Emmanuel Gaillard, Chairman of the IAI, is acknowledged as one of the world's leading experts on international arbitration. He has written extensively on all aspects of international arbitration law, in French and in English. He is a co-author of Fouchard Gaillard Goldman On International Commercial Arbitration, the leading and most exhaustive publication in this field. Emmanuel Gaillard teaches International Arbitration and Private International Law at the University of Paris XII. He has acted as arbitrator, counsel and expert in over 250 international arbitration proceedings and Chair of Shearman & Sterling LLP International Arbitration practice.

About the Editors of Annulment of ICSID Awards: 
Emmanuel Gaillard (See Above) and Yas Banifatemi, Partner, Shearman & Sterling LLP, International Arbitration Practice Group, Paris.

About the Contributors:

Stanimir A. Alexandrov, Partner and Senior International Advisor, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP, Washington, D.C.; Member of the legal team representing Compañ­a de Aguas del Aconquija and Vivendi Universal before ICSID. He was formerly the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria.

Henri Alvarez, Partner, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver; Co-Chair of the firm's Latin American and International Dispute Resolution Practice Groups. He is a Chapter 19 Panelist under the North American Free Trade Agreement.

Charles Brower, Independent Arbitrator and Former Judge of the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal, Special Counsel to White & Case, LLP; former President of the American Society of International Law.

Bernardo Cremades, Senior Partner, B. Cremades y Asociados, Madrid; President of the Spanish Court of Arbitration. He is Chairman of the Global Center For Dispute Resolution Research launched by the American Arbitration Association, Co-Chairman of the Arbitration Committee of the International Bar Association and Former Vice President of the London Court of International Arbitration.

Paul Friedland, Partner, White & Case LLP New York; Chair of the firm's International Arbitration Practice Group. Mr. Friedland is Chair of the American Arbitration Association's Arbitration Committee and a Member of the American Arbitration Association's Board of Directors.

Emmanuel Gaillard (See Above)

Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler, Professor, University of Geneva; Partner, Schellenberg Wittmer, Geneva. She is President of the Swiss Arbitration Association and former Chair of the Court of Arbitration for Sport, Olympic Division.

Hans Van Houtte, Professor, Institute for International Trade Law, KU. Leuven-Belgium.

Pierre Lalive, Partner, Lalive & Partners; Emeritus Professor, University of Geneva and Graduate Institute of International Studies; Honorable Chairman, Swiss Arbitration Association and ICC Institute of World Business Law. Barton Legum Office of the Legal Adviser, Chief, NAFTA Arbitration Division Office of International Claims & Investment Disputes, United States Department of State, Washington, D.C.

Pierre Mayer, Professor of Law, University of Paris I. Panthéon-Sorbonne.

Christoph Schreuer, Professor, University of Vienna. From 1992 to 2000 he was the Edward B. Burling Professor of International Law and Organization at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of the Johns Hopkins University in Washington, D.C. Since October 2000 he is Professor of International Law at the University of Vienna.

Eric Schwartz, Partner, LeBouf, Lamb, Paris. From 1992-1996, he served as Secretary General of the ICC International Court of Arbitration .

Carlos Ignacio Suarez Anzorena is a Member of the International Arbitration Group of Clifford Chance LLP. Former Legal Adviser, Solicitor General's Office, Argentina; Universidad Torcuato di Tella, Buenos Aires

Peter Trooboff, Partner, Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C. He is a former President of the American Society of International Law.