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Julian Lew has been involved with international arbitration for more than 30 years as counsel and as an arbitrator.
Professional expertise includes international transactions affecting investments, distribution, agency, licensing and construction contracts, international trade finance, trading arrangements with developing countries, Eastern Europe, EC law and arbitration arising out of all such transactions.
He has advised parties with respect to arbitration
proceedings and acted as counsel in very many
arbitrations, in different countries and under all the
major arbitration systems including: International
Chamber of Commerce, International Centre for the
Settlement of Investment Disputes, London Court of
International Arbitration, LCIA, American Arbitration
Association, Stockholm Arbitration Institute, Zurich
Chamber of Commerce, and ad hoc arbitrations under
UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules.
Examples of arbitrator appointments:
•Co-arbitrator in Paris based arbitration concerned with liability of a sovereign state in
respect of a guarantee given to a bank to cover a
performance bond
•Co-arbitrator in Paris between
French and Italian parties concerning the meaning
and extent of a patent license and its effect after
expiry of license.
•Chairman of arbitration tribunal, with its seat in
New York, between Japanese and and US companies
concerning breach of Japanese patents and license
agreement between parties.
•Chairman of tribunal seated in Zurich between a Greek and German
subsidiaries of two European based multinational
engineering companies concerning the breach of an
agreement for the joint tender and performance of an
infrastructure project in Greece in the transport sector
•Chairman of tribunal in London concerning a contract
to build electricity plant in India between Swiss and
Indian parties.
•Chairman of ad hoc arbitration tribunal under English
Arbitration Act 1996 between Luxembourg and US
entities and a French investor in respect of share
holdings and loans made to directors.
•Chairman of ad hoc arbitration in England between
parties from the US and England in connection with
a software license for the use and development of
a software product using the other parties
software product.
•Chairman of arbitration tribunal in Prague,
concerning a property development contract in the
Czech Republic. The parties were Czech affiliates
controlled in Scandanavia and Australia.
•Chairman of tribunal appointed under the Rules
of the Cairo Regional Centre for International
Commercial Arbitration. Parties were from Poland
and Egypt. The disputes related to the supply of
building materials.
•Sole arbitrator between French
and US companies in connection with termination of
exclusive distribution contract for cosmetics products
in USA
•Chairman of Tribunal in Los
Angeles, in dispute concerning breach of license agreement of
patented fruit varieties. Parties were from Italy and US.
•Chairman of tribunal in dispute
between parties from Peru and Argentina, and the SA,
concerning the development of an electricity project in
Latin America with seat in New York.
•Sole arbitrator under English Arbitration Act in dispute
between UK distributor of a major Japanese motor car
manufacturer and English franchisee.
•Sole arbitrator between English and
Japanese companies concerning cross royalty
obligations under mutual cross license agreement.
•Chairman of tribunal with its seat in London between Indian and Arkansas parties
concerning damages for the supply of breeder poultry.
•Co-arbitrator in Hong Kong based ICC arbitration
between Japanese and US parties concerning a
contract for the supply of a telecommunication system
in the Phillippines.
•Chairman of tribunal with its seat in Calgari, Canada,
under AAA Rules. The dispute related to allegations of
misuse of know-how provided by one party to another
under a confidentiality undertaking entered in to in
anticipation of a joint venture between the parties.
•Chairman of tribunal with its seat in Seoul, Korea
to determine issues oncerning validity of a contract
and allegations of illegality.
•Co-arbitrator in London based arbitration between
English and Korean parties concerning the ownership
of and the right to use know-how licensed by one
party to the other after the expiry of the license
•Sole arbitrator in arbitration in Sweden between
parties from France and US. Dispute arose out of
a contract for the supply of a telecommunications
system for an African company.
•Co-arbitrator in arbitration in Singapore between
parties from Australia and Peoples Republic of China.
•Sole arbitrator in Paris in dispute between US
manufacturer and Dutch distributor of outdoor
equipment. This case also concerned applications for
interim relief (injunctions).
•Sole arbitrator in Toronto
between parties from Ontario, Canada and Illinois,
USA. The dispute concerned respective rights of
parties under a contract for the development,
marketing and distribution of medical devices.
This concerned in particular the provision of
confidential information for the purpose of obtaining
FDA approval for the medical device.
•Sole arbitrator in London
concerning representations given at the time of the
sale of a business.
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• Chairman of tribunal in London, concerned with a contract for the supply of
a glass fibre reinforced piping system for installation
in a chemical factory between
parties from The Netherlands and Singapore.
Panel of Arbitrators
American Arbitration Association
Arbitration Court of Czech Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
China International Economic Trade Commission
Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre
International Centre for Dispute resolution (ICDR)
Japan Commercial Arbitration Association
Singapore International Arbitration Centre
Vienna Arbitration Institute of Federal Economic Chamber
Academic positions
Visiting Professor and Head of the School of International Arbitration, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary, University of London.
Education
1969 LLB (Hons) University of London
1977 Doctorat special en droit international - Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium (Magna cum Laude)
Professional qualifications
2005 -2008 - Member of the International Court of Arbitration of the ICC
2003 Queens Counsel
1981 - 2005 Solicitor of the Supreme Court
1976 Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Has written and Published extensively on all aspects of international arbitration including:
Pervasive Problems in International Arbitration (Kluwer 2006) joint editor, with L. Mistelis
Parallel State and Arbitral Procedures in International Arbitration (ICC Publication, 2005, co-editor with B. Cremades).
Comparative International Commercial Arbitration (Kluwer
2003, co-author with L. Mistelis and S Kroll).
The Immunity of Arbitrators (Lloyds of London Press,
1990, editor)
Contemporary Problems in International Commercial
Arbitration (Kluwer, 1987, editor).
Applicable Law in International Commercial Arbitration (Oceana 1978)
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