Obituaries

Heartfelt tributes have poured in for Orrick partner and rare trapeze-performing practitioner Nicole Dolenz, a popular figure in the US and European arbitration communities and “future leader” in the field, who has died of cancer aged 48.

26 February 2025

Calvin Hamilton, who died late last year aged 72, was a Guyanese-born practitioner who worked for nearly 30 years in Madrid and became a key figure in international arbitration in Spain, Latin America and the Caribbean.

15 January 2025

The international arbitration community is mourning four practitioners who have recently passed away: Spanish-Guyanese arbitrator Calvin Hamilton, Alexander Bělohlávek of the Czech Republic, Alexandre Khrapoutski of Belarus, and Kenya’s Wilfred Mutubwa.

28 November 2024

John Adam, an international arbitration partner at Squire Patton Boggs in Paris who was well known for his work on Latin American disputes, has died suddenly aged 48.  

11 October 2024

Nabil Elaraby, who has died aged 89, was a diplomat, judge, arbitrator and director of the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration, who went on to become a champion of the Arab Spring and secretary general of the Arab League.

13 September 2024

The arbitration community is mourning Paul Darling, who has died suddenly aged 64, at the height of his career as an internationally renowned KC in construction and sports disputes. 

09 August 2024

Fali Nariman, who died earlier this year aged 95, was a founding father of international arbitration in India and a beloved figurehead of the field globally. 

09 July 2024

Andrew Rogers KC, who survived the Nazi regime as a child and became a reforming Australian judge and international arbitrator on cases like World Duty Free v Kenya, has died aged 92.

09 April 2024

Ibrahim Fadlallah, who has died aged 81, was a leading Lebanese-French academic and arbitrator known for his handling of cases related to the Middle East and Africa and for initiating discussion of conflicts of culture in international arbitration. 

03 April 2024

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