Books
1. Understanding International Arbitration (with Pietro Ortolani) (Routledge 2019)
2. The Roles of Psychology in International Arbitration (editor) (Series: International Arbitration Library) (Kluwer 2017)
3. The Structure of Investment Arbitration (Routledge 2013) (paperback edition released in 2015; US edition released in 2015)
Articles and Chapters
1. “Arbitration in Montenegro”, Transnational Dispute Management (September 2025)
2. “Arbitration in Scotland”, Transnational Dispute Management (September 2025)
3. “Arbitration in Belgium”, Transnational Dispute Management (September 2025)
4. “Arbitration in Türkiye (Turkey)”, Transnational Dispute Management (March 2025)
5. “Arbitration in the Faroe Islands”, Transnational Dispute Management (February 2025)
6. “Arbitration in Romania”, Transnational Dispute Management (January 2025); reprinted in 19 Romanian Arbitration Journal 41 (2025)
7. “Arbitration in Bosnia and Herzegovina”, Transnational Dispute Management (December 2024)
8. “Arbitration in Slovenia”, Transnational Dispute Management (November 2024)
9. “Introducing Statutory Construction Adjudication to India: Drawing from International Experience”, (with Harry Meliniotis, Arran Dowling-Hussey and Tariq Mahmood) in Specialized Arbitrations: Emerging International Trends and Practices (Chirag Balyan, et al. eds. 2021)
10. “Judicial Interpretation of Standard Arbitration Clauses: ‘Any and All Claims Related’”, in Judicial Control over Arbitral Awards (Cambridge University Press 2021) (with Rocio Digon and Kamil Mehiz) (lead author)
11. “Strange Bedfellows; Remarks on the Compatibility of Commercial Arbitration Principles with Maritime Arbitration” (with Aonghus Cheevers and Paolo Vargiu), Transnational Dispute Management (2021)
12. “Arbitration in Its Psychological Context: A Contextual Behavioural Account of Arbitral Decision-Making”, in The Oxford Handbook of International Arbitration (Thomas Schultz & Federico Ortino eds.) (Oxford University Press 2020) (with Pietro Ortolani and Sean Wright) (lead author)
13. “Legislating for an Effective and Legitimate System of Online Consumer Arbitration”, in The Brave New World of Arbitration: The Role of Technology and the Internet in International Arbitration (Christian Aschauer & Maud Piers eds. 2018) (Cambridge University Press) (with Pablo Cortés)
14. “Arbitration in Southern Europe: Insights from a Large-Scale Empirical Study”, 26 American Review of International Arbitration 187 (2015) (with Pietro Ortolani and Barbara Warwas) (lead author)
15. “Diversity in Arbitration in Europe: Insights from a Large Scale Empirical Study”, Transnational Dispute Management (2015) (with Pietro Ortolani)
16. “Legal Instruments and Practice of Arbitration in the EU”, Transnational Dispute Management (2015) (with Ilias Bantekas, Christine Riefa, Federico Ferretti, Barbara Warwas and Pietro Ortolani) (republication of European Parliament study) (principal investigator and lead author)
17. “Non-Binding Documents and Literature”, in International Investment Law: The Sources of Rights and Obligations (Eric De Brabandere and Tarcisio Gazzini eds.), (Brill 2012)
18. “The Boundaries of Most Favored Nation Treatment in International Investment Law”, 33 Michigan Journal of International Law 537 (2012)
19. “Justice in the Diffusion of Innovation” (with Allen Buchanan & Robert Keohane), 19(3) Journal of Political Philosophy 306 (2011) (republished in Global Justice and Bioethics (Joseph Millum & Ezekiel J. Emanuel eds.) (Oxford 2011))
20. “Power-Conferring Treaties: The Meaning of ‘Investment’ in the ICSID Convention” (with Anuj Kumar Vaksha – PhD supervisee), 24(2) Leiden Journal of International Law 355 (2011)
21. “Authority and Contemporary International Arbitration”, 70 Louisiana Law Review 801 (2010)
22. “Commercial Arbitration in Japan: Contributions to the Debate on Japanese ‘Non-Litigiousness’”, 40 New York University Journal of International Law and Politics 29 (2007) (republished in 7 Transnational Dispute Management (2010))
