Benjamin I. Malek

Benjamin I. Malek has over a decade of arbitration experience, having worked at Big Law 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, the MENA Region, and Central and Eastern Europe, and is well-versed in civil and common law proceedings.

Before his career as an arbitrator, Benjamin worked in the Arbitration team at Big Law and boutique law firms (including White & Case), where he was responsible for various commercial arbitration cases involving US and international clients. He was also an integral part of the case management teams at leading institutions, AAA–ICDR and CPR, where he had first-hand experience administering and coordinating arbitration procedures domestically and internationally.

Benjamin is also a Member of the Board of Directors of the Silicon Valley Arbitration and Mediation Center. He was the Inaugural Chair of its AI Task Force, where he drafted the SVAMC Guidelines on the Use of AI in Arbitration, along with other members of the Drafting Subcommittee.