Mr Anthony Cole J.D., FCIArb.

With over two decades of experience in arbitration, I serve as an arbitrator in both international and domestic commercial arbitrations, based in the United Kingdom but providing my services to parties worldwide. I issued my first arbitral award in 2017 and have subsequently served as arbitrator in dozens of disputes ranging from complex matters exceeding US$100 million to smaller but equally important disputes under US$100,000. I currently have a diverse arbitration practice encompassing general contractual and commercial disputes, as well as specialised areas including construction, aviation, and science/technology disputes.
My work combines a thorough technical expertise in arbitration with a truly international perspective, built through extensive professional and academic work across multiple jurisdictions and legal systems. I also maintain an active scholarly engagement with emerging areas of law, particularly artificial intelligence and space law, ensuring that my practice remains connected with the legal and practical developments that increasingly impact commercial relationships.
Licensed to practice law in New York, holding dual Australian-British nationality, and with experience applying the substantive law of multiple jurisdictions, I bring a strong cross-jurisdictional expertise to resolving commercial disputes. This practical experience is supplemented by my academic research, which has included work on arbitration across Europe, Central Asia and the Americas, as well as Egypt, Japan and India. This wide-ranging understanding of both arbitration law and practice, and the cultural contexts important to commercial transactions, enables me to focus on the specifics of the dispute before me, rather than applying a pre-decided procedure to every case.
A Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb), I formerly served as a CIArb Branch Chair and was a member of the International Chamber of Commerce's Task Force on Disability Inclusion and International Arbitration, which produced the 2023 ICC Guide on Disability Inclusion in International Arbitration and ADR. I have also provided expert guidance on arbitration to the European Parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs, including speaking at a session of the Committee. I am a member of the JAMS Global Engineering and Construction Group and the JAMS Technology Dispute Resolution Group.
I am co-author of the book Understanding International Arbitration, and I am also widely recognised as a leading authority on the insights psychology can provide to arbitration practice. I have a Bachelor's degree in the History of Mathematics and Science, and build on that foundation through regular engagement with scientific publications.
I offer my arbitrator services through a dual-pathway approach, applied flexibly to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of each arbitration. For matters involving U.S. parties or law firms, I provide services through JAMS, one of America's premier arbitration institutions, with which I have maintained an affiliation since 2018. For arbitrations not tied to the U.S. market in this way, I offer my services independently, or collaborate with JAMS when parties specifically request such an arrangement. This two-pathway approach gives me the flexibility to tailor my services according to the needs of each arbitration, adjusting my support levels and cost structures to align with the complexity of the case and with local market expectations.

ADR Experience and Qualifications
• Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and former Branch Chair
• Member of the International Chamber of Commerce's (ICC) Task Force on Disability Inclusion in International Arbitration
• Provided guidance on arbitration to the European Parliament of the European Union's Committee on Legal Affairs

Representative Matters
The following is a selection of cases in which I have been appointed as arbitrator/adjudicator:
• Arbitrator in a dispute arising out of the cross-border development and construction of a hotel and related amenities.
• Arbitrator in a dispute arising from the operations of a commercial real estate brokerage firm.
• Arbitrator in a dispute arising out of a blockchain transaction, including allegations of breach of contract, conversion and fraud.
• Arbitrator in a dispute between a researcher and a research archive alleging failure to prevent the dissemination of fraudulent research.
• Arbitrator in a dispute arising out of a series of securities transactions, involving both contractual and tort-based claims.
• Arbitrator in a dispute between a global research consultancy and a client.
• Arbitrator in a dispute between a business and technology research and advisory firm and a client.
• Arbitrator in a contractual dispute relating to professional baseball.
• Emergency arbitrator in a multi-party arbitration relating to cross-border investments in real estate.
• Emergency arbitrator in a dispute between a global real estate brokerage and a U.S. franchisee over the termination of the franchise.
• Emergency Arbitrator in a dispute between a U.S. legal provider, a U.S. entity and a Cypriot citizen arising from fees relating to a business combination transaction.
• Arbitrator in a dispute between a production company, a drone racing league, and a technology and entertainment company relating to a drone racing event.
• Arbitrator in an intellectual property dispute between a U.S. patent holder and a Chinese licensee relating to a licensing agreement for a video codec, governed by California law, involving issues of Chinese law, seated in San Diego.
• Arbitrator in a dispute relating to the financing of a renewable energy installation.
• Arbitrator in a dispute between a telecommunications company and the assignee of a commercial line of credit.
• Arbitrator in a dispute between a telecommunications company and a mechanical contracting company relating to the provision of telecommunications services.
• Arbitrator in a dispute arising from the operations of a commercial real estate brokerage firm.
• Arbitrator in multiple related anti-trust disputes between a U.S. financial services firm and U.S. companies, with claims raised under the Sherman Act, the Clayton Act and New York’s Donnelly Act, based on a contracts governed by New York law, seated in New York.
• Arbitrator in a dispute between a Russian company and a Canadian company arising from a contract for the identification and recruiting of software developers, governed by Russian law, seated in London.
• Arbitrator in a dispute between an Indian company and a U.S. data analytics and regulatory compliance company arising from the termination of a contract relating to the operation of the U.S. company’s operations in India, governed by New Jersey law, seated in New York.
• Adjudicator in a dispute between a property management company and a building consultancy over fees for a failed tender for proposed refurbishment of a residential development, governed by English law.
• Adjudicator in a dispute between a railway company and a water company relating to losses due to damaged pipework.
• Adjudicator in multiple related disputes relating to the construction of a residential housing development.
• Adjudicator in a dispute relating to the alleged faulty installation of insulation, resulting in significant property damage.
• Adjudicator in a dispute relating to the purchase of the freehold of a property under English law, alleging negligent advice from a surveyor.
• Adjudicator in a dispute relating to the allegedly negligent provision of valuation services by a surveyor.
• Adjudicator in a dispute relating to the work of a surveyor as contract administrator during construction works.
• Adjudicator in a dispute over ownership of water pipework laid several decades previously where there was no clear record of subsequent passage of ownership.
• Adjudicator in a dispute relating to the legal status of two merged properties under the Water Industry Act 1991.
• Adjudicator in a dispute relating to alleged misrepresentation of the acoustic properties of a property.