BICC is governed by the Court Council, which is led by the President and the President’s Deputy. The Court Council issues Regulations establishing rules and procedures.
The Court Council has established an Advisory Panel comprising distinguished jurists and legal experts from around the world. The Panel advises the Council to follow best practices.
Jan Paulsson
A graduate of Harvard College, Yale Law School, and the University of Paris, Jan Paulsson practiced in Paris for some three decades, and remains an avocat honoraire at the Paris Bar. A founding partner of the Three Crowns firm, he is since 2025 the President of the Bahrain International Commercial Court as well as a practicing arbitrator. He has held teaching positions at Cambridge University, the London School of Economics, the Institut de Sciences Politiques (Paris), the Hague Academy of International Law, and the University of Miami, and well as leadership positions in five major international arbitration institutions. He remains a practicing arbitrator, resident in Bahrain.
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Sir Christopher Greenwood, GBE, CMG, KC
Christopher Greenwood is Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge, a Judge of the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal and an international arbitrator specializing in inter-State and investor-State cases. He was educated at Wellingborough School and Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he obtained degrees in Law and International Law. He was a Fellow of Magdalene College from 1978-1996 (Honorary Fellow since 2009) and Professor of International Law at the London School of Economics from 1996 to 2009. He served as a Judge of the International Court of Justice from 2009 to 2018. Before becoming a Judge he was a barrister who regularly appeared before English and international courts. His publications include over 150 volumes of the International Law Reports, a collection of essays – Essays on War in International Law (2006) – and numerous articles. Christopher Greenwood was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 1999 (King’s Counsel following the accession of King Charles III in 2022), made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) for services to public international law in 2002 and knighted in 2009. In June 2018 he was appointed Knight Grand Cross (GBE) for services to international justice.
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Dato Mary Lim Thiam Suan
Justice Dato Mary Lim Thiam Suan was a judge of the Federal Court of Malaysia. She is now the President of the AIAC Court of Arbitration. She holds LLB (Hons) and LL.M degrees; is an Honorary Bencher of The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn; Adjunct Professor, Taylor’s University, Malaysia; Visiting Professor of Hainan University & Guangxi University, China; Special-Invited Mediator of Haikou International Business Mediation Centre; member of the UNDP Advisory Working Group on Judicial Integrity Network in ASEAN; Special Advisor to the International Statutory Adjudication Forum; member of the Editorial Board of the Asia Pacific Regional Arbitration Group (APRAG); and Chairperson of the Code Administration Committee [Central Bank].
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Sanjay Kishan Kaul
Born on December 26, 1958, he completed his education at Modern School, New Delhi, and graduated in Economics (Hons.) from St. Stephen’s College in 1979. He obtained his LL.B. from Campus Law Centre, Delhi University in 1982 and enrolled as an advocate with the Bar Council of Delhi that same year. He practiced primarily in the Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court of India, handling commercial, civil, and constitutional matters, as well as cases involving banking, finance, insurance, and real estate. He also appeared before various tribunals, including the MRTP Commission, Company Law Board, and Debt Recovery Tribunal. In 1999, he was designated Senior Advocate, having served as Advocate-on-Record at the Supreme Court from 1987 to 1999. Appointed as Additional Judge of the Delhi High Court in 2001, he became a permanent Judge in 2003. He was briefly the Acting Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court in 2012 and later elevated to Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in 2013. Justice Kaul was elevated as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India on 17.02.2017 and served in that capacity till 25.12.2023. Following his retirement from the Supreme Court, Justice Kaul has been appointed as Presiding, Sole and nominee arbitrator in high-stakes international and domestic commercial arbitrations administered under a variety of institutional rules including SIAC, ICC and the LCIA.
