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Sir Franklin D. Berman

Address: 

Essex Court Chambers
24 Lincoln’s Inn Fields
London WC2A 3EG
United Kingdom

Phone Number: 
+44 (0)20 7813 8000
Fax Number: 
+44 (0)20 7813 8080
Email: 
FBerman@essexcourt.com
Born: 
1939, Cape Town
Languages: 
English French German
Nationalities: 
British
Education: 
University of Cape Town BA (1959), BSc (1960)
Rhodes Scholar (1961)
University of Oxford BA (1963), MA (1965)
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
England & Wales, 1966
Present Position: 
Barrister and international arbitrator
Visiting Professor of International Law, Universities of Oxford and Cape Town
Professional Experience: 

Legal Adviser to the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1991-99; Judge ad hoc International Court of Justice; Chairman, Diplomatic Service Appeals Board (UK); Chairman, Appeals Boards, International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund and Western European Union; Chairman, Claims Committee, Austrian General Settlement Fund; Legal Member, Court of Arbitration under the Indus Waters Treaty.

Professional Associations: 

COMBAR; LCBA; LCIA; ICCA; ILA; KLRCA; British Institute of International & Comparative Law; American Society of International Law.

Panels of Arbitrators: 

ICSID Panel of Arbitrators; Member, Permanent Court of Arbitration.

Arbitration Experience: 

Numerous appointments as party-appointed arbitrator or as chairman, under ICSID (including Annulment Committees), LCIA, SCC, ICC, PCA, or ad hoc.

Areas of Specialization: 
Arbitration & ADR
Investment Treaty
Public International Law
Nationalization & Expropriation
Settlement of Foreign Claims
Publications from JURIS: 
Togo Electricité and GDF-Suez Energie Services v. Republic of Togo, ICSID Case No. ARB/06/7, Decision on Annulment (September 6, 2011) (French)
Indus Waters Kishenganga Arbitration (Pakistan v. India), PCA Case, Final Award (December 20, 2013)
Indus Waters Kishenganga Arbitration (Pakistan v. India), PCA Case, Decision on India's Request for Clarification or Interpretation dated 20 May 2013 (December 20, 2013)
Indus Waters Kishenganga Arbitration (Pakistan v. India), PCA Case, Partial Award (February 18, 2013)
The Rompetrol Group N.V. v. Romania, ICSID Case No. ARB/06/03, Award (May 6, 2013)
Marion Unglaube v. Costa Rica, Award, ICSID Case No. ARB/08/1, ARB/09/20 (May 16, 2012)
RosInvestCo UK Ltd. v. The Russian Federation, SCC Case No. V(079/2005), Award
Indus Waters Kishenganga Arbitration (Pakistan v India), Order on Interim Measures (September 23, 2011)
Vattenfall AB, Vattenfall Europe AG, Vattenfall Europe Generation AG & Co. KG (Sweden and Europe) v. The Federal Republic of Germany, ICSID (ECT), Award
The Rompetrol Group N.V. v. Romania, ICSID Case No. ARB/06/3 (Netherlands/Romania BIT), Decision on Respondent's Preliminary Objections on Jurisdiction and Admissibility (April 18, 2008)
The Rompetrol Group N.V. v. Romania, ICSID Case No. ARB/06/3 (Netherlands/Romania BIT), Decision on the Participation of a Counsel (January 14, 2010)
RosInvestCo UK Ltd. v. The Russian Federation, SCC Case No. Arb. V079/2005 (UK/Soviet BIT), Award on Jurisdiction (October 1, 2007)
RosInvestCo UK Ltd. v. The Russian Federation, SCC Case No. Arb. V079/2005 (UK/Soviet BIT), Final Award
Libananco Holdings Co. Limited v. Republic of Turkey, ICSID Case No. ARB/06/8 (ECT), Decision on Preliminary Issues
Libananco Holdings Co. Limited v. Republic of Turkey, ICSID Case No. ARB/06/8 (ECT), Award
F-W Oil Interests, Inc. v. Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, ICSID Case No. ARB/01/14 (US/Trinidad and Tobago BIT), Award
Global Trading Resource Corp. and Globex International, Inc. v. Ukraine, ICSID Case No. ARB/09/11 (US/Ukraine) BIT), Award (December 1, 2010)
Empresas Lucchetti, S.A. and Lucchetti Peru, S.A. v. Peru, ICSID Case No. ARB/03/4 (Peru/Chile BIT), Decision on Annulment and Dissenting Opinion
Empresas Lucchetti, S.A. and Lucchetti Peru, S.A. v. Peru, ICSID Case No. ARB/03/4 (Peru/Chile BIT), Decision on the Rectification
Bayindir Insaat Turizm Ticaret Ve Sanayi A.S. v. Islamic Republic of Pakistan, ICSID Case No. ARB/03/29 (Turkey/Pakistan BIT), Award
Bayindir Insaat Turizm Ticaret Ve Sanayi A.S. v. Islamic Republic of Pakistan, ICSID Case No. ARB/03/29 (Turkey/Pakistan BIT), Decision on Jurisdiction
Scope of the Review of the Arbitral Tribunal's Jurisdiction - Part II - The Review of International Arbitral Awards
Publications: 

Numerous articles in learned journals; General Editor: McNair’s Law of Treaties; OUP Library of International Law.