Practice Experience
Stephen Bond concentrates in the field of international commercial arbitration.  He is co-head of the White & Case international arbitration practice group.

He has served as counsel, co-counsel, chairman or co-arbitrator in numerous international arbitrations, principally under the rules of the International Chamber of Commerce, and also under those of the London Court of International Arbitration, the Stockholm Arbitration Institute, the Japanese Commercial Arbitration Association, the Vienna Centre and UNCITRAL.

Stephen has served in arbitrations focused predominantly on disputes in the oil and gas, international joint venture, construction, computer, sales and distribution fields and that involve the application of various civil and common law legal systems.  He has also provided expert witness statements on international arbitration-related matters.

Consistently recognized as a leading arbitration counsel by the major rating guides, he has been described as being "faultless on points of law", an "effective and thorough advocate" possessed of "utter professionalism" (Chambers Global 2003-2004, 2004-2005), "absolutely first rate" and "one of the best you'll ever work with" (Who’s Who Legal 2007).

During his career, he has held a number of high profile positions that include Secretary General of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) from 1985-1991 and the U.S. Member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration for the period 1994-1999.  He was Vice Chairman of the ICC Working Group charged with drafting the 1998 ICC Rules of Arbitration.

Prior to joining White & Case in 1991 and in addition to his ICC experience, Stephen served as Assistant Legal Adviser in the Office of the Legal Adviser of the Department of State and as Counselor for Legal Affairs in the United States Mission to the United Nations in Geneva, where he was accorded the State Department's Distinguished Honors Award.  He was in law practice in New York and Paris and was a law clerk in a Federal District Court from 1968 to 1969.

Recent representations include:

• Representation of a major Russian entity in three arbitrations in Vienna, two administered by the International Arbitration Centre of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber and one ad hoc, all governed by Russian law and the UNCITRAL rules, and all relating to the Russian oil industry.
• Representation of a Belgian company in an arbitration in London governed by Indian substantive law relating to a dispute in the power sector in Southeast Asia.
• Representation (as co-counsel) of a European telecommunications company against multiple respondents in a dispute arising out of a project in Eastern Europe.
• Representation of a Belgian construction company in an arbitration in Cyprus governed by Yemeni substantive law.
• Representation of an Indonesian telecommunications company in an arbitration in Geneva under a contract governed by Indonesian law concerning disputes in the telecommunications sector in Indonesia.
• Representation of a European metals company in an arbitration brought by a U.S. mining company relating to disputes concerning the performance and termination of a refining agreement governed by Swiss law.
• Representation of respondents in an arbitration in London initiated by a major international gold company in relation to the sale by our clients to the Claimant of their shares of a company operating a gold mine in Africa.  Belgian law was applicable.
• Representation of a European bank as claimant in an arbitration in London under English substantive law against a major American software supplier.  In the midst of the arbitration, the parties engaged in a successful mediation under CEDR auspices.
• Chairman of an ICC arbitral tribunal in an arbitration under Russian law relating to the sale of military equipment.
• Chairman of the arbitral tribunal in an arbitration under the rules of the Japan Commercial Arbitration Association regarding the pharmaceutical industry.
• Party-appointed arbitrator in various arbitrations under the rules of the Stockholm Institute and ICC concerning construction and hotel management agreements in Russia.

Bars and Courts
Paris Bar, 1992
New York State Bar, 1969

Education
A.B., Brown University, 1965
J.D., Columbia Law School, 1968

Professional Associations
Association Suisse de l'Arbitrage
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Fellow)
Comité Français de l'Arbitrage
Institute for Transnational Arbitration (Advisory Board Member)
International Bar Association
ICC Commission on International Commercial Arbitration
World Arbitration and Mediation Report (Advisory Board Member)
Panels of Arbitrators
American Arbitration Association (International Panel)
Arbitral Centre of the Federal Economic Chamber (Vienna, Austria)
Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration
China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission ("CIETAC")
Court of Arbitration at the Polish Chamber of Commerce
Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre
International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution ("CPR"), International Panel of Distinguished Neutrals
Korean Commercial Arbitration Board
London Court of International Arbitration
Permanent Arbitration Court at the Croatian Chamber of Commerce

Panels of Arbitrators
American Arbitration Association (International Panel)
Arbitral Centre of the Federal Economic Chamber (Vienna, Austria)
Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration
China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission ("CIETAC")
Court of Arbitration at the Polish Chamber of Commerce
Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre
International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution ("CPR"), International Panel of Distinguished Neutrals
Korean Commercial Arbitration Board
London Court of International Arbitration
Permanent Arbitration Court at the Croatian Chamber of Commerce
Singapore International Arbitration Centre
U.S. Council for International Business (ICC National Committee in U.S.)
World Intellectual Property Organization

Publications
Author of numerous published articles on international commercial arbitration and a frequent lecturer on this subject around the world.

Languages
English, French

Citizenship
United States