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BENSON LIM

Co-Chair
(Singapore)

JENNIFER LIM

Co-Chair
(Singapore)

MARIANA
ZHONG

APAC Lead
(China)

KINGSHUK BANERJEE

APAC Lead
(India)

Kate
Lan

APAC Lead
(Singapore)

Hiroko Yamamoto

Americas Lead
(USA)

KHUSHBOO SHAHDADPURI

EMEA Lead
(UAE)

David
Hu

EMEA Lead
(UK)

Zara
Shafruddin

APAC member
(Australia)

ALAN
LI

APAC member
(China)

XING
CHENGDONG

APAC member
(China)

Michael Zhang Haomin

APAC member
(China)

ZHU
YIXUAN

APAC member
(China)

LIU
XIN

APAC member
(China/HK SAR)

Matthew Townsend

APAC member
(HK SAR)

TINE
ABRAHAM

APAC member
(India)

Sushmita
Gandhi

APAC member
(India)

Anirudh Krishnan

APAC member
(India)

Krishnayan
Sen

APAC member
(India)

Simon Barrie Sasmoyo

APAC member
(Indonesia)

Debby Sulaiman

APAC member
(Indonesia)

Gai Matsushita

APAC member
(Japan)

Masataka Sato

APAC member
(Japan)

Lexi Takamatsu

APAC member
(Japan)

Jocelyn Lim

APAC member
(Malaysia)

Lilien Wong

APAC member
(Malaysia)

Dranyl Jared Amoroso

APAC member
(Philippines)

Daniel
Hofilena

APAC member
(Philippines)

Brandon
Bang

APAC member
(Republic of Korea)

Arie
Eernisse

APAC member
(Republic of Korea)

Hyunyang
Koo

APAC member
(Republic of Korea)

Seokchun
Yun

APAC member
(Republic of Korea)

Asiyah
Arif

APAC member
(Singapore)

Daniel
Gaw

APAC member
(Singapore)

Ashish
Kabra

APAC member
(Singapore)

Kang
Yi-Jun

APAC member
(Singapore)

Chee Chong
Lau

APAC member
(Singapore)

Margaret Joan Ling

APAC member
(Singapore)

Calvin
Qiu

APAC member
(Singapore)

Aditya
Singh

APAC member
(Singapore)

Jae Hee
Suh

APAC member
(Singapore)

Sarocha Thongperm

APAC member
(Thailand)

Nguyen Ngoc Minh

APAC member
(Vietnam)

Minh
Nguyen

APAC member
(Vietnam)

Santiago
Peña

Americas member
(Argentina)

Heloisa
Amaral

Americas member
(Brazil)

Gustavo Santo Kulesza

Americas member
(Brazil)

Victoria Demarchi

Americas member
(Chile)

José Ignacio
Azar

Americas member
(Chile)

Ana Maria Rincon Ordonez

Americas member
(Colombia)

Martin
Chocano

Americas member
(Peru)

Viren Mascarenhas

Americas member
(Usa)

Charlene
Warner

Americas member
(Usa)

Oleg
Volodin

EMEA member
(Cyprus)

Franz
Kaps

EMEA member
(Germany)

Flavio
Ponzano

EMEA member
(Italy)

Soufiane Elahmadi

EMEA member
(Morocco)

Ngozi
Efobi

EMEA member
(Nigeria)

Chinedum
Umeche

EMEA member
(Nigeria)

Sofia Elena
Cozac

EMEA member
(Romania)

Yan
Kalish

EMEA member
(Russia)

Fatima
Ghaith

EMEA member
(Saudi Arabia)

Sebastiano
Nessi

EMEA member
(Switzerland)

Artemis Malliaropoulou

EMEA member
(The Netherlands)

Yasmin
Bailey

EMEA member
(UK)

Gerald
Leong

EMEA member
(UK)

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BENSON LIM, SIMMONS & SIMMONS

Benson is triple-qualified in Singapore, England and Wales, and New York. Fluent in English and Chinese he focuses on arbitration counsel work involving Southeast Asian and Greater China regions. Most of his work is as counsel but he has also been appointed three times as a sole arbitrator by SIAC and ICC. He is listed as a Rising Star by the Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2020, 2021, and 2022. He is also listed in the Legal 500 Private Practice Arbitration Powerlist – Southeast Asia 2022.

He is a CIArb Fellow and is actively involved in several arbitration committees such as ICC Singapore Arbitration Group Thought Leadership Sub-Committee, SIAC Users Council, and Maxwell Chambers Steering Committee. He published articles in academic journals and lectured on, amongst others, arbitration. He led 3 teams of 8 Assistant Editors as Associate Editor at Kluwer Arbitration Blog.

JENNIFER LIM, DUXTON HILL CHAMBERS (SINGAPORE GROUP PRACTICE)

Jennifer Lim is an independent advocate at Duxton Hill Chambers (Singapore Group Practice). She focuses her practice on international dispute resolution and arbitration, representing clients in investor-state and commercial arbitrations, including proceedings conducted under the ICSID, ICSID (Additional Facility), and UNCITRAL Rules, as well as SIAC, ICC, HKIAC and LCIA arbitrations seated in Singapore, Hong Kong, and New York. Jennifer also sits as arbitrator under SIAC and ICC rules. In addition, Jennifer has broad experience advising on general transnational litigation matters, including arbitration-related court proceedings and complex cross-border disputes.

Since 2023, Jennifer has been recognised as a Who’s Who Legal (WWL) “Thought Leader – Global Elite: Arbitration Future Leader”, the publication’s highest accolade for outstanding lawyers aged 45 or under, and has been selected as a WWL “International Arbitration Future Leader” since 2019 and “Southeast Asia Arbitration National Leader” since 2023.

Jennifer is qualified in New York, England & Wales, Singapore, and Hong Kong (non-practising), and she is bilingual in English and Mandarin Chinese. She serves as Co-Chair of the YSIAC Council and also serves on various committees, working groups and task forces of the Law Society of Singapore and the ICC.

MARIANA ZHONG, HUI ZHONG LAW FIRM

Mariana is a partner of Hui Zhong Law Firm based in Beijing. She handles both international commercial and investment arbitration under major international institutional rules and the UNCITRAL arbitration rules. For investment arbitration, she represented two Chinese investors initiating an ICSID arbitration against a Southeast-Asian State, advised clients on potential investment disputes and currently is advising an investor in an ad hoc arbitration against an Asian State. Mariana also represents clients in Chinese court proceedings including enforcement matters.

She is also an arbitrator of domestic and international arbitration institutions. She frequently lectures at prestigious law schools in China and constantly provides arbitration-related trainings to bar associations and State-owned enterprises. She received her LLM from NYU and is qualified in China and the New York State. Mariana received various awards and recognitions from Legal 500 Asia Pacific, Global Arbitration Review and China Law Business Journal for her practice in international arbitration.

KINGSHUK BANERJEE, KHAITAN & CO.

Kingshuk Banerjee is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution practice group of Khaitan & Co. He is currently based in Mumbai, India.

Kingshuk acts for and advises clients in a variety of commercial, corporate and contractual disputes. He has represented clients in disputes arising out of M&A transactions, shareholders’ and joint venture agreements, private investments, international trade, maritime issues and transactions in the construction and real estate space.

Kingshuk focusses on arbitrations and related proceedings. He regularly appears before tribunals seated in India, Singapore and London. He has led and appeared in arbitrations administered under various institutional rules including SIAC.

Kingshuk is regarded as a leading arbitration practitioner in India and ranked and recommended by both Chambers & Partners and Legal 500. He has received the Lexology Client Choice Award for his arbitration practice in 2021 and 2022. He is also recognised as a ‘Litigation Star’ by Benchmark Litigation and a ‘Future Leader’ in arbitration by Who’s Who Legal.

Kate Lan, Carey Olsen

Kate currently specialises in offshore (British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Bermuda) arbitration, litigation, restructuring and insolvency matters. She started her career as a disputes lawyer in one of the largest law firms in Southeast Asia. Kate then went on to spend a decade in UK-based international law firms practising international commercial arbitration, construction arbitration, investor-State dispute settlement and public international law. She has acted for and advised States, State entities, financial institutions, funds, multinational corporations, private companies as well as high net worth individuals across a broad spectrum of arbitration and litigation matters. She also sits as an arbitrator and is a member of SIAC’s Reserve Panel of Arbitrators. Kate is fluent in English and Mandarin Chinese, speaks Bahasa Indonesia and Japanese. She is qualified to practise in Singapore, England & Wales, the British Virgin Islands and Bermuda.

In addition to her work as a disputes practitioner, Kate has co-authored leading texts on arbitrations in the region, including two editions of Arbitration in Singapore: A Practical Guide (Sweet & Maxwell, 2014 & 2018), edited by The Honourable The Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon, and Investment Protection in Southeast Asia: A Country-by-Country Guide on Arbitration Laws and Bilateral Investment Treaties (Leidon; Boston: Brill Nijhoff, 2017).

HIROKO YAMAMOTO, KING & SPALDING

Hiroko’s practice focuses on resolving complex business disputes, with a particular emphasis on high-stakes construction, energy, and critical-infrastructure disputes.

She handles arbitrations under all major institutional rules, including the American Arbitration Association, CPR, International Chamber of Commerce, ICSID, JAMS, UNCITRAL, and Singapore International Arbitration Centre Rules.  She has also advised corporate clients in disputes before federal and state courts across the United States in both multiparty and class action litigations.

Her articles on dispute resolution have appeared in Chambers Global Practice Guide, New York Law Journal, American Review of International Arbitration, and ICSID Review. She has also been invited to speak on these issues at various organizations including Harvard Law School, Columbia Law School, New York Law School, the Asian International Arbitration Centre, and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators’ East Asia Branch.

Prior to joining King & Spalding in Texas, Hiroko practiced litigation and arbitration in New York. Hiroko is admitted in the State of New York and holds a J.D. cum laude from Harvard Law School and LL.B. takuetsu (highest honors) from the University of Tokyo.

KHUSHBOO SHAHDADPURI, AL TAMIMI & COMPANY

Khushboo Shahdadpuri is a Senior Counsel with Al Tamimi & Company. Ranked as a future leader in arbitration by Who’sWhoLegal and Rising Star by Legal500, Khushboo is dual qualified in Singapore and New York. She specialises in infrastructure, construction, energy and JV disputes arising out of Middle East projects. She has worked on gas pipelines, solar power plants, World Cup stadiums and other prominent development projects, where the value of the dispute has exceeded USD 1 billion. Khushboo works with leading experts and KCs and has extensive experience in both civil and common law arbitrations. She has also argued cases before arbitral tribunals and the Singapore courts.

Khushboo regularly speaks and publishes on arbitration and construction issues. Apart from her role as Regional Lead for EMEA in the YSIAC Council, she is Associate Editor of Kluwer Arbitration Blog overseeing the MENA and India regions, committee member of the Law Society (Singapore), ERE Global Steering Committee member and Greener Arbitrations Subcommittee member.

David Hu, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

David is an associate in the London office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. His practice focuses on complex international disputes. He has particular experience in commercial and investment arbitrations seated in Hong Kong, Singapore and London under various rules, including LCIA, SIAC, ICSID and UNCITRAL rules. He has also appeared in litigation proceedings before English and Bermuda courts. He has experience in advising clients in the construction, energy, telecommunications, manufacturing, and technology sectors.

Zara Shafruddin, Jones Day

Zara is a Senior Associate in Jones Day’s Global Disputes Team in Singapore (2014-2022) and Brisbane, Australia (from January 2023 onwards).  Her practice is focused on international commercial arbitration, investment treaty arbitration, and transnational litigation.  She represents clients across a diverse range of industries (including oil and gas, power, mining, construction, private equity funds and banking). She has experience in arbitrations governed under all leading arbitral institutions, including the SIAC and most recently acted as counsel on a reference conducted under the SIAC’s Emergency Arbitration Procedure.

In addition to counsel work, Zara has been appointed as Tribunal Secretary in over 15 arbitrations (commercial and investor-state arbitrations) and has served as a legal intern at the SIAC.  She has also authored numerous articles and book chapters in arbitration-related publications, including the ‘American Review of International Arbitration’, ‘Arbitration in Singapore: A Practical Guide’ (Sweet & Maxwell, 2nd ed. 2018), and contributed to the drafting of the seminal text book on SIAC arbitration, ‘A Guide to the SIAC Arbitration Rules’ (Oxford University Press, 1st ed. 2014).

Zara holds several law degrees and awards from Columbia University (New York, USA) and Griffith University (Australia).  She is tripled qualified to practice in New York, England & Wales, and Australia (NSW).

ALAN LI, JINCHENG TONDA & NEAL

Alan Li is a partner of JT&N law firm based in the Shenzhen office in China. He is a specialist in international arbitration, cross-border litigation, cross-border negotiation and mediation and cross-border compliance. He is a committee member of the FDI Moot Global Case Review Board and an adjunct professor at School of Law at Renmin University of China. In the field of international arbitration, he has represented clients in a number of commercial or investment arbitrations before ad hoc arbitral tribunal or arbitration institutions such as SIAC, HKIAC, ICC, AAA and SCIA, in the areas of international trade, product quality, distribution agreements, joint ventures, M&A and construction projects, etc. He speaks Mandarin, English, Cantonese and Hokkien.

XING CHENGDONG, RAJAH & TANN

Chengdong is an international counsel in the International Arbitration, Construction & Projects Group of Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP, based in Shanghai. He is dual-qualified in New York and China.

He has represented clients in international arbitrations involving energy, chemical, infrastructure, and construction projects under SIAC, AAA, KCAB, LCIA, and CIETAC rules and litigated cases in the Commercial Division of the New York Supreme Court.

Chengdong is Vice Chair of the ABA International Law Section’s China Committees. He has lectured at Tsinghua University and Tongji University on international construction and participated in programs hosted by  SIAC, ICC, and Shanghai Bar Association as a mentor/speaker.

Chengdong was recognized as an “Up & Rising” lawyer by CLECSS and as a “Rising Star” in construction litigation by Thomson Reuters Super Lawyers New York in 2021.

