Nigel Blackaby is a partner and global co-head of the international arbitration group at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. Constantine Partasides QC is a founding partner of Three Crowns LLP. Alan Redfern is a barrister and international arbitrator practising from One Essex Court Chambers. Martin Hunter is a barrister and international arbitrator practising from Essex Court Chambers, and Professor of International Dispute Resolution at Nottingham Trent University.