Dr. Gordon Blanke
Founding Partner, Blanke Arbitration LLC (Dubai, UAE) (London, UK) (Paris, France)
Dispute Resolution (incl. DIFC and ADGM); International Commercial Arbitration; Investment Arbitration
Doctorate, Law Faculty of the University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
ENA - Elève étranger, Strasbourg, France
MPhil in Advanced International Studies, Diplomatic Academy, Vienna, Austria
LL.M in European Litigation, University of Luxembourg and Robert Schuman, Strasbourg, France
Postgraduate Diploma in EU Competition Law and an LL.M, King's College, London, UK
Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice, Inns of Court of School of Law, London, UK
LL.B (Hons), London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators London (MCIArb)
London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)
Austrian Arbitration Association
Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC)
German Arbitration Institution (DIS)
Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA)
ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR
International Bar Association
Dr. Gordon has wide-ranging experience in all types of international commercial and investment arbitration in both the common and civil law legal systems. He has acted as advising counsel and arbitrator under most leading institutional arbitration rules (ICC, LCIA, DIFC-LCIA, DIAC, ADCCAC, GAFTA, GCC, JAMS, SCC, etc.) and ad hoc in arbitrations seated in the US, Europe, and the Middle East and Asia in relation to a variety of industry sectors, including aviation, construction/real estate, corporate/commercial, oil & gas, information technology, banking & finance etc.
Dr. Gordon was recommended in the 2014 and 2015 editions for his work on international arbitration in the UAE, and praised as "very professional" in the 2016 edition of that directory. He is also recommended, including for construction arbitration, in the Legal 500 EMEA 2019. Dr. Gordon is listed as a leading arbitration specialist in Who's Who Legal 2015 and 2016 and has been recognised in GAR's 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th edition of Who's Who Legal: Arbitration – Future Leaders? 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020.
Dr. Gordon speaks regularly on international arbitration and has published over 200 books and articles on international arbitration, including Comparison of Gulf International Arbitration Rules (2010), Comparison of MENA International Arbitration Rules (2011) and Arbitration in the MENA (2016), all three published by Juris, and most recently Commentary on the UAE Arbitration Chapter, Thomson Reuters/Sweet & Maxwell (2017).
Dr. Gordon is on the editorial board of a number of leading arbitration journals, including in particular Arbitration, the journal of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London, is a member of the Expert Board of LexisNexis's Gulf Legal Advisor.