Prior to joining Rajah & Tann, Chengdong worked with a leading international law firm in China, a prominent boutique law firm in New York focusing on construction law, and a Chinese state-owned construction conglomerate as in-house counsel. He graduated from New York University School of Law (LLM) and East China University of Political Science and Law (LLB).

Michael Zhang Haomin, Zhong Lun

Michael Zhang has specialized in international arbitration, cross-border dispute resolution, PRC domestic litigation & arbitration, compliance matters.

Michael has extensive experience in advising multinational and Chinese clients on the resolution and avoidance of complex and high value cross-border commercial disputes.  He has appeared as counsel in international disputes under the auspices of international arbitral institutions (including the HKIAC, ICC, SIAC, CIETAC, SHIAC, LCIA and SCC).  Michael also specializes in complex PRC domestic litigation with expertise in commercial contract disputes.  His work covers a wide range of industries including manufacturing, real estate, construction, pharmaceuticals, and banking and finance.  He has represented numerous multinational companies in PRC litigation and assisted them to understand the Chinese court process while helping them to devise winning strategies.  He has good knowledge and experience to manage the expectations of courts and counsel in China, and understands the challenges foreign companies face in the China market.

Michael graduated from Southeast University in China and received his second law degree (LLM with Merit) from the University of Sheffield in the UK.  Before joining Zhong Lun Law Firm, he worked with another top-tier PRC law firm at its Shanghai and London offices for nearly a decade and an American investment bank for two years.

ZHU YIXUAN, QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN

Yixuan Zhu is a partner at Quinn Emanuel’s Beijing office, specializing in cross-border litigation, international arbitration, and government enforcement actions with a China element. Before relocating to China, Yixuan practiced in Quinn Emanuel’s New York office several years.

Yixuan has extensive experience in nearly every type of cross-border dispute. She has handled commercial and intellectual property litigation in both federal and state courts in the United States. She has also worked on international commercial arbitrations and currently represents an investor in an investment treaty arbitration against a Southeast Asian state. Additionally, Yixuan has represented clients in complex government investigations involving issues such as economic sanctions, securities disclosures, and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) matters. She has also managed multi-jurisdictional crisis situations, including global asset recovery and corporate control battles.

Yixuan graduated from Peking University School of Economics and School of Transnational Law, and Harvard Law School.

LIU XIN, FRESHFIELDS BRUCKHAUS DERINGER

Xin Liu is a partner in Freshfields’ Asia dispute resolution group and divides his time between Shanghai, Beijing, and Hong Kong. He specialises in international arbitration and cross-border litigation, with a focus on China-related matters. Before joining Freshfields, Xin worked four years with a leading Chinese law firm in Beijing and the World Bank in Washington D.C.. He has also been seconded to the Freshfields New York office for a year.

In his 15 years of experience, Xin has acted in a wide range of cross-border disputes, including arbitrations under the SIAC, ICC, ICSID, HKIAC, CIETAC, and SHIAC Rules, as well as ad hoc arbitrations under the UNCITRAL Rules.

Xin is triple-qualified in New York, the PRC (non-practicing), and Hong Kong. He studied law at Harvard Law School in the US, Renmin University of China, Helsinki University in Finland, and City University of Hong Kong.

Matthew Townsend, Reed Smith Richards Butler LLP

Matthew is a partner at Reed Smith and an international arbitration counsel and arbitrator.

His practice focuses on disputes in the APAC region, and he has experience of all the major arbitration rules and seats, and often appears as advocate in arbitration hearings.  Matthew’s clients come from a number of sectors, including energy (including renewables and oil&gas), corporate and private equity, infrastructure, construction, and technology, including blockchain technology.

Directories describe him as “a rising star in international arbitration”; “a pleasure to work with”; “well-regarded”; “sharp and innovative”; “smart and sensible”; “recognized for his [Mandarin] language skills” ; “extremely clever”; “great to work with” ; and “effective” . (WWL, 2018-20; Chambers & Partners, 2016-19; Legal500, 2015).

Matthew is a partner at Reed Smith’s London office, seconded to Hong Kong SAR, where he is a Registered Foreign Lawyer (England & Wales).

TINE ABRAHAM, TRILEGAL

Tine Abraham specializes in commercial disputes. She regularly represents Indian and multinational clients in complex disputes in institutional and ad-hoc arbitrations and before various courts and tribunals in India. Her expertise has been sought after in areas ranging from infrastructure contracts, investments by foreign firms in India, regulatory issues to financial mismanagement, shareholder disputes and insolvency proceedings. She has advised clients on disputes pertaining to media rights licensing, supply contracts infrastructure contracts and equity/debt investment contracts.

She was recently appointed as sole arbitrator in an MCIA arbitration relating to a dispute between an organization that designs and supervises a television audience measurement system in India and its former employee.

Tine is ranked in Chambers and Partners – Asia Pacific and Global for Dispute Resolution (2024) and recognised as ‘Top 100 Women in Litigation’, Commercial and Transactions, Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific Awards 2024. She is recognised as “Litigation Star”, Commercial and Transactions, Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific Rankings 2024.

Sushmita Gandhi, IndusLaw

Sushmita, a 2007 law graduate, is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution team at IndusLaw in Mumbai. She has extensive experience in advising clients on a variety of commercial litigation across sectors and arbitrations, particularly in the areas of shareholder disputes, construction, projects and infrastructure, and investments.

She is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. She advises clients on several domestic and international arbitrations and on corporate and commercial disputes. She has acted as both, briefing counsel and lead advocate in several ad hoc arbitrations and arbitrations administered by SIAC, ICC, LCIA, DIAC with seats in India, Singapore, Dubai, and London.

Sushmita is ranked by all leading legal publications like Chambers & Partners Asia-Pacific and Global Guide, Legal500, Benchmark Litigation, Asialaw, IFLR1000. She was adjudged Commercial Arbitration Lawyer of the Year by Women in Business Law Awards (2022-APAC). Sushmita also features as one of the top individual lawyers in the field of Litigation, Arbitration, and Insolvency and Bankruptcy by Forbes-Legitquest Legal Powerlist.

While Sushmita’s experience is spread across all sectors, her key areas of focus and expertise are in the field of banking & finance, insolvency & restructuring, construction, projects and infrastructure.

Anirudh Krishnan, AK Law Chambers

Anirudh Krishnan is the founding partner of AK Law Chambers. He is a law graduate from NALSAR, Hyderabad and has also completed the Bachelor of Civil Law course from Oxford University.

He appears as lead counsel in numerous arbitrations, before domestic arbitral tribunals as well as international arbitral tribunals constituted under various rules including ICC, LCIA, SIAC, AMTAC Rules and Abu Dhabi Commercial Conciliation and Arbitration Centre Rules. He also appears regularly in a number of High Courts, Supreme Court, National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, National Company Law Tribunal, National Green Tribunal, Debt Recovery Tribunal, Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunal.

Anirudh is experienced in contractual disputes, company law disputes, employment disputes, intellectual property disputes, insolvency disputes, tax cases, debt recovery, mergers, amalgamations, real estate disputes, etc. He has been recognized by Chambers & Partners (and other publications) as a leading practitioner in India in his areas of practice.

He was appointed as a Consultant to the Law Commission of India for the Report on Arbitration (2013-2014) and has received special appreciation in the Report. As a part of the Special Committee set up by the Law Commission of India, he has played a key role in drafting the 2015 Amendments to the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.

He has also advised the Law Commission on the Report relating to “Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts and Commercial Courts Bill, 2015” and was part of special research group set up by the Law Commission to advice the Government of India on drafting India’s model Bilateral Investment Treaties (BIT). He was also invited by the High-Level Committee (headed by Justice Sri Krishna) set up by the Government of India to suggest reforms to institutional arbitration and provide his inputs pertaining to further reforms needed in the field of international investment arbitration.

He is the Chief editor of the authoritative two-volume book titled “Justice R.S. Bachawat’s Law of Arbitration and Conciliation” published by LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. He has also authored a chapter on the Indian report for the questionnaire in the handbook on “Third Party Funding in International Arbitration” edited by Nikolaus Pitkowitz published by Juris Legal Information in the year 2018.

KRISHNAYAN SEN, ANTARES LEGAL

Krishnayan is a partner at Antares Legal and is based out of the firm’s New Delhi office. He is a seasoned disputes lawyer with more than 18 years of experience in acting on complex corporate-commercial litigation and international arbitration.

Krish has been a trusted adviser to a diverse range of clients from MNCs to large Indian corporates, from public sector undertakings and statutory authorities to emerging companies. He is a versatile litigator having represented clients across different courts/tribunals and routinely acts in intricate cross-border commercial disputes. He has appeared in several leading cases before the Supreme Court of India. His successful representation for a secured creditor against Kingfisher Airlines at the Supreme Court was awarded the Deal of the Year (Disputes) by the India Business Law Journal.

Krish is qualified as an Advocate-on-Record at the Supreme Court of India and was appointed as the AOR for the State of Odisha at the apex court. He has earlier been a partner at Luthra and Luthra Law Offices, and Verus, Advocates.

Krish writes extensively on international arbitration in leading international journals and regularly speaks, as a thought leader, at international conferences. His principal areas of practice include international commercial disputes and arbitrations.

Krish is fluent in English, Hindi and Bengali.

Simon Barrie Sasmoyo, Assegaf Hamzah & Partners

Simon focuses on international arbitration, investment, banking, construction & projects. He is qualified to act as an arbitrator and counsel. As a Fellow Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb), he has been involved in major international & domestic arbitrations on disputes governed by Indonesian and English law. He appears before arbitration proceedings under various rules including UNCITRAL Arbitration, Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), Court of Arbitration of Sport (CAS), and Indonesian National Board of Arbitration (BANI). He also acted as counsel before various judicial levels in Indonesia.

Simon has represented both investors and States pertaining to investment disputes. He is also active in advising the government and private corporations on strategic infrastructure and energy projects. He is currently a part of investment team appointed by the government, tasked to assess the risk and policy of the administration’s investment allocation. Simon has also been involved in the drafting of various laws and regulations, received prestigious honours for his pro bono work and has published in notable legal publications.

Debby Sulaiman, Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung

Debby leads Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung’s Indonesian disputes and restructuring practices. She specialises in arbitration, commercial disputes, corporate restructuring and insolvency. Her dispute resolution practice focuses on complex high-value disputes. She has extensive experience representing international clients in handling transnational and complex commercial disputes before Indonesian courts, as well as in domestic and international arbitrations. In addition to advising clients on contentious matters, Debby also provides strategic advice and dispute avoidance tactics, drawing on her distressed market experience.

Gai Matsushita, Nishimura & Asahi

Gai is a counsel at Nishimura & Asahi. Gai is active in the field of international dispute resolution. Based on his experience working at leading firms in Singapore and New York, Gai has represented clients in several international commercial arbitration cases seated outside of Japan and in arbitration related domestic procedures including applications for provisional dispositions in Japan.

Gai handles a wide variety of IP related disputes including IP infringement litigation and trials as well as non-contentious matters. Gai co-authored the “Contract Guidelines on the Utilization of AI and Data,” Japan’s first comprehensive guidelines on AI and data related contracts published by the Japanese Government in 2018. His strength in technology related matters is widely acknowledged by clients: “Gai Matsushita is particularly experienced in the technical field while having a deep knowledge of law, he is an excellent lawyer who leads his client in the right direction” (Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2020).

Gai has B.Eng in Computer Science from Tokyo Institute of Technology, J.D. from the University of Tokyo School of Law and LL.M. in International Business Regulation, Litigation and Arbitration (IBRLA) from New York University School of Law. Gai is admitted to practice in Japan and New York.

Masataka Sato, Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

Masataka Sato is an attorney in the International Arbitration Team at Anderson Mori Tomotsune, one of the biggest law firms in Japan. He is based in Tokyo.

Masataka’s practice focuses on international commercial arbitration, investment arbitration, and commercial litigation. He has experience in disputes relating to various sectors, such as mining, constructions, automobile, energy, and banking. He has advised Japanese, American, Chinese, European, and Canadian companies.

Masataka received his LL.B and J.D. from the University of Tokyo, and LL.M. from the University of Chicago. He frequently publishes on arbitration related topics.

Lexi Takamatsu, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto

Lexi is a California-qualified international arbitration specialist with particular experience in commercial and joint-venture disputes in the Asia region. She has played leading roles in several bet-the-company arbitrations, including as the lead senior associate in a billion-dollar joint venture dispute in Korea. Before joining Mori Hamada & Matsumoto, Lexi was a part of the litigation and arbitration team at Morrison Foerster Tokyo, and also spent significant time on secondment to a major Japanese automotive company’s headquarters. She has published on international arbitration topics, and is an active member in the Tokyo Daini Bar Association’s committee on arbitration.

Lexi hopes that her relatively rare combination of US legal experience (including a clerkship with a US federal judge in Los Angeles) and ability to communicate in Japanese at a professional level will be of service to her clients and to the YSIAC Council.

Jocelyn Lim, Skrine

Jocelyn is a dispute resolution partner of Skrine, focusing on construction and real estate disputes.

She acts for clients involved in all aspects of the construction industry from project owners to main contractors, consultants, sub-contractors and suppliers. She also acts for and advises clients in a wide range of projects including rail, airports, power plants, hospitals and other public infrastructure projects; hospitality, data centres and commercial and residential building projects.

She is well-versed with all major standard forms of construction and consultancy contracts, including FIDIC, PAM, JKR or Public Works Department (PWD), CIDB, IEM and BEM standard forms. She also advises clients on a wide range of bespoke contracts.

Apart from representing clients in court, arbitration and adjudication proceedings, Jocelyn sits as an arbitrator and is on the panel of arbitrators of AIAC, THAC and BAIAC. She also sits as an adjudicator, and she is an accredited mediator on the panel of Malaysian Mediation Centre.

Jocelyn is listed by ALB as one of Malaysia Rising Stars 2022. She has been described by clients as “quick in response and in-depth knowledge of the subject matter” and being “very accessible, knowledgeable and succinct in her advice”. 

Lilien Wong, Shearn Delamore & Co

Lilien Wong is a Partner in one of the largest and oldest law firms in Malaysia, Shearn Delamore & Co. (established in 1905). She holds a 1st Class LLB degree and an LLM in International Commercial Law with Distinction.

