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Ben Giaretta

Address: 

Mishcon de Reya LLP

Africa House

70 Kingsway

London WC2B 6AH

United Kingdom

Phone Number: 
+44 20 3321 6411
Email: 
ben.giaretta@mishcon.com
Born: 
1974, Leeds, UK
Languages: 
English
Nationalities: 
British
Education: 
MA, Trinity College, Oxford University 1996
Postgraduate Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration (School of International Arbitration, Queen Mary College, University of London) 2004
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Solicitor, England & Wales 2001
Solicitor-Advocate, All Higher Courts of England & Wales 2004
Present Position: 
Partner and Asia Head of International Arbitration, Ashurst LLP
Professional Experience: 

Solicitor then Partner, Ashurst LLP (London) 1999 to 2009; Partner and Asia Head of Dispute Resolution/International Arbitration, Ashurst LLP (Singapore) 2009 to 2016; Partner, Ashurst LLP (London) 2016 to 2018; Partner, Mishcon de Reya LLP 2018 to date.

Professional Associations: 

Chartered Arbitrator and Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; Fellow, Singapore Institute of Arbitrators; Member, LCIA; Member, Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitrators; Member of Association of International Petroleum Negotiators; Member, Society of Construction Law; Associate Member, Singapore Academy of Law; Member, Worshipful Company of Arbitrators; Honorary Secretary, London Branch of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; Tutor and Examiner for Fellowship courses (including award-writing) of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and Singapore Institute of Arbitrators; Editorial Board, Lexis PSL Arbitration; Editorial Board, Journal of Enforcement of Arbitration Awards; Visiting Lecturer, University of Aberdeen.

Panels of Arbitrators: 

Panel of Arbitrators, Singapore International Arbitration Centre; Panel of Arbitrators, Singapore Institute of Arbitrators; Panel of Arbitrators, Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre; Panel of Arbitrators, Asian International Arbitration Centre; Panel of International Arbitrators,

Korean Commercial Arbitration Board, Panel of Foreign Arbitrators, Badan Arbitrase Nasional Indonesia; Panel of Arbitrators, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

Arbitration Experience: 

Over fifty international arbitration cases as counsel, in arbitrations seated in London, Paris, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, New Delhi, Tokyo and elsewhere. Twenty-five appointments as arbitrator, including as chairman, party-appointed arbitrator, sole arbitrator and emergency arbitrator, under various rules including the ICC Rules and SIAC Rules, and in ad hoc arbitrations including under the UNCITRAL Rules. Subject-matters include joint venture agreements, oil & gas, LNG, mining, commodities, construction, etc.

Areas of Specialization: 
Commodities in General
Contracts
Foreign Investment & Joint Ventures
Investment Treaty
Oil & Gas
Publications from JURIS: 
Publications: 
“Tactics in M&A Arbitration” (GLP, 2008, co-author); “Duties of Arbitrators and Emergency Arbitrators under the SIAC Rules” (AIAJ 2012, Vol. 8, No. 2); “Dispute Resolution in the Energy Sector” (Globe Law and Business, 2012, chapter on investment treaty arbitration); “Project management in international arbitration”, McGill Journal of Dispute Resolution, 2016, Vol. 3 (Winner of the CPR award for Best Short Article); “The practice of emergency arbitration”, Belgian Review of Arbitration, 2017, Issue 1; “Dispute Resolution in the Energy Sector” (Globe Law and Business, 2018, chapter on LNG disputes.