Brooks Daly is an independent arbitrator based in The Hague. Until 2023, he was Deputy Secretary-General and Principal Legal Counsel at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), where he served for 20 years. In this role, he oversaw the legal affairs of an intergovernmental organization with 122 member- states. During his tenure, the PCA administered over 200 arbitrations under investment treaties, as well as numerous disputes arising under state contracts and interstate disputes arising under the UN Convention for the Law of the Sea. Before joining the PCA, he worked as Counsel at the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in Paris, and for law firms in Los Angeles and London.
Mr. Daly is regularly ranked as a leading arbitration practitioner by Who's Who Legal and in 2013 was appointed by the Netherlands as an Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau in recognition of his service to international arbitration. He is a member of the State Bar of California, Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University, and Visiting Professor at Leiden University. He is a co-author of A Guide to the PCA Arbitration Rules (Oxford University Press, 2014).