Personal bio
Benjamin Malek has over a decade of arbitration experience, having worked at magic circle law firms and leading institutions.
He has been involved in matters involving private entities and states in commercial, investor-state, and state-to-state arbitration proceedings under ICC, ICDR, AAA, LCIA, SIAC, HKIAC, CPR, IACAC, THAC, ICSID, UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules, and ad hoc arbitrations. Benjamin has worked in several jurisdictions including the USA, Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe, and he is well versed in both civil and common law proceedings.
Prior to his career as an arbitrator, Benjamin worked in the Arbitration team at Big Law and boutique law firms (including White & Case) where he had responsibility for various commercial arbitration cases involving US and international clients. He was also an integral part of the case management teams at the leading institutions, AAA-ICDR and CPR, where he had first-hand experience administering and coordinating arbitration procedures domestically and internationally.
Benjamin is a national of Germany and a permanent resident of the United States of America. He speaks five languages fluently and two languages proficiently.