This appointment follows on from her previous role as Co-Chair of the Investment Arbitration Sub-Committee at the International Bar Association (IBA) in 2022-2023.
With 3,000 members worldwide, the IBA Arbitration Committee focuses on laws, practice and procedures relating to the arbitration of transnational disputes. The IBA Arbitration Guidelines and Rules Subcommittee promotes and monitors the use of the various IBA Guidelines and Rules, and considers revisions and/or additions to them. The Guidelines and Rules Committee is currently spearheading two important projects: (i) revisions to the 2014 Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest in International Arbitration; and (ii) a study regarding the possibility of uniform guidelines on privilege as set forth in Article 9(b) of the 2020 IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration.
Maxi Scherer is Professor of Professor in International Arbitration, Dispute Resolution and Energy Law at Queen Mary University of London.