Sir Christopher Greenwood, GBE, CMG, KC

Sir Christopher read law at Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he was awarded a BA (Law) (First Class Hons) in 1976, LLB (International Law) (First Class Hons) in 1977, and became an MA in 1981.  As an undergraduate, he was elected President of the Cambridge Union in 1976.   Elected a Fellow of Magdalene College in 1978, he taught law there and at the Cambridge University Law Faculty for nearly twenty years.  He was appointed Professor of International Law at the London School of Economics in 1996, where he remained until becoming a Judge of the International Court of Justice in 2009.  He returned to Magdalene College as Master in October 2020.

Sir Christopher was called to the Bar by Middle Temple in 1978 and appointed Queen’s Counsel in 1999.  He became a Bencher of Middle Temple in 2003 and was Reader in 2020.  He was a member of Lamb Building from 1984 to 1995 and of Essex Court Chambers from 1995 to 2009.  During his years as a barrister he regularly appeared as counsel before the International Court of Justice, the European Court of Human Rights, the English courts, arbitral and other tribunals.

On 6 November 2008, Sir Christopher was elected a judge at the International Court of Justice, where he served from February 2009 to February 2018, when he joined the Arbitrators at 24 Lincoln’s Inn Fields as an arbitrator specializing in public international law, including investor-State disputes.  He has extensive experience as an arbitrator both in inter-State and investor-State cases.  He sits as a Member of the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal and is a Member of the ICSID Panel of Arbitrators.  He has acted as President of twenty arbitration tribunals or ICSID ad hoc committees, as well as sitting as a Member of several other tribunals.

Sir Christopher was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in 2002 and knighted in 2009 for services to international law.   In 2018 he was created GBE (Knight Grand Cross) for his services to international justice.

A more detailed curriculum vitae is available upon request.

Sir Jack Beatson

After retiring from the Bench, Sir Jack returned to Chambers and now accepts appointments as arbitrator or mediator; and as an expert on English Law.

Sir Jack Beatson FBA studied law at Brasenose College Oxford and obtained first class degrees (BA and BCL). Called to the bar (Inner Temple) in 1973, he became a bencher in 1994 and was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 1998. In 2000 he was awarded a higher doctorate (DCL) by the University of Oxford for distinction by original contribution to the advancement of the study of law.

He was until February 2018 a member of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales. Between 2003 and 2012, he was a Judge of the High Court, primarily sitting in the Commercial Court and the Administrative Court. He had previously combined academic and public roles with a mixed commercial and public law practice at what is now Essex Court Chambers (which he joined in 1983). He was the Rouse Ball Professor of English Law at Cambridge University and a Fellow of St John’s College, Cambridge between1994 and 2003, a member of what is now the United Kingdom’s Competition Commission between 1995 and 2001, a Law Commissioner for England and Wales between 1989 and 1994, and before that had been a Fellow of Merton College Oxford and a Lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the University of Oxford.

His commercial litigation and arbitration practice included shipping, insurance, banking and finance, sales and energy law, and issues of construction and jurisdiction. His public law practice included economic regulation, trade union law and judicial review of decisions about the terms and conditions of public employees such as police officers. He led the Law Commission’s work on contract and commercial law, civil evidence, damages, administrative law, and financial services. At the Competition Commission the inquiries he served on included those into London Airports, the supply and pricing of milk, Northern Ireland electricity, and the provision of services such as chemotherapy at the homes of seriously ill patients. His arbitration experience included acting as counsel in an ICC arbitration about a claim for some £500 million under a contract of sale.

In the Court of Appeal and Commercial Court, Sir Jack’s judgments in the field of international arbitration included AmTrust Europe Ltd v Trust Risk Group SpA [2015] 2 Lloyd’s Rep. 154 (scope of arbitration clause in insurance contracts framework agreements), Yegiazaryan v Smagin [2016] EWCA Civ 1290 (challenge to arbitrators’ jurisdiction), and Republic of Serbia v Imagesat International NV [2010] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 324 (arbitrability, public international law, state succession, estoppel).

Sir Jack was one of the founding editors of Arbitration International, serving between 1985 and 1989 when he had to resign on joining the Law Commission. He has authored and edited leading legal texts including Anson’s Law of Contract (27th – 31st eds.), Chitty on Contract, co-editor (25th – 28th eds.), Good Faith and Fault in Contract Law (author & joint editor OUP 1995).

