Constantine Partasides and Nigel Blackaby talk to Law Vox about international arbitration

Oxford Law Vox

In this podcast international arbitration experts Nigel Blackaby and Constantine Partasides discuss in a wide-ranging conversation the seminal role played by Redfern and Hunter on International Arbitration in their field. They talk about how international arbitration has evolved since the early days and continues to evolve, whether it has now reached full maturity, and how their book has kept pace with constant change with its artisanal approach. Nigel Blackaby and Constantine Partasides are co-authors, together with Alan Redfern and Martin Hunter of Redfern and Hunter on International Arbitration published by Oxford University Press. Nigel Blackaby is a partner and head of the international arbitration group at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Washington DC. Nigel acts as counsel and arbitrator with a particular focus on Latin America. He has represented foreign investors and states in arbitration proceedings under the auspices of the ICSID, UNCITRAL, ICC, LCIA and AAA in English, Spanish and Portuguese. Constantine Partasides QC is founding partner of Three Crowns LLP, a specialist international arbitration firm with offices in London, Paris and Washington DC. He has acted as counsel and arbitrator in approximately fifty ad hoc and institutional arbitrations, including under the rules of the ICC, LCIA, AAA and ICSID. In recent years, Constantine has specialised in arbitrations in the energy sector arising under contracts and investment treaties.