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Marike R.P. Paulsson C.V. 1311 Miller Drive, Coral Gables, FL. 33416 (University of Miami School of Law)
Email: mpaulsson@law.miami.edu
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Education
2018 University of Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands: PhD Candidate: “The enforcement of Annulled Awards under the 1958 New York Convention” under the supervision of professor H.J. Snijders, PhD defense scheduled for 2018 and to be published by Kluwer International. 2010-2011 University of Miami School of Law, Miami, USA L.L.M. International Law Vis Moot Coach and Judge 2001-2002 Political Science, Institute d’Etudes Politiques de Paris, “Sciences-po”, Paris France Student representative for the school 1997-2003 Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands Graduation dissertation and research: “Discretionary Powers in the context of judicial cooperation” under the supervision by professor H.J. Snijders Meester in de Rechten (Dutch J.D. Equivalent) Civil Law Grotius Debating Society Quaestror Sum Quique Society Member Board functions and committee LSV Minerva Performing Arts
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Professional Experience
2009-Present
University of Miami School of Law, Miami, FL, USA
Visiting Professor, Adjunct Professor, Lecturer in law teaching courses on
international law, public policy, treaty interpretation and the 1958 New York
Convention.
Director International Arbitration Institute
2014-Present
Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., Miami, FL, USA
Consultant with the International Arbitration Practice Group
2005-2012
Hanotiau & van den Berg, Brussels, Belgium
Off-counsel and Senior Associate, International Arbitration and Litigation
Allen & Overy, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Senior Associate, International Arbitration and Litigation
2003-2005
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Associate, International Arbitration and Litigation
2001-2002
Legal trainee Houthoff Buruma, Cassation Legal trainee De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, Intellectual Property
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Publications
Treatise: “The 1958 New York Convention in Action” with Foreword Judge
Stephen Schwebel.
The Resolutions for the application of the 1958 New York Convention in India with Fali Nariman published on the ICCA website.
The ICCA Guide to the 1958 New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (translated into sixteen languages)
(editor and co-author) with Neil Kaplan, Gabrielle Kaufman-Kohler, Guido
Tawil and Piet Sanders.
The ICC National Report on the Application of the New York Convention
for The Netherlands with Albert Jan van den Berg.
The ICCA Handbook National Report for The Netherlands with Gerard
Meijer.
Dutch Journal on Law and Medicine: “Cross-pollination between judicial cooperation and cooperation mechanisms in medical care”.
YIAG Online: “Spaanderdam v. Anova (Dutch Supreme Court 25 May
2007).
Kluwer Arbitration Blog: “ The Miami Draft: the Good Twin of the New
York Convention.”
Kluwer Arbitration Blog: “The Art of Persuasion” with Aysha Mutaywea
and Neeti Sachdeeva.
BCDR International Arbitration Review (Kingdom of Bahrain): “The 1958
New York Convention Article II: Fit for Modern International Trade?”.
Asian Dispute Review: “Enforcement of Convention Awards on the Rise in
China - With a Double-Layered Default System of Checks and Balances”
with Kevin Wu and Rachel Wu.
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Revista Commercialista - Direito Comercial e Economico (Brazil):
“Arbitrating and Enforcing Against States in Latin America” (and translated in Spanish for University of Peru).
KIIT Student Law Review (India): “The ‘A-National Award’ Under the
New York Convention Revisited: Time to Move on”.
European International Arbitration Review: The New York Convention: can
we finally move forward from 1958 to 1953?”
European International Arbitration Review: “The Art of Persuasion and the
Harmonization of Cultures through International Arbitration”
ICCA and Young ICCA Newsletter Contributions
The Dade County Bar Bulletin: “Resolving International Disputes: The Wild Wild West is Coming to Miami”.
Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP International Arbitration Newsletter with
Sergio Pagliery and Frank Cruz-Alvarez (July & August 2016)
Kluwer Arbitration Blog: “Interpreting the New York Convention under the
Vienna Convention from a National Perspective: Paulsson Snail Diagram, a
Judges Tool”, July 25th, 2016
Kluwer Arbitration Blog: “Perspectives on the New York Convention under
the Laws of the United States: Agreement in Writing” John Barkett, Frank Cruz-Alvarez, Marike R.P. Paulsson and Sergio Pagliery, July 29
th, 2016
Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP International Arbitration Newsletter Client
Alert on Pemex with Sergio Pagliery and Frank Cruz-Alvarez (August 2016)
Kluwer Arbitration Blog: “Comissa v. PEMEX The Sequel: Are the
Floodgates opened? The Russian Doll Effect further defined” August, 11th, 2016
Kluwer Arbitration Blog: “Perspectives on the New York Convention under
the Laws of the United States: Forum Non Conveniens as a Stopper to Enforcement”, John Barkett, Frank Cruz-Alvarez, Marike R.P. Paulsson and
Sergio Pagliery, August, 17th, 2016
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Mare Nostrum Magazine (Mexico): “Up in the air or still grounded? Toward an international arbitral process that truly reflects the modern world”.
