Construction Disputes Committee of ICC México; Member of the Steering Committee of the ABA Forum on Construction Law and Founding Chair of the Public Procurement Committee of the Mexican Bar Association.
He is currently the President of the Mexican Society of Construction Law.
He has acted as consulting editor of the books: "Construction and Infrastructure Disputes: a global handbook", "International Public Procurement: A guide to best practice", and "Anticorruption Laws and Regulations: A global Handbook", all of them with Globe Law and Business in London, England. (www.globelawandbusiness.com)
He is appointed frequently as Dispute Adjudicator (Sole Dispute Board or Dispute Board Member) in connection with projects with international contracts such as FIDIC and NEC, having experience in El Salvador, Honduras and Peru in diverse kind of projects (transportation and Sport facilities). He coordinated the Book: "Dispute Boards in Latin America: experiences and Challenges" (available at https://www.comad.com.mx/pdf/solucion_controversias/201406dsiputeboardsexperoenciasyretos.pdf)
He is a frequent speaker in national and international conferences for national and international organizations.
WhosWhoLegal Construction 2018 considers him as an international Thought Leader and the Most Highly regarded individual in Mexico in the legal construction industry, and describes him as: "…the foremost construction and real estate lawyer in the country. His superb practice spans both the administrative and regulatory aspects of construction law, areas in which he is considered a real expert".
He was proposed and admitted as a Fellow of the American College of Construction Lawyers in 2018.
Sir Vivian Ramsey studied Engineering Science and Economics at Oxford University before working as a civil engineer in the UK and overseas. During this time he became a Chartered Engineer and is now a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers. He was also elected as a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2013.
After studying law in London he was called to the Bar (Middle Temple) in 1979 and was a practising barrister in Keating Chambers from 1981 to 2005, being head of chambers from 2003 to 2005. He became a Queen's Counsel in 1992 and practised around the world as an advocate, arbitrator, adjudicator and mediator in technical disputes, particularly related to construction and engineering projects. He acted for governments, public authorities, utilities, international contracting companies, consultancies, architects, engineers and other construction professionals. In 2002 he was elected as a Bencher of Middle Temple.
He appeared in the High Court, Court of Appeal and House of Lords as well as overseas courts and was called to the Bar in Hong Kong, Singapore, Brunei and Trinidad for particular cases in those jurisdictions. He acted as counsel in numerous domestic and international arbitrations. He was also appointed as chairman, co-arbitrator or sole arbitrator in ICC, LCIA, ICDR, UNCITRAL, Swedish Chamber of Commerce, Japanese Commercial Arbitration Association and other institutional or ad-hoc arbitrations. He was also appointed as a mediator and an adjudicator as well as being an expert appointed by the ICC President and a member of Dispute Boards.
In 2003 he chaired the PNE Committee established under section P6 of the Balancing and Settlement Code to determine a wide range of notification disputes under the NETA trading arrangements in the UK Electricity Industry.
From 2005 to 2014 he was a High Court Judge in the Queen's Bench Division and from 2007 to 2010 served as judge in charge of the Technology and Construction Court in London. He was appointed judge in charge of the court estate in 2011 and in April 2012 he became judge in charge of the implementation of the reforms arising out of Sir Rupert Jackson's Final Report on the Review of Civil Litigation Costs. He also chaired the Judicial Advisory Group on IT for the judiciary.
Following his retirement as a High Court judge in November 2014, he continues to act as a judge on a part-time basis and is involved in the continuing implementation of the Jackson Reforms and in developing IT systems for the courts and the judiciary. Besides pursuing a number of interests outside the law, he is currently acting as arbitrator in a number of cases in London and overseas as well as acting as mediator and expert. He is also a member of a Unidroit working group on long term contracts. In January 2015 he was sworn in as one of the International Judges in the new Singapore International Commercial Court where he will hear cases started in that court or transferred from the Singapore High Court.
He is the current joint editor of Keating on Building Contracts which is a standard text in the UK and Common Law countries. He produced the 7th Edition in 2000, the 8th Edition in 2006 and the 9th Edition in 2011. He was a founding editor of Construction Law Journal and continues as a Consultant Editor. He has edited or contributed to or is a member of the editorial board of a number of other publications.
He is a member of the Advisory Board or the Association for Consultancy and Engineering and a Court Assistant of the Worshipful Company of Constructors. In 2010 he received the President's Medal from the Society of Construction Law and the Clare Edwards Award from the Technology and Construction Solicitors Association. He is an honorary Fellow of the American College of Construction Lawyers and President of the International Academy of Construction Lawyers.
He is also an Honorary Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Nottingham and a Visiting Professor at the Dickson Poon School of Law at King's College, London. He lectures worldwide on construction and commercial law and procedure.