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Biography |
Rory Macmillan is a Founding
Partner of Macmillan Keck, a law firm based in Geneva, Switzerland. The firm has
a strong expertise and track record in the ICT sector worldwide, advising
governments, regulators, incumbents, new entrants, investors and international
institutions on corporate and commercial transactions, regulatory and policy
matters, and dispute resolution.
Mr. Macmillan led the firm's representation of a client in its US$3.4 billion
dollar licence bid in Saudi Arabia and has drafted telecommunications laws in
several countries. He has experience in most areas of telecommunication
disputes. For example, he was Chairman of an arbitration panel dealing with the
first interconnection dispute in Trinidad & Tobago, mediated the opening of the
Fijian telecommunications market to competition, has negotiated millions of
dollars of international telecommunication dispute settlements for clients, and
acted as independent expert in a dispute in Burundi. He is regularly engaged by
the World Bank to advise on regulatory matters.
Mr. Macmillan began his practice in New York and London with Debevoise &
Plimpton. He received his LLM from the Yale Law School (Fulbright and Rotary
Scholarships), and his LLB (First Class Honours) from the University of
Edinburgh.
Memberships include: New York Bar; Accredited Mediator by the Centre for
Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR); WIPO listed arbitrator, member of the
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and; member the Electronic Media Panel of the
Communications Providers Independent Alternative Dispute Resolution Service. He
is author of numerous articles and co-author of a World Bank book on dispute
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