CEDRAC Dispute Resolution

Inaugural Chairman

• Professor Loukas Mistelis, Director of the QMUL-UNIDROIT Institute of Transational Commercial Law and Former Director School of International Arbitration, Queen Mary, School of Law, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, University of London [view]
  
  Loukas Mistelis is a member of the Centre for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS) where he is Director of the School of International Arbitration. He teaches at the LLM programme and is the co-ordinator of the courses in International and Comparative Commercial Arbitration, International Trade and Investment Dispute Settlement, International Commercial Litigation and ADR. Loukas Mistelis has also developed directs our Diploma in International Arbitration by Distance Learning, the Diploma in International Mediation (ADR) by Distance Learning and the Diploma in International Arbitration, which is offered by CCLS in association with the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
  
  Loukas is Secretary of the CISG-AC (Advisory Council of the Convention on Contract for the International Sale of Goods ) and co-ordinator of the Queen Mary Case Translation Programme, part of the CISG Database (IALL Website Award 2002). He studied law at Athens (LLB) Strasbourg (Certificate in International & Comparative Human Rights); Hanover (Magister Legum Europae and Dr. iuris) and Keio (Certificate in Japanese International Trade Law). He is a Member of the Athens Bar (since 1993). Besides English he is fluent in German and Greek, has good knowledge of French, and basic knowledge of Polish, Spanish and Russian. 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.
  
  Publications since 2001
  • World of Arbitration Reporter, (General co-editor with Laurence Shore), Huntington, New York: Juris Publications, 2009 (forthcoming)
  • Commentary on CISG, (Co-editor and co-author with Stefan Kröll, Pilar Perales and Peter Huber), C.H.Beck, 2009 (forthcoming)
  • Arbitrability in International Arbitration, (Co-editor and co-author with Stavros Brekoulakis), Kluwer International, 2008 (forthcoming)
  • Research Handbook in International Commercial Law, (Co-editor and co-author with Angie Raymond), Edgar Elgar Publications, 2009 (forthcoming)
  • Arbitration Insights (Co-editor with J. Lew), The Hague: Kluwer Law International, 2006, 536, ISBN 9041126066
  • Pervasive Problems in International Arbitration (Co-Editor with J. Lew), The Hague: Kluwer Law International, 2006, 391, ISBN: 904112450
  • Commercial Law: Perspectives and Practice (Co-editor with J. Lowry), London: LexisNexis Butterworths, 2006, 298, ISBN: 1405710071
  • Reality Test: Current State of Affairs in Theory and Practice Relating to "Lex Arbitri", in Zivil- und Wirtschaftsrecht im Europäischen und Globalen Kontext / Private and Commercial Law in a European and Global Context - Festschrift für Norbert Horn zum 70. Geburtstag 1005 (K.P. Berger, G. Borges, H. Herrmann, A. Schlüter and U. Wackerbarth, eds., 2006), ISBN 978-3-89949-242-2
  • Arbitration Insights: Evolution and Themes, in Arbitration Insights 1 (L. Mistelis and J.D.M. Lew eds., Kluwer, 2006)
  • Workshop on Research, Teaching and Training in International Arbitration: An Introduction [2006] 22 Arbitration International 243-247, ISSN: 0957-0411
  • Confidentiality and Third Party Participation in Investment Arbitration [2005] 21(2) Arbitration International 205-225, ISSN: 09570411 and in T. Weiler (Editor) International Investment Law and Arbitration: Leading Cases from the ICSID, NAFTA, Bilateral Treaties and Customary International Law, London: Cameron May: London, 2005, 169-199, ISBN: 1905017073
  • International Arbitration: Corporate Attitudes and Practices [2004] 15 American Review of International Arbitration 525-593, ISSN: 1050-4109
  • Comparative International Commercial Arbitration (Co-author with D.M. Lew and S. Kroll), The Hague: Kluwer Law International, 2003, 952, ISBN: 9041115684
  • UNIDROIT Principles Applied as "Most Appropriate Rules of Law" in a Swedish Arbitral Award [2003] 8(3) Uniform Law Review 631-640, ISSN: 1124-3694
  • ADR in England and Wales: A Successful Case of Public Private Partnership, in N. Alexander (Editor), Global Trends in Mediation, Cologne: Centrale für Mediation, 2003, 137-178, ISBN: 3935098111
  • CISG-AC Publishes First Opinion [2003] 15 Pace International Law Review 453-456, ISSN: 0902-7351
  • Foundations and Perspectives of International Trade Law (Co-editor with I. Fletcher and M. Cremona), London: Sweet & Maxwell, 2001, 567, ISBN: 0421741007
  • Is Harmonisation a Necessary Evil? Use and Abuse of Comparative Law and the Future of Harmonisation, in I. Fletecher, L. Mistellis and M. Cremona (Editors), Foundations and Perspectives of International Trade Law, London: Sweet & Maxwell, 2001, 1-27, ISBN: 0421741007
  • ADR in England and Wales [2001] 12 American Review of International Arbitration 167-221, ISSN: 1050-4109
  • Taming the Dragons of Uniform Law: Sharing the reasoning of courts and arbitral awards (Co-author with A.H. Kritzer) [2001] 5(2) Vindobona Journal of International Commercial Law and Arbitration 282-309, ISSN: 1439-9741
  Other Selected Publications
  • Charakterisierungen und Qualifikation im internationalen Privatrecht: Zur Lehre einer parteispezifischen Qualifikation im Kollisionsrecht der privaten Wirtschaft, Tubingen: Mohr Siebeck, 1999, 309, ISBN: 3161471229 [URL]

