We interview Lucinda Low, a key speaker at the 37th ITA Workshop and Annual Conference in Houston, Texas. Lucinda shares her professional journey, starting from her early experiences as an exchange student in Brazil to her career in international law and arbitration. She discusses the diverse interactions within the arbitration community, her transition from big law firms to starting a venture with Meg Kinnear, and her extensive accolades in the field. Lucinda also highlights the role of technology and AI in modern arbitration and offers advice to young professionals seeking to enter the field. The conversation touches on personal anecdotes, including her love for music and how it helps her unwind.
STORY
00:00 Sound check
03:39 Lucinda's Journey: From Law School to International Arbitration
08:03 Early Career and Key Experiences
11:41 Launching a New Venture with Meg
13:44 Challenges and Rewards of Starting a Business
14:40 Reinventing Careers in Law
23:19 The Role of Technology in Arbitration
BIOGRAPHY
Lucinda has more than 40 years of international legal practice experience in a wide variety of industries and geographies. Her arbitration experience includes both investor-state and commercial disputes. She has served as counsel, expert and arbitrator. She has served as presiding arbitrator in a number of cases as well as a party-appointed arbitrator. As a member of LKDR, she is focused on independent adjudicative and advisory services. Lucinda chairs of the Board of Directors of the Coalition for Integrity (formerly known as Transparency International – USA), and also a member of the Secretary of State’s Advisory Committee on International Law. She is a former president of the American Society of International Law and a former chair of the ABA Section of International Law. In 2017 she was appointed by the president of the World Bank to serve six-year term on the International Centre for Settlement of Investments Disputes (ICSID) Panel of Arbitrators, as one of ten lawyers named to the panel and the only one from the United States. She is a member of the ICC’s Commission on Arbitration and ADR. Lucinda speaks and works in Portuguese, Spanish and French as well as English.
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