London

Contract Drafting and International Arbitration

The panel discussion

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A distinguished panel of in-house counsel and arbitrators will explore how legal backgrounds influence contract interpretation in international arbitration.

This event is part of a global series of workshops supporting an empirical research project led by Professor Giuditta Cordero-Moss from the University of Oslo. The project aims to investigate whether international contracts are interpreted uniformly in arbitration and the extent to which legal backgrounds influence their interpretation.

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Panelists

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Marleen Krueger focuses her broad practice on international commercial and investment arbitration matters across a range of industries and jurisdictions. She has acted as counsel and arbitrator in all types of commercial and investment treaty arbitrations seated in civil law and common law jurisdictions worldwide, including Germany, England, France, New York, Peru, South Korea, Japan, and Switzerland. She has represented both private sector and government clients in relation to a variety of sectors, including the oil and gas, energy, pharmaceutical, construction, intellectual property, technology and automobile industries. Her experience includes institutional arbitrations conducted under a variety of arbitral rules, including ICC, LCIA, DIS, SIAC, and UNCITRAL. Ms. Krueger is fluent in both English and German and has participated in arbitrations conducted in both languages.  Ms. Krueger regularly gives lectures on international arbitration at the University of Würzburg, SOAS University of London and Pepperdine University. She is an Assistant Editor for the Journal of International Arbitration, and also publishes and speaks regularly on issues of international arbitration.

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Kai-Uwe Karl represents his division in disputes world-wide, including work in negotiations, mediation, arbitration and litigation. He also leads various policy initiatives aimed at managing and reducing the risks of disputes. He is based at his company's headquarters in Florence, Italy. Prior to joining GE, Mr. Karl was with the international law firm Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton based in Brussels, where he represented clients in significant disputes before the European Courts in Luxembourg. His practice included advising large multinational companies and sovereign clients in European competition and State aid law, as well as general EC law. Mr. Karl is a member of the Frankfurt bar. He holds a PhD in commercial law from the University of Tübingen, Germany.

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André Tan Oh has over 20 years of experience leading a highly skilled litigation team, inserted in a dynamic environment in one of the biggest Companies of the country, André. Focused on litigation related to commercial transactions, real estate matters, corporate law and damage claims. Business relation advisory skills were strongly developed along the years with the litigation experience. With a strategic and pragmatic approach, André is especially talented on connecting a variety of professionals from different areas to create an interdisciplinary synergy.

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Paul Sills is a barrister who draws on his years of commercial and legal experience to provide timely and cost-effective solutions for his clients. Paul is also an experienced mediator specialising in the early resolution of disputes. He became a Fellow of the Arbitrators’ and Mediators’ Institute of New Zealand in 2019 (FAMINZ/ Med), and was also recognised as one of the top 10 Mediators in New Zealand by Law Fuel.

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Gregory Travaini was, before joining Amazon, a Senior Associate at Herbert Smith Freehills LLP for almost a decade, he regularly advised clients in cross-border investment, construction, price review, contractual, post M&A and jurisdictional matters in particular under Algerian/ OHADA / Swiss/ Belgian/ Italian/ French and Bilateral Investment Treaty law, acting for both private investors and State entities, including emergency and parallel proceedings before local courts. Travaini also acted as arbitrator. Before that, he was Deputy Counsel at the ICC International Court of Arbitration in Paris where he was directly in charge of more than 150 cases in particular in the Benelux, African and Middle Eastern regions. Travini is a graduate of Paris II and Paris III Universities and University of London (King's College and the School of Oriental and African Studies) and holds a Ph. D in Comparative Law, where my thesis addressed ‘The Influence of European Powers on Dispute Resolution Mechanisms in West Africa: The African Legal Culture’. He regularly teaches and speaks at conferences on international dispute resolution. Travaini is a founding member of AfricArb, a thriving group of legal professionals actively participating in the further development of arbitration as an efficient and accessible method of dispute resolution on the African continent. He was admitted to the Paris Bar and awarded the King's College London Principal's Award and am recognized by Who's Who Legal as a Future Leader in Arbitration.

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Giuditta Cordero-Moss, Dr. juris (Oslo), PhD (Moscow), Professor, Oslo University, publishes and lectures in Norway and internationally on contract law, private international law and arbitration. Former corporate lawyer, arbitrator in international disputes since 2002. Among her positions: Norwegian delegate, UNCITRAL Working Group on Arbitration (2007-); member, Hague Academy of International Law’s Curatorium (2019-); President, International Academy of Comparative Law (2022-); Member, ICC Court of Arbitration (2018-2024); President (2017-20) and Judge (2007-2020), European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Administrative Tribunal; vice-president ( 2014-), Norwegian Financial Supervisory Authority’s Board of Directors; member (2015-), Norwegian Tariff Board on general application of collective agreements.

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