Arbitration panel | London Metal Exchange

Current arbitration panellists:

Name	Edward Album
Email	ejca@mitgr.com
Experience	LME Panel of Arbitrators. Active as Arbitrator for 24 years. Chairman of Panel from December 2010.
Education, qualifications, and memberships	MA Oxford University (Law). University of Chicago. Member LME,ICC, LCIA and Dubai Panels.
Awards and recognitions	Appointed Member of Law Strategy Group by Lord Chief Justice 2017.
CV available upon request

Name	Eric C Bettelheim
Email	eric@ericbettelheim.com
Experience	Member LME Arbitration Panel since 1987.
Education, qualifications, and memberships	Oxford University MA Jurisprudence; University of Chicago J.D. Member NY Bar Association.
Awards and recognitions
CV available upon request

Name	Clem Danin
Email	eclemdanin@gmail.com
Experience	After extensive industrial experience, LME Ring Dealer, Commercial Director and later Managing Director of Charles Davis (Metal Brokers) Ltd. LME Committee Member, Vice Chairman LME Committee. Board Member LME. Chairman LME Tin, Publicity and Arbitration Committees. Administrator and Trustee LME Benevolent Fund. Instigated and co-ordinated complete revision of LME Arbitration Rules prior to the Arbitration Act 1996. Consultant to LME, Brandeis Brokers Ltd and Metdist Ltd. Regularly appointed to LME and ICC arbitrations both domestic and international since 1985 and acted as sole arbitrator and chairman of tribunal in many. Expert witness in international disputes. Mediator with the Maidstone Mediation Scheme and involved with Restorative Justice..
Education, qualifications, and memberships	Henley Management College. MCIarb. Accredited Mediator. Associate Practitioner Restorative Justice Council.
Awards and recognitions	Honorary Member LME
CV available upon request

	Barbara Dohman QC
Email	bd@blackstonechambers.com
Experience	40 years as Counsel and Arbitrator in international arbitrations. Appointed as Arbitrator under the Rules of the ICC, LCIA, HKIAC, LME, ICSID and ad hoc. Chairman of the International Arbitration Centre in Kazakhstan. Former Recorder, deputy High Court Judge and Judge of the International Court in Qatar
Education, qualifications, and memberships	Schools in Germany and the US, Universities of Mainz and Paris (Sorbonne), Council of Legal Education, Inns of Court, London. Queen’s Counsel 1987. Member of the BVI bar, hon. member of the Berlin Bar Association, former Chairman of COMBAR and Leader of the European Circuit and member of the Lord Chancellor’s Standing Committee on Private International Law, member of the Special Committee of the LME and of specialist bar associations and committees.
Awards and recognitions	Life time Achievement Award Chambers & Partners 2006, Outstanding Achievement Award the Legal 500, 2020.
CV available upon request

Name	Elaine Kassabian
Email	Elaine.kassabian@mcommodity.com
Experience	Experienced derivatives lawyer specialising in commodities. Worked as in-house counsel for LME commodity brokers. Extensive experience of drafting and negotiating a range of trading documents such as terms of business, credit documentation, tripartite agreements. Participated in various industry committees with regard to regulatory and documentation changes and updates.
Education, qualifications, and memberships	Qualified solicitor Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Member of LME Arbitration Panel MBA BA Economics & Public Administration ICA Certificate in Anti-Money Laundering
Awards and recognitions	linkedin.com/in/elainekassabian/
CV available upon request

Name	Sarra Kay
Email	sarra@sarrakay.com
Experience	Full time commercial arbitrator & mediator
Education, qualifications, and memberships	Qualified solicitor and mediator. LME Approved Arbitration Panelist. Full member of the LMAA. P.R.I.M.E. Finance: Dispute Resolution Expert. M. C. I. Arb. LLB Hons; LLM Cantab.
Awards and recognitions	www.sarrakay.com
CV available upon request

Name	Denys Hickey
Email	Denys.hickey@39essex.com
Experience	1979 – 2014 Solicitor with Ince & Co 2014 – Present Barrister and Arbitrator with 39 Essex Chambers in London and Singapore Board Member Maxwell Chambers Singapore SIAC Singapore Panel of Arbitrators London Metal Exchange Panel of Arbitrators SCMA Member Baltic Exchange Extensive experience of arbitration and trading both physical and futures, including in particular LME
Education, qualifications, and memberships	BA (Law) Manchester Solicitor of the Supreme Court (England and Wales) Barrister at law (Gray’s Inn) Dipl Int Law Manchester KLRCA Panel Member – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration (SCMA) Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb) Member of Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (MSIArb) CIArb Accredited Mediator
Awards and recognitions
CV available upon request

