International Arbitration

A dual U.S.-British national, Glenn maintains offices in Atlanta and London, where he is an associate tenant/international arbitrator with Littleton Chambers. Although based in those cities, he travels extensively and sits as an arbitrator globally. Some representative cases are listed here.

Glenn has been admitted to the arbitrator panels of many of the world’s major arbitral institutions. Who’s Who Legal | Global Arbitration Review describes him as “very, very knowledgeable on international legal matters” and as “the mastermind of international arbitration in Atlanta.” He is a past chair of the American Bar Association’s International Law Section, which recognized him in 2024 with a Lifetime Achievement Award for sustained and outstanding service in the field of international law.

Described in the Chambers guide as a “hugely respected litigator with an impressive track record in complex cross-border business disputes,” Glenn has been tapped as a private sector advisor to the State Department, the Hague Conference on Private International Law, the World Bank, and other organizations for various legal development projects (described below) based on his extensive experience in cross-border dispute resolution.

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Glenn Hendrix is “one of the few truly international arbitration practitioners in the United States.”

Quoted in Atlanta Practitioner Goes Solo, Global Arbitration Review (12 Aug. 2025)

Representative Arbitrator Appointments

  • Intellectual property dispute between Chinese light bulb manufacturer and U.S. company (chair; administered by ICDR)
  • Dispute between Japanese and U.S. companies regarding a healthcare education JV in Japan (sole arbitrator; administered by ICC)
  • Dispute between Italian manufacturer and the U.S. subsidiary of a Japanese company involving an exclusive reseller agreement for flatbed cutter machines (sole arbitrator; administered by ICDR)
  • Breach of warranty dispute between Greek and U.S. parties regarding the sale and installation of a turnkey cat litter factory (co-arbitrator; ad hoc proceeding under the UNCITRAL Rules; the ICC served as the appointing authority)
  • Joint venture dispute between Spanish cruise line and Argentine operator of a resort in the Dominican Republic (co-arbitrator; administered by ICDR)
  • Dispute between global transportation logistics companies involving a contractual “material adverse change” provision (chair; ad hoc proceeding)
  • Breach of warranty dispute between Russian-owned Bermudan and Dubai companies regarding custom-made software for a mobile phone app (sole arbitrator; administered by ICDR)
  • Dispute between Ghanaian and U.S. companies involving an agreement governed by English law to finance an aircraft purchase (sole arbitrator; ad hoc proceeding under the UNCITRAL Rules)
  • Emergency arbitrator in dispute between U.K. and U.S. drugmakers involving request for mandatory injunction for delivery of pharmaceutical ingredients (emergency arbitrator; administered by ICDR)
  • Dispute between U.S. private airplane manufacturer and U.K. customer regarding aircraft repairs and alleged economic loss (co-arbitrator; administered by CPR)
  • Dispute involving the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and price limits for certain domain names (.org, .info and .biz) (chair; administered by ICDR)
  • Dispute between Russian railroad company and Turkish construction firm involving force majeure issues in connection with a railway project in Libya (co-arbitrator; administered by MKAS)
  • Dispute between Canadian life insurance company and U.S. insurance brokerage firm regarding commission fees (sole arbitrator; administered by ICDR)
  • Dispute between British Virgin Islands and U.S. entities regarding a convertible redeemable promissory note and the contested non-delivery of cryptocurrency tokens (sole arbitrator, administered by ICDR)
  • Breach of warranty dispute between two Korean companies regarding the manufacture of industrial storage containers (sole arbitrator; administered by ICDR; governed by AAA Construction Industry Arbitration Rules)
  • Dispute between German automotive manufacturer and a supply chain logistics provider (co-arbitrator; administered by ICDR)
  • Dispute between Canadian investor and U.S. parties regarding the ownership and operation of a California film/recording studio (sole arbitrator; administered by ICDR)
  • Dispute between shampoo manufacturer and distributor regarding an anti-diversion contract provision involving product sold in China (chair; administered by AAA)
  • Dispute between Thai and U.S. companies involving the sale of GPU servers and U.S. export control laws (sole arbitrator; administered by ICDR)
  • Breach of contract dispute between a Canadian computer system vendor with worldwide operations and a U.S. warranty support services company (sole arbitrator; administered by ICDR)
  • Breach of warranty dispute between a U.S. aircraft manufacturer and a Russian buyer (co-arbitrator; administered by ICDR)

The foregoing list is merely representative and not exhaustive of all arbitrator appointments.

