Janet Walker CM

International Arbitration

Janet Walker CM is an independent arbitrator with chambers at Toronto Arbitration Chambers, Atkin Chambers in London, and Sydney Arbitration Chambers. She has served as sole arbitrator, co-arbitrator and chair in ad hoc arbitrations and in arbitrations administered by the ICC, ICDR, DIAC, HKIAC, KCAB, PCA and SIAC in a variety of seats. Her matters include construction, M&A, shareholder, intellectual property, pharma and environmental.

Janet is past chair of the ICC Canada Arbitration Committee, a member of the boards of CIArb Canada, the IBA International Construction Projects Committee and the International Construction Law Association, and she is founding co-chair of CanArbWeek. Janet is a member of the bar of Ontario and a licensed foreign consultant in New York State.

Janet has been recognized in legal directories since 2010, including in Who’s Who Legal, Chambers & Partners and Best Lawyers. She is a member of the Order of Canada and recipient of the CIArb Canada Award for Distinguished Service.

Janet is a distinguished research professor and past associate dean of Osgoode Hall Law School. Janet authors the main text on private international law in Canada, cited in more than 400 judgments, and she is an executive editor of the Canadian Journal of Commercial Arbitration, and co-author of Commercial Arbitration in Australia under the Model Law

 

I know well the talents that mark a first-rate arbitrator. Professor Walker possesses them all.

An eminent North American arbitrator on a panel that she chaired

Janet is held in very high regard by the International Arbitration Community as a pre-eminent arbitration practitioner and scholar.

An eminent Asia-Pacific arbitrator

Professor Walker was responsive to the parties’ queries and submissions at all times, diligently conducted the proceedings through carefully crafted procedural decisions and spearheaded the issuance of an award which ultimately led to an efficient resolution of the parties’ dispute.

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