On Wednesday 16 November at 2.30pm CET, Carita Wallgren-Lindholm discussed “Are we as arbitrators listening for real?” with hosts Dr Kabir Duggal and Amanda Lee. Carita Wallgren-Lindholm was tagged by Michael McIlwrath.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

As from 2012 Carita Wallgren-Lindholm’s practice almost exclusively consists in arbitrator appointments mainly outside of Finland and primarily in commercial arbitration, although she has experience also from investment disputes. She is a trained mediator.

Carita has been involved in more than 120 international arbitrations, institutional and ad hoc, mainly as arbitrator and mostly as chair. Institutions and rules include SCC, ICC, FAI, LCIA, JCAA, DIA, PCA, ICSID, UNCITRAL and NAFTA, and seats Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Japan, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and Washington DC.

Carita commenced her legal practice in international arbitration in Paris in 1980 and received her first arbitral appointments in the early nineties. Carita was the Chair of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR 2018-2021. She has been a member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration (2012-2018). As from February 2019 she serves on the ICSID Panel of Arbitrators having been on its Panel of Conciliators during 2007-2018. Since December 2015 Carita is an advisor to the Atlanta Center for Arbitration and Mediation (ACIAM) at Georgia State University, USA. She is a member of the Editorial Board of Global Arbitration Review (GAR) since its foundation. Carita Wallgren-Lindholm is inter alia ranked as a leading individual in Chambers Europe and Global (Most in Demand Arbitrators) and recognized by Who’s Who Legal as one of the Thought Leaders in Arbitration.