Leon Trakman is UNSW Emeritus Professor and Former Dean of Law at the University New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. He has held professorial appointments in the United States, at Wisconsin, University of California (Davis) and Tulane; in Canada at McGill and Dalhousie; and in Australia at UNSW. He is author of ten books and over 150 journal articles including on topics that are addressed in this book. A barrister and international commercial arbitrator, he serves on international commercial arbitration panels of global arbitration centres. A panellist under the NAFTA, he was regularly appointed by the US, Canadian and Mexican Governments to resolve trade and investment disputes. He currently serves on the Remedies Panel of the United States Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA). He holds both Master and Doctorate degrees from Harvard University.

Robert Walters, Lecturer, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia. Dr. Walters is also Adjunct Professor of Law, European Faculty of Law, New University, Slovenia, Europe, and admitted to practice law in Australia. Robert is a qualified International Arbitrator. He is a member of ASEAN Law Association - Singapore, Asia Pacific Scholar (Privacy/Data Protection) Network. His work on cross-border data flows in the new digital economy has been recognised globally, and in 2021 he was engaged by the British Government to undertake a project on determining data adequacy across commonwealth countries. Dr. Walters specialises in transnational commercial and private law (data protection, cyber security, artificial intelligence, trade, finance and investment including cross-border insolvency, contracts and arbitration).