Obituaries

International arbitration lawyers have been paying tribute to David Kasdan, a prolific real-time court reporter who transcribed more than a thousand hearings and procedural sessions, who has died aged 60.

08 March 2024

The community is mourning Gerald Aksen, a leading US arbitrator and former general counsel of the American Arbitration Association, who has died aged 93.

27 February 2024

The international arbitration community is mourning the death of leading Indian jurist and arbitrator Fali Nariman, who passed away this morning aged 95.

21 February 2024

Two well-known international arbitrators, Gerald Aksen and Ibrahim Fadlallah, have passed away this week.

01 February 2024

Laurie Craig, who led the legendary Coudert Brothers international arbitration group in Paris, where he helped shape modern arbitral practice and was a teacher and mentor to many leading figures in the field, has died aged 89.

30 August 2023

The global arbitration community is mourning the loss of Eric Bergsten, the man behind the Vis Moot, who has died aged 91.

14 July 2023

Rajiv Luthra, a pioneer of the Indian legal market who played a key role in supporting and promoting the system of international arbitration and its institutions, has died aged 65.

23 June 2023

Thomas Buergenthal, who survived Auschwitz as a young boy before becoming a leading human rights law pioneer, International Court of Justice judge and arbitrator, has died aged 89.

16 June 2023

Marc Lalonde, who was at the heart of Canadian politics for over 15 years as right-hand man to former prime minister Pierre Trudeau before becoming a leading international arbitrator, has died aged 93.

26 May 2023

Werner Melis, founder of the Vienna International Arbitration Centre, has died aged 87.

10 October 2022