Name	Jeremy Leach
Email	jleach.jemba2000@london.edu
Experience	Working in the metals industry for almost 25 years, significant experience of arbitrations as practitioner and arbitrator, commercial and practical approach. IN PRIVATE PRACTICE LAW FIRM OF RICHARDS BUTLER (NOW REED SMITH), London 1986 to end 1990 Solicitor in the International Trade Department dealing with ICC, LCIA, GAFTA and LME disputes. AS IN-HOUSE COUNSEL (NOW GROUP GENERAL COUNSEL) 1991 to present Dealing with many and varied international trade disputes (international arbitration and High Court issues) before the ICC, LCIA and the LME. AS ARBITRATOR 2002 to present Since admission to the panel of approved arbitrators for the London Metal Exchange in June 2002, involvement in many and varied LME arbitrations involving multi-million dollar disputes concerning both physical and futures markets.
Education, qualifications, and memberships	Admitted as a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb) – December 2003. Admitted to the panel of approved arbitrators for the London Metal Exchange- June 2002. Admitted to the New York Bar as an Attorney and Counselor at law - February 1998. Qualified as Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, Australia - February 1989. Qualified as Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales - August 1988. London Business School (LBS), Master of Business Administration (MBA) with merit-1999-2000. Worcester College, Oxford University, BA (subsequently MA) in Jurisprudence (Upper second) - 1981-1984.
Awards and recognitions
CV available upon request

Name	Professor Julian D. M. Lew
Email	jlew@twentyessex.com
Experience	Julian is a full-time arbitrator in international commercial and investment disputes at Twenty Essex. He accepts appointments as arbitrator in international commercial and investment disputes. He has been involved with international arbitration for more than 40 years as an academic, counsel and arbitrator. Before 2005, Julian was a partner and, for some years, the head of the international arbitration practice group of Herbert Smith. Professional expertise includes international transactions affecting investments, purchase and sale of corporate entities and assets, joint ventures, oil and gas exploration, development and production agreements, research and development and promotions of pharmaceutical and chemical products, mining and concession arrangements, distribution, agency, licensing contracts, infrastructure and construction projects, international trade finance, trading arrangements with developing countries, EC law and arbitration arising out of all such transactions. Julian has been appointed as a sole, presiding and co-arbitrator in arbitrations under the rules of all the major arbitral institutions and under UNCITRAL and Swiss Chambers’ Arbitration Institution rules. He is Professor of International Arbitration and School of International Arbitration, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London. He has been the Head of the School since it was established in 1985.
Education, qualifications, and memberships	Education: • Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium: Doctorat special en droit international, Magna cum Laude (1977). • University of London: LLB (Hons) (1969). Qualifications: • Solicitor of England & Wales 1981. • Attorney-At-Law New York 1985. • QC 2003. Professional Memberships: • CIA Committee on Arbitration Practice Guidelines: Chairman (1997–2001). • CIA Law Reform Committee: Chairman (1991–1996). • HKIAC: Advisory Council (2014–). • ICC Commission on International Commercial Arbitration (1990–2018). • Chairman, ICC Commission Task Force on Intellectual Property Disputes and International Arbitration (1992–1998). • Co-Chair, ICC Commission Task Force on Decisions as to Costs (2012–2016). • ICC International Court of Arbitration: UK Member (2006–2018). • ICC Institute of World Business Law: Council Member since 2000. • LCIA Court Member (2000–2006); Board of Directors (1988–2008). • SIAC Court of Arbitration (2014–2016). Panel memberships: • Arbitration Court attached to the Economic Chamber of the Czech Republic and the Agricultural Chamber of the Czech Republic. • Asian International Arbitration Centre in Kuala Lumpur. • British Virgin Islands International Arbitration Centre. • Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration. • Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIA). • China International Economic Trade Arbitration Commission. • Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC). • International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR). • Japan Commercial Arbitration Association. • Korean Commercial Arbitration Association. • Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration. • Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC). • Vienna International Arbitration Centre (VIAC).
Awards and recognitions
CV available upon request

Name	Charles Marquand
Email	c.marquand@4stonebuildings.com clerks@4stonebuildings.com
Experience	Barrister in practice (1987 call), with extensive experience since 1999 of sitting as an arbitrator (alone and as part of a tribunal) in commercial arbitrations (with UK and international parties), having dealt with all aspects of the arbitral process. Have also appeared in arbitrations as counsel. Trained mediator with experience of mediating commercial disputes.
Education, qualifications, and memberships	Barrister (England & Wales, Northern Ireland). Fellow of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and CIArb Chartered Arbitrator. On arbitration panels of London Metal Exchange, Minor Metals Trade Association, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Trained mediator.
Awards and recognitions
CV available upon request