A more detailed CV is available upon request.

Lord Collins of Mapesbury

‘Very effective case management as chair of a tribunal, extremely thorough and hard-working, decisive and concise. He has impeccable judgement and analytical skills, all the more so in matters involving foreign law issues’ Legal 500 2024

‘Lawrence is one of the great arbitrators operating today. He is erudite but also practical, courteous but firm in handling procedure, and gets the right answer.’ Legal 500 2023

‘Lawrence is world-class and in-demand in big commercial and investment cases.’ Legal 500 2022

Lawrence Collins (Lord Collins of Mapesbury) has been a full-time international arbitrator since 2011 in investor-state and international commercial arbitrations, after a long career in international litigation and arbitration, and following 11 years as a judge dealing with many cases in those fields. He has sat as Presiding, co-arbitrator and sole arbitrator in ICSID, ICC, LCIA, PCA, Cairo Centre, ad hoc UNCITRAL arbitrations. His cases include seats in Washington DC, London, Florida, The Hague, Geneva, Paris, Zurich, Singapore, Mumbai, Cairo. Member, list of potential arbitrators under the Trade and Co-operation Agreement between the EU and the UK.

Sir Frank Berman KCMG KC

Sir Franklin (Frank) Berman joined HM Diplomatic Service in 1965 and was the Legal Adviser to the Foreign & Commonwealth Office from 1991-99. For the past 20 years he has been in practice at Essex Court Chambers specializing in international arbitration and advisory work in international law. He is Visiting Professor of International Law at Oxford and the University of Cape Town.

His over 50-year career in international law and diplomacy has spanned a wide and varied field, including settlement of disputes; the law of treaties; State responsibility; diplomatic and State immunity; maritime delimitation; the law of the Continental shelf; outer space and nuclear energy; the law of international organisations; the UN Security Council; the laws of war and neutrality; international criminal tribunals; and numerous other areas. In the light of this extensive experience, he is highly qualified for advisory work in all areas of public international law, for international dispute-settlement proceedings of all kinds and for international commercial and investment arbitration.

Sir Frank has served as an ad hoc Judge in the International Court of Justice: in the Case concerning Certain Property (Liechtenstein v. Germany) and recently in the two Appeals Related to the Jurisdiction of the ICAO Council. He was appointed by the Lord Chief Justice as the Legal Member of the Court of Arbitration in the Kishenganga dispute between Pakistan and India under the Indus Waters Treaty. He successfully represented Cambodia before the International Court in the Case concerning the Temple of Préah Vihear (Interpretation).

He was appointed by the British Government from 2004-2020 to the list of Arbitrators under the ICSID Convention, and has sat as Chairman* and Party-appointed** arbitrator in many ICSID arbitrations for both the claimant and host State.  He has also sat in ICSID annulment proceedings***, as well as in arbitrations under the ICC, PCA, Stockholm Arbitration Institute and LCIA (sole arbitrator), and ad hoc rules.

* The Rompetrol Group N.V. v. Romania; Alemanni et al. v. Argentine Republic; Global Trading Resource Corp. & others v. Ukraine; MOL Hungarian Oil and Gas Company PLC v. Republic of Croatia;  Victor Pey Casado & President Allende Foundation v. Republic of Chile (Resubmission) ** F-W Oil Interests, Inc. v. Republic of Trinidad & Tobago; Bayindir Insaat Turizm Ticaret Ve Sanayi A.S. v. Islamic Republic of Pakistan; Russell Resources International Limited & others v. Democratic Republic of the Congo; Libananco Holdings Co. Ltd v. Republic of Turkey; Marion Unglaube v. Republic of Costa Rica; Reinhard Unglaube v. Republic of Costa Rica;  Vattenfall AB & others v. Federal Republic of Germany *** Consortium R.F.C.C. v. Kingdom of Morocco; Empresas Lucchetti v. Peru; CECF Transgabonais v. Republic of Gabon; Togo Électricité-GDF Suez v. Togo; Venezuela Holdings, B.V. et al. v. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

He is the former Chairman of the Diplomatic Service Appeal Board, and the Appeals Boards of the WEU and IOPCF. In 2001 he was appointed jointly by the Governments of the USA and Austria to be the Chairman of the Claims Committee of the General Settlement Fund for the Compensation of Victims of Nazi Persecution, a position he held throughout the work of the Committee. Since 2010 he has been a Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration.