“Glenn Hendrix is described by sources as ‘very diligent and pragmatic, thorough, and extremely professional,’ serving as arbitrator and counsel in international proceedings.”

Who’s Who Legal | Global Arbitration Review

Glenn is the founding president of the Atlanta International Arbitration Society (AtlAS). He has served on the Executive Committee of the American Society of International Law and is a fellow of both the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the College of Commercial Arbitrators. He has received the Best Lawyers Atlanta “Lawyer of the Year” award for international commercial arbitration three times (including the current year and the inaugural year of the award).

Glenn has served as the ABA’s representative to the U.S. State Department’s Advisory Committee on International Law, a select group of international law professors, practitioners, and policymakers who advise the State Department Office of Legal Adviser on significant international law issues. He chaired the ABA’s Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative (CEELI) for several years and initiated and co-chaired the ABA’s annual commercial dispute resolution conference in Moscow, Russia each year from its inception in 2009 until 2021.

Glenn Hendrix “earns worldwide endorsements as a leading lawyer in international commercial arbitration.”

Who’s Who Legal | Global Arbitration Review

Select International Legal Development Activities

  • Private sector advisor to the U.S. State Department on various projects, including:
    • U.S. member of working group at the Hague Conference on Private International Law that is developing a Hague convention governing parallel proceedings and jurisdiction in transnational civil or commercial litigation (2020-present).
    • Member of U.S. State Department Working Group on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments – a group of seven private practitioners and academics selected by the State Department’s Office of Legal Adviser in connection with negotiations that ultimately culminated in the Hague Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters (2012-16).
    • Member of U.S. State Department delegation to a Hague Special Commission on the Practical Operation of the Hague Evidence and Service Conventions (discussed in Glenn P. Hendrix, The Hague Evidence Convention: How is it Really Working? in Private Law, Private International Law, & Judicial Cooperation in the EU-US Relationship (Ronald Brand, ed.: Thompson-West 2005)).
    • Private sector advisor to the U.S. State Department in connection with state-level discussions in Moscow concerning the Russian Federation’s implementation of the Hague Evidence and Service Conventions (2004). 
  • Other legal development projects:
    • World Bank program to promote alternative dispute resolution to relieve congestion in the Pakistani courts (discussed in Bringing Mediation to Pakistan, ABA Journal, Oct. 2011) (hosted by the Karachi Centre for Dispute Resolution; funded by the International Finance Corporation (IFC)) (2011)
    • USAID-funded field work and study on the experience of foreign litigants in Russian commercial courts (discussed in Glenn P. Hendrix, The Experience of Foreign Litigants in Russia’s Commercial Courts, in Assessing the Value of Law in Transition Economies (Peter Murrell, ed.: Univ. of Michigan Press 2001))
    • Various training exercises, including sessions on the Hague Service Convention in Moscow for Russian judges and government officials (organized by the Hague Conference on Private International Law; funded by the Finnish Ministry of Justice) and international arbitration training for lawyers in Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia (organized by the Georgian Bar Association; funded by the U.S. Commercial Law Development Program)

Arbitrator Panels and Rosters

  • American Health Law Association (AHLA) Dispute Resolution Service
  • Asia Pacific International Arbitration Centre (APIAC)
  • Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC)
  • Deutsche Institution für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit (DIS)
  • Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC)
  • Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution (CPR)
  • International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR)
  • International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
  • International Commercial Arbitration Court at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation (Russian abbreviation: MKAS)
  • Kigali International Arbitration Centre (KIAC)
  • Korean Commercial Arbitration Board (KCAB)
  • London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)
  • Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC)
  • Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC)
  • Tashkent International Arbitration Centre (TIAC)
  • Vienna International Arbitration Centre (VIAC)

