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Alec J. Emmerson

Address: 

PO Box 31645
Dubai, U.A.E.

Phone Number: 
+971 50 450 7518
Email: 
Alec@EmmersonArbitrator.com
Website: www.EmmersonArbitrator.com
Born: 
1950, Cottingham
Languages: 
English French
Nationalities: 
British
Education: 
B.A. (Hons) Oxon – Merton College, Oxford, 1972
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
1979 England & Wales
1984 Hong Kong
1999 U.A.E. (Foreign lawyer)
2004 DIFC (Parts I & II)
Present Position: 
International Arbitrator, Chief Executive & Trustee, DIFC Arbitration Institute.
Professional Experience: 

Clyde & Co LLP, Guildford, Associate & Partner 1977-1983; Clyde & Co LLP, Hong Kong, Managing Partner 1983-1996; Clyde & Co LLP, London, International Partner 1996-1999; Clyde & Co LLP, Dubai, Head of MENA Disputes Group 1999-2008 and from 2008 Consultant.

Professional Associations: 

IPBA; LCIA; FCIArb; Member of LCIA Court; SCL (Gulf); LMAA Supporting Member; Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Arbitrators; Vice Chairman -ICC-UAE Commission on Arbitration & ADR.

Panels of Arbitrators: 

ADCCAC; AIAC (formerly KLRCA) (& certified adjudicator); BCDR-AAA; CRCICA; DIAC; EMAC; HKIAC; KCAB; SIAC (including Emergency Panel); SICAC; SZAC. Also appointed under DIFC-LCIA, EMAC, ICC, GCCCAC, LCIA & LMAA Rules.

Arbitration Experience: 

Over 300 arbitrations as party counsel and more than 140 as co-arbitrator, presiding arbitrator or sole arbitrator under institutional and UNCITRAL Rules (and other ad hoc arbitrations).

Areas of Specialization: 
Contracts
Foreign Investment & Joint Ventures
Insurance
Oil & Gas
Shipbuilding
Shipping
Publications from JURIS: 
MARITIME ARBITRATION - Chapter 25 - MENA Leading Arbitrators’ Guide to International Arbitration
Publications: 

ADCCAC Users Notes (2014 Rules – Publisher Lexis Nexis 2015); DIFC-LCIA Users Notes (2016 Rules – Publisher Lexis Nexis); Many articles on arbitration topics.