Lilien is on the AIAC’s Panel of Arbitrators & Mediators and has acted as an arbitrator.

She has handled many complex landmark commercial disputes for clients both domestic and international in litigation and arbitration. She focuses on commercial disputes such as e-commerce, telecommunications & multimedia, project development and gaming activities. She also advises on regulatory compliance matters such as competition law, data protection and anti-corruption.

She has recently been recognized in the Private Practice Arbitration Powerlist: Southeast Asia published by the Legal 500 (2022), Legal 500 Asia-Pacific (2022) as ‘Next Generation Partner’ in Dispute Resolution and Key lawyer in Antitrust & Competition.

In addition to contentious and advisory work, Lilien often designs training programme and offers training for corporations on data protection, antitrust, anti-corruption and dawn raid.

Work aside, Lilien provides training and acts as a judge/an arbitrator in mooting competition organized by various institutions (such as AIAC, CIETAC, KPUM, ALSA, University Malaya, UUM, BAC, Taylor’s University and NAMCO).

Dranyl Jared Amoroso, Quisumbing Torres

Jared is a partner in Quisumbing Torres’ Dispute Resolution Practice Group. He heads the Firm’s Transportation and Logistics Industry Group Subsector.

Jared is a CIArb Fellow, and a Fellow and Trustee of the Philippine Institute of Arbitrators. He is an accredited arbitrator of the Philippine Dispute Resolution Center Inc., the Philippines’ Office for Alternative Dispute Resolution, and the Philippines’ Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM). Jared sat as an arbitrator in the first WESM arbitrations in the Philippines, and has acted as counsel and arbitrator in ad hoc and institutional arbitrations.

He has co-authored a book on commercial arbitration, and teaches Arbitration, Civil Procedure, Special Civil Actions, and Sales Law at the Far Eastern University Institute of Law. He is also a supervising lawyer at the Ateneo Legal Services Center, where he oversees students in handling pro bono cases.

Jared studied at the Ateneo Law School where he received the Dean’s Silver Medal for his J.D. thesis on foreign arbitral awards. He was president of the Ateneo Society of International Law and was part of teams that represented the Philippines in moot court competitions in Florida (1st runner-up; 2007 Stetson Moot) and Japan (1st; 2008 Asia Cup).

Daniel Hofilena, Kalwa Prasad Hofilena

Atty. Daniel S. Hofileña is a founding partner of Kalaw Prasad & Hofileña law. Prior to founding the firm, he was a Senior Consultant at the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines.

He is a lecturer of law, teaching International Law, Conflict of Laws, and Alternative Dispute Resolution. He has co-authored three books on international law, extradition, and the South China Sea Arbitration.

He finished his law degree at the Ateneo Law School and his Masters in Applied Economics at the De La Salle University – Manila. He finished his Masters of Laws in International Dispute Settlement at the Centre for International Dispute Settlement, a joint venture of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies of Geneva and the University of Geneva Law School.

He is likewise accredited as an arbitrator and mediator by the Office for Alternative Dispute Resolution (DOJ) of the Philippines. He is an accredited arbitrator and the Assistant Deputy Secretary General for Education and Training of the Philippine International Center for Conflict Resolution. He is a trained arbitrator and mediator of the Philippine Dispute Resolution Center, Inc.

He is the co-chair of the International Intellectual Property interest group of the American Society of International Law.

Brandon Bang, Shin & Kim

Brandon Bang is a partner in the International Dispute Resolution Practice Group at Shin & Kim. He covers a broad range of industries and sectors, including construction, M&A, IP and licensing, and reinsurance. He has conducted proceedings under a wide set of arbitration rules, including ICC, SIAC, HKIAC, LMAA, ICDR—AAA, VIAC (Vietnam) and UNCITRAL Rules, as well as ad hoc proceedings. He moved to Korea in 2020 after nearly a decade of practicing international arbitration in Singapore at an international law firm. Prior to this, he was a litigation solicitor in a national law firm at its office in Wellington, New Zealand.

He holds degrees in the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School (LL.M., 2011) and the University of Auckland, Faculty of Law (LL.B., Honours, 2007) and Faculty of Arts (B.A., 2007). He is admitted to practice in New Zealand and New York.

Arie Eernisse, Shin & Kim

Arie Eernisse is a Senior Foreign Attorney (Partner) at Peter & Kim in Seoul, South Korea. He focuses primarily on international arbitration and has advocated on behalf of his clients in numerous high-stakes commercial and investment arbitration matters under the rules of SIAC, ICC, KCAB, LCIA, HKIAC, and other institutions. A graduate of Duke Law School, Arie is qualified in New York and England & Wales.

Arie has authored publications on arbitration and currently leads 13 Assistant Editors as Associate Editor of the Kluwer Arbitration Blog, with oversight of the Blog’s Asia-Pacific and Technology coverage. In addition to his role on the YSIAC Council, he is a member of the KCAB Next Steering Committee and is a regional ambassador of HK45. Arie is also a Fellow of CIArb, SIArb and HKIArb. 

Hyunyang Koo, Lee & Ko

Hyunyang Koo is a partner of the International Arbitration Group at Lee & Ko in Seoul, Korea. She handles a broad range of international arbitration and cross-border litigation matters involving international construction, military projects, energy projects, international sports-related disputes, distributorship agreements, software license agreements, and etc. Prior to joining Lee & Ko in 2016, she worked at Samsung C&T legal team (international construction), where she handled legal affairs and advice regarding various offshore construction contracts in Australia, North America, South-East Asia, and Middle East. In Lee & Ko, her main area of practice includes international arbitration cases at leading arbitral institutions such as ICC, KCAB, SIAC, LCIA, SHIAC, CAS as well as ad hoc arbitrations and cross-border litigations. Ms Koo has participated in many international arbitration conferences as a speaker. She has published various academic articles about international arbitration, including on various matters involving international construction arbitration.

Seokchun Yun, Peter & Kim

Seokchun Yun, a partner at Peter & Kim, specializes in international arbitration and cross-border litigation, international investment, international trade, international taxation and shareholder dispute.

Mr. Yun has successfully represented government and multinational clients at all stages of international arbitrations under the major arbitration rules including SIAC as well as in ad-hoc arbitrations. He has also represented clients in international mediations under SIMC rules and before the WTO panel.

During his secondment at Kobre & Kim in New York, Seokchun was involved in the enforcement of arbitral awards and foreign judgments, asset tracing and recovery, and litigations at both federal and state levels.

Mr. Yun currently serves as a member of the YSIAC Council, the chair of the Americas subcommittee of the International Committee under the Seoul Bar Association and directors of several academic organizations. He has taught Civil Procedure at Seoul National University and actively publishes articles and frequently speaks at notable conferences.

Seokchun received an LL.M. from Harvard Law School and his LL.M. and LL.B. (valedictorian) from Seoul National University. He is admitted to the New York bar and Korean bar. He speaks native Korean, English, Japanese and Chinese (Mandarin). He also commands reading knowledge of German.

Asiyah Arif, Providence Law Asia

Asiyah is Director in the International Arbitration practice group at Providence Law Asia LLC.

Asiyah regularly represents clients in complex cross-border commercial arbitration and litigation matters. Her practice covers a diverse range of disputes, including construction and infrastructure, sovereign disputes and shareholder disputes. Her clients include individuals and local and international companies across a wide range of industry sectors.

As an arbitration specialist, she has broad experience in conducting international arbitrations under the auspices of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) as well as ad-hoc arbitrations under the UNCITRAL or other rules. She also frequently acts for clients in related court proceedings to set aside or enforce arbitral awards.

Daniel Gaw, WongPartnership LLP

Daniel is a Partner in WongPartnership LLP’s Commercial & Corporate Disputes Practice. His practice focuses on international arbitration and litigation. He has represented corporate clients and sovereign states in multi-billion-dollar disputes across various industries spanning oil and gas, mining, renewable energy, construction, commodities, and private equity.

Before joining WongPartnership, Daniel was a Justices’ Law Clerk at the Supreme Court of Singapore and a disputes lawyer at Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP and Dechert LLP. He has also been appointed as a Law Clerk for the Competition Appeal Board of Singapore, an adjunct faculty of the Singapore Management University, and an amicus curiae of the Supreme Court of Singapore.

Daniel graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours) from the National University of Singapore and a Masters of Laws in International Business Regulation, Litigation and Arbitration from New York University, where he was an Arthur T. Vanderbilt scholar and won the prize for top student in the programme.

Ashish Kabra, Nishith Desai Associates

Ashish heads the Singapore office of Nishith Desai Associates. His practice focuses on international arbitration, cross-border commercial litigation and white-collar crimes. He has successfully represented global private equity investors, S&P 500 companies and ultra-high net worth individuals before the courts in India and in international arbitrations (SIAC, LCIA, ICC and others) in various jurisdictions such as India, Singapore and London. He has acted for clients across various industries, such as Pharma & Healthcare, T.M.T., Financial Services, Infrastructure, Renewable Energy and Construction & Engineering. With experience negotiating and leading complex transactions, Ashish is particularly adept at advising on shareholder disputes and troubleshooting issues emanating from complex investment structures.

Fluent in English and Hindi, Ashish graduated from the National Law University, Jodhpur (India) and has a postgraduate degree in International Commercial Arbitration from the Stockholm University. He is an honorary member of the Commercial Bar Association (United Kingdom) and a member of the Programming Committee for California Arbitration, Inc. He was part of the Working Group of the Singapore International Commercial Court on SICC Model Clause for International Arbitration Act related Matters and the Committee on Time Standard & Delays, Ministry of Law & Justice, Government of India.

Kang Yi-Jun, Morrison Foerster

Yi-Jun is a Senior Associate in Morrison Foerster’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution group, based in Singapore. She specialises in complex, cross-border commercial litigation and arbitration, focusing on shareholder, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, and joint venture disputes. She regularly represents conglomerates, multi-national corporations, private equity firms, and global corporate clients in commercial arbitrations conducted under the SIAC, HKIAC, ICC, LCIA, and UNCITRAL rules and seated in Singapore, Hong Kong, and London.

Yi-Jun is qualified in Singapore and England and Wales, and she is bilingual in English and Mandarin Chinese. Yi-Jun is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a member of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee of the Law Society of Singapore, and Assistant Editor for Southeast Asia of the Kluwer Arbitration Blog. 

Chee Chong Lau, Omni Bridgeway (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.

Chee Chong is responsible for the strategic assessment and management of cross-border litigation, arbitration and enforcement activities, with a focus on the Asia-Pacific region.
Before joining Omni Bridgeway, Chee Chong practiced as an Advocate and Solicitor of the Singapore High Court at Drew & Napier, and the Singapore offices of Clyde & Co LLP and Holman Fenwick Willan. Chee Chong has experience in all forms of single jurisdictional and cross-jurisdictional commercial disputes in the banking, insurance, aviation, and defence industries (amongst others), including acting for clients in a number of SIAC (Singapore seated) arbitrations.

Chee Chong holds a Master of Laws from University College London (on a post-graduate scholarship), and a double degree in Law and Business Management from the Singapore Management University (where he graduated as the top graduating law student).

Chee Chong is admitted as a solicitor of the Senior courts of England and Wales. He is fluent in English and Chinese (Mandarin) and understands basic Chinese (Cantonese).

Margaret Joan Ling, Allen & Gledhill LLP

Margaret regularly advises and acts for multinational corporations in domestic and international arbitrations. She has experience as arbitrator under the ICC and SIAC Rules. Margaret was a Council Member of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators and was a member of the Core Committee of the ICC Arbitration Group in Singapore. She is also the subject editor (arbitration) for the SAL (Singapore Academy of Law) Practitioner and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

She has also appeared in cases before the Singapore International Commercial Court, Singapore High Court and Court of Appeal. She has also been appointed amicus curiae under the Supreme Court’s inaugural Young Amicus Curiae Scheme.

Margaret is recognized for her expertise in Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific, where she is described as being “able to quickly understand the contractual points that were at issue”, presenting the claims “in a way that made the points hard to argue against”, and being “very effective at putting forward the [client’s] case”. GAR (Global Arbitration Review) 100 also notes that Margaret has been “praised” for her “knowledge of cases and law”.

Calvin Qiu, Berkeley Research Group

Calvin Qiu is an economist and a Director in Berkeley Research Group’s disputes and arbitration practice, dividing his time between Singapore and Hong Kong.

He applies analytical methods in finance, economics, and statistics to conduct valuations and assessment of damages in complex cross-border disputes, primarily in the Asia-Pacific region. His practice focuses on international arbitration, spanning across various industries, such as financial services, technology, power and infrastructure, manufacturing, and retail.

Calvin is a Chartered Financial Analyst. He holds MPhil and MA degrees from Cambridge University, and has co-authored papers on the economics of crowdfunding and video gaming in peer-reviewed finance and economics journals. He speaks English, Cantonese, Mandarin, and Japanese.

Aditya Singh, White & Case LLC

Aditya Singh is a partner in White & Case’s top-ranked International Arbitration practice. Aditya represents sovereign and corporate clients in international disputes across the world. He has appeared as an advocate in high-stakes commercial, construction and investor-state arbitrations under all major institutional arbitral rules as well as in ad hoc proceedings, subject to a variety of applicable laws. He also has extensive experience in multi-jurisdictional and arbitration-related litigation.

Aditya has held multiple leadership roles in the international arbitration community. He was the first Asia Regional Chair for the Institute for Transnational Arbitration’s under-40 group. He has served as a Regional Representative for Asia Pacific for the LCIA’s Young International Arbitration Group, as well as a Global Advisory Board member of ICDR Y&I.

Aditya is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the National University of Singapore, where he teaches a course on international disputes in the energy sector. Qualified to practice in India, New York, and England and Wales, Aditya worked in White & Case’s New York and London offices for several years before moving to Singapore.

During law school, Aditya served as Senior Editor of The Yale Journal of International Law and Editor of The Yale Law & Policy Review.

Jae Hee Suh, Allen & Overy

Jae Hee specialises in international commercial arbitration and investment treaty arbitration and is a member of Allen & Overy’s International Arbitration Group based in Singapore. Jae Hee practised arbitration in Hong Kong and London before moving to Singapore in 2016.

