Lawrence Schaner is an independent arbitrator with over three decades of experience in the resolution of cross-border and domestic business disputes. His experience as an arbitrator includes more than 100 administered and ad hoc cases under many rules, including the AAA, CPR, ICC, ICDR, JAMS, KCAB, LCIA, SCC, SIAC and UNCITRAL. He is a Fellow of the College of Commercial Arbitrators and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He is ranked in Band 1 for international arbitrators by Chambers USA and among the world’s “Most in Demand Arbitrators” by Chambers Global. Until April 2017, he was a partner at Jenner & Block, where he co-founded and co-chaired the firm’s international arbitration practice. He taught a seminar on international arbitration as an Adjunct Professor at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law for more than a decade. He is a graduate of Stanford Law School (JD) and Duke University (BA). Following law school, he clerked for the Hon. Cecil F. Poole, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He is a member of the bars of California, Illinois and New York. He is currently a vice chair of the IPBA’s Dispute Resolution and Arbitration Committee.
