Marike PAULSSON

Based in Manama, Marike Paulsson is the Secretary General for the Council for International Dispute Resolution of the Kingdom of Bahrain. She also holds advisory positions at the Bahraini Economic Development Board and with Albright Stonebridge Group in Washington, DC.

With over twenty years of practice and academic experience in public international law, international arbitration, cross-border litigation, commercial diplomacy and human rights, Marike advises frequently on the resolution of investment and commercial disputes through global strategy and commercial diplomacy.

She is the Vice President for North America of the Global Legal Institute for Peace of the University of Sao Paolo, and Vice-President for North America of the Mauritius Arbitration and Mediation Centre. She is a member of the jury for the Princess Sabeeka Bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa Global Award for Women's Empowerment.

Marike is the author of the leading treatise on the United Nations Convention on the Enforcement and Recognition of Foreign Arbitral Awards, 'The 1958 New York Convention in Action', and was an editor and co-author of the ICCA Guide on the New York Convention. She has assisted in the drafting of numerous expert opinions on the New York Convention, on which she writes and teaches extensively, including as a member of the Judiciary Committee of ICCA and co-founder of the ICCA NYC Roadshow. She is a visiting professor with the University of Miami, the University of Sao Paolo and Jindal Global University in Delhi.

Marike graduated from Leiden University School of Law, holds an LLM in International Law from the University of Miami School of Law, and has a diploma from Sciences Po, Paris, where she studied political science. She was the Founding Director of the Miami International Arbitration Institute. She speaks five languages and is a member and past member of the Dutch, Bahraini, and Belgian Bar Associations.