Jae Hee has represented States and private clients in the energy, infrastructure, finance, private equity, pharmaceutical, automotive, and TMT sectors for both commercial and investment treaty arbitrations under various rules, including the SIAC, ICSID, ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL, and HKIAC rules. She has also advised in relation to enforcing and challenging arbitral awards in different jurisdictions.

Jae Hee was born and raised in Korea and studied law at Oxford University on a full scholarship from the STX Corporation, graduating with the Field Fisher Prize and the Hogan Lovells Prize. She also obtained the Postgraduate Certificate in Laws from the University of Hong Kong, where she received the Woo Po Shing Medal and the Hou De Charitable Foundation Scholarship. 

SAROCHA THONGPERM, THE CAPITAL LAW OFFICE

Sarocha is Partner and Head of Litigation and Arbitration Practice at The Capital Law Office. She has extensive experience in domestic and cross-border litigation. She has a wealth of experience in arbitration proceedings administered by major arbitration institutions including the ICC, SIAC, HKIAC and TAI. Overall, she has over 15 years of experience advising clients on complex civil and criminal proceedings, competition law, business rehabilitation and administrative law disputes with wide ranging sector coverage, including oil and gas, renewable energy, real estate and construction, insurance, hospitality, consumer goods and services, and transportation. Her experience is also extended to the role of arbitrator in which she has been appointed by the Thailand Arbitration Institute as a sole arbitrator.

She has been recognized as one of the 40 Under 40 legal professionals in Asia, Asian Legal Business in 2022. She is also enlisted as an arbitrator in the Register of the Thailand Arbitration Institute (TAI) and a member of the Young Singapore International Arbitration Centre (YSIAC) Council APAC Regional Committee.

Nguyen Ngoc Minh, Dzungsrt & Associates

Minh has represented clients in international arbitrations conducted under the Rules of e.g. the ICC, SIAC and HKIAC to resolve cross-border disputes involving Vietnamese elements. He has also acted in arbitrations at the Vietnam International Arbitration Center (VIAC) and in recognition and enforcement proceedings before the Vietnamese courts.

Matters in which Minh has acted are oftentimes high-profile, covering a wide range of legal and factual questions, in e.g. Oil and Gas; Construction and Real Estates; Corporate and Joint Venture; M&A; Sales of Good; Insurance; and Information Technology. Many of his cases at the VIAC are also first-of-their-kinds in Vietnam.

Minh is ranked in Band 2 by Chambers Asia-Pacific 2023: Dispute Resolution and is praised as “”a really impressive counsel with an ability to see problems and solutions.”” Legal500 2023 recognises him as a “Leading Individual” in Dispute Resolution: Arbitration and commends him for his “sound and practical” advice and for responding “quickly and in depth … [advising] practical solutions where appropriate.” He is further rated by Benchmark Litigation 2023 as a “Litigation Star” and “Future Star”.

Minh Nguyen, ACSV Legal

Minh Nguyen is a Special Counsel and Head of Dispute Resolution Practice of ACSV Legal. She joined ACSV Legal in 2019 after having worked nearly ten years for various international law firms and corporations, including a Magic Circle firm.

Minh obtained an LLM in 2017 in International Arbitration from Pepperdine University with one of the highest-grade point averages in her graduation class. Minh also attended the intensive International Commercial Arbitration course in Harvard Law School in January 2023. As the Head of the Dispute Resolution Practice of ACSV Legal since 2019, Minh has directly advised and represented clients in a number of multi-million-dollar cases arbitrated at the SIAC, the ICC, and the VIAC. Under her leadership, ACSV Legal has been ranked as one of “the firms to watch” in arbitration in Legal500’s publication for Vietnam chapter in 2023.

Minh has been a registered arbitrator at the Pacific International Arbitration Centre in Vietnam since 2018 and an Adjunct Lecturer in the Master of Civil Law Program – a joint program between the University of Economics and Law of Vietnam and the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne – since 2019. Minh is also a qualified lawyer in Vietnam.

Santiago Peña, Bomchil

I am a senior associate in the international arbitration department at Bomchil, a highly-recognized law firm located in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

For more than 10 years I focused my practice in international arbitration, having advised and represented private companies in proceedings under different rules (ICC, ICDR, UNCITRAL, etc.). I have also usually served as administrative secretary in international arbitrations under ICC and UNCITRAL rules.
I have graduated with honours from Universidad de Buenos Aires, and completed a Diploma in Arbitration as well as a Masters’ Degree in Corporate Law from Universidad Austral, achieving the gold medal for best graduate and the award for the best final thesis.

I am assistant professor on civil and commercial contracts and on arbitration courses at Universidad de Buenos Aires and at Universidad Torcuato Di Tella.

Heloisa Amaral, Leal Cotrim Advogados

Heloisa do Amaral is a dedicated legal professional who specializes in business contracts, infrastructure projects, and corporate governance. With over 20 years of experience in the infrastructure industry, particularly in Brazil and Latin America, she has gained valuable insights into heavy construction projects.

Having served as an in-house legal counsel and deputy general counsel for multinational companies, Heloisa has gained valuable experience in legal department management, corporate and compliance governance, crisis management, and internal investigations, focusing on ensuring legal and ethical compliance within organizations.

Currently, Heloisa continues to serve her clients by representing them in litigation and arbitration proceedings concerning civil matters related to complex business contracts, corporate affairs, and infrastructure projects.

Heloisa has earned her law degree from the Catholic University of Sao Paulo and her postgraduation in Business and Economic Law from Fundacao Getulio Vargas and is currently a master’s candidate in Business Law at the same institution.

She speaks Portuguese, English, and Spanish.

Gustavo Santo Kulesza, BMA Advogados

Gustavo Kulesza is a partner at the Arbitration and Litigation practice of BMA Advogados, in São Paulo, Brazil. He joined the firm in 2011. Gustavo also worked for Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom as an International Attorney in New York from 2016 to 2017.

Noted especially for his work in arbitration, Gustavo has represented Brazilian and international clients in commercial arbitrations before all the major arbitral institutions, in disputes related to mergers and acquisitions, corporations, contracts, and infrastructure. He also represents clients in complex lawsuits, especially in contract and corporate cases.

Gustavo graduated from the University of Sao Paulo Law School, where he has also earned his master’s degree in International Law and is currently pursuing a PhD in Civil Law.

He is also a Professor of the LLM Program in Commercial Arbitration at the IBMEC Law School, in São Paulo. He has published books and articles on contractual and arbitration issues.

Gustavo speaks English, Portuguese, and Spanish.

Victoria Demarchi, Jana & Gil

Victoria is the Director of the Arbitration Team at Jana & Gil Dispute Resolution, where she brings eleven years of experience and focuses her practice on international commercial and investment arbitrations in sectors such as construction, energy, mining, television, advertising, among others. She is a qualified lawyer in Chile, holding a JD from the University of Chile (summa cum laude) and an LLM from Columbia University, New York. Victoria is a Fulbright Scholar and a recipient of the Chilean Scholarship Program for studying abroad. In 2022, Victoria was recognized as one of the three most influential women in the field of Arbitration in Chile by Who’s Who Legal. Additionally, Victoria Demarchi is an affiliated professor at the Department of Private Law of the University of Chile. Furthermore, she is part of the young arbitrators’ list at the Santiago Chamber of Commerce.

José Ignacio Azar, Cariola

LL.B. University of Chile (2009), LL.M. The University of Edinburgh (2012). Jose worked as an international associate in the international arbitration group at Debevoise & Plimpton, New York (2017-2018) and currently works in the litigation and arbitration group at Cariola Diez Perez-Cotapos, Santiago, Chile, as Director. He has relevant experience as counsel in both domestic and international commercial arbitration, and in international investment arbitration. He has attended oral hearings, cross-examined witnesses, participated in negotiations, and led legal teams in complex cases. Jose is a lecturer in Private Law at the University of Chile and University of Santiago, and he was recently appointed as a young arbitrator at the Centro de Arbitraje y Mediación (CAM) in Santiago, Chile.

Ana Maria Rincon Ordonez, Rincón Castro Abogados

Senior Associate in Rincon Castro Abogados, an Arbitration and Infrastructure boutique firm. Prior to joining Rincon Castro, Ana María worked as Foreign Attorney in Covington & Burling’s International Arbitration Team in New York and in Arnold & Porter’s International Arbitration Practice Group in Washington DC. Ana María holds and LLM in International Business, Regulation, Litigation and Arbitration from New York University and is licensed to practice law both in the State of New York and in Colombia.

Martin Chocano, Rodrigo, Elias, Medrano

Martin is a Partner at Rodrigo, Elias & Medrano (Lima, Peru), where he focuses his practice on international and domestic arbitration.

He has over 12 years of experience representing clients in arbitrations, including participating in cases under the auspices of ICSID and the International Chamber of Commerce, conducted under the UNCITRAL Rules and administered by the Peruvian main arbitration centers. Martin handles disputes concerning various sectors such as M&A, construction, oil & gas, energy, renewables, technology, infrastructure, and mining.

His experience includes appearing as counsel in private and public litigations before all the levels of the Peruvian Judiciary and before the Peruvian Constitutional Tribunal.

Martin graduated (magna cum laude) from the Universidad de Lima (2010) and holds an LL.M. in International Business Regulation, Arbitration, and Litigation from the New York University School of Law (2016).

Previously, he was an International Visiting Advisor at Dechert LLP in its Washington D.C. offices (2016-2017) and an assistant professor of Procedural Law at the Universidad de Lima (2011-2013).

Viren Mascarenhas, Milbank

Viren Mascarenhas is a Partner in the Litigation and Arbitration Department at Milbank LLP in New York. He has nearly two decades of experience acting as counsel in domestic and international arbitration proceedings (commercial, construction, and investment arbitration) in a broad range of industries, including chemicals, energy (LNG, oil and gas, nuclear, electricity, power, renewables), mining and metals, hospitality, life sciences, and luxury goods. He also has experience in private equity and M&A disputes arising under share purchase, joint venture, shareholder, and partnership agreements. Viren is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and teaches arbitration at Columbia Law School. He is ranked by the leading directories, including Chambers Global and USA, Legal500, Law360, and Who’s Who Legal.

Charlene Warner, Linklaters LLP

Charlene is an Associate in Linklaters LLP’s Litigation, Arbitration and Investigations group in New York. She represents global companies, large financial institutions and other multinational players in international arbitration, investigations and complex commercial litigation.

Prior to joining Linklaters, Charlene served as an Assistant Counsel at the SIAC, as a Case Counsel at the AAA/ICDR and as the Dispute Resolution Manager at the CPR Institute in New York. She also worked with the international arbitration group of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP in Paris, advising on investor-state and international commercial arbitration matters. In 2022, Charlene was seconded to Morgan Stanley’s wealth management litigation group where she handled various client litigation and arbitration matters for the firm. She holds law degrees from the Philippines, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Oleg Volodin, Resolut (Investment Disputes Settlement LLC)

Oleg is a partner at Resolut. He has 10+ years of experience in dispute resolution, including investment arbitration, complex litigation in corporate, construction disputes and debt recovery proceedings.

Oleg has experience in both arbitration and litigation proceedings, often parallel, and has represented clients in various complex disputes, including those involving multiple jurisdictions.

Before founding Resolut, Oleg worked at White & Case and Cleary Gottlieb.

Franz Kaps, Baker McKenzie Germany (Frankfurt)

Franz D. Kaps is a member of Baker McKenzie’s German litigation/arbitration practice.

He studied law in Heidelberg/Germany and New Delhi/India. Franz wrote his doctoral thesis at the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for International, European and Regulatory Procedural Law on the comparative law topic of arbitration in Singapore and India.

Having worked for law firms in Frankfurt and New York, he has gained a wide range of experience in advising on dispute resolution matters, with a particular focus on large-volume and complex arbitration proceedings.

Franz advises and represents domestic and foreign clients from various industries in complex arbitrations. He specializes in litigation in the areas of construction, automotive, energy, infrastructure, international trade, consumer goods, mechanical engineering, post-M&A disputes, manufacturing, sports, IT, technology and investor-state arbitration. Franz also regularly represents clients in arbitration proceedings under various institutional arbitration rules, such as the SIAC, ICC, DIS, LCIA and SCC.

He frequently publishes articles and speaks at conferences and events on arbitration related topics. Franz is also on the board of the German Indian Lawyers Association.

Flavio Ponzano, ArbLit

Dr. Flavio Ponzano is a partner at ArbLit specializing in commercial and investor-State arbitration. Flavio has been involved – as counsel, arbitrator or tribunal secretary – in almost 40 arbitrations conducted under major arbitration rules and subject to a variety of governing laws in different seats.

Flavio’s experience includes acting as counsel in investor-State energy arbitrations under the ECT and intra-EU BITs, in company law disputes arising from private equity investments, in construction disputes under FIDIC contracts, in a distribution dispute involving a Japanese manufacturer and in a dispute over the image rights of a famous football player.

Flavio holds a Ph.D. in international law from the Catholic University of Milan with a dissertation on res judicata. He served as assistant to Professor Radicati di Brozolo and regularly publishes on arbitration issues.

In 2014, Flavio was awarded the runner-up prize for the laureate of the International Academy for Arbitration Law in Paris. He graduated summa cum laude from the Catholic University of Milan in 2012.

Since 2018 Flavio is recognized by Who’s Who Legal in the rankings “Arbitration -Future Leaders” and “Italy – Arbitration”.

A qualified attorney in Italy, Flavio speaks English fluently and has an intermediate knowledge of French.

Soufiane Elahmadi, Cabinet Elahmadi d'arbitrage

I am an Arbitrator declared by the court of appeal in Morocco.

I have more than 100 arbitration awards sentences. I am also an arbitrator for the Cross-Examination Moot 2022, and the SCCA Arabic Moot arbitrator 2023.

I have also more than 10 years’ experience in international export litigation department with Italians brand for Africa and Arabic speakers.

