Edwin Glasgow CBE KC

With a career in the law spanning more than 50 years, Edwin has acquired extensive experience as a popular arbitrator and an outstandingly successful mediator, having a “hands on” style which has helped him successfully to settle in excess of 90 per cent of many hundreds of mediations in which he has been appointed, both domestically and internationally. In addition to more than 300 domestic disputes, he has conducted arbitrations and mediations in India, Africa, Asia, Australia, Caribbean, France, Germany, Holland, Hong Kong, the Middle East, Mauritius, South Africa, and USA.

Edwin was the founding chairman of the Singapore International Mediation Centre and remains its Honorary Advisor, and is the Vice-President of the Arbitration Foundation of Southern Africa.

He accepts arbitral appointments from all major institutions, including ICC, LCIA, JAMS, SIAC, AFSA, in addition to ad hoc appointments.

Edwin was chairman of the Financial Reporting Review Panel between 1992 and 1998, has extensive experience in complex financial disputes, and is a judge of the Qatar Financial Regulatory Tribunal, responsible principally for handling complex international financial matters.

He also has a particular interest in legal education: he was the founding chairman of both International Advocacy Training Council and of the UK Bar’s Advocacy Training Council.

Edwin has served as a judge, chairman or president on several prestigious panels and lectured on law, advocacy and ethics around the world. He also has extensive experience in sporting matters, and was the chairman of Sport Resolutions UK and President of the FIA International Tribunal and Vice-President of the International Court of Appeal for more than 10 years.

He was awarded CBE 1998 for services to the City of London and has been presented Lifetime Achievement Awards both in the UK and in South Africa.