|Help

Werner Melis

Address: 

c/o Baier Attorneys at Law
Kärntner Ring 12
A-1010 Vienna
Austria

Phone Number: 
(43-1) 515 50 0
Fax Number: 
(43-1) 515 50 50
Email: 
w.melis@aon.at
Born: 
1935, Austria
Languages: 
German English French Italian
Nationalities: 
Austrian
Education: 
Dr. in law 1959, Dr. political science 1970, Vienna Univ.; Diploma 1960, Bologna Center, School of Advanced International Studies of Johns Hopkins Univ.
Present Position: 
International Arbitrator, Co-counsel Baier Attorneys at Law
Professional Experience: 

Honorary President and former President, International Arbitral Centre of the Federal Economic Chamber, Vienna, Bank working experience 1961 – 1964; Federal Economic Chamber of Austria, Vienna 1964 – 1995 (responsible for European Integration and the negotiations with EFTA and the European Communities, international arbitration and the Austrian National Committee of the ICC); Member of the delegation of Austria in the working group of UNCITRAL negotiating the UNCITRAL Arbitration and Conciliation Rules, the UNCITRAL Model Law and the Vienna Sales Convention.

Professional Associations: 

ICCA (Honorary Vice-President and former Secretary General); Honorary President of VIAC; Founding member of ARBAUT; former Vice-President LCIA ; Member of ASA, DIS ; IAI ; etc.

Panels of Arbitrators: 

ICSID, the Arbitration Centers in Beijing, Bucharest, Budapest, Cairo, Delhi, Hong Kong, Kazakhstan, Kiev, Kuala Lumpur, Ljubljana, Moldova, Moscow, Prague, Shanghai, Singapore, Vienna, Vilnius, Warsaw, Zagreb.

Arbitration Experience: 

More than 160 international arbitrations worldwide, over 60% of them as chairman, in ad-hoc arbitrations, arbitrations under the Vienna, the ICC and the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules and the Rules of many other arbitration institutions.

Areas of Specialization: 
Construction
International Trade
Publications from JURIS: 
Austria as a Neutral Site for International Commercial Arbitration - Dispute Resolution Journal - Vol. 44, No. 4
Vienna Arbitration Rules Help to Resolve U.S.-European Disputes - Dispute Resolution Journal - Vol. 47, No. 3
Publications: 

Author and co-author of various contributions in professional journals and text books on civil procedure, international arbitration, trade terms (esp. INCOTERMS) and international trade law (sep. the Vienna Sales Convention).