Extract from 2010 International Who's Who of Commercial Arbitration Lawyers

Alan Redfern has worked as a full-time, professional arbitrator for the last 15 years, since leaving the international law firm Freshfields (where he was the senior litigation partner) and joining the Chambers of Lord Grabiner QC at One Essex Court, Temple, London.

He is a leading authority on international commercial arbitration and has acted as chairman, sole arbitrator or party-nominated arbitrator in numerous cases, not only in London but worldwide. He believes strongly in effective case management by arbitral tribunals and in the prompt delivery of Awards.

Alan Redfern is experienced in the conduct of ad hoc arbitrations, as well as those conducted under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules and under the leading arbitral regimes, including ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL, AAA and ICDR. These arbitrations have included insurance and reinsurance claims; research, development and distribution claims; international joint venture agreements; damage claims in different areas of activity, including plant supply, computer software, telecommunications and financing; international construction projects; oil and gas industry claims, both onshore and offshore; and international defence contracts. Alan Redfem has also given expert evidence in matters relating to international arbitration.

He co-authored the standard textbook on international arbitration, now published by Oxford University Press, as Redfern and Hunter on International Arbitration (Fifth Edition, 2009) and he devised the 'Redfern Schedule' which is now used worldwide; he is also a contributor to The Leading Arbitrators' Guide to International Arbitration.