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Co-curricular Seminar

When: Wednesday, November 11, 2026, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Where: Room LG.1, Centre for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS), 67-69 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3JB

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We were delighted to host our co-curricular seminar, “Procedure in International Arbitration”.

Is there such a thing as an “international arbitration procedure”? If so, where does it come from: national law, institutional rules or soft law instruments such as the IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence? In this session, we looked at how the procedure and the timetable are set, and at three practical issues that shape every arbitration: document production, experts, and the examination and cross-examination of witnesses. We closed with a short discussion on how AI can be used in international arbitration.

Moderator

  • Professor Julian DM Lew KC, Professor of International Arbitration and Head of the School of International Arbitration, CCLS, Queen Mary University of London. Julian founded the School in 1985 and has led it since then. He is a full-time arbitrator at Twenty Essex in international commercial and investment disputes.

Speakers

  • Monique Sasson, Arbitrator, Arbitra International. Monique has thirty years of experience in international disputes, as counsel, arbitrator and mediator. She is an Italian avvocato, a solicitor-advocate in England and Wales and a member of the New York Bar. Before her career as an independent arbitrator, she worked at Herbert Smith in London, Chiomenti in Rome and Morgan Stanley in New York.
  • Dominic Spenser Underhill, Arbitrator, Spenser Underhill Newmark LLP. Dominic is a solicitor with over 35 years of experience in dispute resolution, and now practises as a full-time arbitrator. He is an Honorary Professor at the School of Law, Queen Mary University of London, where he leads the LLM module on Ethics in International Arbitration.
  • Federico Singarajah, Barrister and Arbitrator, Gatehouse Chambers. Federico has a practice in international commercial litigation and arbitration, and has represented States, State-owned entities and private clients before the English courts. He sits as an arbitrator on the panels of many institutions, including the LCIA and the ICC. He also teaches international arbitration with the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and Gray’s Inn.

Each presentation was followed by questions, and there was time for questions from the audience at the end. 

The seminar was open primarily to QMUL students, and we also welcomed colleagues from law firms and chambers.

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