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W. Laurence Craig

Address: 

Paris–c/o Orrick
31, Avenue Pierre 1er de Serbie
75782 Paris Cedex 16
France

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

Phone Number: 
(33-1) 53-53-75-34 or (44) 207 813 8000
Fax Number: 
(33-1) 53-53-75-01 or (44) 207 813 8080
Email: 
wlc@craigarbitration.com
Born: 
1933, New York
Languages: 
English French
Nationalities: 
USA
Education: 
B.A. 1954, Williams College; J.D. 1957, Harvard Law School; 1981, Doctorat en Droit, University of Paris II– Panthéon-Assas
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Admitted to New York bar in 1958; District of Columbia 1960; U.S. Supreme Court 1963; Paris 1992 (as Avocat),; 1972–1991 (as Conseil Juridique); since 2005 (as Avocat Honoraire)
Present Position: 
Independent Arbitrator
Professional Experience: 

Partner, Coudert Frères, Paris (1964–2005); U.S. Member, ICC Court of Arbitration (1976–1984); Member, NATO Appeal Board (1972–1976); Visiting Lecturer Yale Law School (International Arbitration) (1999)

Professional Associations: 

Fellow, Chartered Arbitrator, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; President, Association d'Avocats Inscrits à un Barreau Etranger (1997-2003), Milan Club of Arbitrators, Swiss Arbitration Association, and International Arbitration Institute (IAI)(France).

Panels of Arbitrators: 

AAA; Arbitral Centre of the Federal Economic Chamber, Vienna; China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC); German Institute of Arbitration (DIS).

Arbitration Experience: 

Counsel, in more than 125 ICC arbitrations; Arbitrator, in 35 ICC arbitrations and in a number of AAA, LCIA, and CIETAC arbitrations as well as ICSID and UNCITRAL BIT arbitrations

Areas of Specialization: 
International Arbitration
Publications from JURIS: 
The Arbitrator's Mission and the Application of Law in International Commercial Arbitration - Chapter 04 - International Arbitration and the Courts
Joy Mining Machinery Limited v. Egypt, ICSID Case No. ARB/03/11 (United Kingdom/Egypt BIT), Award on Jurisdiction
The Arbitrator's Mission and the Application of Law in International Commercial Arbitration - ARIA Vol. 21 No.1-4 2010
Publications: 

Recent publications include: The 2012 ICC Rules : Important Changes and Issues for Future Resolution (Les Cahiers de l’Arbitrage 2012-1) (with Laurent Jaeger); The Arbitrator’s Mission and the Application of Law in International Commercial Arbitration, (The American Review of International Arbitration, Volume 21, Nos.1-4, 2010); Introduction to Multi Party Actions in International Arbitration, Permanent Court of Arbitration, Ed. (Oxford University Press, 2009).

Mr. Craig is co-author of International Chamber of Commerce Arbitration (with W. W. Park and Jan Paulsson); International Commercial Arbitration: Cases Materials and Notes on the Resolution of International Business Disputes (with M. Reisman, W.W. Park and J. Paulsson); Craig, Park & Paulsson’s Annotated Guide to the 1998 ICC Arbitration Rules, With Commentary; International Commercial Arbitration, Practical Perspectives (2001).