Jean Kalicki

Jean Kalicki is an independent arbitrator in New York and Washington, DC, specializing in investor-State, international and complex commercial disputes. See www.kalicki-arbitration.com

Experience

Until April 2016, Ms. Kalicki was a Partner at Arnold & Porter LLP, serving as counsel in high-stakes international disputes; in January 2020, she joined Arbitration Chambers, an association of independent arbitrators with offices in London, Hong Kong and New York. Over more than 30 years, she has conducted arbitrations involving six continents, across a wide range of industries and disputed issues, addressing issues of public international law and the laws of dozens of different countries. Ms. Kalicki is a member of the Governing Board of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA ) , and a former Vice President of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), Board member of the American Arbitration Association (AAA), member of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Commission on Arbitration, and member of the Board of Directors of SICANA, Inc. (ICC North America). She is listed on the Panel of Arbitrators of many institutions around the world and on two rosters for State-to-State treaty arbitrations. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) and the College of Commercial Arbitrators (CCA) and for many years taught arbitration and advocacy at Georgetown University Law Center and American University Washington College of Law. Ms. Kalicki is regularly ranked in Chambers’ Band 1 (“Most In-Demand” Arbitrators) for both Global Arbitration and Public International Law, and was its only “Star Arbitrator” (above Band 1) in the USA for 2019 and 2020. Best Lawyers in America has named her “Lawyer of the Year” in her jurisdiction and practice five times; Who’s Who Legal annually lists her in their “Thought Leaders: Global Elite”; and Global Arbitration Review named her the “Best Prepared/Most Responsive Arbitrator” in the world in 2017.

Work History

Before beginning a new chapter as independent arbitrator in April 2016, Jean Kalicki worked for 17 years at Arnold & Porter LLP in Washington, DC and New York, first as Counsel (1999-2007) and then Partner (2008-March 2016). From 1991-1998, she was an associate with Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton in New York and Washington, DC. From 1989-1990, she served as law clerk for the Honorable Pierre N. Leval, then of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Ms. Kalicki was an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University Law and a Professorial Lecturer (Adjunct Faculty) at American University Washington College of Law for roughly a dozen years.

Cases

See extensive list of arbitrator appointments in investor-State, international commercial and complex US commercial disputes, at www.kalicki-arbitration.com

Training

See full bio at www.kalicki-arbitration.com

License(s)

Ms. Kalicki is admitted to practice law before the courts of New York and Washington, DC, and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb).

Education

Ms. Kalicki graduated summa cum laude from Harvard College in 1986, concentrating in International Relations and Comparative Government, and magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1989, serving as an editor of the Harvard Law Review.

Publications

Ms. Kalicki Ms. is co-editor of two books, Reshaping the Investor-State Dispute Settlement System: Journeys for the 21st century (Brill Nijhoff and TDM-OGEMID 2015), and Evolution and Adaption: The Future of International Arbitration (ICCA Congress Series NO. 20, Walters Kluwer 2019). She is a frequent writer and speaker on arbitration topics. A full list of her articles, chapters and blog posts, along with her many speeches and panel presentations, appears on her website, www.kalicki-arbitration.com.

Awards

Ms. Kalicki is regularly ranked in Chambers’ Band 1 (“Most In-Demand” Arbitrators) for both Global Arbitration and Public International Law, and was its only “Star Arbitrator” (above Band 1) in the USA for 2019 and 2020. Best Lawyers in America has named her “Lawyer of the Year” in her jurisdiction and practice five times; Who’s Who Legal annually lists her in their “Thought Leaders: Global Elite”; and Global Arbitration Review named her the “Best Prepared/Most Responsive Arbitrator” in the world in 2017. Chambers USA described her between 2019 and 2021 as “one of the most impressive arbitrators out there,” an “unbelievably effective arbitrator” who “has superb judgment,” is “really at the top of her game,” who “is always well prepared and asks penetrative questions,” is “extremely thorough and strong on procedure,””looks at details and is a very creative thinker” and is “collaborative and collegial,” and who “stands out in terms of even-handedness and responsiveness.” She has also been ranked by Chambers Global for both International Arbitration and Public International Law, and by Chambers Latin America. She has been selected repeatedly as a leader in her field by Who’s Who Legal and International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers; Legal 500 US; Washington, DC Super Lawyers; Best Lawyers in America; Washingtonian Magazine; and by Euromoney’s Guide to the World’s Leading Lawyers and the World’s Leading Women in Business Law. 

Panels

Ms. Kalicki has served as Chair, sole arbitrator and co-arbitrator in investment and commercial cases under the rules of ICSID, the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), the ICC, the AAA and International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR), the LCIA, the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC), the British Columbia International Commercial Arbitration Centre (BCICAC), the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC) and JAMS International, as well as in ad hoc cases under the UNCITRAL Rules and the Rules of the CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution. Ms. Kalicki is listed on the arbitrator panels of the AAA/ICDR (Commercial and International Panels, Large Complex Case Roster and Energy Arbitrators List), the ICC, the LCIA, and the Hong Kong, Singapore, Korea, Kuala Lumpur and BVI arbitration centres (HKIAC, SIAC, KCAB, KLRCA and BVIIAC); the CPR Roster of Distinguished Neutrals (National, International, Energy, and Banking Panels); and the Institute for Energy Law’s Energy Arbitrators’ List. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the CCA, and a member of the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals.

Associations

Ms. Kalicki is a member of the ICCA Governing Board, and previously served as Vice President of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), a member of the AAA Board of Directors, a member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration (US National Committee), and a member of the Board of Directors of SICANA, Inc. (ICC North America). For more than a decade, she served as Chair of the DC Bar’s International Dispute Resolution Committee. She previously served as Chair of the Chartered Institute’s Washington, D.C. Chapter and as Chair of the USCIB’s Arbitration Subcommittee for Washington, DC. She teaches regularly as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center and as a Professorial Lecturer (Adjunct Faculty) at American University Washington College of Law’s Summer Program on International Arbitration. Ms. Kalicki serves on the Editorial Boards of Global Arbitration Review and the ICSID Review, as a featured contributor to Kluwer Arbitration Blog, and as an Associate Editor of Transnational Dispute Management. She has served on numerous task forces, working groups and committees. Currently she is a member of the AAA’s Arbitrator Council and the ICC Task Force on Emergency Arbitrator Proceedings. In past years, she has served on the ICCA-ASIL Joint Task Force on Issue Conflicts in Investor-State Arbitration, the IBA Subcommittee on Investment Arbitration, the ICC Task Force on Reducing Time and Costs in Complex Arbitration, and the ICC Task Force on National Rules of Procedure for Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards. She is a long-time member of the Advisory Board of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration and former Member of its Executive Committee; she served as Co-Chair of the ITA Programs Committee and Membership Committee, and Co-Chair of the 2010 ITA Workshop. She is a member of the Steering Committee of the English-American Litigation Forum. Ms. Kalicki is a member of the International Arbitration Club of New York and the New York International Arbitration Center; of the London International Arbitration Club and the Investment Treaty Forum of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL); and of the International Arbitration Institute of Paris. She was a Founding Member of ArbitralWomen Association.