Representation

Most parties to an international arbitration will choose to be represented and, indeed, some parties will opt for a significantly sized legal team as something of a “show of force”. There is, though, in most jurisdictions no requirement that a party’s representative is a lawyer. Indeed, there may be instances where having another specialist professional, perhaps an engineer or surveyor, maybe distinctly advantageous to the party concerned.

Indeed, there are a number or arbitration practitioners, highly experienced and well-regarded, who are non-lawyers.