ICC Court expands its membership

The ICC World Council, meeting in Marrakesh for its 187th session on 10 June 2004, has appointed four new members and one new alternate member to the ICC International Court of Arbitration for the remainder of the current term, which expires on 31 December 2005.

The Court’s membership now covers 82 different countries with new members from Chile, Georgia, Malaysia and Saudi Arabia.

The newly appointed Chilean member is Carlos E. Jorquiera M., a practising lawyer and university professor who has written and lectured widely on international dispute resolution, particularly in Latin America. Giorgi Begiashvili, the new member for Georgia, also practises law in his native country. He has particular experience in the energy sector and is familiar with the legal regimes of other former Soviet Union countries too. The new Malaysian member is Chong Wah Wong, who is experienced in all areas of business law and regularly pleads in Malaysia’s upper courts. Finally, the new appointee for Saudi Arabia is Bandar Salman Al-Saud, an adviser to the Saudi monarchy and member of several international legal bodies.

A fifth appointment made by the ICC World Council at Marrakesh was that of Campbell McLachlan as alternate me mber for New Zealand. Professor McLachlan currently teaches law at the Victoria University of Wellington, after many years of practising international litigation and arbitration.

Appointments to the ICC International Court of Arbitration are made by the ICC World Council pursuant to Article 3 of the Court’s Statutes (Appendix I to the ICC Rules of Arbitration). The World Council, ICC’s supreme governing body, normally meets twice a year and includes delegates from ICC national committees and groups throughout the world.