Prof. Patricia Shaughnessy discussed “Settlement in Arbitration: the Changing Role of the Arbitrator“ with hosts Dr Kabir Duggal and Amanda Lee. The recording is available here. Prof. Shaughnessy was tagged by Prof. Julian Lew; she, in turn, tagged Baiju Vasani.

Professor Patricia Shaughnessy created and directs the Master of International Commercial Arbitration Law Program (LLM) at Stockholm University, and teaches and researches in related fields. Patricia is the Vice-Chair of the Board of the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC), having served on its Board since 2006.  She has been an active member of the SCC committees that have drafted the SCC Rules, including the new 2017 Rules. Recently she served as a government-appointed expert in the committee that proposed revisions to the Swedish Arbitration Act. She acts an arbitrator and expert in international cases, and as a consultant, she has led numerous projects related to commercial law and dispute resolution in a number of countries. She is a member of the Academic Council of the Institute of Transnational Arbitration Academic Council. Prior to her academic career, Patricia practiced law for ten years in a US firm, specialized in civil litigation. Following her doctoral studies, she served as a US Supreme Court Judicial Fellow, based at the Federal Judicial Center.

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