Dr Melis Özdel (MCIArb) is a Lecturer in Commercial and Maritime Law at University College London and Director of the UCL Centre for Commercial Law. At UCL, she convenes the International Trade Law and Carriage of Goods by Sea modules and co-convenes the International Arbitration Law module. She is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a supporting member of the London Maritime Arbitrators Association and a qualified advocate in Turkey.