You are invited to a CIDRA lunch on Thursday, June 24, 2010, featuring Adrian Winstanley, the Director General of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA). Mr. Winstanley will speak on "Current developments in international commercial arbitration -- a view from the LCIA." This lunch is being hosted by Jenner & Block and will be held at the firm's offices at 353 North Clark, in its 45th Floor Conference Center.

Mr. Winstanley is the Director General of the LCIA and a member of the LCIA Court and Board. He fulfills the role of the Chief Executive Officer, with day-to day responsibility for all aspects of the conduct of the business of the LCIA. As Registrar of the LCIA between January 1997 and April 2008, he oversaw the administration of many hundreds of arbitrations, arising from the widest range of international commercial contracts. He also sits on the Board of the International Dispute Resolution Centre (IDRC) in London and is a Vice President of the International Federation of Commercial Arbitration Institutions. Mr. Winstanley has a BSc with first class honors from the London School of Economics, a diploma in law from Westminster University, and is an English solicitor, having been in practice at Clifford Chance before his appointment as Registrar of the LCIA in January 1997.

Please join us on June 24. All are welcome and there is no charge for this event, but please RSVP to Lindsay Roberts ([email protected]).

Peter Baugher
President,
Chicago International Dispute Resolution Association