23. “The Committee of the Regions and Subnational Representation to the European Union”, 12 Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law 49 (2005)
24. “Labor Standards and the Generalized System of Preferences: The European Labor Incentives”, 25 Michigan Journal of International Law 179 (2003) [student note]
25. “The Parol Evidence Rule: A Comparative Analysis and Proposal”, 26(3) University of New South Wales Law Journal 680 (2003)
26. “Scalia and the Institutional Approach to Law”, 34 University of Toledo Law Review 559 (2003)
Studies/Working Papers
1. A series of short working papers reporting on results from interviews with arbitration practitioners (completed papers on Austria, Germany, Ireland, Liechtenstein) (2022-23)
2. “Arbitration in the Americas” (2018) (with Pietro Ortolani, Pinar Karacan and Stephanie Trindade Cardoso) (principal investigator and co-lead author with Pietro Ortolani) (supported by the Organization of American States and by the Arbitration Court of the International Chamber of Commerce) (funded by Gentium Law): https://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/law/research/arbitration
3. “Legal Instruments and Practice of Arbitration in the EU” (2015) (with Ilias Bantekas, Christine Riefa, Federico Ferretti, Barbara Warwas and Pietro Ortolani) (principal investigator and lead author) (funded by the European Parliament): http://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document.html?reference=IPOL_STU(2015)509988
Book Reviews and Professional Publications
1. “Establishing Liability for Falling Space Debris: Charting a course for space debris disputes” (with Allison Torline), Mealey's International Arbitration (2025)
2. “How Advocates and Arbitrators May Use Psychology to Improve Panel Section and Decision-Making”, JAMS Global Engineering Construction Newsletter (2025)
3. “The Complexities of Construction Dispute Resolution, Part I: Statutory Adjudication”, JAMS Global Construction Solutions (2023)
4. “International Arbitration Experts Discuss the Withdrawal Of COVID-19 Restrictions”, Mealey’s International Arbitration Report (2023) (contributing author)
5. “Examining Russian Sanctions and Their Effects on Arbitration”, JAMS ADR Insights (2022)
6. “‘Pakistan Protocol’ on Virtual Hearings” (with Arran Dowling Hussey and Tariq Mahmood), The News (Pakistan) (2020)
7. “Africa Arbitration Academy Protocol on Virtual Hearings in Africa: A leap in the right direction?” (with Arran Dowling Hussey and Tariq Mahmood), 33 Bedford Row Blog (2020)
8. “The Seoul Protocol on Videoconferencing and the Coronavirus Pandemic” (with Tariq Mahmood) (2020)
9. “Witness Conferencing Guidelines”, (with Arran Dowling Hussey), Westlaw Middle East (2019)
10. “ICS v. Argentina”, 27 ICSID Review – Foreign Investment Law Journal 268 (2013)
11. “Repsol May Never Get Paid for YPF”, New Statesman (online), 24 April 2012 [blog post]
12. “Is Argentina allowed to seize YPF?”, New Statesman (online), 23 April 2012 [blog post]
13. “Abdulrahman Yahya Baamir – Shari’a Law in Commercial and Banking Arbitration: Law and Practice in Saudi Arabia”, 12 Journal of Banking Regulation 192 (2011)
14. “Arbitrator Appointments in Investment Arbitration: Why Expressed Views on Points of Law Should Be Challengeable,” 1 Investment Treaty News Quarterly 13 (2010)
15. “International Company for Railway Systems (ICRS) and Privatization Holding Company (PHC) v. Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (ICSID Case No. ARB/09/13)” (with Yazan D. Haddadin – PhD student), 7 Transnational Dispute Management (2010)
16. “Susan Easton (ed.) – Marx and Law (2008)”, 30 Philosophy in Review 24 (2010)
17. “Ronald Charles Wolf – Trade, Aid and Arbitrate (2003)”, Global Law Books (2007)
18. “Larry Laudan – Truth, Error and Criminal Law (2006)”, 27 Philosophy in Review 417 (2007)
19. “William Outhwaite – The Future of Society (2006)”, 27 Philosophy in Review 286 (2007)
20. “New York State Courts May Order Provisional Remedies in Support of International Arbitration,” World Arbitration and Mediation Report, 17 World Arbitration & Mediation Report 176 (2006)