The Indian Journal of Arbitration Law, National Law University, Jodhpur,
India: “The 1958 New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards from an unusual perspective:
moving forward by parting with it.”
Kluwer Arbitration Blog: “The 1958 New York Convention Turning into
The Battle of Judgments: the Latest in the US Attitude Towards the
Enforcements of Annulled Awards” August, 24th, 2017
The Future of Rising Seats in The Caribbean: the role of the Courts and the 1958 New York Convention in Jamaica published on the ICCA website:
http://www.arbitration-
icca.org/media/9/87567973757438/jamaica_nyc_resolutions.pdf
Position paper for ICC Mexican Arbitration Day on the 7th of September,
2017, “Damages: the conundrum: the civil v common law approach: the idea
of the quantum expert revisited.”
Kluwer Arbitration Blog: “Enforcement of Annulled Awards. A Restatement
for the New York Convention?” December, 21st, 2017
Upcoming Publications for 2018
The Handbook on Arbitration in India (Kluwer Country Series): co-author and editor with Fali Nariman, Martin Hunter and Dushyant Dave
The New York Convention’s 60th
Anniversary. A Restatement for the New
York Convention? Sevilla Papers for the New York Convention’s 60th
Anniversary.
Conflict Resolution in a Changing World Order, Trade, Law and Development, National Law University, Jodhpur, India.
The ICCA Guide on the New York Convention in the Middle East: co-
author and editor with Mohamed Abdel Raouf and Aysha Mutaywea
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“Enforcement of Annulled Awards” (PhD Leiden University).
Speaking engagements
Academic Speaking engagements
Royal University, Kingdom of Bahrain (guest lecturer)
American University, DC, USA (guest lecturer 2015, 2016, 2017)
Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica (guest lecturer)
Rotterdam University, The Netherlands (lecturer)
University of Versailles, Paris, France (guest lecturer)
Florida International University, Miami, Florida (guest lecturer)
KISS/KITT, Bhubaneswar, India (2014: Moot Court (mock arbitrator,
Lecture Plenary KITT (speaker), 2015: Lecture International Arbitration
(guest lecturer), Lecture with members of India Supreme Court and
International Court of Justice (speaker)).
International Arbitration Institute, Miami, USA: Lecture with Judge Stephen
Schwebel, Lecture with Jonathan Hamilton, Lecture with professor Michael Reisman, Institute Practitioners Course (2014, 2015, 2016), Interview with
Judge Herb Stern, lecture with Luke Sobota and Adriana Braghetta, Judge
for LawWithout Walls 2014, Thought Leadership Session on the Art of
Persuasion LawWithoutWalls 2015
Vis Moot Judge (The Netherlands, Belgium, USA)
Catholic University of Sao Paolo-PUC, visiting professor 2016
University of Sao Paolo, guest lecturer, 2016
University of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, guest lecturer, 2016
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Howard School of Law, guest lecture, 2017
Institut d’Etudes Politiques (Sciences-po), Paris, guest lecturer, 2017
Video Lecture on the 1958 New York Convention, National Law University
Jodhpur, September 2017
International Arbitration Institute and the CAM-CCBC featuring Caroline
Costa, ‘Institutional Arbitration in Latin America, November, 2017
Young Groups Speaking Engagements
Young ICCA (Mauritius, Mexico, Costa Rica, Miami, Geneva, New Delhi)
ICC Yaf (Miami, Mauritius)
FAM (Miami)
YAP (Rio, Miami, Paris, Mauritius)
YIAG (London, Madrid, Dubai, Geneva)
DIS40 (Frankfurt)
ASA40 (Geneva)
CEPANI40 (Brussels)
Co-chairs Circle (Madrid, Frankfurt)
NAI40 (Rotterdam, Amsterdam)
Young ICCA/BASIL, Washington, DC
ICC Yaf, Mexico, September 2017
ICC Yaf, Battle of the Seats, Miami, 2017
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Other Conferences Speaking Engagements
Conferencia LatinoAmerica Arbitraje, Miami, USA (2016)
ICC Miami, USA (2015)
ICC, San Jose, Costa Rica (2016)
Pre-ICCA 2014 Conference, Nassau, Bahamas (2014)
Judicial Panel ICCA Miami 2014, USA
Shook, Hardy & Bacon Luncheon ICCA Miami 2014, USA
In-house counsel conference 2014 and 2016 Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Miami,
USA
London IBC Cross-Border Dispute Resolution Conference, London, UK
(2010)
ABA Americas Forum, Miami, USA (2016)
ILAT Conference (2010, 2011, 2015), Miami, USA.
iLaw Conference, 2017, Miami, USA.
