Personal bio
DOMINIQUE BROWN-BERSET has been practising in the field of international dispute resolution for over 30 years. She has acted as counsel, co-counsel, legal expert and as arbitrator, sole arbitrator and president of arbitral tribunals in numerous international cases around the world, including in cases involving states, international organisations and state entities at both private and governmental levels. She has a particular interest and experience in early settlement techniques related to arbitration.
Her industry experience includes pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, telecommunications, computers (software and hardware), satellites, aviation, avionics, submarines, glass and paper production, steel, chemicals and petrochemicals, LNG projects, oil and gas (upstream, midstream and downstream), electricity and other energy sectors, mining, shipping and shipbuilding, luxury goods, textiles, arts, food, catering and beverages, airport and terminals construction and other major construction projects. She acts as arbitrator in sport arbitration and is also experienced in cases related to intellectual property rights, procurement contracts and sanctions.
She is on the panel of arbitrators of several international arbitral institutions, including CAS. She is a frequent speaker or panel member or moderator at international conferences and seminars.
Dominique is a member of the Advisory Board of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA), Dallas; of the Advisory Board of Global Arbitration Review and of the Journal of International Arbitration (of which she was the first Editor); a member of the Association for Innovative Practices in Arbitration (AIPA) Working Group on Case Management; and of the Club of Arbitrators hosted by the Milan Chamber of Arbitration (CAM).
She is a former Vice-President of the Executive Committee of ITA; Vice-Chair of the International Arbitration Committee of the International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC), Chicago; past President of the Executive Board of ArbitralWomen; past Co-Chair of the Arbitration Committee of the International Bar Association (IBA); former member of the Management Board and the Supervisory Council of the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law; of the LCIA Court of Arbitration; the Board and Council of the Société Suisse des Juristes / Schweizerischer Juristenverein; and was International Vice-President of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (1996-2004).
She works in English and French (fluent); has good knowledge of German (used on a daily basis for legal literature, cases and research; would not conduct proceedings in German); good understanding of Italian and Spanish and fairly good understanding of Portuguese (not sufficient to conduct proceedings or actively participate in cases carried out in any of the three languages only).