Christopher Seppälä is the Legal Advisor to the FIDIC Contracts Committee and FIDIC's official Observer on the ICC International Court of Arbitration. He is the author of The FIDIC Red Book Contract: An International Clause-by-Clause Commentary | Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory, 2023. He acts as independent arbitrator or expert in international arbitrations. He is a former Vice President Emeritus of the ICC’s International Court of Arbitration and a lecturer on international construction contracts at the University Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas. He is a member of the New York and Paris Bars.