LUCY REED, chair of ITA from 2009 to 2012, heads the Freshfields global international arbitration group. She represents private and public clients and occasionally sits as arbitrator in international arbitrations under the major rules. Lucy is a member of the ICC Governing Body, the LCIA Court and the ICCA Governing Board. She is a member of several arbitrator panels, including the ICSID Panel of Arbitrators (appointed by ICSID). She has served as an arbitrator on the Eritrea-Ethiopia Claims Commission, co-director of the Claims Resolution Tribunal for Dormant Accounts in Switzerland and, while with the State Department, the U.S. Agent to the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal. Lucy is co-author of the Freshfields Guide to Arbitration Clauses in International Contracts and the Guide to ICSID Arbitration (both published by Kluwer). She served as President of the American Society of International Law (2008-2010) and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Lucy may be contacted at lucy.reed@freshfields.com.