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Vivian Ramsey IJ
Sir Vivian Ramsey was educated in the UK and the USA. He studied engineering science and economics at Oxford before working for Ove Arup and Partners for eight years, qualifying as a chartered civil engineer. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2013. He studied law at the City University and qualified as a barrister, commencing practice in 1981. He became a QC in 1992 and was head of Keating Chambers in London. He became a Bencher of Middle Temple in 2002. Sir Ramsey was appointed a High Court judge in 2005 and became judge in charge of the Technology and Construction Court from 2007 to 2010. Following his retirement in 2014, he became an International Judge in the Singapore International Commercial Court. He also acts as an arbitrator, mediator, expert and dispute board member around the world. In 2018 he was awarded the Society of Construction Law inaugural International Medal in Chicago. He was Master of the Worshipful Company of Constructors in 2019-2020. He was awarded an Honorary DSc Degree by the University of Westminster in 2021.
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Hi-Taek Shin
Professor Hi-Taek Shin is a full-time arbitrator based in Seoul, Korea, specializing in international commercial and investment disputes. With a diverse background as a counsel, academic, public official and arbitrator, he brings extensive expertise to his role. Before 2007, he was a partner at Kim & Chang, a leading Korean law firm, focusing on cross-border transactions such as mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and shareholder agreements and resolution of disputes arising such transctions. He later joined Seoul National University School of Law, teaching international business transactions and investment dispute resolution. From 2016 to 2019, he served as Chairman of the Korea Trade Commission, the Republic of Korea’s trade remedy authority. Professor Shin’s areas of expertise include international investment law, corporate transactions, joint ventures, licensing agreements, as well as disputes in sectors such as energy, infrastructure, and defense. He has been appointed as a sole, presiding, and co-arbitrator in international arbitrations under the rules of institutions including HKIAC, ICC, ICSID, KCAB INTERNATIONAL, LCIA, and SIAC. He also serves as a mediator for SIMC. From 2018 to 2022, he served as Chairman of KCAB INTERNATIONAL, the international division of the Korean Commercial Arbitration Board. He is currently a member of the International Commercial Expert Committee of the Supreme People’s Court of China.
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Henk Snijders
H.J. (Henk) is an independent arbitrator, legal advisor, and em. professor of Civil Law and Civil Procedure at Leiden University, Netherlands. He is the Dutch representative on the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) for arbitration and mediation, member of the Dutch Arbitration & ADR Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce and an honorary member of the Executive Board of the Netherlands Arbitration Institute. Henk also serves as chief editor of the Dutch Arbitration Review and has authored numerous publications on arbitration law. Since 1985, Henk has acted as an independent arbitrator in both institutional and ad hoc arbitration cases (ICC, NAI, UNCITRAL and EDF, among others). His expertise spans arbitration, law of procedure, contract law and property law, and he has served as both an arbitrator and legal advisor in domestic and international commercial disputes. He holds a master’s degree (1973) and a doctorate in law (1978) from Leiden University. Henk has also served as a deputy judge in the District Court of The Hague and the Appellate Court of Arnhem-Leeuwarden and teaches postgraduate courses on international arbitration. For more information it can be referred to the website www.hjsnijders.com.
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Judith Prakash
Justice Judith Prakash is a Singaporean who has had a distinguished career on the bench of the Supreme Court of Singapore. Justice Prakash graduated from the University of Singapore in 1974 with an LLB (Hons) degree and was admitted as an advocate and solicitor in Singapore the following year. Thereafter she was in private practice until 1992. Starting as a shipping lawyer, she subsequently practiced commercial law in the areas of banking and finance and company law. She joined the Supreme Court of Singapore as Judicial Commissioner in 1992 and became a High Court Judge in 1995. Justice Prakash was appointed Justice of the Court of Appeal on 1 August 2016, the first woman to be appointed a permanent judge of the Singapore Court of Appeal. She retired from full-time service on 18 December 2023 and returned as Senior Judge of the Supreme Court on 2 January 2024. Until 2022, Justice Prakash was the Lead Judge for arbitration matters in the Singapore Supreme Court. She has sat on many cases involving arbitration issues, both at first instance and on appeal, and is one of the Supreme Court’s specialist arbitration judges. Other areas in which she has a special interest include family law and trusts, and in the commercial area, banking, finance, shipping and insurance law. She served more than two decades in the Supreme Court and many of her judgments, particularly on arbitration and commercial law, have been influential both domestically and internationally.