Ngozi Efobi, AELEX

I am a legal practitioner with over 15 years’ of legal experience and currently serve as General Counsel at Greenville LNG Co. Limited- a pioneer LNG production and distribution Company in Nigeria. My work experience covers both domestic and international commercial arbitration. As Partner in the arbitration and dispute resolution practice group at AELEX I consistently acted as arbitration counsel representing clients in arbitrations across the oil and gas, aviation, Corporate finance and telecommunication sectors. I act as Tribunal Secretary and currently sit as arbitrator in ad-hoc and institutional references and consistently speak at arbitration conferences/webinars. I belong to the Panel of neutrals of arbitral institutions including the Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration, Lagos (RCICAL) and have written several articles on litigation and arbitration published in national newspapers, Lexology, Practical Law, and in the IBA Newsletter. I was ranked in Project finance and Capital markets practice areas by International Financial Law Review (IFLR1000), as Rising Star in 2017, 2018, 2019; Thought Leader in 2020,2021 and Rising Star Partner in 2022.

• I am currently sitting as a sole arbitrator in an institutional reference from the Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration in a dispute valued at approximately N90 Million regarding the procurement and installation of capacity development equipment.
• I recently represented a national telecommunications Company in a multi-party arbitration dispute arising out of a private placement participation and Custodial Agreement involving several telecommunications Companies, a leading commercial Bank and the national communications regulator. Approx. value- US$57 million
• I was also recently lead counsel that successfully defended one of the biggest national telecommunication services providers in a niche arbitration arising out of an airtime loan financing scheme. The scheme operated a syndicated fund mechanism underpinned by the telecommunications company and four third-party technology developers. The transaction out of which the dispute arose involved a proof-of-concept arrangement, provision of rack hosting/servicing and profit share agreements.
• Successfully represented a Nigerian oil and gas concern with major offshore shareholding in two rounds of multi-party arbitration involving several other IOCs in a in a $1.5bn value dispute regarding the redetermination of equity rights in a unitized offshore Oil Field which is the subject matter of a Production Sharing Contract with the Federal Government of Nigeria and a Joint Operating Agreement with several international oil companies.
• Successfully obtained the judgment of the High Court and Appellate Court enforcing an arbitral award given in favour of an IOC and dismissing challenge proceedings instituted by a co-party to a Unit Agreement in the development of an oil field.
• Assisted in over 5 ICC arbitrations involving member states in investment treaty and appropriation disputes.

Chinedum Umeche, Banwo & Ighodalo

Chinedum Umeche is a partner in a leading Nigerian law firm, Banwo & Ighodalo. He is a seasoned dispute resolution expert, with years of experience handling commercial litigation and arbitration matters for a wide spectrum of domestic and international clients across several industries including energy, financial services, FMCG and telecommunications. He has acted as counsel in several domestic and international commercial arbitration matters.

He has published several articles on a wide range of legal issues pertaining to arbitration, and dispute resolution generally, in reputable journals including Arbitration International, and the International Arbitration Law Review. Since 2018, he has been ranked in the “Next Generation” lawyer category of The Legal 500 – a leading global research, ranking and publishing firm.

Chinedum has earned the respect of his clients and has been described as a lawyer with “very strong dispute resolution skills and a strong sense of urgency”.

Sofia Elena Cozac, Stratulat Albulescu SPARL, Bucharest

Sofia Cozac works as Counsel in the Arbitration Department of the law firm Stratulat Albulescu SPARL. She has over 16 years of experience in national and international arbitration, with extensive experience in construction arbitration and ICC and ICSID arbitration. Sofia Cozac is an arbitrator with the Court of International Commercial Arbitration attached to the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania, as well as President of the Dolj Arbitration Court.

Sofia Cozac is an arbitrator with the European Commission, for the settlement of trade disputes between the European Union and third countries, and pleads as a lawyer in international arbitrations.

She regularly advises and assists clients on matters relating to investment disputes (ICSID arbitration) construction disputes, in particular FIDIC contracts, post-privatisation disputes, energy and oil & gas disputes as well as administrative disputes.

Sofia has a close connection with the academic life, being a PhD student in the field of commercial arbitration and also a trainer in the international arbitration competition Willem C. Vis Moot. Sofia is fluent in both English and German and has been consistently involved in international teams of lawyers and experts in the projects she has worked on.

Yan Kalish, Rybalkin, Gortsunyan, Dyakin & Partners

Yan Kalish MCIArb represents clients before arbitral tribunals acting under the rules of various institutions, including SIAC, ICC, SCC, LCIA, VIAC, etc. He also advises clients on complex cross-border litigations involving proceedings before the courts of the United States, Norway, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, British Virgin Islands, Cyprus, Singapore and Russia.

Yan’s experience covers matters i.a. governed by New York, Delaware, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Singapore, Italian, German, BVI, Cypriot, Swiss, Bahamian, Cayman, Panamanian and Russian law.

Yan has experience sitting as arbitrator both sole and as a member of three arbitrators’ panes. Yan has been selected to become a member of the Reserve Panel of Arbitrators of the Tashkent International Arbitration Centre (TIAC) and into the Russian Arbitrators Guide: Next Generation. Russian Arbitration Center has included Yan as an arbitrator to the International Arbitration Database and the Database of Specialists in the Field of Real Estate and Construction.

Yan has PhD in political science and authored several publications on law and politics. Yan lectures at the at the Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law where he teaches “The trends in the development of arbitration in the Russian Federation” for graduate students.

FATIMA GHAITH, WEATHERFORD

Fatima Ghaith is a tri-qualified lawyer admitted to practice in Bahrain, England and Wales, and Scotland. Fatima is also a bilingual arbitrator and mediator, fluent in both English and Arabic.

Fatima began her career as a banking and finance/project finance associate specializing in Islamic Finance with Baker & McKenzie in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. There, she represented a diverse range of clients, including international and Saudi banks and financial institutions, along with prominent government entities in Saudi Arabia like Ma’aden, SABIC, and SEC. She played a key role in structuring multi-billion dollar project financings, such as the US$3.5 billion financing for Ma’aden and Alcoa Inc.’s smelter, rolling mill, and refinery.

Currently, Fatima serves as the Associate General Counsel for a major international upstream oil and gas company, overseeing legal affairs for Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Oman. In recognition of her outstanding achievements, Fatima was recently awarded the LexisNexis Women in Law Award in the category of General Counsel (Small team) for the year 2024.

Fatima holds a LLB Law degree from Warwick University (2005) and a Master of Science degree in Islamic Finance from DePaul University (2010).

Sebastiano Nessi, Curtis

With a dual civil law and common law background, and 15 years of experience working in Paris, London, and Geneva where he is based, Sebastiano Nessi is an International Arbitration and Disputes Partner with Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle.

Ranked as a Global Elite Thought Leaders by Who’s Who Legal, he specialises in international arbitration (commercial, investor-state and sports), cross-border litigation and asset recovery, as well as compliance and international sanctions. He has notably advised and represented clients (including states and state-owned entities) from Europe, the GCC and MENA regions, the CIS region, Africa, Latin America and Asia in more than 80 litigation and arbitration proceedings, both ad hoc and under all major institutional rules, with seats in Cairo, Dubai, Geneva, Hong-Kong, Istanbul, Johannesburg, London, Moscow, New York, Paris, Singapore, Stockholm, The Hague, Vienna and Zürich.

His experience encompasses disputes in the construction and infrastructure, energy (including renewables), oil and gas, mining, chemicals, commodities, insurance, telecommunication and media, pharmaceuticals, banking, aerospace and transportation, real estate, maritime, and distribution sectors.

Sebastiano, who is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) and a past Vice-Chair of the CIArb YMG group, sits also regularly as arbitrator (Chairperson, Sole Arbitrator and Party-appointed Arbitrator).

Sebastiano has taught for several years international arbitration and international dispute resolution at the University of Paris I, Panthéon Sorbonne. He is also a lecturer at several academic institutions, and the author of some 50 book chapters and articles.

Artemis Malliaropoulou, The Hague University of Applied Sciences

Education:
LL.B. (Athens University), LL.M. (London School of Economics), Ph.D. (Athens University), RS (Oxford University), VS (Columbia University, Cornell University, Vienna University), GDL (BPP University).

Work experience:
Current role: Assistant Professor (Docent) at the Hague University of Applied Sciences and independent legal advisor at Artlaw.

Past work experience:
United Nations Office of Legal Affairs (New York), Council of the EU – Legal Service (Brussels), International Criminal Court (the Hague), Unidroit Institute (Rome), British Institute for International and Comparative Law (London), WilmerHale (London), Shearman & Sterling (Paris), Allen & Overy (Paris), Lazaratos & Partners (Athens), United Nations Development Program (Athens, Bratislava).

Admissions:
-Athens Bar Association (since 2010)
-the roll of Solicitors of England & Wales (since 2023)

Recognition:
– GAR Who’s Who Legal: Arbitration (2019-2022) – Future Leaders – Non-Partners [Greece]
– European Commission list of arbitrators for bilateral disputes under trade agreements with third countries – arbitrator
– Miami International Arbitration Society list of arbitrators and counsel
– International Chamber of Commerce UK list of arbitrators
– Member of the Drafting Committee of the EODID (Athens Mediation and Arbitration Organization) 2017 Arbitration Rules

Affiliations:
Y-SIAC, LCIA-YIAG, ICDR-Y&I, ICC-YAF, Young ICCA, Young ITA, CyberArb, Rising Arbitrators Initiative, Racial Equality for Arbitration Lawyers, Arbitrator Intelligence

Yasmin Bailey, Vinson & Elkins RLLP

Yasmin Bailey is an senior associate in the London office of Vinson & Elkins RLLP, and a member of the firm’s International Dispute Resolution practice group. She has experience in all areas of dispute resolution including arbitration, adjudication, litigation and mediation.

Yasmin has significant experience in international arbitrations administered by the major arbitral institutions, including the ICC, LCIA, LMAA and SIAC.

Yasmin’s practice predominantly focuses on complex, multi-jurisdictional construction, engineering, energy and infrastructure projects. She has represented a wide range of clients including developers, owners, contractors, subcontractors and consultants.

Yasmin is admitted to practice as a solicitor in England and Wales. She speaks both English and Farsi.

Gerald Leong, Herbert Smith Freehills

Gerald is a senior associate in the international arbitration practice at Herbert Smith Freehills. He has considerable experience representing clients in complex commercial arbitrations under SIAC rules, as well as those of other major arbitral institutions. He specialises in energy, private equity, projects and technology disputes arising in Asia, Middle East and Europe.

Gerald is passionate about advocacy and acutely interested in cultural diversity and inclusion in arbitration. He co-edited a collection of advocacy tips (titled “A View From The Other Side: Advocacy Tips from Leading Arbitrators of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators”).

Gerald is fully bilingual in English and Mandarin Chinese. He graduated with a LL.B from the National University of Singapore and a LL.M from Boston University.

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margarita drobyshevskaIa, DEPUTY COUNSEL

Margarita is a Russian qualified lawyer. Before joining SIAC, Margarita worked at an arbitral institution in Russia, managing both domestic and international commercial arbitration cases and contributing to research and educational initiatives.

Margarita holds a Bachelor of Laws from the Higher School of Economics, Moscow (HSE University) and a Master of Laws from the Russian School of Private Law, Moscow. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Contract Law at the Lomonosov Moscow State University.

Margarita is actively involved in the moot court community, coaching teams for the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot and holding a leadership role in the Moot Alumni Association (MAA). Margarita is also a member of the Steering Committee of the Russian Women in Arbitration (RWA).

Margarita is fluent in English and Russian.

Email: mdrobyshevskaia@siac-staging.cloudwps.net

NGUYEN THI MAI ANH, DEPUTY COUNSEL

Mai Anh is a Vietnamese-qualified lawyer. She holds an LL.B. from the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam and an LL.M. from Maastricht University, the Netherlands.

Before joining SIAC, Mai Anh was an associate at a tier-one law firm in Vietnam. Her practice focussed on litigation and international arbitration, primarily in the construction sector. She also brings experience from an international arbitration centre and worked as an assistant lecturer and researcher at the International Law Faculty of the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam.

Mai Anh has co-authored several publications on arbitration practice in Vietnam, including the Vietnam chapters in the Global Arbitration Review (2020-2023), the Delos Guide to Arbitration Places (2020-2021), the World Arbitration Reporter (2019), and the ICC Guide to National Rules of Procedure for Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Awards under the New York Convention (2019).

Mai Anh can work in English and Vietnamese.

Email: maianhnt@siac-staging.cloudwps.net

PAULINE LOW, COUNSEL

Pauline is a Malaysian-qualified lawyer with a background in litigation and arbitration. Prior to joining SIAC, Pauline practiced at a top-tier law firm in Malaysia. She read law at the University of Malaya under a full scholarship from an international oil & gas company and was placed on the Dean’s List. During her time in law school, Pauline was active in moot court competitions and represented Malaysia in international competitions.

Pauline is fluent in English and Bahasa Malaysia and a competent speaker of Cantonese and Mandarin. She also has a good understanding of Bahasa Indonesia.

Email: paulinelow@siac-staging.cloudwps.net

LIM SHI JEAN, COUNSEL (TEAM LEAD)

Shi Jean graduated with an LL.B. (Hons) from the Singapore Management University School of Law. She is admitted to practice as an Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore. Prior to joining SIAC, she practiced shipping and commercial litigation at a law firm in Singapore.

Email: shijeanlim@siac-staging.cloudwps.net

CHONG YEE LEONG

CHONG YEE LEONG, DEPUTY CHAIRMAN

Yee Leong is the Co-Head of Allen & Gledhill LLP’s International Arbitration practice. His primary area of practice is in international arbitration focusing on the areas of energy, oil and gas, power and infrastructure projects in Singapore, Malaysia and the region. In practice for more than 29 years, Yee Leong is recognised as a leading international dispute resolution practitioner in the Asia-Pacific region.

Yee Leong is a Chartered Arbitrator and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) and the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators. He is a Director of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) and also on the panel of arbitrators for SIAC, Asian International Arbitration Centre and CIArb Presidential Panel of Arbitrators. He is also a Jurisdictional Council Member for Singapore for Inter-Pacific Bar Association and Chairman for Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee for the Law Society of Singapore.

Yee Leong also served as a director of Singapore LNG Pte Ltd from 2011 to 2015. In 2018, he was among the inaugural batch of select practitioners to be recognised as a Senior Accredited Specialist in Building and Construction Law by the Singapore Academy of Law.

