Anthony Connerty
ANTHONY CONNERTY
Chartered Arbitrator and Accredited Mediator.
Counsel and arbitrator in major international commercial arbitrations - ICC, LCIA, AAA, LME, and ad hoc (including arbitration under the UNCITRAL Rules). Counsel and mediator in commercial mediations, both domestic and international.
Author of the Commonwealth Secretariat "Manual of International Dispute Resolution". Published by the Commonwealth Secretariat, Marlborough House, Pall Mall, London SW1Y 5HX
ISBN 13: 978-8-0-85092-837-2
Foreword by Sandra Day O' Connor, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
Reviews of the Manual have been published in various international journals including the ICCA Yearbook and the LCIA' s Arbitration International.
EXPERIENCE
Anthony Connerty has wide-ranging experience as an Advocate in litigation and as Counsel, Arbitrator and Mediator in international arbitration and mediation.
He has written and spoken extensively on international dispute resolution.
He has a particular interest in international dispute resolution in the fields of Oil & Gas, Metals, Banking - and in China.
Litigation
In practice at the English Bar since 1975. Has appeared in most English courts, including the High Court and Court of Appeal. Experience as advocate in lengthy and complex court cases.
Arbitration
Chartered Arbitrator. Acts in domestic and international arbitration. Experience as Counsel and Arbitrator in multi-million U.S. dollar international commercial disputes under the Rules of various arbitral and other institutions including:
- International Chamber of Commerce (ICC);
- London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA);
- ICDR (the international section of the American Arbitration Association);
- London Metal Exchange (LME);
- Counsel and arbitrator in ad hoc arbitrations (including international arbitration under the UNCITRAL Rules).
ADR / Mediation
IMI Certified Mediator: the International Mediation Institute in The Hague was created by the Netherlands Mediation Institute, the Singapore Mediation Centre/Singapore International Arbitration Centre and the International Centre for Dispute Resolution/American Arbitration Association (ICDR/AAA).
CEDR - accredited Mediator [1997].
Actively involved in ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution or Amicable Dispute Resolution) - in particular mediation - for over 10 years. Experience as Counsel and Mediator in both domestic and high - value international commercial mediation.
Mediator / Counsel in international mediations in Singapore, China and the U.K.
Article on an international mediation in Singapore (where appointed as sole mediator) is published in Asian Journal of Mediation, the Journal of the Singapore Mediation Centre
[2008] Asian J Mediation.
Participant as judge and mediator in the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th International Commercial Mediation Competitions held in Paris in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010. Universities from around the world participate in the Competitions.
Speaker at the ICC's annual ADR Training programme in Paris (organised under the auspices of the ICC Institute of World Business Law): March 2009.
Invited to speak at the first Asian Mediation Association's conference in Singapore in June 2009. Topic: "Developments in cross-border mediation: The use of mediation as part of a 'filter' process in cross-border disputes".
The members of the AMA are the Mediation Centres of Delhi, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore.
Experience in international commercial arbitration, mediation and other forms of international dispute resolution:
International arbitration and mediation cases have covered various types of commercial disputes including contracts for the sale and carriage of goods; letters of credit; international metals contracts; oil contracts; oil drilling jack up rig contracts; joint venture agreements; franchising; trade marks; know-how licensing; armaments and weapons systems; hotels; fashion and clothing manufacturing contract.
Jurisdiction of the arbitral tribunal; governing law; and the enforcement of arbitral awards (in England and abroad).
Appointed in various cases by the ICC's International Centre for Expertise, Paris.
Appointed by the UN's World Intellectual Property Organisation, Geneva, as panellist in WIPO domain name disputes.
Publications and Conferences
Articles on international commercial dispute resolution have been published in various journals around the world.
Author of the Commonwealth Secretariat's Manual of International Dispute Resolution.
Speaker at conferences in the UK, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and China on international commercial dispute resolution.
OIL & GAS
Arbitrator and Mediator in international disputes concerning petroleum and petroleum -related matters.
Member of the Energy Arbitrator's List of the ICDR (the international section of the American Arbitration Association), and member of various Middle East arbitration panels: Abu Dhabi, Cairo, and Dubai.
