Ben Giaretta is the Deputy Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb). He is a former Chair of the London Branch of the CIArb, a former Chair of the CIArb Technology Committee and a former member of the CIArb Singapore Branch Committee. He has taught on many arbitration courses run by the CIArb, including the Diploma in International Arbitration. He is a Chartered Arbitrator and a Fellow of the CIArb.
Ben has worked in international arbitration for over 25 years as a counsel and as an arbitrator. He is currently based in London where he is a partner of Fox Williams LLP, and previously he was a partner and Head of Asia Dispute Resolution of Ashurst LLP, based in Singapore from where he worked on disputes across the Asia-Pacific region. He has a broad range of experience across many sectors including construction, technology, commodities, shipping and energy. He is on the panels of arbitrators of several arbitration institutions throughout the world, and he has been appointed as arbitrator on over 30 occasions (presiding arbitrator, party-nominated arbitrator, sole arbitrator and emergency arbitrator).