21. “Vittorio Hösle – Morals and Politics (2004)”, 26 Philosophy in Review 259 (2006)
22. “Roberto Toniatti, Francesco Palermo & Marco Dani (eds.) – An Ever More Complex Union (2004)”, Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law, 13 Maastricht J. Eur. & Comp. L. 258 (2006)
Research Funding
1. £812,302 (FEC £1,015,377) from the Economic and Social Research Council for “The Social and Psychological Underpinnings of Commercial Arbitration in Europe” (Principal Investigator)
2. £8,000.00 from Gentium Law for “Arbitration in the Americas” (Principal Investigator)
3. €278,191.00 from the European Parliament for “Legal Instruments and Practice of Arbitration in the EU” (Principal Investigator)
4. £2,500.00 from Transnational Dispute Management for a three-day conference on The Roles of Psychology in International Arbitration (2013)
5. £2,000.00 from Brunel Law School for a three-day conference on The Roles of Psychology in International Arbitration (2013)
6. £2,500.00 from Brunel University for a three-day conference on The Roles of Psychology in International Arbitration (2013)
7. £1,850.00 from the University of Warwick for a conference on The Role of Social Norms in Building a Low Carbon Society (in cooperation with Kai Spiekermann and Dan Priel) (2009)
Symposia and Workshops Organised
1. “Commercial Arbitration Through the Lenses of Theory, Psychology and Sociology”, Leicester, 10-12 June 2025
2. “Unpacking the Diversity of Diversity in Commercial Arbitration”, New York, 9 September 2024
3. Two online symposia on issues relating to the impacts of international investment arbitration on State governance and human rights [hosted on OGEMID from 2013-2014, each seminar taking place over two weeks, with eight contributors] [organiser and moderator]
4. “The Roles of Psychology in International Arbitration” (a three-day conference co-funded by Brunel University, Transnational Dispute Management and Brunel Law School), May 22-24, 2013
5. Online Symposium on Abaclat and Others (Case formerly known as Giovanna a Beccara and Others) v. Argentine Republic, ICSID Case No. ARB/07/5, July 2012 [organised and moderated two week online symposium on OGEMID]
6. Online Symposium on Spyridon Roussalis v. Romania, ICSID Case No. ARB/06/1, January 2012 [organised and moderated week-long symposium on OGEMID]
7. The Role of Social Norms in Building a Low Carbon Society (in cooperation with Kai Spiekermann and Dan Priel), July 2009
8. Diversity or Cacophony: New Sources of Norms in International Law, March 19-20, 2004, University of Michigan Law School
My research complements my arbitrator practice, as it focuses on empirical research on how arbitration is shaped by the real world. Because of this research, I have a uniquely detailed understanding of arbitration practice internationally, and substantial experience with understanding the different approaches to arbitration that are found around the world. I use this foundation to inform my procedural approaches as an arbitrator, consciously adapting the arbitral process to the parties and dispute, rather than delivering a "one size fits all" procedure that primarily reflects my own personal preferences.
Most recently, from 2019-2026 I was engaged in a large-scale research project, funded by the U.K.'s Economic and Social Research Council, with a budget of £1,000,000, to examine commercial arbitration across Europe. As part of this project, I interviewed over 1,000 arbitration practitioners, across 47 countries and including 127 cities, discussing arbitration practice and procedures, the approach to arbitration of courts, and how local arbitration markets and careers are structured. This project followed prior survey-based empirical research on arbitration across the Americas (North, South, Central, Caribbean) in 2018, which in turn followed empirical research commissioned by the Legal Committee of the European Parliament on arbitration across the European Union and Switzerland, resulting in a published report and a presentation to the Committee in 2015.