Alec Emmerson
Alec Emmerson is an international arbitrator. He first practised as an English solicitor in London & Guildford, from 1984 to 1996 as a Hong Kong solicitor as the managing partner of an international law firm, and for 18 years as a legal consultant in Dubai, UAE until December 2017. In January 2018 he established ADR Management Consultancies in order to practice full-time as an international arbitrator.
Alec acted as party counsel in hundreds of arbitrations around the globe involving international trade, shipping, ship building, insurance and reinsurance, energy, commercial contracts, JVs, property, telecomms and infrastructure.
Since 2008 Alec has been appointed as co-arbitrator, chair or sole arbitrator in more than 220 arbitrations seated in a wide range of jurisdictions under the rules of ADCCAC, DIAC, DIFC-LCIA, EMAC, GCCAC, ICC, LCIA, LMAA, SIAC and in ad hoc and UNCITRAL arbitrations.
Alec is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a CEDR accredited mediator and a member of many institutional panels, including ADCCAC, AIAC (and certified adjudicator), ARIAS (Asia), BCDR, DIAC, EMAC, HKIAC, KCAB, SIAC (including emergency panel), SICAC (Takheem) and SZAC.
He was a trustee and chief executive of DIFC Arbitration Institute from November 2015 to 20 September 2021. He was a member of the LCIA Court from 2015-2020. In 2017 he became vice chairman of the ICC – UAE Commission on Arbitration and ADR and continues as a member of the Commission. He was appointed as a member of the Rules Advisory Committee of the Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration in November 2019. He takes a commercial approach to arbitration and mediation.
Alec speaks and writes widely on arbitration. He is the author of the Lexis Nexis Users’ Notes for the ADCCAC Rules 2014 and for the DIFC-LCIA Rules 2016 & 2021.
He has been listed as a leading individual in arbitration by GAR since 2009, and is platinum listed by Newton Arbitration, as well as appearing in many other legal and arbitration directories.
