Guidance

Free trade agreement (FTA) arbitration panel appointments: call for expressions of interest

We require qualified candidates for FTA arbitrator rosters for state-to-state dispute settlement mechanisms under the UK’s FTAs.

Documents

Diversity monitoring form

Details

The Department for International Trade (DIT) is seeking to appoint arbitrators to rosters for the following agreements, and to identify a short-list from which we can populate future rosters:

  • UK-Andean countries trade agreement
  • CARIFORUM-UK economic partnership agreement
  • UK-Central America association agreement
  • UK-Chile association agreement
  • UK-Georgia strategic partnership and cooperation agreement
  • UK-Jordan association agreement
  • UK-Kosovo partnership, trade and cooperation agreement
  • UK-Pacific economic partnership agreement (EPA)
  • South African Customs Union and Mozambique (SACUM)-UK economic partnership agreement (EPA)
  • UK-South Korea trade agreement
  • UK-Tunisia association agreement
  • UK-Ukraine political, free trade and strategic partnership

We are seeking suitable experienced individuals to populate general dispute settlement rosters.

We also seek candidates with experience in financial services law, international environmental law and international labour law for specialist rosters within some of these agreements.

Published 6 November 2020