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William W. Park

Address: 

Boston University Law School
765 Commonwealth Ave.
Boston, MA 02215
U.S.A.

Phone Number: 
(1-617) 353-3149
Fax Number: 
(1-617) 353-3077
Email: 
wwpark@bu.edu
Born: 
1947, Philadelphia
Languages: 
English French
Nationalities: 
USA
Education: 
B.A. 1969, Yale Univ.; J.D. 1972, Columbia Univ.; M.A. 1975, Cambridge University
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Admitted to Massachusetts Bar 1972; District of Columbia Bar 1980
Present Position: 
Professor of Law, Boston University; President, London Court of International Arbitration; General Editor, Arbitration International; Member, International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA); NAFTA Chapter 14 Financial Services Roster; Roster of Ar
Professional Experience: 

Professor of Law, Boston University (since 1979); Director, Boston University Center for Banking Law Studies (1990-1993); Visiting Academic Appointments: Cambridge University (Fellow, Selwyn College); The Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy; Univ. of Hong Kong; Univ. of Dijon; University of Auckland; University of Geneva. Practice in Paris, 1972-79 (Coudert Frères & Hughes Hubbard & Reed). Counsel, Ropes & Gray, Boston (1990-2005)

Professional Associations: 

ALI; Chartered Inst. of Arbitrators (Fellow); Int'l Fiscal Assoc.; LCIA

Panels of Arbitrators: 

AAA, ICC, LCIA, CPR

Arbitration Experience: 

Arbitrator in ICC, LCIA, ICSID; UNCITRAL, AAA, CPR, IACAC and ad hoc proceedings in England and in French. Arbitrator, Claims Resolution Tribunal for Dormant Accounts in Switzerland (Zürich); Appeals Tribunal, International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims

Areas of Specialization: 
Banking & Finance
Foreign Investment & Joint Ventures
Insurance
Taxation
Publications from JURIS: 
Annulled Arbitration Awards - Chapter 54 - Reflections on International Arbitration
Counsel Comportment in International Arbitration - Chapter 24 - ICDR Handbook on International Arbitration Practice - Second Edition
The Transient and the Permanent in Good Arbitrator Behavior - Chapter 21 - ICDR Handbook on International Arbitration Practice - Second Edition
TECO Guatemala Holdings, LLC v. Republic of Guatemala (ICSID Case No. ARB/10/23), Award (December 19, 2013)
Tullow Uganda Operations PTY LTD v. Republic of Uganda, ICSID Case No. ARB/12/34, Order Taking Note of Discontinuance of the Proceeding (July 15, 2015)
Ömer Dede and Serdar Elhüseyni v. Romania, ICSID Case No. ARB/10/22, Award (September 5, 2013)
Ömer Dede and Serdar Elhüseyni v. Romania, ICSID Case No. ARB/10/22, Procedural Order No. 1 (January 4, 2013)
Les Laboratoires Servier, S.A.A., Biofarma, S.A.S., Arts et Techniques du Progres S.A.S. v. Republic of Poland, UNCITRAL, Award (redacted) (February 14, 2012)
Kılıç İnşaat İthalat İhracat Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Şirketi v. Turkmenistan, ICSID Case No. ARB/10/1, Award (July 2, 2013)
Kılıç İnşaat İthalat İhracat Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Şirketi v. Turkmenistan, ICSID Case No. ARB/10/1, Decision on Article VII.2 of the Turkey-Turkmenistan Bilateral Investment Treaty (May 7, 2012)
Antoine Abou Lahoud and Leila Bounafeh-Abou Lahoud v. Democratic Republic of the Congo, ICSID Case No. ARB/10/4, Award (February 7, 2014) (French)
Interocean Oil Development Company and Interocean Oil Exploration Company v. Federal Republic of Nigeria (ICSID Case No. ARB/13/20), Decision on Preliminary Objections (October 29, 2014)
The Transient and Permanent in Good Arbitrator Behavior - Dispute Resolution Journal - Vol. 65, No. 2
Chapter 30 - Non-Signatories and International Arbitration - Leading Arbitrators' Guide to International Arbitration - Third Edition
The Theory and Reality of the Arbitrator: What is an International Arbitrator? - WAMR 2013 Vol. 7, No. 4
Arbitrator Integrity: The Transient and the Permanent - WAMR 2013 Vol. 7, No. 1
Framing the Case on Quantum - WAMR 2013 Vol. 7, No. 1
EDF International v. Argentina, Award, ICSID Case No. ARB/03/23 (Jun 11, 2012)
EDF International S.A., SAUR International S.A. and León Participaciones Argentinas S.A. v. Argentine Republic, ICSID Case No. ARB/03/23, (BLEU/Argentina and France/Argentina BIT), Challenge Decision Regarding Professor Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler
Non-Signatures and International Arbitration - Chapter 25
Keynote Address: Framing the Case on Quantum - WAMR 2008 Vol. 2, No. 4
Keynote Address: Arbitrator Integrity: The Transient and the Permanent - WAMR 2009 Vol. 3, No. 3
Arbitration and the Fisc: NAFTA's "Tax Veto" - (SAR) 2002 - 1
Truth-Seeking in International Arbitration - Chapter 1 - Search for Truth in Arbitration: Is Finding the Truth what Dispute Resolution is About? - ASA Special Series No. 35
Amending The Federal Arbitration Act: - Aria Vol. 13 Nos. 1-4 2002
Determining Arbitral Jurisdiction: Allocation Of Tasks Between Courts And Arbitrators - Vol. 8 No. 2 Aria 1997
Cases and Materials on Commercial Arbitration, by Thomas Carbonneau - Vol. 7 No. 2 ARIA 1996
Selected Standards of Treatment Available Under the Energy Charter Treaty - Chapter 2 - Investment Protection and The Energy Charter Treaty
Publications: 

 

Arbitration of International Business Disputes (2006; 2nd ed. 2012); Tax Treaty Arbitration (with Tillinghast, 2004); International Chamber of Commerce Arbitration (with Craig & Paulsson, 3d ed. 2000); International Commercial Arbitration (with Reisman, Craig & Paulsson, 1997); Arbitration in Banking and Finance (1998) International Forum Selection (1995)