Post-graduate Certificate of Credit in International Energy Law (London University).
Long - time member of the Institute of Petroleum (now the Energy Institute).
Speaker at various conferences on Petroleum, in particular in relation to dispute resolution:
Speaker at World Petroleum Council conferences in Shanghai and Qatar;
Speaker at the 5th and 6th Doha Conferences on Natural Gas;
Chairman and Speaker at Abu Dhabi conference on contract risk management in Middle East Oil and Gas;
Chairman of the Organising Committee and speaker at the First International Oil and Gas Conference held at the Guildhall, City of London in 2004; and the Second International Oil and Gas Conference held in London in 2007 at Number One Birdcage Walk.
Articles on oil and gas and on the avoidance and resolution of petroleum - related disputes have been published in various books and journals around the world.
METALS
Long - standing interest in non-precious metals. Has acted as counsel and sat as arbitrator in international metals disputes.
Examples:
1. Instructed on behalf of European metals organisation on the enforcement in China of an LME (London Metal Exchange) arbitration award. Worked with major PRC Law Firm in Beijing, conducted meetings with PRC metals organisation and local government officials in Shanghai, and produced Report for Chinese local government in relation to the enforcement of the LME award in accordance with the New York Convention.
2. Member of Panel of Arbitrators in trading dispute between U.S. and Turkish metals organisations in ad hoc arbitration held in London. Application to the Commercial Court in London in relation to the Panel's interim award is reported as Naporano Iron & Metal Co. v. Sivas Steelworks Inc. [1997] 2 Lloyds Reports 359.
3. Co-counsel in LME arbitration between French and Italian parties in dispute relating to metals trading contracts.
BANKING
LEHMAN BROS: Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre's Lehman -Brothers - related Investment Products Dispute Mediation & Arbitration Scheme: Member of the Panel of Arbitrators
Post-graduate qualification in international and comparative banking law [as part of M.A. (London) in International Business Law].
Appointed over a number of years in various cases by the International Chamber of Commerce's International Centre for Expertise, Paris.
Instructed by Paris law firm on behalf of Middle Eastern bank as Counsel on application in English courts for freezing order in relation to multi-million US dollar fraud case.
Instructed to advise Middle Eastern government in relation to attempted bank fraud in UK.
Articles, etc on banking published in various international journals:
• The ICC's DOCDEX Rules (Rules of Documentary Credit Dispute Resolution Expertise): articles published in Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law and in Sweet & Maxwell's Journal of International Banking Law;
• "The Fraud Exception in English Law ": Chapter 21 of the ICC Commercial Crime Services book "Trade Finance Fraud: Understanding the Threats and Reducing the Risk";
• Section on the ICC's DOCDEX system in the Commonwealth Secretariat's Manual of International Dispute Resolution.
• "The Credit Crunch: the Collapse of Lehman Brothers and a Hong Kong Scheme to handle Lehman Claims": published Hong Kong in January 2010 edition of Asian Dispute Review.
Speaker on banking issues at the International Maritime Bureau's 22nd and 23rd Annual Practical Course on International Trading Problems: Pitfalls and Remedies in International Trade: Morschach, Switzerland 2007 and 2008.
CHINA
Member of the Panel of Arbitrators of the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC): appointed to the Panel in 1997.
Acted for Chinese clients in international commercial disputes in Court hearings and in arbitration hearings in the UK and in China.
Speaker at conferences on international dispute resolution in Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing and Guangzhou.
Articles relating to China - in particular concerning international dispute resolution - have been published in various journals around the world, including the CIETAC Yearbook (some translated into Mandarin).
Member for many years of the Bar Council / Law Society China Law Council.
Mentor over a number of years to some ten Chinese lawyers attending the All China Lawyers / China Law Council Training Scheme in England.
Direct Instruction
Available for instruction by Direct Professional Access.
Available for instruction direct by non-UK lawyers.
Regularly instructed in international commercial matters by both U.K. and non-U.K. lawyers.
Full CV
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anthonyconnerty
lambchambers.co.uk
