Ben Giaretta

Personal Bio

Job Title: Partner

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Ben Giaretta is a Partner of Mishcon de Reya LLP, specialising in international arbitration. He is the Chair of the CIArb London Branch.

His experience spans a number of industry sectors, including oil & gas, mining, petrochemicals, telecommunications, shipping, insurance, construction, engineering and infrastructure. He has represented clients on disputes throughout the world, including Europe, Africa and the Americas, and particularly in Asia: he lived and worked in Singapore for seven years.

He appears as counsel in international arbitration and often sits as arbitrator: he has been appointed as sole arbitrator, party nominated arbitrator, presiding arbitrator and emergency arbitrator, on many occasions. Ben is on the panels of arbitrators of several arbitration institutions, including the SIAC, the HKIAC, the AIAC and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and he is a Chartered Arbitrator, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators.

He regularly speaks at conferences about international arbitration, and lectures on arbitration at several universities and for the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.