PRANAV BUDIHAL, DEPUTY COUNSEL

Pranav graduated with an LL.M (International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution) from the National University of Singapore. He also holds a B.B.A.LL.B (Hons) degree from National Law University Odisha, India. During his time at NLUO, he represented the university in various moot court competitions, including the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, Vienna.

He is admitted as an Advocate with the Bar Council of India. Prior to joining SIAC, Pranav worked with a boutique dispute resolution firm in India where his practice focussed on commercial litigation and arbitrations across the construction, energy and trade sectors.

Pranav is fluent in English and can speak Hindi and Kannada. He also has a good understanding of Telugu.

Email: pranavbudihal@siac-staging.cloudwps.net

SIRAJ OMAR

SIRAJ OMAR, SC, MEMBER

Mr Siraj Omar, S.C. is a Director in the Dispute Resolution department at Drew & Napier LLC. He specializes in complex, high-value commercial disputes and has more than two decades of active trial and appellate practice in the Singapore Courts and in international arbitrations.

He is a civilian panel member on the Military Court of Appeal, Deputy Commissioner of the Government Procurement Adjudication Tribunal and a member of the Specialist Mediator Panel (Singapore) of the Singapore International Mediation Centre (SIMC).

Siraj holds Fellowships at the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (SIArb) and the Singapore Academy of Law. He is also a member of the International Association of Defence Counsel.

He sits on the Working Group of the Professional Conduct Council chaired by the Chief Justice of Singapore and the Accreditation Committee of the Singapore Institute of Legal Education (SILE) and was a member of the Singapore International Commercial Court Rules Sub-Committee. He is a past member of the Council of The Law Society of Singapore and has been a member of its Inquiry Panel since 2009.
 
Siraj is recognized in all the leading legal directories and has been described as “a star” and “a formidable litigator”.

He was appointed Senior Counsel in 2019.

THEA ELYSSA VEGA, COUNSEL

Prior to joining the SIAC, Thea was an Associate Solicitor at the Office of the Solicitor General in the Philippines where she handled criminal, civil, international commercial, and investor-state arbitration. She has also handled cases across various sectors such as energy, public-private partnerships, gaming, competition law, among others. She was also once part of the Philippine delegation in the UNCITRAL Working Group III on Investor-State Dispute Settlement Reform.  She also worked as legal intern at the Philippine Supreme Court. 

Thea earned her Juris Doctor Degree (J.D.) from the Ateneo de Manila University School of Law in the Philippines and is admitted to the Philippine Bar.

Thea speaks Filipino (Cebuano and Tagalog) and English.

Email: theavega@siac-staging.cloudwps.net

GERALD SINGHAM

GERALD SINGHAM, MEMBER

Gerald Singham is the Global Vice-Chair & ASEAN CEO at Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLP. He is also a Senior Partner of Dentons Rodyk’s Corporate Practice Department and Co-Head of the Competition and Antitrust Practice. Gerald has extensive experience advising domestic and multinational clients from a broad range of industries on competition law matters and deals with all aspects of competition law, including merger clearance/notifications, cartel investigations, and advising on competition restrictive practices and sectoral competition laws. Apart from the competition area, he has experience in other aspects of corporate transactions like mergers and acquisitions, private equity and foreign direct investments.

Gerald is named in numerous legal guides and directories including the Chambers Asia Pacific, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, Global Competition Review, Who’s Who Legal, IFLR1000, Asialaw Leading Lawyers and Best Lawyers.

Gerald is also appointed on the boards of several public agencies including as Chairman of National Crime Prevention Council, National Heritage Board and Republic Polytechnic. He is also appointed as a member of the Military Court of Appeal.

RAJIV K LUTHRA

RAJIV K LUTHRA, MEMBER

Mr Rajiv K Luthra is the Founder and Managing Partner of L&L Partners (formerly Luthra & Luthra Law Offices), a full- service top-tier Indian law firm.

Mr Luthra has been closely involved with the development of Project Finance and Public-Private-Partnership models in India and has advised on Infrastructure Projects worth over US$ 100 billion and recently he has been recognised as ‘Leader’ for Project Finance practice by Who’s Who Legal, 2021.

He has also been inducted in ‘Hall of Fame’ for Corporate and M&A, India by Legal 500, 2021. And has been featured in ‘Top 50 Legal Icons, India’ by India Business Law Journal. He is also a recipient of the ‘National Law Day Award’ bestowed upon him by the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India and the Chief justice of India the ‘Managing Partner of the Year 2020’ Award by ALB India, Inducted in the ‘M&A Hall of Fame, New York’ and the ‘International Jurists Award’’ by the Attorney-General and Chief Justice of the United Kingdom among several others.

He has been conferred with Alumni of Harvard Law School and a Fellow of the British Commerce Society and the Royal Geographical Society and has served on a number of high-level committees, including the High Level Advisory Group, appointed by Commerce Ministry to formulate India’s trade policies; High Level Committee on Corporate Social Responsibility; Securities Exchange Board of India high level committees for (i) Reviewing Insider Trading Regulations and (iii) Rationalization of Investment Routes and Monitoring of Foreign Portfolio Investments; Advisory Board of the Competition Commission of India amongst others. He is also the Convener of the Joint Economic & Trade Committee, formed to advise the Government of India on the liberalisation of legal services between India and the UK.

He also serves on the Board of the Symphony International Holdings Limited (a London Stock Exchange listed company) and Network18 Media & Investments Limited as an Independent Director. He is also a former member of the Corporate Governance & Audit Committee of the Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation (India) [HSBC].

MICHAEL MOSE

MICHAEL MOSER, MEMBER

Michael Moser is an international arbitrator with Twenty Essex Chambers. He is a Chartered Arbitrator, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators. He received his law degree from the Harvard Law School and holds a PhD (With Distinction) from Columbia University.

Mr Moser has served as Chairman of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC), Board Member of the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC) and Court Member of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA). He currently sits as a member of the Board of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), the Vienna International Arbitration Centre (VIAC) and the Governing Board of the International Council on Commercial Arbitration (ICCA).

Mr Moser is the author or editor of many books and articles, including Manging “Belt and Road” Business Disputes: A Case Study of Legal Problems and Solutions (Kluwer, 2021), A Guide to the HKIAC Arbitration Rules (OUP, 2021 and 2017), The Asia Arbitration Handbook (OUP, 2011) and former General Editor of The Journal of International Arbitration.

Resident in Asia for more than 40 years, Mr Moser works principally from offices in Hong Kong and Singapore. He has acted as arbitrator in more than 300 cases under the UNCITRAL Rules and the institutional rules of the SIAC, the ICC, ICSID, HKIAC, JCAA, LCIA, ICDR and others. Fluent in Chinese (Putonghua), he was the first foreigner to be appointed an arbitrator in China in the 1980’s. In recognition of his contributions to arbitration in Asia, Mr Moser was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by Chambers. He is consistently rated as being one of the “very best” and “most in demand” arbitrators globally.

LUCY F. REED

LUCY REED, PRESIDENT

Lucy Reed is President of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre Court. Lucy, an independent arbitrator with Arbitration Chambers (New York), is also the immediate past President of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA). She retired in 2016 from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, where she led the global international arbitration group from the New York, Hong Kong and Singapore offices, and then was Professor of Practice and Director of the Centre for International Law at NUS through 2019. 

In addition to practicing international commercial and investment treaty arbitration, she served as an arbitrator on the Eritrea-Ethiopia Claims Commission (a humanitarian law/Geneva Convention claims commission), co-director of the Claims Resolution Tribunal for Dormant Accounts in Switzerland (a Holocaust claims tribunal) and, while with the US State Department, the US Agent to the Iran-US Claims Tribunal. 

Lucy, a member of the US Council on Foreign Relations, is a former President of the American Society of International Law. She was educated at the University of Chicago Law School and Brown University.

LUKE ANDREW SOBOTA

LUKE ANDREW SOBOTA, MEMBER

Luke Sobota is a founding and managing partner of Three Crowns, resident in the Washington DC office. His practice is dedicated to commercial, investor-state, and inter-state arbitration, and he has extensive experience in the technology, energy, and financial sectors. He is recognized in leading directories and rankings, such as Chambers & Partners, Legal 500, and Who’s Who Legal.

Luke is a Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Miami Law School. Among other publications, he is co-author of General Principles of Law and International Due Process (Oxford University Press, 2017) and the second edition of Judge Stephen Schwebel’s International Arbitration: Three Salient Principles (Cambridge University Press, anticipated 2020).

THAM SAI CHOY

THAM SAI CHOY, MEMBER

Mr Tham Sai Choy is a chartered accountant. He was the managing partner of KPMG Singapore and then chairman of its KPMG Asia Pacific operations when he retired. As an accountant in practice, he led audits, investigations and consultancy work at a wide range of Singapore companies.

He serves on the boards of the Nanyang Polytechnic and Mount Alvernia Hospital, chairing their audit committees, and on the boards of Keppel Corporation Limited, and DBS Group Holdings Limited. He is also the Chairman of EM Services Private Limited.

Mr Tham trained and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in the UK. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants, the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, and the Singapore Institute of Directors.

ARIEL YE

ARIEL YE, MEMBER

Ms Ye is the senior partner of King & Wood Mallesons PRC’s cross-border dispute resolution practice and a recognised expert on PRC-related dispute resolution in the Asia Pacific region.

Ms Ye is a former member of the board of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) and a member of the advisory board of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA), a former court member of Singapore International Arbitration Center (SIAC) and a member of the SIAC Board of Directors. Ms. Ye is also a former court member of London Court of International Arbitration. She has been frequently invited to speak at international and regional professional conferences as an international arbitration expert as she is recognized as a leading counsel and arbitrator for international arbitration cases.

Ms Ye received her LL.B. from Peking University Law School, and holds LL.Ms from the Law School of China Academy of Social Sciences and Harvard Law School. She was admitted to practice in PRC and New York State in 1988 and 1999, respectively.

GLORIA LIM, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

As the Singapore International Arbitration Centre’s (SIAC) Chief Executive Officer, Gloria works closely with the Chairman and the Board in formulating and fulfilling the vision and strategies for SIAC, and is responsible for the overall management and operations of the institution.

Gloria was previously the Director of the Legal Industry Division in Singapore’s Ministry of Law and concurrently held the statutory appointment of Director of Legal Services, heading its Legal Services Regulatory Authority. As Director of the Legal Industry Division, she oversaw the development of Singapore’s legal sector, as well as the development and promotion of the international dispute resolution regime in Singapore. In 2008, Gloria was awarded the Public Administration Medal (Bronze) for her contributions as General Manager of the Community Mediation Unit. In 2016, she was awarded the Public Administration Medal (Silver) for her contributions as Director of the Legal Industry Division. In 2023, she was a recipient of the National Awards (Covid-19) – Covid-19 Resilience Medal. 

Gloria also headed the Singapore delegation involved in the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Working Group II (Dispute Settlement) discussions from 2019-2021. Gloria is experienced in legal policy, alternative dispute resolution and community mediation.

She graduated from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and is called to the Singapore Bar. She also holds a Graduate Certificate in International Arbitration from NUS and an LL.M from Harvard University.

KEVIN NASH, REGISTRAR

As Registrar of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, Kevin leads the SIAC Secretariat in the provision of case management services. Over the course of the past decade, Kevin has overseen the administration of thousands of international cases under all versions of the SIAC Rules and the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules. Under the Singapore International Arbitration Act 1994, Kevin is the statutory taxation authority and he is empowered to authenticate and certify awards and arbitration agreements. 

Kevin worked closely on the revisions to the SIAC Rules 2013, SIAC Rules 2016, SIAC Investment Arbitration Rules 2017, and leads the SIAC Secretariat on the drafting of the seventh edition of the SIAC Rules. He is an active participant at UNCITRAL Working Group II (Dispute Settlement) and UNCITRAL Working Group III (ISDS) and frequently speaks, lectures and conducts training on contemporary issues in arbitration. 

Recognised for being ‘truly exceptional in his passion for, and knowledge of, international arbitration’, Kevin is listed by Who’s Who Legal as a Global Leader and National Leader for Southeast Asia in international arbitration. Described as a ‘rock star of arbitration’ and ‘a calm presence and a safe pair of hands for the most complex matters’, peers and clients say that he is ‘without equal in the region, in terms of institutional knowledge and expertise in international arbitration’ and that ‘no one knows more about arbitration in Singapore’. 

Kevin is qualified as a Barrister and Solicitor with the Law Society of Upper Canada. He speaks English and French. 

Email: kevinnash@siac-staging.cloudwps.net

ALIONA BITKIVSKAJA

ALIONA BITKIVSKAJA, COUNSEL

Aliona graduated with an LL.M. in International Business Law from the National University of Singapore, specializing in International Arbitration, International Investment Law and Comparative Oil and Gas Law. She also holds a B.A. degree in Anthropology and Law from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Prior to joining SIAC, Aliona worked at a global financial services provider and completed internships at international law firms in Europe and Asia.

Aliona is a New York-qualified lawyer. She is fluent in English, Russian and Lithuanian.

Email: alionabitkivskaja@siac-staging.cloudwps.net

QIAN WU, COUNSEL (TEAM LEAD)

Qian is a graduate of Sichuan University (Bachelor’s degree in law), Xiamen University (Master’s degree in law) and the Geneva LL.M. in International Dispute Settlement (MIDS). Qian is also the Assistant Editor of Asian International Arbitration Journal.

Qualified in China, Qian practiced litigation and arbitration in Beijing with a Chinese law firm prior to joining SIAC.

Qian is fluent in Mandarin and English.

Email: qianwu@siac-staging.cloudwps.net

KENDISTA WANTAH

KENDISTA WANTAH, COUNSEL

Kendista graduated from Universitas Katolik Parahyangan where he actively participated and performed with distinction in international moot court competitions. Kendista thereafter practiced commercial litigation and arbitration – both national and international – with leading dispute resolution firms in Indonesia. He also clerked for one of the foremost Indonesian arbitrators prior to joining SIAC.

Kendista is admitted to the Indonesian Bar. He is fluent in English and Bahasa Indonesia.

Email: kendistawantah@siac-staging.cloudwps.net

DEXTER CHENG, COUNSEL

Dexter graduated with a LL.B. (Hons) from the National University of Singapore. He is admitted to practice as an Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore. Prior to joining SIAC, Dexter trained with a boutique law firm in Singapore which specialises in corporate and commercial law.

