Rory Millson Presents International Arbitration Club of New York’s Annual Smit‑Lowenfeld Prize

On January 14, 2013, Cravath partner Rory O. Millson presented the International Arbitration Club of New York’s annual Smit-Lowenfeld Prize for the best article in the field of international arbitration to Professor Charles H. “Chip” Brower II. The selection committee, chaired by Rory, awarded the prize to Professor Brower for his article entitled “Arbitration and Antitrust: Navigating the Contours of Mandatory Law,” which appeared in the December 2011 issue of the Buffalo Law Review. The Smit-Lowenfeld Prize honors the late professor Hans Smit of Columbia Law School and Andreas Lowenfeld, the Rubin Professor Emeritus at the New York University School of Law, for their distinguished careers in the field of international arbitration, both as scholars and as arbitrators.

Pictured below at the award reception are (l to r): Lawrence W. Newman, Presiding Member of the International Arbitration Club of New York and Of Counsel at Baker & McKenzie LLP; Rory O. Millson, Selection Committee Chair and partner at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP; Professor Charles H. “Chip” Brower II, award recipient and Professor of Law at Wayne State University Law School; and Charles N. Brower, the awardee’s father and a Judge of the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal in The Hague.

Photo credit: David Lubarsky