GENTIUM LAW - Key Persons
Aileen joined the Scottish Arbitration Centre in January 2017 as Administrator. She has previously lived in Dublin where she studied for a BA (hons) in Photography at the Dublin Institute of Technology, which she obtained in 2011. Since then she has been living and working in Edinburgh where she has most recently worked as a Waiting List Co-ordinator for NHS Lothian based in the Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion Hospital.
After graduating from Christ Church, Oxford, with a first in English, Ali studied law at City University and the Inns of Court School of Law. She practised for five years as a barrister in London, doing a mix of civil and criminal hearings and spending many hours a day on trains to far-flung courts. She joined GAR a year after it was founded, in 2007, and was delighted to replace trips to Milton Keynes county court with conferences in Rio, Singapore and Mauritius. She became Editor in 2009. She has also written for the Evening Standard.
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive
- Co - Chair of the IBA Access to Justice
- Co - Vice Chair of the IBA Access to Justice
Andrew is Co-Chair of the IBA Access to Justice and Legal Aid Committee, and sits on the IBA Presidential Task Force on Climate Change Justice and Human Rights. An Associate Member of CIArb, he also sits on the RICS Dispute Resolution Appointments Board in Scotland, is an alternate member of the ICC UK Arbitration and ADR Committee, and has a seat on the Scottish Government Digital Justice Strategy Reference Group.
Andrew Mackenzie has been Chief Executive of the Scottish Arbitration Centre since its establishment in 2011. He is also Secretary General of the International Centre for Energy Arbitration.
A solicitor on secondment to the Centre from the Scottish Government, Andrew previously worked as a legal adviser to that Government. He was also Secretary to Lord Cullen's Review of Fatal Accident Inquiry Legislation before becoming Head of Courts and Legal Services Reform in the Scottish Government, where he had policy responsibility for legal services, civil courts, and alternative dispute resolution, including the Government manifesto commitment to establish an international arbitration body in Scotland.
Andrew is Co-Vice Chair of the IBA Access to Justice and Legal Aid Committee, and sits on the IBA Presidential Task Force on Climate Change Justice and Human Rights. An Associate Member of CIArb, he also sits on the RICS Dispute Resolution Appointments Board in Scotland, is an alternate member of the ICC UK Arbitration and ADR Committee, and has a seat on the Scottish Government Digital Justice Strategy Reference Group.
Job Titles:
- Fangda Partner
- Berkeley Research
Brandon Nolan is a Partner who is classified by Legal Directories as a leading lawyer both in Scotland and in London. He is described as "a first class construction lawyer" (Scotland) and interviewees praise his "highly intelligent, pragmatic approach" (London and UK wide).
Brandon advises on all aspects of construction law including contract drafting, consultancy, advisory, and disputes work in the construction, engineering and oil and gas sectors.
He has acted in proceedings in all the main UK Courts. Brandon also has substantial arbitration and adjudication experience and has conducted the advocacy in a number of major arbitrations. He is also extensively involved in alternative dispute resolution techniques such as mediation and expert determination. Risk and strategic advisory work also form a significant part of Brandon's practice as well as forensic investigation work. Brandon is the immediate past chairman of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Scottish Branch.
Job Titles:
- Fangda Partner
- Clyde & Co
Since the last GAR 100, Dan Tan Law has been retained by a Hong Kong commodities trader in a LCIA arbitration over breach of a coal agreement and by a Singapore corporation in a SIAC arbitration against US parties over a distributorship dispute.
Dan Tan Law is a boutique international arbitration firm based in New York City and San Francisco. We also operate in Asia through Focus Law Corporation, our affiliated law firm based in Singapore. What sets us apart is our arbitration expertise, delivered on terms that represent unparalleled value, and our belief that client service is everything.
Job Titles:
- Editor - in - Chief
- Publisher
David is the longest serving journalist at Law Business Research and is the company's editor-in-chief. Since joining in 1999, he's run sister sites Global Competition Review, and Latin Lawyer (as a locum), launched Global Arbitration Review, Global Investigations Review and Global Restructuring Review, and organised numerous conferences under those brands. He read law at Oxford and Cambridge.
Douglas began at GAR in 2013, a year after being called to the English Bar at Inner Temple. He took his BPTC and GDL at City Law School, and holds a BA Hons in English Language and Literature from Trinity College, Oxford. He previously worked as a political assistant for a Member of the European Parliament. He is currently studying Mandarin Chinese.
George has recently taken up a new post in the Scottish Government, leading on EU and International Trade and Investment, with particular emphasis on the outcome of the EU referendum. Prior to this, he had been Head of the Environmental Quality Division since 2011, where his responsibilities included waste and resources, radioactive materials, the water environment, flooding and reservoirs, sponsorship of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency and better environmental regulation. Prior to this he worked in the Scottish Government on Facilities Management, Criminal Justice, Finance, Devolution and Constitutional Policy and as Private Secretary to the Deputy First Minister. George has an MA in Natural Sciences and a PhD on Electron Microscopy from the University of Cambridge.
Gillian is dual-qualified as a Member of the Paris Bar and a Scottish solicitor, based in London at Carmichael Lemaire Ltd. Having started out as a litigator in Glasgow, she has spent most of her 35-year career in international arbitration and, more recently, mediation. Gillian is a Fellow of the CIArb and a member of their London Branch Committee. She serves as arbitrator and is an accredited mediator. Gillian is also a visiting lecturer in international arbitration at the University of Aberdeen and a Member of the Advisory Council to the Board of ArbitralWomen.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Government Legal Service
Jan Marshall is a member of the Government Legal Service in Scotland. She is currently Head of the Civil Law and Legal System Division in the Scottish Government Justice Directorate. The Division deals with policy related to tribunals, court reform, law reform, family and property law, legal aid and access to justice. Prior to this, Jan was Legal Secretary to the Advocate General for Scotland, one of the UK's Law Officers, based in London. She has provided legal services to the Scottish Government on a range of topics including criminal justice, health and employment law. Prior to joining the civil service she was a solicitor in private practice.
