Appointments to the Court

In accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of the ICC and the Statutes of the International Court of Arbitration, the ICC Council, at its 177th Session held on 18 June 1999, appointed David A. R. Williams (New Zealand) as member, and Jason Alva Fry (New Zealand) as alternate member to the ICC Court, for the period extending from 18 June 1999 to 31 December 1999. These appointments follow the creation of an ICC National Committee in New Zealand. The term of office for all Court members will come to an end on 31 December 1999.

Appointments at the Secretariat

Fernando Mantilla Serrano and Anne Cambournac left their counsel position at the ICC Court's Secretariat following many years during which the number and complexity of cases never ceased to increase. They were replaced, respectively, by Katherine Gonzalez Arrocha and Denis Bensaude. The counsel position left vacant by Anne Marie Whitesell when promoted to the position of Deputy Secretary General went to Brooks Daly.

Mrs Gonzalez Arrocha is a Panamanian lawyer who studied law in Panama and France. She holds a graduate law degree in Litigation and Arbitration from the University of Paris II. She joined the ICC Court's Secretariat in 1996 after having worked at the Panamanian Chamber of Commerce. In 1999 she succeeded Fernando Mantilla Serrano as Counsel. Mrs Gonzalez Arrocha speaks Spanish, English and French.

Mr Denis Bensaude is a law graduate from the Universities of Paris II (Panthéon-Assas) and Paris I (Sorbonne). He also holds a business administration degree from the University of Paris IX (Dauphine), an LL.M. from Cornell Law School, and is a member of the New York Bar. Before joining the ICC Court's Secretariat Mr Bensaude was a practising lawyer, member of the Paris Bar from 1993 to 1999, and worked in Paris for an English as well as for a Fench international business law firm, specializing in financial law and mergers and acquisition. He is fluent in French and in English.

Brooks W. Daly, an American lawyer, studied law at New York University. He was admitted to the California Bar in 1994. Prior to joining the ICC Court's Secretariat, Mr Daly practiced corporate law as an associate with the firms of Brobeck Hale and Dorr in London and Latham & Watkins in Los Angeles. He is fluent in English and French.