Dr. Appleton has more than 18 years of experience in the field of international trade (GATT/WTO) law dating back to the late 1980s when he advised a prominent Asian country during the Uruguay Round of trade negotiations. He works with businesses, sovereign States, international organisations and non-governmental organisations on various trade and arbitration issues and has appeared as lead counsel before the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization. He publishes widely on international trade issues and is a co-editor (with Patrick Macrory and Michael Plummer) of “The World Trade Organization: Legal, Economic and Political Analysis”, a multi-volume work that appeared in spring 2005. He recently left a major U.S. law firm to found Appleton Luff (www.appletonluff.com) a boutique international trade law and arbitration firm active both legal and policy matters. Dr. Appleton serves on the Board of Directors of ILI Barcelona, and the Steering Committee of the International Trade Law Center of the International Law Institute (Washington, D.C.). He is also Co-President of the International Business Lawyers Association (Geneva). In addition, Dr. Appleton is a member of the Editorial Boards of Legal Issues of Economic Integration and The Geneva Post Quarterly/ Journal of World Affairs, and serves on the Editorial Committee of the ASA Bulletin (Association suisse de l’arbitrage). Dr. Appleton has been recognised in the International Who’s Who of Trade and Customs Lawyers since the year 2000.