Inaugural Vice Chairman

• David Goldberg, Head Partner of Arbitration, London and Moscow, White and Case LLP [view]
  
  Practice Experience David Goldberg specialises in international commercial and investment arbitration and has represented clients and acted as arbitrator in various jurisdictions. David is a Chartered Arbitrator. Being a native Russian speaker, David has a significant Eastern European and CIS practice. He is a member of the LCIA, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, the Swiss Arbitration Association and is on the panel of recommended arbitrators of a number of arbitration institutions including the International Commercial Arbitration Court (ICAC) at the Chamber of Commerce of the Russian Federation.
  
  Representative matters include:
  • Advising a bank on breaches of financial obligations by its customer, including interim measures and enforcement of foreign judgments;
  • Representing an investor into an Eastern European country in an arbitration under the Energy Charter Treaty;
  • Representing a successful claimant in an ICC arbitration against a sovereign state, including defending a challenge of the arbitral award on jurisdiction in the English Court (Republic of Serbia v. ImageSat International NV [2009] EWHC 2853 (Comm));
  • Advising a high net worth individual in a dispute involving ownership of shares in a major Eastern European insurance company, including obtaining interim orders in other jurisdictions in support of arbitral proceedings;
  • Representing a successful claimant in a US$200 million arbitration under the UNCITRAL Rules administered by the LCIA;
  • Representing a major producer of aluminium in Europe in a number of LCIA arbitrations against a major international commodity trading company. The case related to breaches of long-term supply contracts;
  • Representing a commodity trader in a dispute related to payments that ought to have been made under a gas supply contract against a European fertilizer producer;
  • Acted in a number of cases in the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, in the British Virgin Islands, involving disputes related to, or arising out of, arbitrations;
  • Acted in two multi-party, multi-jurisdictional disputes the combined value of which is in excess of US$0.5 billion;
  • Representing a bank in a dispute conducted under the ICC rules in connection with demand guarantees governed by the URDG; and
  • Advising a high net worth individual in a complex commercial dispute involving issues of unjust enrichment, construction of agreements and the principles of quantum meruit.
  In addition, David is regularly appointed as arbitrator. Recent appointments include:
  • Chairman of an ICC tribunal in a telecommunications dispute in the Middle East;
  • One of three arbitrators in a US$400 million dispute involving investments in the energy sector under the UNCITRAL Rules, with the seat of arbitration in Brussels. The case involved interpretation of an option agreement in relation to companies that owned a licence to a major oil field;
  • Chairman or member of tribunal in a number of arbitrations under the Rules of the ICAC at the Chamber of Commerce of the Russian Federation;
  • Sole arbitrator in an ICC arbitration in London involving an M&A transaction in the finance industry in Russia;
  • Arbitrator in three LCIA related multi-party cases arising out of an M&A transaction in the real estate sector in Russia, the dispute involved multiple proceedings and interim measures in various jurisdictions;
  • One of three arbitrators in an LCIA case arising out of an investment in the finance sector in Russia;
  • One of three arbitrators in an LCIA dispute involving an M&A transaction in the commodities sector in the Middle East; and
  • Arbitrator in Stockholm under the SCC Rules in a dispute arising out of an M&A transaction in the telecoms sector in Russia.
  Bars and Courts; Law Society of England and Wales
  
  Education: BPP Law School, London, 2005; Keble College, Oxford University, Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration, 2001
  
  Professional Associations and Memberships: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, LCIA
  
  Swiss Arbitration Association, International Commercial Arbitration Court at the Chambers of Commerce of the Russian Federation
  
  Awards and Recognition: David is recognised in Legal 500 and Chambers UK, Europe and Global as a “leading individual” in the field of Arbitration and is recommended for Arbitration by PLC Which Lawyer?
  
  Publications: David is the editor of the Russian version of the new Swiss Rules of International Arbitration and has written a number of articles on arbitration related matters. He is the author of a chapter in “Arbitration Law and Practice in Central and Eastern Europe” (Juris Publishing ISBN: 1-929446-95-0).
  
