CIDRA: Full Speed Ahead
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The newsletter of the Winter 2009 Dear CIDRA Friends: Welcome to the Newsletter of the Chicago International Dispute Resolution Association Winter 2009 edition. We present you with updates on relevant legal precedent, CIDRA speaker summaries and important news in the area of international commercial arbitration. In this edition, we examine the Hague Convention on Choice of Courts Agreements and consider the potential impact it will have on international arbitration. We also analyze the principal mechanisms for resolving international commercial disputes through an article on “International Commercial Arbitration: ADR in cross-Border Business Disputes.” The article discusses the advantages and disadvantages of each mode of dispute resolution. In addition, we summarize recent, important court holdings related to arbitration appeals and awards. Also, we review CIDRA’s recent events and announce some upcoming events that you will not want to miss. Finally, we welcome two new panelists to our membership ranks. We are pleased to introduce to you Hew R. Dundas and Michael Tselentis. We appreciate your feed-back and look forward to publishing your articles or comments. Peter V. Baugher President
CONTENTS New CIDRA Arbitrators
SAVE THE DATE March 14, 2009 Chicago Vis Mini-Moot at Loyola University School of Law March 17, 2009 Ramon Mullerat discusses European Perspectives on Arbitration at John Marshall Law School April 8, 2009 Catherine Kessedjian on the View from Paris at Chicago-Kent College of Law |
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CIDRA: Full Speed Ahead (page 2)
CIDRA Welcomes Two New CIDRA Panelists
CIDRA is pleased to welcome two new CIDRA panelists: Hew R. Dundas and Michael Tselentis.
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Mr. Dundas is a Chartered Arbitrator (CIArb), CEDR-Accredited Mediator and Expert Determiner in practice full-time as a Sole Practitioner in Dispute Resolution. Mr. Dundas has over thirty years of experience in the oil and gas industry including being Head of Legal for Cairn Energy and being a full-time International Arbitrator, Mediator, and Expert Determiner in Oil & Gas, Energy and other commercial disputes. He is a member of numerous arbitral associations worldwide (including being a FINRA arbitrator), and served as President of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators for 2007. Mr Dundas is also a WSET-qualified Wine Trade Professional; in his younger days, he was also renowned for his success as a Motorsports Consultant, in which he developed his principal hobby into an internationally respected racing business. |
Hew R. Dundas (left) with the President of the Supreme Court of Ecuador |
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 | Mr. Tselentis practices as a Barrister and Arbitrator at the English Bar as a specialist in international commercial litigation and arbitration. He was appointed Queens’ Counsel in the UK in 2003. He is also a Chartered Arbitrator (UK), a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK), and a Bencher of Gray’s Inn. He was appointed Senior Counsel in South Africa in 1989, and an Acting Judge of the Supreme Court of South Africa in 1992. He is a graduate of the Universities of Cape Town (BA, LLB) and Oxford (BCL) which he attended as a Rhodes Scholar. More information on our arbitrators is available here. |
| Michael Tselentis |
