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Experience and Background
Before joining Dechert, Anne Marie Whitesell was secretary general of the ICC International Court of Arbitration from 2001 to 2007. Ms. Whitesell supervised approximately 1,100 international arbitration cases each year involving parties from more than 120 countries. She also worked closely with the 126 members of the International Court of Arbitration, who hailed from 88 different countries, and contributed to the institution's profile and reputation around the world.
She has practised with law firms in both the United States and in France and was a lecturer at the Université de Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne and the Institut de Droit Comparé (Université de Paris II).
Ms. Whitesell is based in the Washington, D.C. office but works closely with the Paris office.
She is admitted to the New York State Bar, the District of Columbia Bar and the US District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.
Memberships and Recognition
- Member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and of the ICC Arbitration Rules Revision Task Force
- Member, International Advisory Council, Cheung Kong Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution, Shantou University, China
- Member of the Advisory Board, Heidelberg Center for International Dispute Resolution, University of Heidelberg, Germany
- Honorary Lecturer of the Centre for Energy, Petroleum, Mineral Law and Policy, University of Dundee, Scotland
- Member of the External Advisory Board of the Center on International Commercial Arbitration at the American University Washington College of Law
- Member of the Advisory Board, Georgetown Law School International Arbitration Society
- Member of the International Bar Association and of the IBA Arbitration Committee
- Member of the IBA working party for UNCITRAL Working Group II (Arbitration Rules Revision)
- Member of the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA)
- Member of the International Club of Arbitrators
- Member of the Venezuelan Arbitration Committee
- Member of the London Court of International Arbitration
- Member of the Arbitration Committee of the United States Council for International Business
- Member of the American Society of International Law
- Member of the District of Columbia Bar International Dispute Resolution Committee
- Former Vice President of the International Federation of Commercial Arbitration Institutions (IFCAI)
Education
Ms. Whitesell received her J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law and her doctorate in law from the Université de Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne. She received her A.B. from Smith College.
Publications and Lectures
Author and/or co-author of numerous articles on International Arbitration, Ms. Whitesell is regularly speaker on programs concerning international arbitration. She has lectured in many training programs for government officials, judges, lawyers as well as at universities.
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