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Fatima Faisal Hubail
Judge Fatima Faisal Hubail is a Judge of the High Court of Appeal in the Kingdom of Bahrain, a member of the Supreme Judicial Council, and an expert judge of the Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution (BCDR). She currently serves as Head of the Commercial Circuit of the High Court of Appeal. Upon the promulgation of Bahrain’s Reorganization and Bankruptcy Law in 2018, she was appointed President of the specialized Reorganization and Bankruptcy Court. In that capacity, she presided over complex restructuring proceedings and contributed to the establishment and development of Bahrain’s bankruptcy and reorganization jurisprudence, contributing to the rehabilitation of distressed businesses, the preservation of employment, and the promotion of economic stability. In addition to her judicial responsibilities, Judge Hubail is an active contributor to the legal community. She has participated as a speaker in numerous legal conferences, forums, and workshops, and was the first female judge to chair a Supervisory Elections Committee overseeing multiple sub-committees for the Parliamentary and Municipal Elections held in the Kingdom of Bahrain in 2018 and 2022. Judge Hubail is also a founding member of the Future Judges Program and a member of the team responsible for developing the Supreme Judicial Council’s strategic framework. Internationally, she serves as a member of INSOL’s MENA Advisory Council and Judicial Steering Committee, and is a member of the International Insolvency Institute.
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Joan Donoghue
Joan Donoghue is an arbitrator based in London. An esteemed public international lawyer with broad experience, Joan stepped down from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in 2024, where she was a Judge from 2010 to 2024, serving as President from 2021 to 2024. Joan has also sat as a member or president of investor-state tribunals and annulment committees, and from 2016 to 2024 was a US designee to the ICSID Panel of Arbitrators. Prior to joining the ICJ, Joan served in the US State Department for around 20 years, working on a broad range of issues – including regional affairs (Latin America and Africa), economic and business affairs, the law of the sea, the environment, and immunities law – ultimately serving as principal deputy legal advisor (the department’s most senior career attorney) from 2007–2010. Other prominent roles include service as the deputy general counsel of the US Treasury Department (1999–2000) and as general counsel in a major US financial services company (2003–2005). She has taught courses in international law and international investment law at several law schools and within the training programme of the United Nations. In 2025, Joan was a visiting professor at the law school at the University of California, Berkeley, and for the 2025/26 academic year she is the Arthur Goodhart visiting professor in legal science at the University of Cambridge. Joan currently serves as honorary president of the American Society of International Law and as vice president of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law.
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Pinky Anand
Prof. (Dr.) Pinky Anand is a Judge of the Bahrain International Court, distinguished Senior Counsel, Arbitrator, Mediator, and Author. She has had an illustrious career litigating before the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India, High Courts and Tribunals for over 45 years. Dr. Anand has previously served two-terms as the Additional Solicitor General of India representing the Government of India and leading Public-Private Partnerships of national importance. Dr. Anand is an alumnus of the Harvard Law School [Inlaks Scholar] and holds a Bachelors in Economics and Law from Delhi University. Dr. Anand is a Governing Body member of the ICA and is a recognized arbitrator at SIAC, DIAC, AIAC (Malaysia), Saudi Centre for Commercial Arbitration and a Part II registered legal practitioner at the DIFC Courts. Dr. Anand has represented India at the BRICS and the Shanghai Co-operation Organization in Azerbaijan, Russia and Kazakhstan. Dr. Anand currently serves as the Chair of the ADR Committee of LAWASIA, Founding Member of the BRICS Legal Forum. Dr. Anand is a published and renowned expert in Private International Law and has been called as a Door Tenant at the renowned No. 5 Barristers Chambers, London. She has been awarded for her distinguished contributions to the legal field with the French Order of Merit by the Republic of France, Pride of India award and the Bharat Gaurav Samman by the House of Lords and the House of Commons. Dr. Anand has been called as a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitration and has been appointed a Delegate (India) to the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR to add to her long list of accomplishments. Dr. Anand has several landmark judgments to her credit. Her work includes advising the Courts, Legislature and the Executive in drafting laws, amendments and policies inter alia, protection of women in workplace from sexual assault, new criminal laws with a special focus on white collar crime, and criminal procedure. She is an advisory member of the National Commission for Women. Her long and illustrious career has seen her appear for Public-Private Partnerships, diplomatic missions, business leaders, celebrities, politicians and has successfully defended her clients cause to the hilt both domestically and internationally.
