Dr Can Eken, FCIArb
Dr Can Eken is an assistant professor at Durham Law School, Durham University. His research and teaching mainly focus on international commercial arbitration, investment law and third-party funding. His research interests also cover online dispute resolution and alternative dispute resolution mechanisms with a specific focus on commercial mediation.
As a triple-qualified lawyer admitted to practise law as an attorney in California and Turkey, and as a solicitor in England and Wales, and a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb), he is an expert on international arbitration proceedings and has proven experience in both common law and civil law jurisdictions. A winner of the Postgraduate Research Output Award 2021 and several other international recognitions, he has extensively researched, given lectures and training on international commercial arbitration, investment law, third-party funding, contracts, online dispute resolution and torts in Turkey, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Israel, Canada, Australia, India, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan. Apart from his academic background, Dr Eken has served as a counsel and legal adviser in complex international commercial arbitration cases.
Dr Eken is the founding member of the Durham International Dispute Resolution Institute (DIDRI), and he is also on the panel of arbitrators at the Shanghai International Arbitration Centre and Thailand Arbitration Centre. Dr Eken accepts arbitrator appointments, and he is fully equipped to act as a sole arbitrator, or a party-appointed arbitrator. Dr Eken regularly gives lectures and offers consultancy services in international arbitration.