Professor Andrew Newcombe is Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada and teaches international arbitration, international investment law, international trade law and commercial law.

Hassan Kamalinejad is a PhD student at the Faculty of Law, University of Victoria. His research interests are international investment law and investor-State arbitration. Hassan holds a Bachelor of Laws from the Razavi University, Mashhad, and a Master’s in international law from the University of Tehran, Tehran.