Gary B. Born

J.D., B.A.

Gary Born is the chair of the International Arbitration Practice Group at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP. He has participated as counsel in more than 650 international arbitrations, including four of the largest ICC arbitrations and several of the most significant ad hoc arbitrations in recent history. Mr. Born is uniformly ranked as one of the leading practitioners in the field. He is one of only two lawyers in the world to receive global "starred" status in Chambers rankings for international arbitration.

Mr. Born heads the firm's 70-person international arbitration group, which is based in London and integrated with its New York, Washington, Berlin and Brussels offices. He has particular experience in joint venture, investor-state, M&A, investment banking and other financial services, project finance, energy, oil and gas, intellectual property and insurance disputes.

Mr. Born has published a number of leading works on international arbitration and other forms of international dispute resolution. His recent works include International Commercial Arbitration (Kluwer 2d ed. 2014), the leading treatise in the field; International Arbitration: Law and Practice (Kluwer 2d ed. 2015); and International Arbitration and Forum Selection Agreements: Drafting and Enforcing (Kluwer 5th ed. 2016). Mr. Born teaches at leading law schools around the world, including Harvard, Stanford, National University of Singapore and elsewhere.

The second edition of Gary Born’s International Commercial Arbitration is an authoritative 4,000 page treatise, in three volumes, providing the most comprehensive commentary and analysis, on all aspects of the international commercial arbitration process that is available

The first edition of International Commercial Arbitration is widely acknowledged as the preeminent commentary in the field. It was awarded the 2011 Certificate of Merit by the American Society of International Law and was voted the “International Dispute Resolution Book of the Year” by the Oil, Gas, Mining and Infrastructure Dispute Management list serve in 2010. The first edition has been extensively cited in national court decisions and arbitral awards around the world.

The treatise comprehensively examines the law and practice of contemporary international commercial arbitration, thoroughly explicating all relevant international conventions, national arbitration statutes and institutional arbitration rules. It focuses on both international instruments (particularly the New York Convention) and national law provisions in all leading jurisdictions (including the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration). Practitioners, academics, clients, institutions and other users of international commercial arbitration will find clear and authoritative guidance in this work.

The second edition of International Commercial Arbitration has been extensively revised, expanded and updated, to include all legislative, judicial and arbitral authorities material in the field of international arbitration prior to January 2014. It also includes expanded treatment of annulment, recognition of awards, counsel ethics, arbitrator independence and impartiality and applicable law.The revised 4,000 page text contains references to more than 20,000 cases, awards and other authorities.

Overview of volumes:

Volume I, covering International Arbitration Agreements, provides a comprehensive discussion of international commercial arbitration agreements. It includes chapters dealing with the legal framework for enforcing international arbitration agreements; the separability presumption; choice of law; formation and validity; nonarbitrability; competence-competence and the allocation of jurisdictional competence; the effects of arbitration agreements; interpretation and non-signatory issues.

Volume II, covering International Arbitration Procedures, provides a detailed discussion of international arbitral procedures. It includes chapters dealing with the legal framework for international arbitral proceedings; the selection, challenge and replacement of arbitrators; the rights and duties of international arbitrators; selection of the arbitral seat; arbitration procedures; disclosure and discovery; provisional measures; consolidation, joinder and intervention; choice of substantive law; confidentiality; and legal representation and standards of professional conduct.

Volume III, dealing with International Arbitral Awards, covers form and contents of awards, correction, interpretation, supplementation, preclusion, lis pendens, and stare decisis. You can alos find expanded treatment of annulment, recognition and enforcement of awards, counsel ethics, arbitrator independence, and impartiality,