Lawrence Schaner

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Lawrence Schaner is an independent arbitrator with over three decades of experience in the resolution of cross-border and domestic business disputes. His experience includes administered and ad hoc cases under many rules, including the AAA, CPR, ICC, ICDR, JAMS, KCAB, LCIA, SCC, SIAC and UNCITRAL. He is a Fellow of the College of Commercial Arbitrators, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration. He has taught a seminar on international arbitration as an Adjunct Professor at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, since 2010. Until April 2017, he was a partner at Jenner & Block, where he co-founded and co-chaired the firm’s international arbitration practice. He serves on the panels of arbitrators of many arbitral institutions around the world. He is a graduate of Stanford Law School (JD) and Duke University (BA). He is a member of the bars of California, Illinois and New York.