Dade County Bar Conference, Miami, USA. (2015)
ICC/ICC Yaf/IAI Lecture with the Judiciary, Miami, USA (2015)
Book launch, Washington DC, September 2016
MIAS/IAI Practitioners Course, September 2016
ICC Latin America Conference 2016, interview with the judiciary (2016)
Magna Charta Conference, University of Sao Paolo, October 2016
Participation in gender equality panel, mulheres do Brasil, Sao Paolo, 2016
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CAM-CCB, Pan American Conference, October 2016
MatthosFilho, Sao Paolo, guest lecture, October 2016
L.O. Baptista Abogados, Sao Paolo, guest lecture, 2016
Pinhero Netto, Sao Paolo, guest lecture, 2016
Camera de Comercio y Produccion de Santo Domingo, Conferencia Magistral, key note speech, December 2016.
Global Pound Conference, spring 2017
GAR/Latin Lawyer Live, 2017
Florida International Law Section with Kobre Kim, key note, 2017
PLI Conference on diversity, summer 2017
PwC with Colombia University Institute for Sustainable Development, Panel on Damages, summer 2017
Jamaica, ICC Conference, summer 2017
ICC Mexican Arbitration Day, September 2017
Global Legal Institute for Peace, Round table discussion, 2017
Pinhero Netto, Sao Paolo, luncheon speaker, 2017
Brasil Construction Centre, panel discussion, 2017
ICC Latin America Conference, Miami, November 2017, Roundtable on the
future of the New York Convention in Latin America
Third Party Funding, MIAS & CAM-CCBC Roundtable discussion,
November, 2017
ICCA NYC Roadshows Speaking Engagements
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Port Louis, Mauritius
Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain
Nassau, The Bahamas
New Delhi, India
San Jose, Costa Rica
Mexico City, Mexico
Washington DC, USA
Sao Paolo, Brazil 2016 and 2017
Board positions and other functions
Vice-President for North America for the Global Legal Institute for Peace
and Conflict Resolution
Member to the Court of the Mauritius Arbitration and Mediation Centre
Advisory Board Member of MILIG, ASIL (Minorities in International Law
Interest Group)
Member of CPR Diversity Task Force
ICC Yaf representative for North America
Miami International Arbitration Society, (MIAS), Academic Board Member,
USA.
New World School of the Arts, (NWSA), Foundation Board Member, USA.
Washington Performing Arts, Board of Directors, vice-chair Nominating & Governance Committee
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Global Pound Conference, (GPC), Member Local Organization Committee
Miami, USA.
MDLinking, The Netherlands, Board of Directors
Editorial Board Member, Ciarb Academic Journal
Bahrain Chamber Dispute Resolution Journal (BCDR), Editorial Board
Member, Kingdom of Bahrain.
KIIT Student Law Review, (KIIT), Editorial Board Member, India
International Dispute Resolution Journal ADR Gujarat National Law University, Advisory Board Member
ICSID Review, (ICSID) Peer Reviewer, USA.
ICCA Judiciary Committee, member.
ICCA Latin America NYC Roadshow Committee, chair
Young ICCA, Advisory Board, former co-chair.
Co-chairs Circle, member.
Young Arbitration Practitioners, (YAP), Co-chair
Future of Arbitration: Miami! (FAM), former co-chair, USA.
CEPANI Below 40, former co-chair, Belgium.
Netherlands Arbitration Institute Below 40, (NAI Below 40), former co-
chair .
Former counsel to ICCA
Contributions to International Arbitration and Public International Law
Web interviews, written interviews and TV
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Interview with Piet Sanders, alongside Albert Jan van den Berg for ICCA’s 50
th Anniversary, ICCA website.
Presentation of the Young ICCA Launch, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ICCA
website.
National Judicial Channel Mexico: Presentation for the ICCA NYC
Roadshow in Mexico City, Mexico.
National Judicial Channel Brazil, Sao Paolo Judicial Dialogue.
Daily Business Review: Interview about the Pledge (July 2016), The Panama Canal Case, Pemex v Comissa 2
nd Circuit, Arbitrating against
Bolivia (August 2016)
Florida Record: Interview about Cuba and the role of UM Law (2016)
Video Interview with Mulheres do Brasil
Journal Interview with Leaders’ League, Brazil
Nominations
Nominations by Global Arbitration Review for Young ICCA, Judicial
Virtual Forum and the ICCA Guide on the 1958 New York Convention.
Projects
Founder and administrator of ICCA’s Judicial Virtual Forum
Co-creator ICCA re-launch website, and New York Convention website
Member ICC/IAI Task Force Committee on Transparency in Arbitration
Founder Young ICCA
Founder ICCA NYC Roadshow
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Founder FAM
Former Mentor LawWithoutWalls
Mentor ASIL Women (Miami and Washington DC)
Founder of “Opening the Doors of IA to Blacks of America”.
Media
Global Arbitration Review
Law360
Daily Business Review
The Florida Record
India, national media
Costa Rica, Universidad de Costa Rica
Bahamas, national media
Mauritius, national media
Brazil, national media
Dominican Republic, national media
Ukraine, national media
Present and past Memberships
ICC Netherlands Committee, Amsterdam bar, Brussels Bar, Bahraini Bar, Young Groups, ICCA, ASIL
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Languages
Dutch (mother tongue)
English (fluent)
French (fluent) Spanish (good)
German (basic)