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Eric Schwartz

Position

Eric Schwartz is an American and French international arbitration lawyer. After a 40-year legal career, he now practices independently as an international arbitrator and as an arbitrator member of Fountain Court Chambers in London.

Eric has acted as counsel or arbitrator in over 100 international arbitrations throughout the world over the course of four decades.  From 1992 to 1996, he served as Secretary General of the ICC International Court of Arbitration, of which he was subsequently a member and a Vice-President

He has particular expertise in relation to disputes concerning large infrastructure projects as well as investment treaties and complex cross-border transactions in the energy, IP/IT and pharmaceutical sectors.

Eric is the author and editor of several books, and the author of dozens of articles, on the subject of international arbitration. He is recognised by his peers as one of the world’s leading international arbitration practitioners and authorities.

Eric is fluent in English and French and is capable of conducting arbitrations in both languages. He is a member of the Bar of California and an emeritus member of the Paris Bar.

Career

• International Panel, American Arbitration Association/ICDR
• International Panel, CPR/International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution
• Arbitration Panel, British Virgin Islands International Arbitration Centre
• Arbitration Panel, Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre
• Arbitration Panel, Asian International Arbitration Centre
• Arbitration Panel, World Intellectual Property Organization
• Vice-Chair and Council Member, ICC Institute of World Business Law
• Board of Directors, SICANA (Secretariat of the International Court of Arbitration in North America)
• Editorial Board, Les Cahiers de l’Arbitrage / The Paris Journal of International Arbitration
• Member, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
• Member, Comité Français de l’Arbitrage
• Member, ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR
• Member, LCIA European Users Council
• Member, SIAC Users Council
• Member, Swiss Arbitration Association
• Member, International Arbitration Institute
• Member, New York International Arbitration Center
• Former member and Vice-President, ICC International Court of Arbitration (2006-2015)
• Former Member, ICC Commission Task Force on the Revision of the ICC Arbitration Rules (2009-2011)
• Former Chair, International Arbitration Commission, Union Internationale des Avocats (2000-2005)
• Former Member, Working Party on the Revision of the ICC Arbitration Rules
• (1995-1997)
• Former Member, ICC Working Group of the Subcommittee on FIDIC Civil Standard Conditions of the International Bar Association, Section on Business Law, Committee Law, Committee T-International Construction Contracts

Languages

English, French.