Dr Romesh Weeramantry, Counsel at Clifford Chance in Singapore, specializes in investment treaty disputes and cross-border commercial arbitrations. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Law at the National University of Singapore and a Senior Research Fellow at the University's Centre for International Law. His prior career has included positions at the United Nations Compensation Commission (Geneva) and at the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal (The Hague). His publications include Treaty Interpretation in Investment Arbitration (Oxford UP 2012); and International Commercial Arbitration: An Asia-Pacific Perspective (Cambridge UP 2011). He is a General Editor of the Asian Dispute Review, a General Arbitration Editor of the Hong Kong White Book. He also serves on the Editorial Board of the ICSID Review and the IBA Subcommittee on Investment Treaty Arbitration.