Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP is delighted to announce the appointment of London-based International Arbitration Special Counsel Professor Maxi Scherer as a Member of the LCIA Court.

The LCIA Court consists of up to 35 members, plus representatives of associated institutions, and former Presidents, selected to provide and maintain a balance of leading practitioners in commercial arbitration, from the major trading areas of the world. The LCIA Court is the final authority for the proper application of the LCIA rules. Its principal functions are appointing tribunals, determining challenges to arbitrators, and controlling costs.

Professor Scherer commented: “It is an honor to be appointed to the LCIA Court. I am looking forward to working with LCIA colleagues to keep the institution at the forefront of arbitration globally.”

Professor Maxi Scherer has extensive experience with arbitral practice and procedure in civil and common law systems in both commercial and investment arbitration, as counsel, arbitrator, and academic. Regularly ranked by Who’s Who Legal, The Legal 500 etc. as a leading arbitration practitioner, she has been identified amongst the top 10 “Global Elite Thought Leaders” and described by peers and clients as “one of the greatest and most complete arbitrators of her generation,” “a brilliant legal mind,” “one of the most prominent arbitration scholars in Europe,” “[an] excellent academic and arbitrator” and “one of the very best in both commercial and investment arbitration proceedings.”