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Arbitrating for Peace

Arbitrating for Peace
How Arbitration Made a Difference
Edited by
Ulf Franke
Annette Magnusson
Joel Dahlquist
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Cover photo: Nasrollah Entezam, Gunnar Lagergren (chairman), Aleš Bebler and Gillis Wetter
(secretary)oftheRannofKutchTribunal,aftertheclosingceremonyon22September1969atthe
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Editors
UlfFrankehasbeenactiveininternationalarbitrationformorethanfortyyears.He
was Secretary General of the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of
Commerce(SCC)from1975to2010,andChairmanfrom2013to2015.From1994to
2004 he was also Secretary General of the International Council for Commercial
Arbitration(ICCA),andfrom2001to2009PresidentoftheInternationalFederationof
CommercialArbitrationInstitutions(IFCAI).InadditionMr.Frankehasservedasan
independentinternationalarbitrator.
Annette Magnusson Annette Magnusson is Secretary General of the Arbitration
Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC) since 2010. She joined SCC
fromMannheimerSwartlingAdvokatbyrå,Stockholm,andbeforethatBaker&McK-
enzieinSweden.AnnetteMagnussonistheauthorandeditorofseveralpublications
oninternationalarbitration,afrequentlecturerandadedicatedthoughtleader.
JoelDahlquistJoelDahlquistisadoctoralcandidateandlectureratUppsalaUniver-
sityandaformervisitingresearcheratGeorgetownUniversityLawCenter.Inaddition
to his academic activities, he regularly consults with the Arbitration Institute at the
StockholmChamberofCommerceandtheNationalBoardofTradeinSweden.Joelis
alsoaregularcontributortothesiteInvestmentArbitrationReporter.
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Contributors
Karl-Heinz Böckstiegel has practiced as an independent arbitrator for thirty years,
counseling clients and acting as mediator, arbitrator and president of the arbitration
tribunal in many national and international arbitrations of, among others, the ICC,
ICSID, LCIA, CAFTA, NAFTA, ECT, DIS, SCC, the AAA and UNCITRAL, as well as
betweenstates.
Mr. Böckstiegel was the chairman of the board of the German Institution of
Arbitration(DIS)from1996to2012,andisnowthehonorarychairman.Inhisearly
career,hewasapartneratalawfirminDüsseldorf.Since1975,hehasheldthechair
forinternationalbusinesslawandwasdirectoroftheInstituteofAirandSpaceLaw.
HeisprofessoremeritusofthelawfacultyoftheUniversityofCologne.Hehaslectured
in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Japan, Lebanon, the Nether-
lands,Switzerland,theUKandtheUS.
Othernotablepastpositionsinclude:presidentoftheInternationalLawAssocia-
tion (ILA) (2004-2006); president of the German Association for International Law
(1993-2006); patron of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) (2008-2010);
presidentoftheLondonCourtofInternationalArbitration(LCIA)(1993-1997);panel
chairmanoftheUnitedNationsCompensationCommission(1994-1996);presidentof
theIran–UnitedStatesClaimsTribunalatTheHague(1984-1988);andchair,‘Arbitra-
tionoftheCentury’,IBAconferenceinAmsterdam,2000.
Natalia Georgievna Doronina is a deputy chief at the Institute of Legislation and
Comparative Legal Studies within the Government of Russian Federation. She is a
Doctor of Law and Honourable jurist of the Russian Federation and speaks English,
Italian, French and Spanish in addition to her native Russian. She has published
extensivelyonmanyaspectsofinternationalandcommerciallaw.
AhmedSadekEl-KosheriisseniorpartnerofKosheri,RashedandRiad,alawfirmin
Cairo,Egypt.
He has participated in around 100 arbitration cases over the last four decades,
includingAminoil’scaseagainstKuwait,SPPMiddleEast/Egypt,Taba’scaseagainst
Israel,thesovereigntyovertheIslandsandthedelimitationofthemaritimeboundary
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Contributors
between Eritrea and Yemen; former judge ad hoc at the ICJ (1992-2003); former
professor of law and president of Senghor University at Alexandria (1997-2003);
memberoftheUNRedesignPanelfortheReformoftheinternaljudicialsystem(2006);
VicePresidentoftheICCInternationalCourtofArbitration(1998-2009);memberofthe
InternationalLawInstitute(since1987);memberoftheWorldBank’sPresidentiallist
ofICSIDArbitrators(until15September2011);Chairmanofthesteeringcommitteeof
theCairoRegionalCentreforInternationalCommercialArbitration(since2009).Heis
alsoajudgeattheWorldBankAdministrativeTribunal(sinceJanuary2010).Heisthe
winner of the GAR live achievement Award, (February 2014). A Festschrift in his
honourwaspublishedbyKluwercontainingforty-sixcontributions(March2016).
