03/04/2025
University of Limerick’s School of Law appoints two new Adjunct Professors of Practice in International Commercial Arbitration
University of Limerick’s School of Law is delighted to announce two new adjunct professors of practice specialising in international commercial arbitration.
Klaus Reichert SC, based at Brick Court Chambers in London, has substantial experience in dealing with international disputes across a broad spectrum of complex subject matters, industries and governing laws (both common law and civil law) involving sovereign states and commercial parties from all over the World. He has particular experience as an arbitrator arising from cases administered by the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) and the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA). He has sat in arbitrations on three-member tribunals on multiple occasions in Paris, London, New York, Geneva, The Hague, Singapore and Washington DC.
Cian P. Kelly, FCIArb, is a Barrister-at-Law and Arbitrator at The Law Library in the Four Courts, Dublin. Mr Kelly has extensive experience as an arbitrator, having recently been appointed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland. He is a Fellow at The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and a Member of the Council of the Bar of Ireland.
These appointments coincide with the introduction, for Masters students, of a valuable new module in Arbitration Law and Procedure.
Welcoming the appointments of Mr Reichert and Mr Kelly, Head of the School of Law, Professor Lucy-Ann Buckley said: “The use of arbitration as a means of dispute resolution has been growing over the last number of decades as it is often a less expensive and faster method of dispute resolution than litigation. Mr Reichert and Mr Kelly are international leaders in the field of arbitration and the School of Law is delighted that they will be able to share their huge expertise in this very important area with our students”.
