Special Counsel & Project Leader establishing Saudi Arabia’s first international ADR institution, the Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration (SCCA). A bilingual (English/French) international ADR Specialist with over twenty years’ experience within public and private sectors, James works in over  20 countries, and has served as Board Member of the International Mediation Institute (The Hague). He was Co-Founder and inaugural CEO of BCDR-AAA, whose innovations included the Middle East Pre-Vis Arbitration Moot, Free Arbitration Zone and Statutory ADR Tribunals (claims exceeding USD2$ Billion). A successful mediator, James has worked to resolve matters ranging from community, commercial, construction, financial and IP/Tech, to indigenous disputes and organizational conflict.