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Abdulrahman Alsayed
Judge Abdul Rahman Al-Sayed is a distinguished and senior member of the Bahraini judiciary, currently holding the positions of Deputy at the Court of Cassation and member of the Supreme Judicial Council. Throughout a career of four decades, he has established a reputation for his comprehensive judicial experience, particularly in his role as a delegated judge at the Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution (BCDR). Born in 1960, Judge Al-Sayed earned a Bachelor's degree in Law with honors from the United Arab Emirates University in 1983. He began his professional journey at the Ministry of Justice, serving as a Legal Researcher, Head of Notaries, and General Registrar of the Courts Administration. His transition to the judiciary occurred in 1989, after which he advanced through the judicial system, holding positions as a judge at the Lower and High Civil Courts before being appointed President of the High Civil Court. His path also included a distinguished ten-year term as the First Public Prosecutor at the Public Prosecution, before his appointment to the Court of Cassation in 2016. Judge Al-Sayed’s proficiency is especially notable in the fields of commercial law and arbitration. Since 2014, he has been a delegated judge at the BCDR, where he also serves as the appointed judge for interim measures. His expertise is supported by his active participation as both an attendee and lecturer in numerous professional courses and seminars, including conferences organized by the GCC Commercial Arbitration Center. His specialized knowledge further extends to intellectual property, anti-corruption, money laundering, and other transnational crimes. In addition to his duties on the bench, Judge Al-Sayed has taken on significant leadership responsibilities that shape the legal profession and judiciary in Bahrain. He serves as the Head of Judicial Inspection and presides over key disciplinary committees for both lawyers and auditors. His influence extends to the development of national legislation through his work on committees for drafting laws related to the judiciary and representing Bahrain in legal discussions at the GCC level. Furthermore, he contributes to nurturing the next generation of legal minds as a lecturer at the Institute of Judicial and Legal Studies and has played a vital role in the nation's civic life through membership of the Higher Committee on Supervision of the Fairness of Referendums and Council Member Elections for nearly two decades.
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Khalid Ajaji
Judge Khalid Hassan Ajaji is a distinguished senior member of the Bahraini judiciary, currently serving as Deputy Judge at the Court of Cassation and as a member of the Supreme Judicial Council. With over four decades of judicial service, he brings extensive experience in both adjudication and alternative dispute resolution, with particular expertise in complex commercial disputes and arbitration. Born in 1962, Judge Ajaji earned a Bachelor's degree in Law with high honors from the United Arab Emirates University in 1984. He began his legal career at the Ministry of Justice, serving first as a notary and later as a legal researcher. His judicial service commenced in 1989, and he has since presided across all levels of the Kingdom’s civil and commercial courts. His appointments include Judge at the Lower Civil Court and the High Civil Court, President of the High Civil Court, and Judge at the High Court of Appeal, where he was later appointed President. In 2016, he was appointed Judge at the Court of Cassation, and in 2019 he assumed his current position as Deputy Judge at the Court. Judge Ajaji has completed mediation skills training and training-of-trainers programs provided by the American Bar Association (ABA), and has participated in mediation training programs in the Bahrain, Jordan, and Oman. Since 2010, Judge Ajaji has served as a deputized judge at the Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution (BCDR), where he is also the designated judge to hear applications for interim measures. He has also chaired the Arbitration Panel at the Bahrain Stock Exchange. Beyond his judicial roles, Judge Ajaji held senior executive positions within the Ministry of Justice, serving as Assistant Undersecretary of the Ministry for Courts and Notarization Affairs (2006-2010) and as delegated Undersecretary for Justice Affairs (2010-2015). He has contributed to national legal development as a member of the committee that drafted the Commercial Companies Law, and as a long-serving member of the Higher Committee on Supervision of the Fairness of Referendums and Council Member Elections.
