Amanda Lee
Lawyer
Firm or Organisation
Seymours
Present Position
Consultant
Type of Practitioner
Arbitrator, Counsel, Lawyer
Nationality
Not available
Country of Residence
United Kingdom
Jurisdiction
United Kingdom
Legal System
Common Law
Practice Areas
Arbitration, Commercial Law, Construction, Engineering, Corporate Law, Finance, Banking, Mediation, Other
Experience
International and domestic arbitration (ad hoc and under institutional rules); commercial litigation; mediation; construction adjudication; Privy Council procedure (appellate advice)
Bar Admission
Solicitor, United Kingdom (2010); Attorney, New York (2012); Solicitor-Advocate (Civil), England and Wales (2012); U.S. Supreme Court (2016)
Education
LLB (Hons), Aberystwyth University; LPC, University of Law; Certificate in International Commercial Contract Law, PACE University;
Publications
Various, including: Be careful what you wish for: Satisfying the opponents and critics of ISDS Reform – Investment Treaty Arbitration, Vol. 12; To Enforce or Not to Enforce: That is the Question: Arbitral Awards Set Aside at Their Seat – Czech (& Central European) Yearbook of Arbitration: Arbitral Awards and Remedies, Vol. VIII, pp 135-156, 2016 (with Harald Sippel);
Teaching
Visiting Lecturer, University of Law
Other Information
Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (2014-); Member, Global Advisory Board of ICDR Y&I (2020-); Founder, Careers in Arbitration (2019-); Director of ArbitralWomen (2018-); Member, YAWP Steering Committee (2018-); Chair, Professional Paralegal Register RRC (2018-); Global Chair, CIArb Young Members Group (2017-18); Public Relations Officer, CIArb London Branch (2015-18); Committee Member, CIArb London Branch (2015-2019); Co-Chairman, CIArb London and South East Young Members Group (2016-18); Chair, CIArb Young Members Group Global Steering Committee (2017-18); Ambassador, Alliance for Equality in Dispute Resolution (2018-); Professional Ambassador, Aspiring Solicitors (2014-); Mentor, University of Law Mentoring Scheme (2016-); University of Westminster Mentoring Scheme (2016-); Mentor, Queen Mary University of London (2018-); Member, ABA International Law Section International Arbitration Committee (2017-); Panel Member, CEDR Travel Arbitrator Panel; Panel Member, CIArb Business Arbitration Scheme; Panel Member, The Law Society of England and Wales Arbitration Panel; Panel Member, London Chamber of Arbitration and Mediation Arbitrator Panel;
Email
[email protected]
Professional Address
Address
502/503 Davina House137-149 Goswell Road
City
London
Country
United Kingdom
Telephone
+ 44 (0) 20 8798 0150
Mobile
Not available
Email
[email protected]
Site
https://www.seymourslaw.com
Languages
- French: Conversational
- : Conversational
Publications
Date | Author | Title | Publication | |
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15/08/2017 | The Trump Effect on Arbitration | CIArb YMG Newsletter | ||
01/05/2017 | Fair Play: Reforming the CAS in the Aftermath of Pechstein | |||
21/03/2017 | “Never leave an athlete knocking at the gate of the Olympic Village”: the CAS ad hoc Division at the Rio Olympics | CIArb YMG Newsletter | ||
21/06/2016 | Exercising an option to arbitrate – avoiding the pitfalls | CIArb YMG Newsletter | ||
01/06/2015 | Justifiable doubts – Arbitrator removal under s.24(1)(a) of the Arbitration Act 1996 | CIArb YMG Newsletter | ||
11/12/2014 | Sanctions for misconduct by legal representatives under new LCIA Arbitration Rules | CIArb YMG Newsletter |