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Jan Paulsson, Faculty Chair

Professor Jan Paulsson holds the Michael Klein Distinguished Scholar Chair at the University of Miami School of Law. He is the Faculty Chair of the Specialization in International Arbitration and heads the newly-established institute for international arbitration. A world leader in the field, Professor Paulsson has participated as counsel or arbitrator in over 500 arbitrations in Europe, Asia, the United States and Africa.

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John Barkett

Professor John M. Barkett is a partner with Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP where he has served as litigator, arbitrator, and counselor. He has received numerous awards and is a frequent speaker on topics such as e-discovery, e-disclosure, environmental law, terrorism, ethics and arbitration. In addition, Professor Barkett has published widely in the field, most recently with his work in e-discovery.

J. Martin Hunter

Professor Martin Hunter is a barrister at Essex Court Chambers practicing in the field of international arbitration. He has served as counsel or arbitrator in cases held under the rules of most of the world's principal arbitral institutions and arbitration centers. He co-authored with Alan Redfern the standard work Law and Practice of International Commercial Arbitration and has also been published extensively in specialist arbitration journals and elsewhere over the last twenty-five years.

Andrés Jana

Professor Andrés Jana is the partner in charge of the International Arbitration Group at Bofill Mir & Alvarez, Santiago, Chile. He is the Chilean delegate before the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, UNCITRAL and is a member of the Working Group on Arbitration Involving States or State Entities of the ICC's Arbitration Committee. Andrés Jana has an extensive practice in commercial and investment arbitration.

Carolyn Lamm

Carolyn Lamm is a partner and litigator in White & Case's Washington D.C. office and is a prominent practitioner in international arbitration and dispute resolution, trade matters and cross-border commercial federal court litigation. She is involved primarily in the representation of foreign corporate clients and foreign sovereigns.

Luis M. O'Naghten

Professor Luis M. O'Naghten's primary area of practice is international complex commercial litigation and arbitration. He has represented parties in disputes before United States courts and before international arbitration panels in a wide range of disputes. His practice focuses on international financial frauds, energy disputes, and corporate commercial disputes.

Marike Paulsson

Professor Marike Paulsson is an international visiting professor. She is former counsel at Hanotiau & van den Berg in Brussels, Belgium, a boutique law firm focused on commercial arbitration and litigation. Previously she practiced at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Allen & Overy in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. She teaches on The New York Convention at Miami Law and is the Founder and chair of the advisory board of Young ICCA (International Council for Commercial Arbitration).

John H. Rooney

Professor John H. Rooney represents clients in international business matters. He has served as counsel in arbitrations under the rules of many arbitral institutions, and represented clients in arbitration-related litigation. He is the chair of the Inter-American Bar Association's International Arbitration Law Committee and a consultant for UNCITRAL. Professor Rooney has written and spoken extensively on the subject of international arbitration both in the United States and abroad and coaches the law school's Vis International Arbitration Moot, held in Vienna, Austria every spring.

Nassib G. Ziadé

Professor Nassib G. Ziadé is the Director of the Dubai International Arbitration Center (DIAC) and is the former Deputy Secretary-General of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). Professor Ziadé has extensive experience in the administration of international legal proceedings and in the management and development of international tribunals. He has published extensively in the field of international law.