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Mohamed S. Abdel Wahab
Professor of International Arbitration, Private International Law and English Contract Law, Cairo University; Founding Partner and Head of International Arbitration, Construction and Energy Groups at Zulficar & Partners Law Firm (Egypt); Member of the Governing Board (ICCA); Chair of the ICC Governing Body for Dispute Resolution Services; Former Global President of the CIArb (2025); International Judge of the Bahrain International Commercial Court (BICC); Dean of the Africa Arbitration Academy; Member of the Court, PCA (The Hague); Member of the Curatorium of the Hague Academy of International Law; Fellow of International Academy of Construction Lawyers; Member of the International Commercial Expert Committee, China International Commercial Court; Member of the International Construction Arbitrators Association (ICAA); and Member of the ITA Academic Council. He is a fellow of the National Centre for Technology and Dispute Resolution at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA; and associate fellow of the Centre for Private International Law and Centre for Commercial Law at Aberdeen University (UK). Former Chair of the International Expert Committee of the Permanent Forum for China Construction Law; Former Court Member of the LCIA (2014-2019); Former Member of the Board of Trustees of the (CIArb) UK; Former President of LCIA’s Arab Users’ Council (2016-2018); and Former Vice Chair of the IBA Arbitration Committee (2015-2018); Former Co-Chair of the IBA Arab Regional Forum; Former Member of the Governing Board, International Council on Online Dispute Resolution (ICODR) – (2017–2021); Former Vice-Chair of the Advisory Committee of the CRCICA (2021-2024), and Former Director for the CIArb’s Flagship International Arbitration Diploma (2019-2024). Prof. Dr. Mohamed Abdel Wahab served as ‘Sole Arbitrator’, ‘Presiding Arbitrator’, ‘Party Appointed Arbitrator’, ‘Legal Expert’ and ‘Counsel’ in more than 280 cases, including complex, high value commercial and investment arbitral proceedings involving parties from the Africa, Asia, Canada, Europe, the Middle East the United States and Latin America. He appeared as arbitrator, counsel and legal expert in cases under the auspices of almost all major arbitral institutions as well as under the UNCITRAL arbitration rules, and involving mega multibillion and multi-hundred million dollars disputes involving private parties, investors, States and State-owned entities from many different countries. He received The LAW Magazine’s “Lawyers’ Advocate” and “Hall of Fame” awards (2025); the 2021 and 2020 Client Choice International Award, the 2019 AYA Hall-of-Fame African Arbitrator Award, the 2018 ASA International Arbitration Advocacy Prize. Lexology Index – Arbitration 2026 says: “Mohamed knows the arbitration process inside and out”, “His work ethic, professionalism, integrity and moral values are exceptional”, “He is fair and impartial in disputes”. Lexology Index – Construction 2025 says: “Mohamed is a superstar in the field”. Chambers & Partners Global (2025) - Dispute Resolution: Arbitration say: “To my mind, he is one of the finest arbitrators globally. He has an encyclopedic knowledge of international arbitration practice and a tremendous amount of experience in civil and common law cases. He is extremely impressive; very well-prepared. He knows arbitration inside-out and is extremely smart and experienced”. Prof. Dr. Abdel Wahab read law in Egypt and in the UK, and speaks Arabic (mother tongue), English (fluent) and French (very good working knowledge).
