Branch Seminar Series on the Practice of Arbitration Part 3
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The Ciarb London Branch invites you to join us for the third part of our series on the practice of international arbitration, which focuses on Expedited Arbitration. Stewarts is kindly hosting and sponsoring.
This 4-speaker panel lunchtime programme is designed to spark discussion on the efforts of arbitration organisations, such as UNCITRAL, LMAA, and PinqDR, to entrench expedited arbitration and simplify procedural steps, helping parties achieve quicker resolutions.
The panellists, who include a co-editor and contributor to a new book, Expedited International Arbitration, will share their knowledge and experiences on key issues, including the advantages and disadvantages of involving an institution in the procedure, strict timetables and exceptional circumstances where an arbitrator has the power to extend time, and the factors considered in determining the amount in dispute. This will include discussions on non-monetary claims, thresholds, and methods for determining eligibility based on the value of the dispute.
Finally, the panel will address institutions’ growing preference for expedited procedures, balanced against concerns that the pressure to resolve cases quickly may result in less thorough consideration of complex legal arguments.
Panel and timings
12.00-12.25 In Person Registration, Sandwiches & Refreshments
12.25-12.30 Introduction by Tunde Ogunseitan FCIArb: Arbitrator, Ciarb London Branch Committee
12:30 - 13:45 Panel Discussion:
Sherina Petit, Partner, Head of International Arbitration and Head of India Practice - Stewarts
James Clanchy FCIArb, Independent Arbitrator (www.jamesclanchy.com)
Dr Alan M Anderson FCIArb, Independent Arbitrator - Alan Anderson Law Firm LLC and Littleton Chambers
Guy Pendell, Partner, Head of International Arbitration - CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro - Olswang LLP and Chair of pinqDR
Colleen Parker Bacquet, Counsel, ICC Court of Arbitration
13:45 - 13:50 Questions
13:50 - 13:55 Concluding remarks
There will be no charge to attend this event, but prior registration is required and limited spaces are available. Please email Elinor Pritchard on elinor@thevirtualpartnership.co.uk
Alan M. Anderson, PhD, FCIArb, specialises in international dispute resolution as counsel, arbitrator and mediator. He received his Doctor of Law degree from Cornell University; an LL.M. specialising in international dispute resolution from the University of London; and a PhD in War Studies from King’s College London. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration, and the Asian Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution. He is an International Accredited Professional Mediator (IAPM) of the International Dispute Resolution & Risk Management Institute (IDRRMI) and the Mainland-Hong Kong Joint Mediation Center. A frequent presenter and writer, Dr Anderson has participated in the work of UNCITRAL’s Working Groups II and III since 2015. He is the co-editor of Expedited International Arbitration: Policies, Rules and Procedures (2024) and The Investor-State Dispute Settlement System: Reform, Replace or Status Quo? (2020), both published by Kluwer Law International. He has offices in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and is also an associate tenant with Littleton Chambers in its international arbitration practice group in London.
James Clanchy, FCIArb has been a full-time arbitrator since 2022 and an associate member of Six Pump Court chambers in London since 2019. He is an Aspiring Full Member of the London Maritime Arbitrators Association (LMAA) and served as its Honorary Secretary between 2021 and 2022.
He has been appointed in ad hoc and institutional arbitrations, seated in London, Paris, Dubai, Singapore, and Copenhagen, as a sole arbitrator and as a member of two and three member tribunals. He has received more than 100 appointments and has been involved in more than 50 awards.
A solicitor in England & Wales (admitted 1990, non-practising since 2019), James was also an avocat at the Paris bar from 1994 to 2008. He spent 20 years as a commercial disputes lawyer in London and Paris, with Withers, Holman Fenwick Willan, and Stephenson Harwood, specialising in shipping, energy, and commodities.
He was Registrar and Deputy Director General of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) for four years (2008 to 2012).
He writes and lectures on international arbitration topics. He contributed a chapter on the LMAA’s Small Claims Procedure to Expedited International Arbitration: Policies, Rules and Procedures, ed. Alan M Anderson and Herman Verbist (Wolters Kluwer, 2024).
Sherina Petit is Head of International Arbitration and Head of India Practice at Stewarts, the UK’s largest disputes-only law firm. Sherina specialises in international commercial arbitration, investor-state arbitration, litigation and alternative dispute resolutions (ADR). In addition to acting as counsel in arbitrations, she also sits as an arbitrator. Sherina is ranked in the Legal Business Arbitration Power List and as a Global Leader in the Who’s Who Legal.
Sherina has a wide range of experience in all key aspects of international arbitration, including a focus on India-related disputes. Her global client base spans a broad range of industries, including energy, construction, oil and gas, trade, transport pharmaceuticals, commodities, finance and technology.
Sherina has experience of all major arbitral institutions, including the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) and the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC). Sherina is on the board of the LCIA. She is also on the City of London Law Society Arbitration Committee, the ICC Indian Arbitration Group and the SIAC Users Counsel, the selection committee of the Chamber of Arbitration of the Indian International Arbitration Centre (India's first statutory international arbitration centre), the advisory council of the School of International Arbitration of the Queen Mary University of London and the Steering Committee of the Pledge for Equal Representation for Women and the Chair of the India Pledge Committee. Sherina has launched the India Promise, an initiative aimed at promoting the consideration, appointment, and fair representation of Indians to sit as arbitrators in any international arbitration irrespective of its connection to India.
Sherina has practised across multiple jurisdictions, including as an advocate in India (non practicing) before qualifying in England and Wales.