  Languages: English, Russian
  
  

Members

• Brunhilde Ackermann, Karlsruhe, Germany, Kanzlei-Ackermann, Supreme Court Lawyer (BGH), Chairman of the Association of the German Supreme Court Lawyers [view]
  
  1981 Graduation and completion of Legal Traineeship in Heidelberg;
  
  1981 – 1983 Scientific Assistant at the University of Heidelberg/Law Faculty and PhD;
  
  1983 – 2000 Lawyer and Partner at the partnership of lawyers Melchers (Sozietät Melchers) with a focus on competition and antitrust law;
  
  Since 1992 additional activities: examinor for the 1st state examination and lecturer for competition and antitrust law at the University of Heidelberg/Law Faculty;
  
  Since 2000 Lawyer at the Supreme Court (Bundesgerichtshof); since November 2008 Chairman of the registered Association of Supreme Court Lawyers within the registered Association of German Lawyers (DeutscherAnwaltVerein e.V.)
  
  
• John Fellas, Partner, Fellas Arbitration [view]
• Domenico Di Pietro, international arbitration specialist, GST Law LLP, Miami and University of Rome "Roma Tre" [view]
• Jalal (Jil) El-Ahdab, Paris, France (and Middle East), Partner, Bird & Bird [view]
• Aigoul Kenjebayeva, is among Kazakhstan’s leading lawyers, served as Managing Partner in Kazakhastan and Central Asia for Dentons (and legacy firm Salans). She is widely considered a top choice for dispute resolution. [view]
• Roman Khodykin, Associate Professor at Moscow State Institute of International Relations, Partner, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, an Editor of The Review of International Commercial Arbitration [view]
• Jean-Claude Najar, Independent Arbitrator Founder / former President of the Corporate Counsel International Arbitration Group [view]
• Constantine Partasides, Founder Partner of Arbitration, Three Crowns London [view]
• Jakob Ragnwaldh, Partner of Arbitration, Stockholm, Mannheimer Swartling, Vice-Chair of the Board of the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce [view]
• Tatyana Slipachuk, Special Advisor, International Arbitration Practice Group, Kiev, Sayenko Kharenko Partners [view]
• Panos Verveniotis, Managing Partner, Athens, G. Verveniotis [view]
  
  Education:
  • Boston University, School of Law, Boston, MA, Thesis on: “Grounds for Vacatur of Arbitral Awards” (Prof. William Park)
  • University of Heidelberg, School of Law, Heidelberg, Germany
  • Qualifications: Admitted to the Athens Bar Association
  Language Skills: Greek, German, English
  Field of Practice: Panagiotis Verveniotis’ practice is mainly focused on the law of construction & civil engineering, as well as energy law. He has significant experience in litigating construction disputes and has been lead support to Dr. George Verveniotis, renowned arbitrator, in numerous arbitral proceedings. Mr. P. Verveniotis has acted on behalf of several key players in the field of construction law from construction companies, designers, architects and project managers to contracting authorities, private owners and independent authorities entrusted with the supervision of the conformity of tender documents with EU law.
  
  Recent dispute experience:
  • Support to an international contractor in its domestic JV disputes (Construction)
  • Support to an international bidding team of construction companies in the challenge of the tender procedure for the award of a major public construction contract (Railways)
  • Representation of a major domestic company of designers & architects in the pursuit of its claims against public and private Owners (Designs)
  • Representation of an international energy company and of its domestic subsidiary in their disputes against Contractors and JV party (RES Projects)
  • Support to the Owner in the pursuit of its claims for defaults of the Work against the Contractors (Hotel Facility)
  • Representation of a major domestic Contractor in its disputes against the Owner arising out of the termination of the construction contract (Property Development Project)
  • Representation of an Investor in its dispute against the host State arising out of the disruption of the investment object’s operation (Investment Dispute)

Secretary of the Court and Registrar

• George Mountis is a qualified lawyer in Cyprus, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCiArb) and an Accredited Mediator (CEDR) [view]
  
  George has a total of 18 years’ professional experience in various fields of commercial, banking, and corporate litigation, with particular expertise in shareholder disputes, commercial and corporate fraud, interim orders, liquidation proceedings and disputes in relation to international and domestic Trusts. George also advises high net worth individuals and family businesses on succession planning.
  
  As a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCiArb) and an Accredited Mediator (CEDR), George has acquired significant experience in the area of arbitration, both as a legal advisor and counsel, as well as an arbitrator. He guides clients through all stages of the arbitral process, advising at the pre-dispute stage of drafting arbitration clauses and handling any disputes from the outset of arbitral proceedings (including the selection of the tribunal and all preliminary arguments), through to hearings. George also advises on any post-arbitration matters, such as challenges or appeals against the arbitral award and on the recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards.
  
  He holds an LLB (Hons) from University of Kent at Canterbury, an LLM (Corporate & Commercial Law) from London School of Economics & Political Science and a Diploma on Economics of Competition Law from Kings College London.