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Aysha Mutaywea
Ms. Aysha Mutaywea is a Bahraini lawyer and founder and managing partner of Mutaywea Law, with rights of audience before the Cassation and Constitutional Courts of Bahrain. She has more than 15 years' experience in practice and specializes in litigation and international dispute resolution. She serves as counsel in arbitration and has sat as an arbitrator in more than 30 international arbitration cases. She is experienced in the laws of the MENA Region and advises international clients on a wide range of disputes including civil, commercial, corporate, finance (Islamic and non-Islamic), banking, franchise, corporate governance, technology, sports, telecommunication, real estate, construction, infrastructure and aviation disputes. Ms Mutaywea holds a diploma in management from the Chartered Managers Institute in the UK, a bachelor's degree in law from ASU University, an internation diploma in arbitration from the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and a master's degree in international dispute resolution from Queen Mary University, London. Ms Mutaywea served on the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Court of Arbitration for six years. She currently sits on the Board of Trustees of ICC Bahrain and on the Board of the Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution. She also serves as Secretary General and Head of the ADR and Arbitration Committee of ICC Bahrain. Ms Mutaywea represents the Kingdom of Bahrain on the ICSID Panel of Arbitrators and Conciliators and acts as an arbitrator with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). In addition, she is a board member of the Women Research Centre at the Royal University for Women in Bahrain.
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Chiann Bao
Chiann is a Chartered Arbitrator and CEDR-accredited mediator with over 20 years of experience working in London, New York, Hong Kong and Singapore. Qualified in New York, Hong Kong and England and Wales, Chiann has served as arbitrator in both civil and common law systems in over 120 arbitrations involving states, state owned enterprises and corporates with a total value of over 40 billion US dollars in dispute. Chiann holds leadership positions worldwide and has just completed her tenure as Co-Chair of the IBA’s International Arbitration Committee in 2025 and served as a Vice President of the ICC Court of Arbitration until 2024. From 2010 to 2018, Chiann served as the Secretary General and then as a Council Member of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre during which time it was ranked the most improved institution worldwide. She is a member of the Board of Directors of Maxwell Chambers and the Global Advisory Board of the New York International Arbitration Centre. A regular speaker and lecturer, Chiann was awarded the Global Arbitration Review “best lecture” for her Proskauer Rose Lecture in 2022. She is a member of the permanent faculty at the Sciences Po Law School and until recently serve as an adjunct associate professor at NUS Faculty of Law. She also currently serves as a member of the Board of Trustees and is an Honorary Senior Fellow of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law. Chiann authors and edits articles and books and serves as a member of editorial boards of publications published by Oxford University Press and Kluwer.
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Phillipe Pinsolle
Philippe Pinsolle has over thirty years of experience as a counsel, expert, and arbitrator in international arbitration. He is a partner of Quinn Emanuel and the head of international arbitration for continental Europe, based in the Geneva office. Philippe has acted as counsel in more than 320 international arbitrations and as arbitrator in more than 75 cases, with a particular focus on Investor-State arbitrations and commercial disputes involving the energy, power, oil & gas, construction, and defense industries. He has been involved in arbitrations under the auspices of virtually all major arbitration institutions including the ICC, the SIAC, the LCIA, the HKIAC, the ICSID, the SCC, the AAA, the ICDR, the Swiss Arbitration Center, the AFA, the DIAC, the ADCCAC, the Luxembourg Arbitration Center, the CMAP, as well as in ad hoc cases under the UNCITRAL rules, the European Development Fund or otherwise. Philippe holds an M.B.A from ESSEC in addition to his dual legal qualification as a French avocat a la cour as well as an English barrister. He is recognized universally as one of the arbitration lawyers (acting as arbitrator or counsel) that best understands quantum issues. Philippe is a member of the Court of Arbitration of Singapore International Arbitration Center (SIAC) since 2019. He is also a former President of the French Arbitration Committee (CFA), a former Senior co-Chair of the IBA arbitration committee and a former President of the arbitration committee of the Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA). He is an Advisor of the International Advisory Board (IAB) of the Thailand Arbitration Center (THAC).
