SUSAN FRANCK: I am here in my capacity as the Vice-Chair for

the Academic Council of the Institute for Transnational

Arbitration. I have the joy to be substituting for Andrea Bjorklund

whose plane was delayed.

 

 

I hope that you all have had an opportunity to enjoy your

lunch, and of course, we cannot go further without thanking the

generosity of the sponsors of this luncheon which include the

Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and its North American branch,

FTI Consulting, and Interface Consulting.

 

 

I am honored and delighted to be introducing Martin Hunter

and Jarrod Wong. Martin Hunter in a way needs no introduction,

but certainly deserves one. I use his book, Redfern and Hunter,1 to

teach my own international arbitration classes, and he never

ceases to educate us. Professor Hunter was a partner in

Freshfields for over 27 years, and primarily responsible for the

establishment of its International Arbitration Group.

 

 

Upon retiring, he re-qualified as a barrister. He joined Essex

Court Chambers, and he continues to practice in international

arbitration. He also served as the International Dispute

Resolution professor at Nottingham Trent University, and he was

appointed as emeritus there in 2010. However Martin has done

academic work beyond the U.K.; he has also taught worldwide in

India, in Brazil, in Budapest, and is largely responsible for the

international knowledge transfer related to international
commercial dispute settlement.