LUIZ OLAVO BAPTISTA

is the Senior Partner of L.O. Baptista Law Firm in São Paulo, and Professor at the University of São Paulo Law School in International Trade Law. He is a Council Member of the ICC Institute and a Member of the WTO Appellate Body, the ICC International Court of Arbitration and the UNIDROIT Board. He is also arbitrator of the Protocol of Brasília, for the Mercosul.

DAVID J.A. CAIRNS

is an Associate in the law firm Bernardo M. Cremades y Asociados, Madrid; LLB (Hons), LLM. (Toronto), Ph.D (Cambridge). He is also a Solicitor (England and Wales, and New Zealand), Miembro del Colegio de Abogados de Madrid and Profesor Asociado, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.

BERNARDO M. CREMADES

is a Senior Partner in the law firm Bernardo M. Cremades y Asociados, Madrid, and Professor of International Business Law, Universidad de Madrid. He is President of the Spanish Court of Arbitration, President of the Global Center for Settlement of Business Disputes Research, New York, and a Council Member of the ICC Institute.

ANTONIO CRIVELLARO

is Professor of International Trade Law at Padua University, and Partner in the law firm Bonelli Erede Pappalardo, Milan. He is also a Council Member of the ICC Institute.

AHMED S. EL-KOSHERI

is a Partner in the law firm Kosheri, Rashed and Riad, Egypt. He is Vice-President of the ICC International Court of Arbitration and a Council Member of the ICC Institute. He is also a Member of L'Institut de Droit International, Professor of Law and former President of Senghor University, Alexandria, Egypt.

KAJ HOBÉR

is a Partner in the law firm Mannehimer Swartling, Stockholm. He is an Advocate, Arbitrator and Professor of East European Law at Uppsala University.