FranciscoGrobisLegalCounselononeoftheCaseManagementTeamsatICSID.He
joinedICSIDinApril2015andhassinceservedasSecretaryofTribunalsinarbitrations
undertheICSIDConvention,theAdditionalFacilityRulesandtheUNCITRALRules,as
wellasSecretaryofadhocCommitteesinannulmentproceedings.
Prior to joining ICSID, he worked for the law firms Herbert Smith Freehills in
London,UK(2014-2015)andBaker&McKenzieinSantiago,Chile(2010-2013).
Mr. Grob holds degrees from Columbia University (LL.M.) and University of
Chile(LL.B.).HeisadmittedtopracticelawinChileandintheStateofNewYork.
R.JadeHarryholdsaBachelor’sdegreefromTulaneUniversityandaMaster’sdegree
from the London School of Economics. She received a JD from Cornell Law School,
wheresheservedastheSeniorArticlesEditorforCornellInternationalLawJournaland
publishedaNoteabouttheSenkaku-Diaoyuterritorialdispute.In2014,sheinternedat
the ICC International Court of Arbitration in Paris. Jade is currently an associate at
White&CaseinNewYork.
Jade Harry’s contribution is included in this publication after having won a
writingcompetitionforyoungerlawyers.
KajHobérisProfessorofInternationalTradeandInvestmentLawatUppsalaUniver-
sity.Previously,hewasProfessorofEastEuropeanCommercialLawattheUniversity
of Uppsala from 1997 to 2009 and Professor of International Law at the Centre for
Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy (CEPMLP), University of Dundee in
2010.
PreviouslywithWhite&CaseandMannheimerSwartling,hehasbeeninvolved
innumerousoilandgasarbitrations,relatingprimarilytoNorthernAfrica,theMiddle
East and the former Soviet Union. Prof. Hobér has acted as counsel and arbitrator,
includingchairmanshipsinmorethan400internationalarbitrations,includingrepre-
sentation of the claimant in the first ECT award, and is participating in numerous
ongoinginvestmentarbitrations.
HeispastchairoftheIBAsub-committeeonInvestmentTreatyArbitrationand
theauthorandeditorofseveralbooksoninternationalarbitrationaswellasnumerous
articles on international arbitration, Russian, Soviet and East European law and
internationalinvestmentandtradelaw.KajHobérwasamemberoftheBoardofthe
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Contributors
ArbitrationInstituteoftheStockholmChamberofCommercefrom1992to2009andis
thechairmanofthesameBoardsince2015.
AnnaJoubin-Bret,Basedonherconsiderableexperienceininternationalinvestment
law,AnnaJoubin-Brethasdevelopedapracticeofinternationalarbitration,mediation
andconciliationindisputesinvolvingsovereignStatesandStateentitiesparties.She
actsascounsel,arbitratorandmediatorinnumerousinvestor-Statedisputes.
A former Senior Legal Adviser of the United Nations Conference on Trade and
Development (UNCTAD), she has authored seminal research and publications on
international investment law and teaches in universities and diplomatic training
institutes all over the world. She holds a post-graduate degree (DEA) in private
international law from University Paris I – Panthéon Sorbonne. She graduated in
international business law from University Paris I and also has a degree in Political
SciencefromInstitutd’EtudesPolitiques(LyonII).
MegKinneariscurrentlytheSecretary-GeneraloftheInternationalCentreforSettle-
mentofInvestmentDisputes(ICSID)attheWorldBank.ShewasformerlytheSenior
GeneralCounselandDirectorGeneraloftheTradeLawBureauofCanada,whereshe
was responsible for the conduct of all international investment and trade litigation
involving Canada, and participated in the negotiation of bilateral investment agree-
ments.InNovember2002,Ms.KinnearwasalsonamedChairoftheNegotiatingGroup
onDisputeSettlementfortheFreeTradeoftheAmericasAgreement.
