Christopher Seppälä is a Partner of White & Case LLP, resident in Paris. Mr. Seppälä has more than thirty-five years of experience representing parties in international arbitrations under the rules of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) the Japan Commercial Arbitration Association and the Cairo Regional Centre, as well as ad hoc arbitrations under the UNCITRAL and other arbitration rules. He has represented multi-national corporations and banks, as well as sovereign States or their State-owned entities, in international arbitrations. He has also served as chairman of the tribunal or co-arbitrator in numerous arbitrations. Mr. Seppälä is Vice-President Emeritus of the International Court of Arbitration of the ICC and recipient of the Louis Prangey Award from the Fédération Internationale des Ingénieurs-Conseils (“FIDIC”), the International Federation of Consulting Engineers. He is admitted to the New York and Paris Bars and is a graduate of Harvard College and Columbia Law School.