Since 1997, Janey has been Managing Director of Construction Dispute Resolution. Initially qualifying as a chartered quantity surveyor and after 15 years in private practice, Janey lectured at Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) on professional practice and construction contracts and dispute resolution. Janey has wide experience in construction contracts specialising in providing contract advice to contractors and consultants in the construction industry, and in dispute resolution in the roles of Adjudicator and Arbitrator. Janey qualified with a Masters Degree in Construction Law from the University of Strathclyde in 1997. With her extensive and varied experience she has been appointed to provide Expert Opinion in the areas of quantum in relation to construction contract claims for extension of time and loss and expense; contract administration and professional negligence. Always actively involved with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Janey is a Past Chairman of RICS Scotland (2007-2008) and is a Non executive member of the RICS UK World Regional Board.
Jonathan's principal areas of practice are in construction, professional negligence and commercial disputes. Before calling to the Bar, Jonathan was a partner in a leading firm of commercial solicitors. He has a strong interest and practice in alternative dispute resolution, particularly in arbitration and adjudication. Jonathan is ranked as a Band 2 counsel in Construction, and in Professional Negligence, by Chambers UK and is ranked Band 1 in Commercial Litigation by Legal 500. He has LLP board experience and was ranked as a Band 1 solicitor in Construction by Chambers UK. He is Chairman of the Scottish Branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and was lead drafter of the Scottish Arbitration Code 2007.
Juliet joined the Scottish Arbitration Centre as Business Manager in March 2017. She graduated from the University of Aberdeen in 2014 with a MA (hons) in History of Art. Since then she has held various posts in marketing and business development and most recently worked as an Operations Co-Ordinator for an Italian food importer.
Job Titles:
- Partner, Head of International Arbitration
Kevin, originally from Minneapolis in the United State of America, graduated from the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities in 2013 obtaining a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. After obtaining dual-citizenship Kevin relocated to Scotland in 2014 to be with family. Thereafter he began studying at the University of Strathclyde, obtaining an LLM in Mediation and Conflict Resolution in 2016 and later joined the Scottish Arbitration Centre in January 2017.
A true Canadian, Lacey was born and raised in Alberta and practised as a solicitor and barrister in the city of Calgary. In 2013, she moved to London to pursue a Master of Laws and has remained on this side of the pond ever since. When not working at GAR, she can be found attending London's many theatres and practising hot yoga.
Job Titles:
- Latin Lawyer and the Vance Center 's Annual Pro Bono Survey
Mary is a Chartered Arbitrator, accredited mediator (Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC)) and accredited adjudicator (HKIAC) now based in Edinburgh. She is also a barrister at 36 Stone Chambers (London and Singapore) and Pacific Chambers (Hong Kong (HK)) and former solicitor (England & Wales and HK), including as Partner in Dispute Resolution and Regional Head of Insurance at Brandt Chan & Partners/SNR Denton, HK. She is also Chair of ARIAS Asia and Immediate Past Chair of the Executive Committee of CIArb East Asia Branch.
Peter began his career as an engineer at Stirling County Council, then worked in Kenya and Qatar before moving to Hong Kong. He was Secretary General of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) between 1990 and 1998. Peter remains in HK and is currently in practice as a Chartered Arbitrator, adjudicator and mediator.
Sebastian Perry has worked at GAR since 2010, including as news reporter, features editor and acting editor. Before that, he was a sub-editor for LBR's production department and a reporter for another LBR news title, Latin Lawyer. He has a B.A. in English Literature from the University of Oxford and an M.A. in English Renaissance Literature from the University of York, UK, as well as a postgraduate diploma in journalism from the London School of Journalism.
Tan Chuan Thye, partner of Rajah & Tann, describes Dan Tan as a "tireless arbitration lawyer who does not let significantly different time zones faze him." He says that Tan is "invaluable" on matters of New York substantive law and has "innovative" ways of presenting complex ideas to a multilingual and multi-jurisdictional tribunal.
Tom completed his law degree and legal practice course at the City Law School in London, where he received the Martin Dockray award for the highest mark in his undergraduate year. A keen sports fan, he is happiest when using his season ticket to visit Arsenal's Emirates Stadium.
Vaibhav Shetty, manager of Indfrag, relates how Dan Tan obtained a settlement on the company's terms that still enabled it to work with the opposing party again, creating a situation where the opposing party believed there was no chance of settlement and leapt at what was proposed.
Ysella is the Dispute Resolution Executive for RICS in Scotland, a position she took up in September 2012 after completing her legal traineeship. RICS Dispute Resolution Service is the world's largest provider of alternative dispute resolution services to the property and construction industries, appointing around 10,000 dispute resolvers per year. Managing the Dispute Resolution Service in Scotland, she appoints professional dispute resolvers to determine hundreds of disputes across Scotland every year. Scotland has the second largest membership within the RICS world regional structure. RICS is an independent professional body originally established in the UK by Royal Charter. Since 1868, RICS has been committed to setting and upholding the highest standards of excellence and integrity - providing impartial, authoritative advice on key issues affecting businesses and society. Ysella is an accredited mediator and is working towards accreditation in arbitration and adjudication.