From October 1996 to April 1999, Ms. Kinnear was Executive Assistant to the
DeputyMinisterofJusticeofCanada.Priortothis,Ms.KinnearwasCounselattheCivil
LitigationSectionoftheCanadianDepartmentofJustice(fromJune1984toOctober
1996) where she appeared before federal and provincial courts as well as domestic
arbitrationpanels.
Ms.KinnearwascalledtotheBarofOntarioin1984andtheBaroftheDistrictof
Columbiain1982.ShereceivedaBachelorofArts(B.A.)fromQueen’sUniversityin
1978;aBachelorofLaws(LL.B.)fromMcGillUniversityin1981;andaMasterofLaws
(LL.M.)fromtheUniversityofVirginiain1982.
Sabine Konrad focuses her practice on international dispute resolution, with an
emphasis on commercial international arbitration and public international law. She
advises investors and governments in matters of investment protection. Sabine has
experience representing clients in a broad range of industries, including energy and
infrastructure. She has represented clients in cases across Europe, the Middle East,
Africa,LatinAmericaandAsia.Inaddition,sheactsasarbitratorininvestmenttreaty
arbitrationandinternationalcommercialarbitrationcases.
In 2007 and again in 2013, Sabine was designated by the government of the
FederalRepublicofGermanytothePanelofArbitratorsoftheWorldBank’sInterna-
tional Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). She is a member of the
rosterofarbitratorsoftheInternationalDevelopmentLawOrganization(IDLO),thelist
of practitioners of the Vienna International Arbitral Centre (VIAC), the Panel of
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ArbitratorsandthePanelofMediatorsoftheKualaLumpurRegionalCentreforArbi-
tration (KLRCA), as well as the Panel of Arbitrators of the Singapore International
ArbitrationCentre(SIAC).
Sergei N. Lebedev received his degree of candidate of legal sciences at the Moscow
InstituteofInternationalRelationsin1963.HewastheHeadofPrivateInternational
andCivilLawDepartmentatthesameinstitutionformorethanthirtyyears.
SergeiN.Lebedevalsoactedasarbitratorinmorethan600arbitrationsinRussia
andabroad,andwasactivelyinvolvedinnumerousinternationalorganizationstasked
withadoptingconventionsandotherinternationalinstruments,includingUNCITRAL
(since 1970), Council of Mutual Economic Assistance, International Council for
Commercial Arbitration (Honoured Vice-President), Economic Commission for Eu-
rope,andtheHagueConferenceofPrivateInternationalLaw.
Sergei N. Lebedev passed away on 11 April 2016, during the work with this
publication.
AndreaJ.MenakerisapartnerwithWhite&Caseandservesascounselincomplex
internationalarbitrationcases,withafocusoninvestmenttreatyarbitration.Andrea
has represented both claimant investors and respondent States in arbitrations before
the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) and its Addi-
tional Facility, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and other arbitral
institutions,aswellasinadhocarbitrationundertheArbitrationRulesoftheUnited
NationsCommissiononInternationalTradeLaw(UNCITRAL).
Prior to joining White & Case, Andrea was Chief of the North American Free
TradeAgreement(NAFTA)ArbitrationDivisionfortheUSStateDepartmentwhereshe
wasleadcounselfortheUnitedStatesininvestor-Statearbitrationsundertheinvest-
mentchapteroftheNAFTA,andparticipatedinthedraftingofinvestmentanddispute
resolution provisions in United States’ bilateral investment treaties and investment
chaptersoffreetradeagreements.
Andrea is a member of the Board of the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm
Chamber of Commerce (SCC). She is also an executive council member of the
AmericanSocietyofInternationalLaw,andanelectedmemberoftheAmericanLaw
Institute, where she is serving as an Adviser on the Restatement (Third) Conflict of
Laws.
WendyMilesQCisglobalheadofinternationalarbitrationatBoies,Schiller&Flexner
LLP.Sheactsandcounselandarbitratorininternationalcommercialandinvestorstate
arbitration and other public international law disputes. In 2009, she was lead co-
counselfortheSPLM/AintheAbyeiArbitration.
Jan Paulsson is a partner at Three Crowns LLP. He previously headed the global
arbitration and public international law groups at a leading international law firm,
which for many years under his leadership held first place in the Global Arbitration
Reviewlistof100topinternationalarbitrationpractices.Hehasactedasadvocateor
arbitratorinhundredsofarbitrationsinallfamiliarvenues.Janistheimmediatepast
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