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Former Chief Justice Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud
Holds a B.A. with Honors in Economics from St. Stephen’s College, New Delhi, an LLB degree from Campus Law Centre, Delhi University and an LLM and S.J.D. from Harvard Law School, U.S.A. Enrolled with the Bar Council of Maharashtra and mainly practised before the Bombay High Court and Supreme Court of India. Designated as a Senior Advocate and Additional Solicitor General of India in 1998. Visiting Professor of Comparative Constitutional Law at the University of Mumbai. (1988-97); Visiting Professor at Oklahoma University School of Law, USA(1984). Currently, Distinguished Professor of Law, National Law University, Delhi Delivered lectures at the Australian National University, Cambridge University, Harvard Law School, London School of Economics, Oxford University, Yale Law School, and the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa. Speaker at conferences organised by bodies of the United Nations including United Nations High Commission on Human Rights, International Labour Organisation, United Nations Environmental Program, the World Bank and Asian Development Bank. Elevated to the Bench of the Bombay High Court on March 29, 2000. Director of Maharashtra Judicial Academy. Sworn in as Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court from October 31, 2013. Elevated as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India on May 13, 2016. Chief Justice of India - November 9, 2022 – November 10, 2024. Independent Consultant and Arbitrator. Nominated as Arbitrator in international arbitrations by the International Chamber of Commerce, Singapore International Arbitration Centre and London Court of International Arbitration. Presiding Arbitrator and Sole Arbitrator in ad hoc arbitrations. Appointed by the Permanent Court of Arbitration as Appointing Authority. As a consultant, rendered advice on diverse issues including international arbitration; Bilateral Investment Treaties; commercial, corporate and securities law; contracts and financial regulatory governance. Contributed articles to numerous books published in India and overseas. His recent book titled, “Why the Constitution Matters” has been published by Penguin Random house.
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Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon
Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court on 6 November 2012. Chief Justice Menon graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours) from the National University of Singapore in 1986 and a Master of Laws from Harvard Law School in 1991. He was admitted as an advocate and solicitor in Singapore in 1987, and as an attorney and counsellor-at-law in New York in 1992. After he was called to the Bar in Singapore, he practised with major local and international law firms, primarily as an advocate, in the fields of commercial litigation and arbitration, construction law and insolvency law. From 2006 to 2007, he served as a Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court. He was appointed Senior Counsel in 2008. In 2010, he was appointed the 6th Attorney-General of Singapore, a post he relinquished in 2012 shortly before his appointment as a Judge of Appeal. He was appointed to the Presidential Council for Minority Rights upon his appointment as Attorney-General in 2010 and was later appointed as its Chairman in 2012, upon his appointment as Chief Justice. Between 2012 and 2020, Chief Justice Menon served on the Governing Board of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration, and he also served as a member of the International Chamber of Commerce Governing Body for Dispute Resolution Services from 2021 to March 2024. He is also an elected member of the American Law Institute, an Honorary Bencher of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple in England and the President of the Singapore Academy of Law. Chief Justice Menon was conferred the Honorary degree of Doctor of Laws by the University of Western Australia in 2022 for his services to the law and by the National University of Singapore in 2024 for his outstanding service to the practice and adjudication of law. In 2024, he was also awarded the White & Case Distinguished Jessup Alumni Award.
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Jan Paulsson
A graduate of Harvard College, Yale Law School, and the University of Paris, Jan Paulsson practiced in Paris for some three decades, and remains an avocat honoraire at the Paris Bar. A founding partner of the Three Crowns firm, he is since 2025 the President of the Bahrain International Commercial Court as well as a practicing arbitrator. He has held teaching positions at Cambridge University, the London School of Economics, the Institut de Sciences Politiques (Paris), the Hague Academy of International Law, and the University of Miami, and well as leadership positions in five major international arbitration institutions. He remains a practicing arbitrator, resident in Bahrain.
