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Ms Juliet Blanch
Position
Independent International Arbitrator
Career
Juliet Blanch is a full-time arbitrator having previously chaired the international dispute resolution practice at Weil, Gotshal & Manges. She has over 30 years’ experience in the arbitration of both international commercial and investment treaty disputes with a particular focus on regulatory, energy and infrastructure, mining, commodities, telecommunications, pharmaceutical, hospitality, maritime and shareholder disputes. Juliet has acted as lead Counsel and/or sat as arbitrator in arbitrations held under HKIAC, ICC, ICSID, LCIA, LMAA, SCC, SIAC, UNCITRAL and other rules and which have been seated in a variety of jurisdictions including London, Hong Kong, Paris, Singapore, Stockholm, Washington DC and Zurich. She has been appointed as arbitrator in over 100 international arbitrations, over 30 of which have been as presiding arbitrator.
Memberships
- Vice President of the ICC International Court of Arbitration
- Former Board Director of the LCIA
- Chair of the International Arbitral Appointments Committee of the Scottish Arbitration Centre
- Immediate past chair of the Dispute Resolution and Arbitration Committee of the IPBA
- Chair of the Review Committee of the Energy Arbitrators List
- Vice Chair of the Oil and Gas Arbitration Club
- Member of the Legal Advisory Task Force for the Energy Charter Treaty Secretariat
- Board member of the FDI Moot Advisory Board
Education
Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) (Exeter University 1984)
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > International arbitration: arbitrators
(Leading arbitrators)Juliet Blanch
– Arbitration Chambers ‘Juliet is a very experienced arbitration practitioner who has become an outstanding arbitrator who is much in demand. She is thorough and always read-in and extremely well-prepared, she is a diligent and responsive arbitrator who is exceptionally hard-working. Juliet combines a practical approach with a deep understanding of the law and practice of international arbitration, she chairs proceedings with both gravitas and good humour and is also a pleasure to work with.’
Arbitration Chambers ‘is the most attractive proposition among the new arbitrator-only sets now springing up; their roster of arbitrators is second to none – some of the best regarded arbitrators in the world’. Its high-profile members including John Beechey CBE, the former ICC president, John Bishop and Juliet Blanch as well as Karyl Nairn KC who joined chambers in January 2023 and was recently appointed as a Deputy High Court Judge, the set enjoys an excellent reputation for its ‘diversity in terms of experience level, geographic representation and subject matter expertise.’