Select American Bar Association Activities

  • Delegate, ABA House of Delegates (2012-18, 2024-present) (movant for numerous resolutions, including – pertinent to international arbitration – ABA Resolution 107C, which urged courts not to apply the doctrine of forum non conveniens as a defense to the enforcement of foreign arbitral awards)
  • Chair, ABA Working Group on the Implementation of the Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements (2013-16) (the Working Group’s report is published at Memorandum of the American Bar Association International Law Section Working Group on the Implementation of the Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements, 49 The International Lawyer 255-72 (2016))
  • Chair, ABA Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative (CEELI) Council (2017-20) (prior service as CEELI Council member, 2014-17); Board Member, ABA Rule of Law Initiative (ROLI) (2009-10, 2017-20)
  • ABA representative to the U.S. State Department Advisory Committee on International Law (2010-18) (as described by the State Department, “the Committee’s membership includes former State Department Legal Advisers and many of the nation’s outstanding academics and practitioners in the field of public international law. Together, the Committee members constitute a unique reservoir of experience and expertise in international law and foreign policy.”)
  • Chair, ABA Standing Committee on International Trade in Legal Services (2010-12) (several projects, including developing the first edition of the ABA toolkit for state bars regarding the professional regulation of foreign lawyer practice and a proposal to revise ABA Model Rule 8.5(b) concerning the applicable ethics regime when acting as counsel in an arbitration seated outside the U.S.)
  • Chair, Foreign Law in State Courts Task Force (2010-11) (resulted in ABA Resolution 113A, Aug. 2011)
  • Chair, ABA International Law Section (2009-10); Council member (2006-present); Recipient, Lifetime Achievement Award (2024)
  • Chair, ABA Annual Conference on the Resolution of CIS-Related Business Disputes (the “ABA Moscow conference”) in Moscow, Russia (2009-21) (co-organized with ICC Russia from 2009 to 2016 and with the Russian Arbitration Association from 2017 to 2021)
  • ABA representative, Joint Editorial Board for International Law, Uniform Law Commission (2009-12) (several projects, including – pertinent to international arbitration – the Model Asset-Preservation Orders Act, which provides for “Mareva”-like injunctions)
  • Co-Chair, International Litigation Committee, ABA International Law Section (2002-05) (projects included a survey on the practical operation of the Hague Evidence Convention and initiating the process for developing the Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act, which simplifies legal procedures by allowing unsworn declarations, made under penalty of perjury, to be used in place of notarized statements in certain contexts)
  • Patron/Life Fellow, Fellows of the American Bar Foundation (and State Chair of the ABF Fellows for the State of Georgia, 2016-22)

Other Professional Activities

  • Founding President, Atlanta International Arbitration Society (AtlAS) (2010-15); Board member (2010-present)
  • Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
    • Chair, Southeast U.S. Chapter
    • Chair, Amicus Curiae Subcommittee (CIArb North America Branch)
    • Trainer, Accelerated Route to Fellowship course for FCIArb certification 
  • Fellow, College of Commercial Arbitrators
  • Member, Uniform Law Commission Study Committee on Legislation to Implement the Hague Judgments Convention, the Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements, and Final Non-Monetary Judgments (2022-24)
  • Member, International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA)
  • Member, USCIB / ICC USA Arbitration Committee
  • Executive Committee Member, American Society of International Law (ASIL) (2013-16) 
  • Honorary Lifetime Member, International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA)
  • Member, Advisory Board, Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA)
  • Member, International Bar Association (IBA) – Arbitration Committee
  • Member, London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) North American Users’ Council
  • Chair, International Trade in Legal Services Committee, Georgia State Bar (2021-present)
  • Executive Committee Member, Georgia State Bar – International Law Section (2004-07, 2015-present)