Sir Frank was made KCMG in 1995. In 2006 he was awarded the Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Star of the Republic of Austria, and in 2014 the Grand Cross of the Royal Cambodian Order.

Simon Crookenden KC

Simon Crookenden KC is an experienced arbitrator and mediator in most areas of commercial law. He has acted either as a sole arbitrator, chairman or as a member of the tribunal in ICC, LCIA, LMAA, Lloyds and ad-hoc tribunals. He has successfully mediated many commercial disputes and provides Expert Opinions on English Law.

Simon Crookenden has an engineering background having studied Mechanical Sciences at Cambridge. He started his career in aircraft engineering and then worked in commercial management with Unilever plc and Express Dairies Ltd. Following his transfer to the bar his early career drew on his engineering expertise and enabled him to build a substantial commercial law practice. He has a solid understanding of shipping disputes and although it has remained at the heart of this practice, Simon’s practice has developed to cover a wide range of commercial disputes including banking, insurance, construction, intellectual property and energy and natural resources.

The majority of Simon’s cases as counsel were references to arbitration and it was appropriate that Simon started to accept arbitral appointments. He is now a full time arbitrator, mediator and Expert who continues to hold a practising certificate as a Barrister.

David Mildon KC

With over 40 years in practice David is a dominant advocate and arbitrator within the international energy sector. Many of his energy cases concern disputes where the evidence of economists is critical, such as gas, coal and electricity price reviews, the role of contracts for differences and the markets for carbon credits and renewables’ certificates. David’s practice continues to grow and his appointments as expert determiner within the energy field reflect an industry recognition of David’s detailed knowledge within this sector. His practice also covers a wide range of international arbitration and dispute resolution including electricity litigation, related shipping, international sale of goods and financial issues, IRECs, renewables obligation and the like.

David has appeared as advocate or sat as arbitrator in diverse locations including not just the main arbitration centres of Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong, Dubai, Paris, Geneva, and Stockholm but also lesser known centres such as Budapest, Copenhagen, Lisbon and Antigua.

David also regularly speaks and writes papers on oil, gas and electricity related topics, along with the interaction between expert determination and arbitration at international conferences. He is one of the UK nationals listed in the Energy Arbitrators’ List and also in the US based Roster of International Arbitrators and a panellist of member of all major arbitral institutions.

David is now a full time arbitrator, mediator and Expert who continues to hold a practising certificate as a Barrister.

 

Stewart Boyd CBE KC

Between 1968 and 2017 Stewart practiced as Counsel in the English courts up to and including the House of Lords (now the Supreme Court), in other courts of the UK Commonwealth, in the European Court of Justice, and in many arbitrations in England and overseas (including Bermuda, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Singapore, the United States and Hong Kong).  He now no longer practices as Counsel, but continues to accept appointments as an arbitrator in international commercial disputes and as Expert Witness on English law.

A more detailed CV is available for download.

Ian Hunter KC

Concentrating for a number of years on sitting as an arbitrator he is highly experienced in all forms of commercial arbitration. He is engaged full-time in institutional and ad hoc arbitration. Much of his work involves cases governed by foreign law as well as English law. In recent years he has decided disputes governed by the law of New York, Massachusetts, California, Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, India, Iran, South Korea, the UEA, Algeria and Switzerland.

He is fluent in French and enjoys sitting in disputes governed by French law, French-inspired law and civil law. He regularly sits as sole arbitrator and chairman of a three member panels, as well as sitting as a co-arbitrator.  His appointments have included ICC, LCIA, SCC and ARIAS US arbitrations as well as many ad hoc arbitrations. He has sat in many different locations including London, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Houston, Hong Kong, Singapore, Melbourne, Mumbai, Jakarta, Paris and Geneva.

During his period as a practising advocate he was involved in commercial litigation of all kinds with particular specialities in shipping disputes and insurance and reinsurance claims.  Ian practised in England and Wales after being called to bar in 1967 and later as an SC in New South Wales, Australia.

