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Elizabeth B. Birch

Address: 

3 Verulam Buildings

Gray’s Inn

London WC1R 5NT

England

Phone Number: 
+44 20 7831 8441
Fax Number: 
+44 20 7831 8479
Email: 
ebirch@3vb.com
Born: 
1952
Languages: 
English
Nationalities: 
British
Education: 
LLB (Hons) London University
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Admitted to London Bar 1978; FCIArb (1993); Chartered Arbitrator (1998); Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration (CIA) 1998 (Distinction);
Present Position: 
Professional International Arbitrator and Mediator; FCIArb; Chartered Arbitrator; QDR
Professional Experience: 

Practiced as barrister in international commercial arbitration at 3 Essex Court (now 20 Essex Street) 1980 – 1997; 3 Verulam Buildings 1997 – date.

Professional Associations: 

Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London; Maritime Arbitration Club, London; Arbitration Club – Oil & Gas Branch, London; Arbitral Women; LCIA; ICC; Baltic Exchange; Commercial Bar Association, London; Distinguished Fellow of the International Academy of Mediators, California (IAM)

Panels of Arbitrators: 

AAA/ICDR (Oil & Gas Panel); CPR New York (Panel for Distinguished International Arbitrators and Mediators); ICC; LCIA; LMAA (London Maritime Arbitrators Association); SCMA (Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration); SIAC (Singapore International Arbitration Centre); CIA (Chartered Institute of Arbitrators); FEPA/DEFRA Representation Committee (available to hear appeals as Chairman against refusal of licences for dumping at sea).

Arbitration Experience: 

Practiced as a barrister/advocate in international commercial arbitration and appeared in very substantial numbers of arbitrations between 1980 and 2003. Has sat as arbitrator since 1992 and as mediator since 1995 in international commercial disputes and has been practicing in that field as a full time professional arbitrator and mediator since 2003. Conducted over 500 arbitrations to award stage as party appointed arbitrator, sole arbitrator or chairman including ICC, LCIA, CPR (New York), CIA, LMAA and ad hoc. Cases include high value and technical disputes; also, commercial/international mediator of high renown

Areas of Specialization: 
Arbitration & ADR
Insurance
International Commercial Transactions
International Trade
Maritime Law
Oil & Gas
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