Dexter is fluent in English and Madarin.

Email: dextercheng@siac-staging.cloudwps.net

VIJAYENDRA PRATAP SINGH, MEMBER

Vijayendra Pratap Singh is a Senior Partner and Head (Dispute Resolution) at AZB & Partners, Delhi. Vijayendra has spearheaded various arbitrations concerning shareholder agreements, option contracts, long term supply (including restitution claims on account of cancellation of coal blocks), confidentiality, franchising and intellectual property issues. The arbitrations are both ad hoc as well as institutional and seated across multiple jurisdictions. He represented SIAC in the BALCO case before the Supreme Court on the scope and extent of judicial intervention of Indian courts with foreign seated arbitrations. He presently represents Amazon in the much publicised dispute with Future Retail Limited which recognized the enforceability of a SIAC emergency arbitrator award in India. 

Vijayendra is listed in various legal directories such as Chambers & Partners and Legal 500. He has been named as the Dispute Resolution Star of the Year by Benchmark Litigation Asia Pacific and has been named in the Global Arbitration Review. He has been involved with capacity building initiatives in the field of arbitration and is a visiting faculty at various Universities and Institutions. He has also appeared before Parliamentary committees looking at various laws, including India’s Model Bilateral Investment Treaty.

CHAN HOCK KENG, MEMBER

CHAN Hock Keng is the Co-Head of WongPartnership’s Commercial & Corporate Disputes Practice and a Partner in the International Arbitration Practice. He has an active practice as a counsel in Court proceedings and international arbitrations and regularly sits as an arbitrator.

He is a Honorary Legal Adviser to the Singapore Medical Association, a panel member of the Inquiry Committee as well as the Disciplinary Tribunal appointed by the Chief Justice to hear complaints against lawyers. He is also a Honorary Council Member of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry.

On the arbitration front, Hock Keng has been newly appointed as a member of the Court of Arbitration of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre. He is also a Chartered Arbitrator of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and a panel member of various arbitration centres.

Hock Keng is recognised as a leading individual for his arbitration expertise by Chambers Asia-Pacific Leading Lawyers for Business and is commended by clients as a “very creative lawyer” and who is “commercially minded and very quick to grasp points opposing counsels make”.

CYRIL SHROFF, MEMBER

Cyril Shroff has over 41 years of experience in a wide range of practices areas, including corporate and securities law, disputes, banking, bankruptcy and infrastructure.

Over the years, his passion for a just world, blended with a keen sense of fairness and empathy has helped cam firmly establish itself as a trusted advisor to its clients. Mr. Shroff has consistently been ranked as “eminent practitioner” in India by Chambers & Partners and is often regarded as the “M&A King of India”. A thought leader and a visionary, Mr. Shroff is known for advising on many first of their kind transactions in India.

He is the Chairman of FICCI’s Corporate Laws Committee and chair of the CII Financial Regulatory Committee. He is a member of the RBI working committee on regulatory issues relating to Fintech. He is also a member of CII’s national start-up council, a member on the Board of SIAC, a member of the first apex advisory committee of the IMC International ADR Centre, and a Task force member of the Society of Insolvency Practitioners of India. He was a member of SEBI’s constituted Uday Kotak Committee on Corporate Governance.

He is also a member of the Thought Committee on Bank Insolvency of the Insolvency Law Academy.

Andres Larrea Savinovich

ANDRES LARREA SAVINOVICH, DEPUTY COUNSEL

Andres is an Ecuadorian-qualified lawyer. Prior to joining SIAC, Andres worked as a Senior Associate at an Ecuadorian law firm for twelve years where he represented parties in commercial and investment arbitrations across a range of sectors, including natural resources, mining, insurance, telecommunications and construction. Andres has been appointed as an arbitral secretary in over 60 arbitration cases administered by the most important arbitration centres in Ecuador.

Andres holds an LL.M. from McGill University. While he was at McGill he served as an associate editor for the McGill Journal of Dispute Resolution. He is a member of the LATAM Subcommittee of the Campaign for Greener Arbitrations, CyberArb, Rising Arbitrators Initiative and the Club of Arbitration of Spain.

Andres is fluent in English and Spanish.

Email: andresfrancisco@siac-staging.cloudwps.net

Lee Yoke Peng, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

As the Chief Operating Officer, Yoke Peng works with the Board and the Senior Management team to create value for SIAC by transforming corporate and organisational processes and implementing productivity and technology initiatives.  She was previously the Registrar for Re-Align Framework Registry in Ministry of Law, where she set up and headed the Registry to help businesses to realign their contracts with the pandemic business conditions.  Yoke Peng had a myriad of experiences from both the private and public sectors, ranging from legal practice, to entrepreneurial set-ups, and government agencies.  In her stint in Public Service Division, she was in the PS21 office where she helped to develop and implement programmes that promoted increasing levels of innovation and positive change in public services, and enhanced their efficiency and responsiveness.  In Civil Service College, she headed up departments that were in-charge of corporate functions like human resource, training, talent retention and attraction, strategic planning, corporate communications, IT, corporate governance, administrative and infrastructure work, and board secretariat work.  Yoke Peng graduated from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and is called to the Singapore Bar.

RISHABH, DEPUTY COUNSEL

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Mr Cunyuan Zhang, Director & Head, China / Chief Representative of Shanghai Representative Office

Mr Cunyuan Zhang is Head (China) of Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), and Chief Representative of SIAC’s Shanghai Representative Office. He is responsible for overseeing SIAC’s activities in China.

Since joining SIAC, Cunyuan has worked with key stakeholders of business and legal communities to promote the development of international arbitration and global best practices, by organising training workshops and networking events for in-house counsel, practitioners and arbitrators. He is a frequent speaker on arbitration topics, and conducts lectures and training sessions for arbitration users. He is a member of the SIAC delegation at UNCITRAL Working Group II (Dispute Resolution). He graduated from Renmin University of China and Peking University School of Transnational Law, with Bachelor’s degree, JD and JM Degrees. He is qualified as an attorney in China.

Prior to joining SIAC, he worked in a leading Chinese law firm in Beijing, where he advised and represented clients in international arbitrations and related lawsuits.

张寸渊先生担任新加坡国际仲裁中心（SIAC）中国区主任兼上海代表处首席代表，负责处理新仲在中国区的各项事务。

自加入新仲以来，他与商界和法律界的主要利益相关者合作，为公司法务、律师和仲裁员组织培训研讨会和交流活动，促进国际仲裁和全球最佳实践的发展。他经常就仲裁相关话题发言，并为用户提供培训。他是新仲在联合国国际贸易法委员会第二工作组（争议解决）的代表团成员。他毕业于中国人民大学和北京大学国际法学院，获得文学学士，美国法JD以及中国法律硕士学位。他具有中国律师资格。

在加入新仲之前，他曾在一家行业领先的中国律师事务所北京办公室工作，代理国际仲裁及相关诉讼案件。

ADRIANA USON, Director & Head, Americas

As Director & Head, Americas, at the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), Adriana oversees SIAC’s activities in North and South America. She has broad experience as an arbitration practitioner – having served as arbitrator, international arbitration lawyer, and Counsel in the SIAC Secretariat.

Adriana first joined SIAC as Counsel, during which time she administered over two hundred cases under the SIAC Rules and UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules, with a particular focus on disputes involving States, State-controlled entities, and intergovernmental organisations. She was involved in the drafting of the SIAC Rules 2016, SIAC Investment Arbitration Rules 2017, and the SIAC Practice Notes on third party funding. She was also a key contributor in the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (SIArb) working group that published the SIArb Guidelines on Party-Representative Ethics.

Prior to rejoining SIAC, Adriana was a disputes lawyer at a leading international law firm in Singapore, where she advised and represented clients in international commercial and ICSID arbitrations.

Adriana is an active member of the Young SIAC Committee (YSIAC) and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Singapore) Young Members Group.

Shwetha Bidhuri, Director & Head, South Asia

Shwetha joined SIAC in November 2018 and is based in the SIAC Mumbai Office.

Shwetha was enrolled as an Advocate in 2007 and holds a Master of Laws degree. Prior to joining SIAC, Shwetha worked in the dispute resolution practice of a leading law firm in New Delhi for nearly a decade on commercial litigation cases as well as investment treaty arbitrations involving foreign and Indian investors. Shwetha has worked on many leading cases which have contributed to the development of law affecting global companies.

ALVIN YEO, SC, MEMBER

Mr Alvin Yeo, Senior Counsel, is the Chairman and Senior Partner at WongPartnership LLP, Singapore. His main areas of practice are litigation and arbitration in banking, corporate/commercial and infrastructure disputes. Mr Yeo has extensive experience as counsel in arbitration proceedings both in Singapore and in the region, and also sits as an arbitrator. Mr Yeo graduated from King’s College, University of London, and is admitted to the English Bar (Gray’s Inn) and the Singapore Bar. In January 2000, Mr Yeo became the youngest lawyer to be appointed Senior Counsel.

Mr Yeo is a member of the Court of the SIAC, the ICC Commission and a fellow of the Asian Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution, the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators and the Singapore Institute of Directors, and a former member of the LCIA Court and the IBA Arbitration Committee. He is also on the panel of arbitrators of the ICDR, HKIAC, KCAB, SCIA and the SIArb’s Panel for Sports in Singapore.

Mr Yeo is recognised as a leading litigation and arbitration counsel in international legal directories such as The Legal 500; IFLR1000; Chambers Global; Chambers Asia Pacific; PLC Which Lawyer; Best Lawyers; Expert Guides; and Who’s Who Legal.

GAËTAN VERHOOSEL KC, MEMBER

Gaëtan is a founding partner of Three Crowns. He has served as advocate and as arbitrator in a large number of both commercial and investment treaty arbitrations.

Gaëtan is a past Senior Co-Chair of the Arbitration Committee of the International Bar Association and was appointed to the ICSID Panel of Arbitrators by the Kingdom of Belgium. He teaches at King’s College School of Law in London. Before entering private practice, he served as a Legal Advisor at the World Trade Organization in Geneva, where he advised dispute settlement panels adjudicating disputes between sovereigns across a range of industry sectors.

Gaëtan is admitted to practice in England & Wales, where he was appointed Queen’s Counsel in December 2021, as well as France and Spain. He was educated at Columbia Law School, the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, and the Catholic University of Leuven.

ALAN THAMBIAYAH, MEMBER

Since 1989, Mr Thambiayah has been appointed as chairman of arbitral tribunals, sole arbitrator or co-arbitrator in over 450 ad-hoc and institutional arbitrations of disputes arising from international investment contracts and joint ventures, infrastructure, building & civil engineering contracts, oil and gas operation, distribution and transport network contracts, and maritime and international trade contracts (including charterparties and export finance), in Bangkok, Colombo, Delhi, Hong Kong, Karachi, Kolkata, Kuala Lumpur, London, Mumbai, New York, Paris, Perth, Seoul, Sydney and Singapore, with the total value of claims in excess of US$8 billion.

These appointments include: as sole arbitrator by the High Court of Singapore, by the ICC, ICDR, HKIAC and SIAC, acting as the appointing authorities; as presiding arbitrator by party appointed arbitrators from Australia, Malaysia, Seoul, London, U.S.A., Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Vietnam and Singapore, and by the ICC and AIAC, acting as the appointing authorities; and as co-arbitrator by parties from various countries and by the ICC, ICDR and SIAC, acting as the appointing authorities.

Mr Thambiayah is a member of the SIAC Court of Arbitration, Vice-Chair of the Council of the ICC Institute of World Business Law, Chair of the Australasian Chapter of the ICC Institute, and is on the panel of arbitrators of ACICA, AIAC, AMTAC, APRAG, HKIAC, ICDR, MLAANZ, SIAC and SCMA.

HIROYUKI TEZUKA, MEMBER

Hiroyuki Tezuka is a partner at Nishimura & Asahi, and heads the firm’s international dispute resolution practice group. He specialises in international commercial litigation and arbitration. He has been involved in a number of international arbitrations as counsel, sole-arbitrator, co-arbitrator or chairman including before the ICC, JCAA, AAA-ICDR, VIAC, KCAB and SIAC.

Hiroyuki serves as an executive director of the Japan Association of Arbitrators, was a vice-chair of the Arbitration Committee of the IBA Legal Practice Division, and was a committee co-chair of the Dispute Resolution and Arbitration Committee at the IPBA. Since 2013, he has been a member of SIAC’s Court of Arbitration. From 2013 to 2016, he taught international arbitration at the University of Tokyo, School of Law as visiting professor. Since 2016, he has been a member of the ICC Institute of World Business Law, the ACICA council, the Seoul IDRC Advisory Board and a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb). Since 2018 he has been a Council member of the ICC Institute of World Business Law.

Hiroyuki graduated from the University of Tokyo (LL.B., 1984) and Harvard Law School (LL.M., 1992). He is admitted as an attorney in Japan (1986) and in New York (1993).

GUIDO TAWIL

GUIDO TAWIL, MEMBER

Prof. Dr. Guido Santiago Tawil has been an independent arbitrator since 2018. He was formerly the Senior Partner and Head of the International Arbitration, Administrative Law and Regulatory practices at M. & M. Bomchil (1993-2018) in Buenos Aires, and previously a Commissioner of Argentina´s Securities & Exchange Commission (1991-1993).

He was a Chair Professor of Administrative Law at the University of Buenos Aires School of Law and member of its Ph.D. and Awards Committees (1984-2019), and was awarded the University of Buenos Aires School of Law Award (1991) for the best doctoral dissertation in all areas of law. He has also received the “Alejandro E. Shaw Award” from the Buenos Aires Bar and the “Konex Award (2016) for his legal contributions.

His other accolades include being a founding member and the first President of the Latin American Arbitration Association (ALArb) (2011-2014), a Co-Chair of the IBA´s Arbitration Committee (2009-2010) and its Latin American Forum (2008), a member of the IBA´s LPD Council (2011-2014), a Governing Council Member of ICCA (2011-2019) and Co-Chair of its Initiatives Committee. He currently serves as member of ICCA’s Advisory Board, Co-chair of ICCA´s Task Force on Standards of Practice and member of its Nominations Committee, a member of the Foundation for International Arbitration Advocacy’s (FIAA) Board of Trustees, a Chair of SIAC’s Latin America Regional Committee and member of its Users Council Executive Committee (2017-2021).

