Profile: David AR Williams QC

Commercial Arbitration

Biography: Commercial Arbitration

David Williams QC is a graduate of the University of Auckland (LLB, 1965) and of Harvard University (LLM, 1966) and a member of the New Zealand, Australian and English bars. From 1992 to 1994, he was a judge of the High Court of New Zealand. Mr Williams is a member of numerous international arbitration panels including ICSID (nominee of New Zealand government). He is a member of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) and serves on the board of the American Arbitration Association. He is a former member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration and the London Court of International Arbitration.

He has extensive experience as an international arbitrator in ad hoc, ICC, LCIA, AAA, SIAC and ICSID arbitrations in disputes involving construction contracts, infrastructure development projects, oil and gas concessions, joint ventures, licensing disputes, insurance and reinsurance, political risk and expropriation insurance claims, and investment treaty claims. He is the former president of the Arbitrators' and Mediators' Institute of New Zealand. He was the first chair of the investment treaty arbitration subcommittee of the International Bar Association. He is a member of the International Law Association committee on international law on foreign investment. He also serves part-time as chief justice of the Cook Islands and as a judge of the Dubai International Financial Centre.

Also at:

Essex Court Chambers

24 Lincoln's Inn Fields

London, WC2A 3EG

England

Tel: +44 20 7813 8000

Fax: +44 20 7813 8080

e-mail: dwilliams@essexcourt.net