Speaker:

Prof. Loukas Mistelis FCIArb

Steptoe (London)

Speaker:

Professor Loukas Mistelis is Senior Equity Partner in International Disputes Steptoe (London).

Professor Loukas A. Mistelis, FCIArb is a leading authority in international arbitration, combining academic leadership with extensive practical experience. He is the Clive M. Schmitthoff Professor of Transnational Commercial Law and Arbitration and Director of the School of International Arbitration at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London, where he teaches and coordinates advanced programmes in international arbitration and dispute resolution.

Loukas also serves as a Senior Equity Partner in international arbitration at Clyde & Co LLP in London, regularly acting as counsel, arbitrator, and expert in complex commercial and investment treaty disputes under major institutional rules (including ICC, LCIA, SCC, ICSID, and UNCITRAL). He has sat as arbitrator in numerous high-profile cases involving parties from across the globe and has been recognised as a Tier 1 arbitrator by international directories.

He is a member of the ICSID Panel of Arbitrators, sits on multiple institutional panels, and contributes to thought leadership in arbitration through publications, research and global speaking engagements.

10:30 – 11:35

The Future of Arbitration or the Algorithmic Turn?