Emmanuel Gaillard is acknowledged as one of the world leading experts on international arbitration and is Chair of Shearman & Sterlings International Arbitration practice. He has written extensively on all aspects of international arbitration law, in French and in English. He is a co-author of Fouchard Gaillard Goldman On International Arbitration, the leading and most exhaustive publication in this field. Emmanuel Gaillard teaches International Arbitration and Private International Law at the University of Paris XII. He has acted as arbitrator, counsel and expert in over 250 international arbitration proceedings.
About the Contributors:
Emmanuel Gaillard, Shearman & Sterling, Paris
Judge Stephen M. Schwebel, Former President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Former Deputy Legal Adviser of the United States Department of State and Burling Professor of International Law at the School of Advanced International Studies of The John Hopkins University (Washington)
Axel H. Baum, Partner, Hughes Hubbard & Reed, Paris; He is the United States Member of ICC International Court of Arbitration.
Julian D.M. Lew, Partner, Herbert Smith, London He is also a director of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), Chairman of Arbitration Practice Committee of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and Chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Working Party on Intellectual Property Disputes in Arbitration.
Michael E. Schneider, Partner, Lalive & Partners, Geneva. He is one of the Vice-Chairs of the ICC Arbitration Commission, the Leader of its Forum on Arbitration and New Fields and was a member of the ICC Working Parties on the revision of the Arbitration Rules, on Construction Arbitration and on the Pre-Arbitral Referee Procedure. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA).
Matthieu de Boisséson, Partner, Darrois Villey, Paris. He is a Fellow, ICC Institute of Business Law and Practice and a Member of the Executive Committee of the 'Comité Français de l'Arbitrage'
José Carlos Fernández Rozas, Madrid; Professor (Catedrático), Private International Law; University Complutense of Madrid
Laurent Levy, Partner, Schellenberg Wittmer, Geneva: Former Chairman, Société Genevoise de Droit et de Législation
Konstantinos D. Kerameus, Athens; is Professor of Civil Procedure at Athens University School of Law. Since 1985 he is the Vice-President of the Greek Arbitration Association; and since 1986 the Vice-President of the Greek Association of Civil Procedure.
The Late Philippe Fouchard, Professor University of Panthéon-Assas Paris II. He was Editor of The Revue de l'Arbitrage
Christopher J. Greenwood, Essex Court Chambers, London; Professor of International Law, London School of Economics