Name	Diarmuid O’Hegarty
Email	dohegarty@gmail.com
Experience	Solicitor in private practice: Banking and Finance (1989-1994); Securities and Futures Authority: Assistant Director & Head of Legal, Policy & Legal Department (1994-1998); London Metal Exchange: successively - Deputy CEO, COO, Executive Director: Regulation and Compliance, General Counsel & Head of Enforcement and Secretary of the LME Arbitration Scheme (1989-2014); Compliance Director of an LME member (current).
Education,	MA (Trinity College Dublin) in History (1984) Solicitor admitted in Ireland (1989) and England & Wales (1991) Member, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (1999)
Awards and recognitions
CV available upon request

Name	Graham Perry
Email	graham@grahamperry.eu
Experience	Graham qualified as a solicitor after taking an economics degree at Cambridge University. In 1979 Graham joined the London Export Corporation - a company concentrated on trade with China and became a trader in grains, feeding stuffs, edible and technical oils, metals, chemicals and tea. In 1992, Graham combined his legal and trading experiences by becoming involved in full time arbitration and has remained an active arbitrator with LME, Gafta, Fosfa and CIETAC. Graham has drafted almost one hundred awards and sits on the LME Arbitration Committee. Graham was also an Immigration Judge from 2002 to 2015.
Education, qualifications, and memberships
Awards and recognitions
CV available upon request

Name	Martin Prevezer J.P. M.C.I Arb
Email	martin.prevezer@yahoo.co.uk
Experience	Career in commodity trading and 18 years working in LME ring-dealing companies. 25 years sitting as a magistrate and in Crown Court on Appeals.
Education, qualifications, and memberships	Westminster School & subsequently a Diploma in Business Administration (UCL) Residential course to become Associate and subsequently Member of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Considerable training in legal matters.
Awards and recognitions
CV available upon request

Name	Patrice Maurice Saiman
Email	pat.saiman@primaryuk.co.uk
Experience	Trading steel internationally for the last 50 years and heading a trading company for the last thirty years. Experienced in arbitration matters involving parties from Russia, China, Algeria, Spain, Switzerland all regarding international trade disputes of commodity and shipping. Experienced arbitrator , co arbitrator and expert witness.
Education, qualifications, and memberships	French Baccalaureate and British university (Bristol). Accredited mediator Society of Mediators London CMC Registered.
Awards and recognitions
CV available upon request

Name	Geoffrey Sambrook
Email	geoffreysambrook@gmail.com
Experience	30+ years metal trading.
Education, qualifications, and memberships	BA(Hons) Oxford. MBA City University Business School (now Cass Business School). ACIArb.
Awards and recognitions
CV available upon request

Name	Ashok Kumar Singhania
Email	ashok@simportex.com
Experience	Active as trader for over 35 years thus having valuable trading knowledge of metal and soft commodity contracts, pricing etc including experience of arbitrations as practitioner, with commercial and practical approach. LME Approved Arbitration Panelist.
Education, qualifications, and memberships	Schooling at University College School, Hampstead. BSc City University (Business Studies). Worked 3 years in tax department of Arthur Andersen. Individual Member of the LME. Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (ACiArb).
Awards and recognitions
CV available upon request

Name	Steven Mark Broder Spencer
Email	steven@spencerasc.com
Experience	All areas of the non-ferrous metal industry including broking, ring dealing, physical trading, concentrates, scrap metal, mining and refining, shipping, warehousing. Arbitrator in 1 ICC, 1 FINRA and 13 LME Arbitrations from 1996 to date. Expert Witness in 17 disputes from 2003 to date.
Education, qualifications, and memberships	Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. MA Diplomacy, Armaments and Intelligence and BA Hons Modern Languages, University of London. Law Society School of Law, London. Languages – English, French, some Italian and German.
Awards and recognitions
CV available upon request

Name	Mei Xin Wang
Email	meixinwang2002@yahoo.co.uk
Experience	Over 25 years of experience in commodity trading, both on physical and futures market. Extensive arbitration experience in settling multilayered trade disputes involving parties in geographies in Europe, China and Asian Pacific region, leading to awards and settlements.
Education, qualifications, and memberships	Qualified as an arbitrator (1999). MBA in Marketing (1992). MA in International Business (1987). BA in International Business (1981). A member of Commodities Arbitration Club since 2010.
Awards and recognitions
CV available upon request