Patricia Shaughnessy

Biography

Patricia Shaughnessy, Associate Professor at Stockholm University, primarily researches and teaches in the field of international disputes and commercial law. She acts as an arbitrator, expert, and consultant in legal development projects in many countries. She is a member of the ICC Court of Arbitration and the international boards of the Georgian International Arbitration Centre and the Tehran Regional Arbitration Centre. Until 2019, she was the Vice-Chair of the Board of the SCC Arbitration Institute, having been a Board member since 2006. She was a government-appointed expert on the 2019 revisions to the Swedish Arbitration Act. She practiced law for ten years in the US and has served as a US Supreme Court judicial fellow.