Lise Bosman

Lise Bosman is based at the Peace Palace in The Hague, as Executive Director of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) and Senior Legal Counsel at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA). She is appointed as Adjunct Professor at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, and has published and spoken widely in the field of international arbitration. Lise is the General Editor of the ICCA International Handbook on Commercial Arbitration (a seven-volume loose-leaf collection of arbitration-related legislation and commentary on over 85 jurisdictions; Kluwer Law International, published since 1984) and the General Editor and contributing author of Arbitration in Africa: a Practitioner's Guide (Kluwer Law International, Second Edition 2021). Her areas of specialization are: international commercial arbitration law and practice; the practice and development of international arbitration in Africa; international investment law; investor-State arbitration; and State-State arbitration.

Education

• Bachelor of Laws (LLB) University of Cape Town (1988 — 1990)
• Bachelor of Laws (LLB) University of Cape Town (1985 — 1987)
• High School St. Andrew's (1980 — 1984)

Companies

• Executive Director International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) (2012)
• Senior Legal Counsel Permanent Court of Arbitration (2008)
• Adjunct Professor University of Cape Town (2004)
• Legal Specialist Translink Systems BV (2005 — 2008)
• Senior Associate Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (1999 — 2004)
• Associate Stibbe (1997 — 1999)
• Legal Adviser Iran-US Claims Tribunal (1993 — 1997)
• Fellow Legal Resources Centre (1991 — 1991)