We are pleased to announce the second session in our new GLOBE Centre series, Law, Life and Critique, offering a unique opportunity to join in a conversation with leading practitioners and academics on both the law and critiques of it, as well as the realities of the working life in these different spheres. We encourage our students and staff to send any questions they might have for our guests.

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The series is coordinated by Dr Velimir Zivkovic. Please send questions to Velimir.zivkovic@warwick.ac.uk to join in the conversation.

Our speaker this week is Baiju Vasani who is a the global head of international arbitration at Ivanyan and Partners in Moscow, a leading international disputes counsel, a Senior Fellow of SOAS University of London, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and sits on the panel of several arbitral institutions, including ICSID.

With nearly two decades of practice, Baiju focuses exclusively on investor-state disputes and commercial arbitration. He has served as council and arbitrator before the world’s leading arbitral fora, including ICSID, ICC, LCIA, HKIAC and involving UNCITRAL rules, BITs and NAFTA. He is well known for his experience in politically sensitive disputes as well as advising states on the negotiation and drafting of investment treaties, but also as a champion for reform in the world of arbitration, in particular concerning diversity and equality. Baiju has regularly been ranked by his peers for expertise in international arbitration by Best Lawyers in America, Chambers USA, Chambers UK, Who’s Who of International Commercial Arbitration, The Legal 500, Guide to the World’s Experts in Commercial Arbitration, and Reuters’ Super Lawyers.