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Dylan covers the latest trends impacting the practice of the law. Follow him for interviews with leading firms, tips to refine your talent strategy, or anything technology and innovation.

Jennifer is part of the South African hub at LexisNexis UK, obtaining her LLB qualification at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. She currently provides support to the Corporate Crime and Arbitration practice areas.

Laura works with private practice lawyers, connecting them with compelling content and valuable solutions to ensure they get the most out of LexisNexis products and services. Laura previously managed the student engagement programme at LexisNexis, providing law students with the necessary know-how to enter the legal industry with confidence.

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James is a full-time arbitrator in independent practice. He is an associate member of Six Pump Court Chambers in London.

For six years, between 2016 and 2022, James worked part-time for LexisNexis on the Lexis®PSL Arbitration module and helped to develop and update LMAA, commodities, arbitration statistics, third-party funding, institutional and ad hoc arbitration content. He has also been a contributor to the LexisNexis® Dispute Resolution Blog and New Law Journal. As a member of the Arbitration Consulting Editorial Board, he has oversight of the statistics content.

James has more than 30 years’ experience of ad hoc, trade association, institutional and investment arbitrations as a solicitor and avocat in London and Paris, as a former Registrar and Deputy Director General of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), as a case assessor for legal costs insurers and third-party funders, and as an arbitrator. His background as a lawyer is in shipping, commodities, oil and gas, and insurance. His appointments as an arbitrator since 2016 have largely been in these sectors.

He spent more than 20 years in private practice with Withers, HFW and Stephenson Harwood. At the LCIA from 2008-2012, he oversaw the administration of more than a thousand commercial arbitrations and assisted with updating the institution’s arbitration rules. At Thomas Miller Legal, in 2012-2014, he assessed and managed a wide range of commercial and investment claims on behalf of insurers and funders.

James takes appointments in ad hoc and institutional arbitrations as sole arbitrator and on three member panels. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and a Full Member and former Honorary Secretary of the London Maritime Arbitrators Association (LMAA).

Freya heads up marketing for the Bar, Academic and Public Sector legal communities. She is passionate about creating useful, engaging and relevant thought leadership campaigns for these markets and helping clients to thrive by getting the best use out of LexisNexis solutions

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