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Axel H. Baum

Address: 

Hughes Hubbard & Reed
8 rue de Presbourg
75116 Paris
France

Phone Number: 
(33-1) 44-05-80-00
Fax Number: 
(33-1) 45-53-15-04
Email: 
Baum@HughesHubbard.com
Born: 
1930, Berlin
Languages: 
English German French
Nationalities: 
USA
Education: 
B.A. cum laude 1952, Amherst College; LL.B. 1957, Yale Law School (managing ed. Yale Law Journal, 1957)
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Admitted to New York and Connecticut Bars; U.S. Supreme Court; Avocat au Barreau de Paris, France
Present Position: 
Senior Counsel, Hughes Hubbard & Reed (European office)
Professional Experience: 

Partner, Hughes Hubbard & Reed, (1964-2002); former Managing Partner European Office (1966-2002); visiting lawyer Lovell White & King, London (1960)

Professional Associations: 

ICC Commission International Arbitration; USCIB (ICC) European Arbitration Subcommittee (Chair); LCIA; AAA (ICDR); American Chamber of Commerce (Paris) (former member, Board of Directors); Comité Français de l’Arbitrage; CPR (European Advisory Board); DIS (German Arb. Institution); ASA (Swiss Arbitration Association); International Arb. Institute (Paris)

Panels of Arbitrators: 

USCIB (ICC). ICDR (AAA); LCIA; Stockholm; DIS; Vienna; Korea (KCAB); WIPO; CPR; (Panel of Distinguished International Mediators)

Arbitration Experience: 

Former U.S. Member on ICC International Court of Arbitration (2000-2006); Chairman, Sole Arbitrator, Party-nominated arbitrator, Counsel or expert witness in more than 100 international arbitrations under rules of ICC, LCIA, AAA/ICDR; Stockholm, DIS; Vienna; UNCITRAL rules and
local national rules, involving parties from many countries; named Arbitrator of Year 2005 by leading French Journal, listed in Guides and Rankings of leading arbitrators

Areas of Specialization: 
Commercial Law
International Commercial Transactions
Publications from JURIS: 
Roundtable Discussion: THe arbitration agreement - Chapter 4 - The Swedish Arbitration Act of 1999, Five Years On: A Critical Review of Strengths and Weaknesses
Chapter Nineteen: International Arbitration (Conduct of Proceedings) - CCA Guide to Best Practices in Commercial Arbitration - Fourth Edition
Chapter Eighteen: International Arbitration (Preliminary Matters) - CCA Guide to Best Practices in Commercial Arbitration - Fourth Edition
International Arbitration (Preliminary Matters) - Chapter 16 - College of Commercial Arbitrators Guide to Best Practices in Commercial Arbitration - 3rd Edition
Anti-Suit Injunctions Issued by National Courts to Permit Arbitration Proceedings - Anti-Suit Injunctions in International Arbitration
International Arbitration (Preliminary Matters) - Chapter 12 - The College of Commercial Arbitrators Guide to Best Practices in Commercial Arbitration - 2nd Edition
International Arbitration (Conduct of Proceedings) - Chapter 13 - The College of Commercial Arbitrators Guide to Best Practices in Commercial Arbitration - 2nd Edition
Publications: 

Arbitration Unlimited (Recent French case analysis) Guide to World’s Leading Experts in Commercial Arbitration (2008); International Arbitration, the Path toward Uniform Procedures, Global Reflections on
International Law, Commerce and Dispute Resolutions (ICC Publishing, 2006); College of Commercial Arbitrators’ Guide to Best Practices in Commercial Arbitration – International Arbitration (co-author, JurisNet LLC, 2006); Antisuit Injunctions Issued by National Courts, Anti-suit Injunctions in International Arbitration (IAI & JurisNet LLC, 2005); Reconciling Anglo-Saxon and Civil Law Procedure, Law of International Business and Dispute Settlement in the 21st Century (Karl Heymanns Verlag, 2005).