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George A. BERMANN |
IAI Member |
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Columbia University School of Law
435 West 116th Street
New York, NY 10027
USA
Tel: +1.212.854.4258
Fax: +1.212.854.7946
gbermann@law.columbia.edu
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| Languages |
English (native); French, German, Spanish (fluent) |
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| Nationality |
USA |
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| Bar Admission |
New York - 1972
Federal District Courts (SDNY and EDNY) - 1980
US Supreme Court - 1992 |
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| Education |
Columbia Law School (LLM - 1975); Yale Law School (JD - 1971); Yale College (BA - 1967) |
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Academic
Position |
Beekman Professor of Law - Columbia University School of Law; Director, European Legal Studies Center, Columbia University |
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Experience
as Arbitrator |
Chair or member of the tribunal in numerous international arbitration proceedings, ad hoc (including UNCITRAL) and under the aegis of the ICC and AAA |
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Experience
as Counsel |
Adviser to counsel in ICC arbitration proceedings (state concessions, state contracts, and expropriation matters); adviser to US Government in NAFTA Chapter 11 arbitrations; former counsel in ad hoc international arbitration proceedings at New York-based international law firm |
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Awards
Rendered |
• Blue Bank International & Trust (Barbados) Ltd. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, ICSID Case No. ARB 12/20, Award, 26 Apr. 2017, (full text ITA)
• ICC Case No. 5073, US exporter v. Argentine Distributor, Partial Award of 1986 (excerpts Kluwer) |
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Publications
Relating to
Arbitration |
• Cases and Materials on Transnational Litigation and Arbitration (West, 2002)
• Co-editor, Mandatory Rules in International Arbitration (Juris Publishing, 2011) (with L. Mistelis)
Numerous articles, including:
• " The Role of National Courts at the Threshold of Arbitration," in The Powers and Duties of an Arbitrator: Liber Amicorum Pierre A. Karrer 39 (P. Shaughnessy and S. Tung eds., Kluwer, 2017)
• "'International Standards' as a choice of Law Option in International Commercial Arbitration," in Liber Amicorum en l’honneur de William Laurence Craig 17 (LexisNexis, 2016)
• "International Commercial Arbitration: Present Challenges and Future Prospects ," in International Arbitration Under Review - Essays in Honour of John Beechey 59 (A. Carlevaris, L. Levy, A. Mourre, E.A. Schwartz eds., ICC Pub. No. 772E, 2015)
• "The European Law Institute: a Transatlantic Perspective," in Mélanges en l'honneur du Professeur Bernard Audit, Les relations privées internationales 81 (L. d'Avout, D. Bureau, H. Muir-Watt eds., LGDJ, 2014)
• "Navigating EU Law and the Law of International Arbitration," 28(3) Arb. Int’l 397 (2012)
• "The Prospects of 'Eco Swiss v. Benetton' for International Commercial Arbitration - A Comment on Eco Swiss V. Benetton," in Essays in Honour of Hans Van Houtte 305 (P. Wautelet, T. Kruger & G. Coppens eds., Hart Publishing, 2012)
• "The Supreme Court Trilogy and Its Impact on U.S. Arbitration Law," 22(3) Am. Rev. Int'l Arb. 551 (2011)
• "The UK Supreme Court Speaks to International Arbitration: Learning from the Dallah Case," 22(1) Am. Rev. Int’l Arb. 1 (2011)
• "Mandatory rules of law in international arbitration," in Conflict of Laws in International Arbitration 325 (F. Ferrari & S. Kroll eds., Sellier International Publishers, 2010)
• "Provisional Relief in Transnational Litigation," 35 Colum. J. Transnat’l L. 553 (1997)
• "Jurisdiction: Courts vs. Arbitrators," in International Commercial Arbitration in New York 135 (J. Carter & J. Fellas eds., OUP, 2010)
• "Competence to Set Aside an Award and Procedural Grounds for Refusing Enforcement: The Viewpoint and Role of the Arbitration Law Expert," in Ius Arbitrale Internationale – Essays in Honor of Hans Smit, 3 Am. Rev. Int’l Arb. 93 (1992) |
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