Axel H. Baum

Areas of Concentration

• International Arbitration (chairman, co-arbitrator, sole arbitrator, counsel or expert in more than 90 international arbitrations)
• International Business transactions including company law, acquisitions, joint ventures, contracts, Licenses, energy and insurance
• European Union (EU) competition law

Court Admissions

• U.S. District (E.D.N.Y. 1958)
• U.S. Supreme Court (1974)
• Tribunal de Grande Instance (Paris)

Professional Activities

• U.S. Member, ICC International Court of Arbitration (2000-2006)
• CPR Panel of Distinguished International Mediators
• ICC Commission on International Arbitration (past member of working parties and chairman of forum)
• CPR, member of European Advisory Board
• Member, College of Commercial Arbitrators (U.S.)
• Member, Advisory Committee to French Ministry of Justice on reform of French business law
• Member of leading arbitration associations (e.g., AAA and ICDR; USCIB (ICC); LCIA (London); ASA (Switzerland); DIS (Germany); French Comité de l'Arbitrage; International Arbitration Institute (IAI).
• On panels of leading arbitration institutions (e.g. USCIB (ICC), ICDR, LCIA, ASA, DIS, IAI, VIAC (Vienna), KCAB (Korea), etc.)
• Frequent speaker at conferences and author of articles on arbitration