Maxwell Lectures

Launched in 2014, Maxwell Lectures brings to the arbitration community opportunities to hear from and interact with leading arbitrators, practitioners and academics from around the world.

Here are the speakers who have spoken at Maxwell Lectures from 2014 – 2019. 

2014

  • Ms Lucy Reed – After ICCA Singapore, After ICCA Miami: The Next Questions
  • Ms Penelope Nevill – The Interface between Public International Law and Commercial Practice: Current Issues
  • Ms Sara Masters QC, Mr Michael Collett QC – Keeping the Train on the Track: How to make sure that your arbitration does not fail
  • Sir David A.R. Williams – Notable Recent Developments with respect to the “Soft Law” of International Arbitration: IBA Guidelines on Party Representation
  • Ms Meg Kinnear – Current Issues and Trends in Investment Arbitration

2015

  • Prof Bernard Hanotiau – Who are the parties to the arbitration? An Asian perspective
  • Mr Andrew Moran QC – An arbitrator’s approach to resolving conflicts of evidence and the reasoning required to sustain the award
  • Mr Benjamin Hughes – So, you want to be an arbitrator?
  • Mr Alexis Mourre – An Evening Dialogue with the President of the ICC International Court of Arbitration
  • Mr Denys Hickey – Recent and Likely Future Developments in International Arbitration

2016

  • Mr Rodney Dixon QC – The Permanent Court of Arbitration & Asia: Two Intra-Asian Investment & Maritime Arbitration Disputes
  • Mr Chan Leng Sun SC – Justiciability and the Act of State Doctrine

2017

  • Mr Paul Randolph – The Practical Application of Psychology to Conflict Resolution
  • Mr Mark Kelly – Mediating Post-Disaster Insurance Dispute

2018

  • Prof Benjamin Hughes – International Arbitration: The Rube Goldberg Dispute Resolution Machine?
  • Prof Steve Ngo – Why You are Not Yet an Arbitrator: Revisiting Dezalay & Garth After Two Decades
  • Prof Steve Ngo, Ms Shae Teo, Mr Aloysius Wee – Industrial Revolution – Impact of Technology on Dispute Resolution and Lawyering

2019

  • Sir Jeremy Cooke – Damages for Deliberate Breach of Tortious Duty
  • Dr Ann Tan, Ms Halijah Mohamad, Ms Jolene Tan – Convention on Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) 101

Cassandra Anthonisz

Deputy Manager of Legal & Business Service

Cassandra Gayle Anthonisz is the Deputy Manager of Legal and Business Services at Maxwell Chambers. Her multifaceted experience spans across legal, business development, and communications sectors, offering a distinctive combination of legal acumen, strategic insight, and cross-sector versatility.

Her professional background encompasses legal affairs, compliance, business development, and legal technology. She has held in-house positions across sectors, where she gained extensive experience navigating complex legal and regulatory environments. Her experience spans the implementation of strategic legal frameworks in sectors such as maritime, commodities, and fintech, with a focus on client-facing legal operations; contractual negotiations; contentious and non-contentious work.

Prior to joining Maxwell Chambers, Cassandra led legal technology start-ups through the unprecedented challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic. In these capacities, she integrated legal innovation with corporate strategy, while spearheading business development initiatives and cross-border legal solutions.

Cassandra has a passion for advancing access to justice and to promoting forward-thinking and progressive business-aligned legal practices. She holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from Birmingham City University in the United Kingdom, and is currently pursuing a Master of Laws (LLM).

Ban Jiun Ean

CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Ban Jiun Ean read law at the National University of Singapore before joining the Ministry of Law. He spent nine years doing legal policy work, with a focus on the development of Singapore’s alternative dispute resolution (ADR) industry. 

Jiun Ean spearheaded the development of the world’s first integrated dispute resolution centre, Maxwell Chambers, which brought together arbitral institutions, service providers and legal practitioners under the same roof in a facility equipped with bespoke dispute resolution rooms and state-of-the-art supporting technology. In 2010, he was appointed Chief Executive of Maxwell Chambers, helming the company for five years and establishing it as the foremost dispute resolution centre of its kind in the world. In 2016, he left Maxwell to pursue several other projects, including the development of an arts centre and to write several novels. In 2019, Jiun Ean was appointed as the Executive Director of Singapore Mediation Centre (SMC), working to strengthen the mediation industry in Singapore and globally. 

Jiun Ean returns to Maxwell Chambers as Chief Executive, to augment the team as it continues to build on Maxwell’s position as the premier ADR facility in the world.

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