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Justice Philip Jeyaretnam
Justice Philip Jeyaretnam is the President of the Singapore International Commercial Court. He was appointed Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court on 4 January 2021 and High Court Judge on 1 November 2021. His focus on the Bench has been in complex commercial cases, arbitration law, building and construction, company and trust law. He is also a member of the Judicial Service Commission, and the Presidential Council for Minority Rights. In June 2022, he was appointed by the Chief Justice as the co-chair of the Commercial Practice Panel of the Supreme Court, to develop best practices for the management of commercial cases. Justice Jeyaretnam read Law at Cambridge and graduated with First Class Honours in 1986. He was called to the English Bar in 1987 and to the Singapore Bar in 1988 and was conferred the title of Senior Counsel in 2003 at the age of 38, one of the youngest lawyers to be appointed Senior Counsel. In 1988, he received the Airey Neave Award for research on the rule of law. In 1990, he was given a Fulbright Fellowship, which took him to the University of Iowa International Writers’ Program and to Harvard Law School. While in practice, he was recognised as an expert in commercial litigation, arbitration and construction law in all major legal publications. In 2020, the Law Society conferred on him the CC Tan Award. He was managing partner of Rodyk & Davidson LLP from 2011, and, following its combination with Dentons, ASEAN CEO. He was the founding chairperson of the Society of Construction Law (Singapore), from 2002 to 2004, and served as the President of the Law Society during the years 2004 to 2007. From 2009 to 2020, he was a member of the Public Service Commission. A novelist and short story writer, he received the Young Artist of the Year Award for his literary work in 1993 and a SEA Write Award in 2003.
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Fatima Faisal Hubail
Judge Fatima Faisal Hubail is a Judge of the High Court of Appeal in the Kingdom of Bahrain, a member of the Supreme Judicial Council, and an expert judge of the Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution (BCDR). She currently serves as Head of the Commercial Circuit of the High Court of Appeal. Upon the promulgation of Bahrain’s Reorganization and Bankruptcy Law in 2018, she was appointed President of the specialized Reorganization and Bankruptcy Court. In that capacity, she presided over complex restructuring proceedings and contributed to the establishment and development of Bahrain’s bankruptcy and reorganization jurisprudence, contributing to the rehabilitation of distressed businesses, the preservation of employment, and the promotion of economic stability. In addition to her judicial responsibilities, Judge Hubail is an active contributor to the legal community. She has participated as a speaker in numerous legal conferences, forums, and workshops, and was the first female judge to chair a Supervisory Elections Committee overseeing multiple sub-committees for the Parliamentary and Municipal Elections held in the Kingdom of Bahrain in 2018 and 2022. Judge Hubail is also a founding member of the Future Judges Program and a member of the team responsible for developing the Supreme Judicial Council’s strategic framework. Internationally, she serves as a member of INSOL’s MENA Advisory Council and Judicial Steering Committee, and is a member of the International Insolvency Institute.
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Khalid Ajaji
Judge Khalid Hassan Ajaji is a distinguished senior member of the Bahraini judiciary, currently serving as Deputy Judge at the Court of Cassation and as a member of the Supreme Judicial Council. With over four decades of judicial service, he brings extensive experience in both adjudication and alternative dispute resolution, with particular expertise in complex commercial disputes and arbitration. Born in 1962, Judge Ajaji earned a Bachelor's degree in Law with high honors from the United Arab Emirates University in 1984. He began his legal career at the Ministry of Justice, serving first as a notary and later as a legal researcher. His judicial service commenced in 1989, and he has since presided across all levels of the Kingdom’s civil and commercial courts. His appointments include Judge at the Lower Civil Court and the High Civil Court, President of the High Civil Court, and Judge at the High Court of Appeal, where he was later appointed President. In 2016, he was appointed Judge at the Court of Cassation, and in 2019 he assumed his current position as Deputy Judge at the Court. Judge Ajaji has completed mediation skills training and training-of-trainers programs provided by the American Bar Association (ABA), and has participated in mediation training programs in the Bahrain, Jordan, and Oman. Since 2010, Judge Ajaji has served as a deputized judge at the Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution (BCDR), where he is also the designated judge to hear applications for interim measures. He has also chaired the Arbitration Panel at the Bahrain Stock Exchange. Beyond his judicial roles, Judge Ajaji held senior executive positions within the Ministry of Justice, serving as Assistant Undersecretary of the Ministry for Courts and Notarization Affairs (2006-2010) and as delegated Undersecretary for Justice Affairs (2010-2015). He has contributed to national legal development as a member of the committee that drafted the Commercial Companies Law, and as a long-serving member of the Higher Committee on Supervision of the Fairness of Referendums and Council Member Elections.
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