Charles “Chip” Brower II, Distinguished Service Professor and Foster Family Research Scholarp at Wayne State University Law School, has been awarded the 2024 Smit-Lowenfeld Prize, one of the most prestigious honors in the field of international arbitration. Brower is the first scholar ever to receive the prize twice, having previously earned the distinction in 2012.
Presented annually by the International Arbitration Club of New York, the Smit-Lowenfeld Prize recognizes the year’s most outstanding article on international arbitration. Brower’s winning article, “Neglected, Perplexing, Unpredictable: Remedies in International Commercial Arbitration” (102 Neb. L. Rev. 485 (2024)), offers a groundbreaking analysis of one of arbitration’s most overlooked yet critical topics: remedies.
Brower’s research underscores a striking reality; despite their centrality, remedies remain understudied, inconsistently analyzed, and unpredictable in arbitral practice. Brower’s work confronts this gap head-on through a comprehensive review of existing scholarship and a new framework designed to increase clarity and predictability for tribunals and parties alike.
The Smit-Lowenfeld Prize jury selects the winning article through a rigorous, multi-stage review, evaluating submissions for originality, analytical rigor, writing quality, and significance to the field. Articles are blind-reviewed, and no weight is given to an author’s reputation or publication venue. Recipients receive a $2,500 honorarium presented at a ceremony in New York.
Brower’s achievement adds to an already distinguished career. A globally recognized scholar and practitioner, he serves as Chair of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration and Of Counsel in Miller Canfield’s International Disputes Group. Over more than 25 years, he has served as arbitrator, counsel, and advocate in proceedings under leading rules including AAA, HKIAC, ICC, SIAC, and before the International Court of Justice. His scholarship has been cited by federal courts in both the United States and Canada, most recently in the Eleventh Circuit’s unanimous en banc opinion in Corporación AIC, SA v. Hidroeléctrica Santa Rita SA.
Brower is an elected member of the American Law Institute and has been listed in Who’s Who Legal: Arbitration since 2014. His academic career includes visiting positions at Cambridge University’s Lauterpacht Centre for International Law and American University’s Washington College of Law, as well as service on the Executive Council of the American Society of International Law and the AAA’s Observer Delegation to UNCITRAL Working Group II.
At Wayne Law, Brower teaches courses including Contracts, International Law, International Commercial Arbitration, and the Law of Armed Conflict. He holds a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif and served on the Virginia Law Review. He also completed a research fellowship at Moscow State University.
Brower’s latest recognition underscores both his scholarly leadership and his enduring impact on the global arbitration community. By illuminating the complexities and inconsistencies of remedies in international commercial arbitration, his award-winning article fills a critical gap in the literature and provides practical guidance for improving arbitral decision-making.
“Remedies are the single most important topic in international commercial arbitration,” Brower writes. His work brings much-needed clarity to a field where parties rely on arbitral remedies to resolve high-value, cross-border disputes with fairness and predictability.
Presented annually by the International Arbitration Club of New York, the Smit-Lowenfeld Prize recognizes the year’s most outstanding article on international arbitration. Brower’s winning article, “Neglected, Perplexing, Unpredictable: Remedies in International Commercial Arbitration” (102 Neb. L. Rev. 485 (2024)), offers a groundbreaking analysis of one of arbitration’s most overlooked yet critical topics: remedies.
Brower’s research underscores a striking reality; despite their centrality, remedies remain understudied, inconsistently analyzed, and unpredictable in arbitral practice. Brower’s work confronts this gap head-on through a comprehensive review of existing scholarship and a new framework designed to increase clarity and predictability for tribunals and parties alike.
The Smit-Lowenfeld Prize jury selects the winning article through a rigorous, multi-stage review, evaluating submissions for originality, analytical rigor, writing quality, and significance to the field. Articles are blind-reviewed, and no weight is given to an author’s reputation or publication venue. Recipients receive a $2,500 honorarium presented at a ceremony in New York.
Brower’s achievement adds to an already distinguished career. A globally recognized scholar and practitioner, he serves as Chair of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration and Of Counsel in Miller Canfield’s International Disputes Group. Over more than 25 years, he has served as arbitrator, counsel, and advocate in proceedings under leading rules including AAA, HKIAC, ICC, SIAC, and before the International Court of Justice. His scholarship has been cited by federal courts in both the United States and Canada, most recently in the Eleventh Circuit’s unanimous en banc opinion in Corporación AIC, SA v. Hidroeléctrica Santa Rita SA.
Brower is an elected member of the American Law Institute and has been listed in Who’s Who Legal: Arbitration since 2014. His academic career includes visiting positions at Cambridge University’s Lauterpacht Centre for International Law and American University’s Washington College of Law, as well as service on the Executive Council of the American Society of International Law and the AAA’s Observer Delegation to UNCITRAL Working Group II.
At Wayne Law, Brower teaches courses including Contracts, International Law, International Commercial Arbitration, and the Law of Armed Conflict. He holds a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif and served on the Virginia Law Review. He also completed a research fellowship at Moscow State University.
Brower’s latest recognition underscores both his scholarly leadership and his enduring impact on the global arbitration community. By illuminating the complexities and inconsistencies of remedies in international commercial arbitration, his award-winning article fills a critical gap in the literature and provides practical guidance for improving arbitral decision-making.
“Remedies are the single most important topic in international commercial arbitration,” Brower writes. His work brings much-needed clarity to a field where parties rely on arbitral remedies to resolve high-value, cross-border disputes with fairness and predictability.
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