Brandon Malone, FCIArb

Solicitor, Arbitra

• Brandon Malone is an experienced international arbitrator specialising in complex commercial disputes with an emphasis on the construction, engineering and energy sectors, and experience in crypto asset disputes. He also regularly sits as adjudicator, mediator and expert determiner.

• Brandon has over 30 years of experience as a dispute resolution lawyer and is qualified as an advocate in Scotland and as a barrister in England & Wales.

• Brandon has conducted numerous arbitrations under a variety of rules including those of LCIA, AAA, CIArb and ICDR. He is a member of the FIDIC President's List of Approved Dispute Adjudicators and is able to accept complex high-value appointments as a dispute board member.

• Brandon was the architect of the Scottish Arbitration Centre, having devised the structure of the Centre for the Scottish Government and implemented the proposals. He chaired the Centre’s Board from its inception in 2011 until 2022. Brandon led the successful Scottish team that secured the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) Congress for Edinburgh in 2022 and chairs the ICCA-New York City Bar-CPR Institute Working Group on Cybersecurity in International Arbitration.

Contributed to

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Arbitration in Scotland—an introduction

Practice Notes

This Practice Note sets out the background to and practicalities of the Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010. It gives a useful comparison to the Arbitration Act 1996 in England and highlights important differences. It also covers the Scottish Arbitration Rules and the role of the Scottish court in respect of arbitration.

Arbitration