Lord Saville of Newdigate

Educated at Rye Grammar School and Brasenose College, Oxford. Studied law and obtained first class degrees (BA and BCL). Awarded the Oxford Vinerian Scholarship in 1960. Called to the Bar (Middle Temple) in 1962 and became a Bencher of that Inn in 1983. Joined the Chambers of R A McCrindle QC and practised commercial law. Appointed Queen’s Counsel in 1975. Appeared as counsel in the UK, Hong Kong and Singapore Courts, as well as in many arbitrations.

Appointed a Judge of the High Court in 1985. Was the judge in charge of the Commercial Court for some years, before being appointed to the Court of Appeal in
1994. Much of the work in the Commercial Court involved arbitration matters. Chaired the Trade and Industry Departmental Committee responsible for preparing and promoting new arbitration legislation, which resulted in the English Arbitration Act 1996.

Became a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary (a Law Lord) in 1997. In 2009 the Law Lords became Justices of the new Supreme Court. Retired from that Court in September 2010.

In 1998 was appointed to chair a tribunal of inquiry into Bloody Sunday, an event in 1972 where in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, British troops fired on civilians. The report of this inquiry was published in 2010 and is available on the Internet, as is further information concerning the inquiry and its subject matter.

Michael Collins KC

Michael Collins was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 1971.  Appointed Queen’s Counsel in 1988, he practised commercial law from Essex Court Chambers in London, England, for 30 years, until moving to the United States of America in 2002.  He served as a Recorder of the Crown Court between 1994 – 2001.  From 2002 – 2006 he spent 4 years as a Special Legal Consultant with the international arbitration practice of Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, based in Washington DC.  Since 2006 he has been associated with Hanscom & Collins PA, in Rockland, Maine, from where he practises as an international arbitrator and mediator, primarily based out of  his homes in Florida and Maine, while also retaining his association with his Chambers in London, England.

Mr. Collins’ principal areas of specialisation at the English Bar included international and domestic arbitration, shipping (including shipbuilding disputes, ship sale and purchase, bill of lading and charterparty disputes, cargo claims, and limitation actions), insurance (marine & non-marine) and reinsurance, oil & gas, banking, construction, information technology, aviation and a wide variety of other contractual and tortious disputes of a technical or commercial nature.

In addition to his frequent appearances in the English trial and appellate courts, Mr. Collins has appeared as an advocate in the appellate courts of Hong Kong, Singapore and Bermuda, and in the trial courts in Singapore, arguing insurance, shipping, arbitration and other matters.  Cases in those courts include:  Insurance Co. of the State of Pennsylvania v. Grand Union Insurance Co. & Lowndes Lambert Construction Ltd. [1990] 1 LLR 208 (Hong Kong Court of Appeal – insurance/reinsurance); Lombard Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Kin Yuen Co. Pte. Ltd. (the “Pab”) (1995) (Singapore Court of Appeal – marine insurance); Associated Electric and Gas Insurance Services Ltd. v. European Reinsurance Co. of Zurich (2001) (Bermuda Court of Appeal – privacy/confidentiality in commercial arbitration).

Mr. Collins has 40 years’ experience of acting as a counsel in international and domestic arbitrations.  Cases in which he acted as counsel include a major shipping arbitration concerning the long-term supply, shipment and delivery of LNG into the United States and the producability and valuation of unextracted gas reserves; two separate LCIA arbitrations concerning (i) operation of the credit card business; and (ii) the sale and distribution of digital satellite television services to the Middle East; and a dispute concerning the transportation of crude oil through a common pipeline, and the operation of a quality bank related to such transportation.

Mr. Collins has acted as chair or as a tribunal member in numerous ICC, LCIA, LMAA, SIAC, AAA (ICDR), ARIAS, UNCITRAL, ICSID and other institutional and ad hoc arbitrations over the past 35 years, regularly sitting in jurisdictions such as London, Paris, Stockholm, Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai, Bermuda, Canada and the United States.

Mr. Collins is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; a member of the Advisory Board of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration and a member of the American Arbitration Association ICDR International Arbitration Panel.  He is also a CEDR-accredited mediator and has acted as a mediator in a variety of insurance, reinsurance and technical disputes in London, Sydney, Bermuda, New York and Washington D.C.