The Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) has announced that Gary Born, Chair of the International Arbitration Practice Group at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, has been appointed as the next President of the SIAC Court of Arbitration, with effect from 1 April 2015. Mr. Born succeeds Dr. Michael Pryles, Founder President of the SIAC Court of Arbitration, who will remain a member of the Court.

Mr. Born said of his appointment, “I am honoured to be succeeding Michael as President of the SIAC Court of Arbitration. SIAC is one of the world’s pre-eminent international arbitral institutions and I am privileged to have the opportunity to serve as President. I look forward to working with the SIAC Court of Arbitration and the SIAC Secretariat to ensure that SIAC is firmly at the forefront of international arbitration, both in Asia and worldwide.”

Mr. Born has been ranked for the past 20 years as one of the world’s leading international arbitration practitioners. He has participated in more than 600 international arbitrations, including four of the largest ICC arbitrations and several of the most significant ad hoc arbitrations in recent history. He is the author of the pre-eminent treatise in the field, International Commercial Arbitration (Second Edition, Kluwer 2014).