In addition, he is a former Court member of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) (2008-2013) and current member of the LCIA Company, a member of the ICC´s Latin American Arbitration Group; a member of ITA´s Academic Council (2004-2013), a member of the Administrative Law Institute of Argentina National Law Academy and of the Argentine Chamber of Commerce (CAC) Advisory Committee.

Prof. Tawil received his law degree in 1983, an LL. M. in Administrative Law and Public Administration in 1986, and a Ph. D. in 1991, with the highest academic qualifications, all of them issued by the University of Buenos Aires School of Law.

THOMAS SNIDER, MEMBER

Thomas R. Snider is a Partner and the Head of International Arbitration at Charles Russell Speechlys LLP based in the firm’s Dubai office. He has represented corporate entities and sovereign states in a wide range of matters involving international arbitration and other forms of cross-border dispute resolution, including state-to-state arbitration, international commercial arbitration, international investment disputes, and U.S. court litigation.

Mr. Snider is recognised as a Global Elite Thought Leader in Who’s Who Legal Arbitration and is ranked for dispute resolution in Chambers United Arab Emirates. Among other roles, he is a member of Court of Arbitration of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) and the Board of Directors of the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC).

Mr. Snider frequently speaks and writes on topics involving international law and dispute resolution.  Before relocating to Dubai, he was a Professorial Lecturer in Law at the George Washington University Law School in Washington, D.C. 

Mr. Snider received his B.A. from the University of Notre Dame and his J.D. from Harvard Law School.

ABBY COHEN SMUTNY

ABBY COHEN SMUTNY, MEMBER

Abby Cohen Smutny is Global Head of White & Case’s international arbitration practice group. She is widely recognized as one of the world’s leading international arbitration practitioners and is an experienced arbitrator.

She has over 30 years’ experience representing both private as well as State parties in international commercial as well as treaty-based arbitrations relating to a wide range of industries including banking, financial services, oil & gas, mining, electric power, real estate development, water supply, retail, pharmaceuticals, construction, tobacco, railroads, telecommunications, and manufacturing. She has significant experience managing claims arising out of project financing, privatizations, natural resource concessions, contracts with States and State-entities, and political risk insurance.

Among other positions, she has served as Chair of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA), Vice-President of American Society of International Law, Vice-Chair of the Arbitration Committee of the IBA, Chair of the IBA’s Investment Treaty Sub-Committee, President of LCIA’s North American Users Council, Member of the Board of the American Arbitration Association, and Chair of the International Law Section of the Washington DC Bar.

MICHAEL E. SCHNEIDER

MICHAEL E SCHNEIDER, MEMBER

Michael E. Schneider is a founding partner of LALIVE, an international and independent law firm based in Switzerland and London (http://www.lalive.law). He has practised in international arbitration for more than 40 years as counsel in disputes involving States and corporations in construction, industrial engineering and infrastructure projects, state responsibility foreign investment and natural resources (in particular oil and gas), organising and leading teams of specialists from different fields and different legal and cultural backgrounds. The cases were subject to various domestic laws or international law and applied various rules, including those of the UNCITRAL, ICC, ICSID, LCIA, Swiss Rules, Stockholm Institute, the Cairo Regional Centre (CRCICA), Dubai (DIAC), European Development Fund and before other international bodies, including the WTO Appellate Body and the United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC). He has also acted as arbitrator (sole, presiding or co-arbitrator) under the rules of many institutions.

Honorary President of the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA). Past chairman of the UNCITRAL Working Group II (Arbitration) at its Sessions in New York and Vienna (2006-2010) on the revision of the Arbitration Rules and on the revision of the Notes on Organizing Arbitral Proceedings (2014-2015) and Vice-chair of the Commission (2015-2017). Past Vice chair of the ICC Commission on Arbitration until 2014, and member of several of its working groups (1998 and 2012 revisions of the ICC Rules, Construction, Pre-arbitral Referee). Immediate past president of the International Academy of Construction Lawyers (IACL). Member of the Board of Trustees of the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA).

JOHN SAVAGE

JOHN SAVAGE KC, MEMBER

John Savage KC is a Partner in King & Spalding’s International Arbitration group based in the firm’s London and Singapore offices. He is member of the SIAC Court and was a Vice-President of the SIAC Court from 2013 to March 2018 and a Director of the SIAC from 2009 to 2017.

Mr Savage has more than 25 years’ experience representing governments and corporations in over 200 international arbitrations around the world. These include many corporate, construction, energy and investment treaty disputes, with an emphasis on the oil & gas and power sectors. Mr Savage has worked in Asia since 2001 and his experience extends across the Asia-Pacific region. In addition to his work as counsel, Mr Savage has been appointed chairman of the tribunal, sole arbitrator and co-arbitrator in more than 30 commercial and investment treaty arbitrations in Asia and beyond.

HARISH SALVE

HARISH SALVE KC, MEMBER

Mr Harish Salve is a KC practicing in London and a tenant of Blackstone Chambers.

He is also a Senior Advocate practicing in the Supreme Court of India. Mr Salve is also a Registered Foreign Lawyer in the Singapore International Commercial Court.

He is a qualified Chartered Accountant who started work in taxation in 1978 and then shifted to law in 1980. He set up his independent chambers in 1986. He was designated a Senior Advocate in 1992. He held the office of the Solicitor General of India from 1999 until November 2001 being the youngest Solicitor General ever at the age of 42 years.

In 2013 he took tenancy in Blackstone Chambers after joining the UK Bar and becoming a member of the Grays Inn.

He has handled some of the most important cases decided by the Indian Supreme Court in the last two decades. Since 2013, he has been appearing in International Arbitrations, and in the Courts of England and Wales. He also has appeared in two cases in the International Court of Justice.

He has been active in the field of international arbitration both as counsel as well as an arbitrator. He has been appointed as an arbitrator in a number of arbitrations under the rules of the ICC, LCIA and the SIAC.

PHILIPPE PINSOLLE

PHILIPPE PINSOLLE, MEMBER

Philippe Pinsolle is a partner of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, he is heading international arbitration for continental Europe.  He is based in the firm’s Geneva Office.  Philippe Pinsolle has over twenty-five years of experience as counsel, expert and arbitrator in international arbitration with a particular focus in international commercial arbitration, investment treaty arbitration, disputes between sovereign states in such sectors as major infrastructures, energy and other capital intensive industries.  He has been involved in more than 300 arbitrations as counsel or arbitrator under the auspices of virtually all major arbitration institutions.  Among his many professional activities, Philippe Pinsolle is also Senior Vice-Chair of the IBA Arbitration Committee.

EUN YOUNG PARK, MEMBER

Dr Eun Young Park is an independent arbitrator who has served as serves as co-chair of Kim & Chang’s International Arbitration & Cross-Border Litigation Practice Group.

After serving as a judge in the Seoul District Court, Dr Park joined Kim & Chang where he has led the firm’s international arbitration and cross-border dispute practice. He specializes in international arbitration on various issues including commercial and investment disputes, regularly sits as an arbitrator.

Dr Park is a Member of the SIAC Court of Arbitration and has served as a Vice-President of the LCIA Court. He also acted as a Vice-Chair of the IBA Arbitration Committee and a founding Co-Chair of the IBA’s Asia-Pacific Arbitration Group. He received a J.S.D from the NYU School of Law and is admitted to the Korean bar and the New York bar.

SHANEEN PARIKH

SHANEEN PARIKH, MEMBER

Shaneen has over two decades of experience is a qualified to practice as an advocate and solicitor in India, and also qualified as a solicitor in England & Wales).

She focuses on arbitration (both domestic and international) having represented clients in disputes administered by various international arbitral institutions as also ad hoc arbitrations.

She is a Member of the SIAC Court of Arbitration and the LCIA Users Council.She also serves as an ambassador of Asia Pacific Arbitration Group of the International Bar Association.

Shaneen also handles commercial litigation in disputes relating to commercial contracts, shareholder issues, infrastructure, power and construction projects, financial and structured products, infrastructure, power and construction projects and white collar crime. She has also represented clients in various courts and tribunal across India, including the NCLT, High Courts and the Supreme Court of India.

Shaneen has been recommended by Who’s Who Legal as a Future Leader in arbitration and ranked as “Most Highly Regarded (Partner)” 2021 for Arbitration in the Asia-Pacific Region. She has also been ranked as a Notable Practitioner in Dispute Resolution by Asia Law, and was recognised as one of ALB India Top Disputes Lawyers. Shaneen is also ranked as a key lawyer for arbitration and litigation in The Legal 500, and by Chambers & Partners – Asia-Pacific – Dispute Resolution.

Shaneen is also actively involved in dispute resolution-related initiatives, as a speaker at multiple events and also as a published author.

SHANTI MOGAN

SHANTI MOGAN, MEMBER

Shanti Mogan has over 30 years of experience in a broad commercial practice, representing clients in commercial litigation and arbitration, both domestic and international. She acts both as counsel and arbitrator. She is head of the Arbitration Practice and Personal Data Protection & Privacy Law Practice and co-heads the Competition Law Practice. She is a Member of the Court of Arbitration (SIAC). She is a recognised and recommended dispute resolution lawyer (Chambers, Legal 500, Expert Guides, Who’s Who Legal, Asialaw).

Her experience covers a wide range range of disputes including banking, commercial, corporate, regulatory and technology related disputes.

She regularly acts for banks, regulatory bodies and corporations in relation to consumer protection, data protection and privacy, defamation, entertainment, multimedia and communications disputes.

Her arbitral experience is varied; the most recent of which involves large scale disputes relating to a cellular blocking system, an integrated complex in respect of the provision of chilled water and delays in the construction and operation of an airport. Other disputes involve the design, construction and commissioning of a steel plant, software development agreement for a regulatory body, disputes relating to a public automated enforcement system, design and construction contract, contract for the marketing of natural resources, pharmaceutical supplies to a government concessionaire, hotel management agreement, development of an integrated resort, warranty claims for a car tracking system.

Some significant Court matters relating to arbitration disputes include injunctions relating to cellular access network for an airport and the termination of a public service pending arbitration. Shanti also has experience in the area of competition and antitrust laws, and offers advisory services, compliance audits and legal representation in competition law investigations and disputes. Specific industries she has represented in her competition practice include the pharmaceutical, insurance, energy, travel, banking, automotive, entertainment and retail sectors.

Shanti advises on regulatory compliance and activities coming under the purview of various authorities including the Securities Commission, the Anti-Corruption Commission and the Communications and Multimedia Commission.

She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, the Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators, a member of the LCIA and sits on various committees relating to the practice of arbitration including the Bar Council, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Malaysia and the Malaysian International Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

FERNANDO MANTILLA-SERRANO

FERNANDO MANTILLA-SERRANO, MEMBER

Fernando Mantilla-Serrano is a partner and global Co-chair of the International Arbitration Practice at Latham & Watkins. A graduate from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogota, where he received his Law degree (JD) together with a major in Economics, Mr. Mantilla-Serrano has also received a MCJ (LLM) from New York University (Fulbright Scholar), a DEA in International Private Law and International Trade and a DSU in EU Law from the Université de Paris II. He is acclaimed for the depth of his knowledge and experience in international arbitration representing companies, states, and state-owned entities in highly complex commercial and investor-state disputes. Mr Mantilla-Serrano has acted as lead counsel in arbitrations conducted under the main institutional arbitration rules (ICC, ICSID, LCIA, SCC, ICDR), as well as ad hoc rules. His articles on arbitration have been published in Arbitration International, the French Revue de l’Arbitrage, the Journal of International Arbitration and the Spanish Revista de la Corte Española de Arbitraje. He is fluent in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish. He was one of a four-member commission created by the Spanish Minister of Justice to draft Spain’s new arbitration act (Law 60 of December 23, 2003). Mr Mantilla-Serrano is fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) and member of the International Law Association (ILA). Mr Mantilla-Serrano is admitted to the bars of Colombia, New York (USA), Paris (France) and Madrid (Spain).

DARIUS J. KHAMBATA

DARIUS J. KHAMBATA, SC, MEMBER

Darius J. Khambata, Senior Counsel, LL.M. (Harvard), practises before the Supreme Court of India, the Bombay High Court and other High Courts and Tribunals across India.

He has held two distinguished public law offices, as Advocate General for Maharashtra and as Additional Solicitor General of India.

Mr Khambata has a large and varied practice and has appeared in several important constitutional, commercial, securities and administrative law matters and in significant domestic and international commercial arbitrations.

He was a member of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Committee that framed new insider trading regulations and is currently a member of SEBI’s Takeover Panel. He was part of the Law Commission of India’s Committee that in 2015 recommended amendments to the Indian Arbitration & Conciliation Act 1996. He was a Vice-President of the LCIA and is a member of the SIAC Court. He sits on the Advisory Council to the Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai. He is a member of One Essex Court, London apart from having his own chambers in Mumbai.

TEJAS KARIA

TEJAS KARIA, MEMBER

Tejas Karia is Partner and Head of Arbitration practice at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. He specializes in International and Domestic Commercial Arbitrations across sectors. He has represented multinational and Indian corporations in ad hoc and institutional arbitrations involving major arbitration institutions. He was part of committee of Law Commission of India for recommending amendments to the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 and of High-powered Committee for Institutionalization of Arbitration in India. He regularly appears as counsel before the Arbitration Tribunals, High Courts and Supreme Court of India as well as sits as an Arbitrator. He is a Fellow of CIArb and Director of CIArb-India. He is Director of Indian Arbitration Forum and Vice-Chairman of Society of Construction Law – India.

He is recognised as “Global Leader” by Who’s Who Legal, “Leading Lawyer in Dispute Resolution” by Asialaw Leading Lawyers, “Leading Individual” by Legal 500, ranked in Band – 2 for Arbitration by Chambers & Partners and “Litigation Star” by Benchmark Litigation. He is a member of Governing Council of Indian Law Society and ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR. He served as member of task forces for Study of International Commercial Arbitration by Commonwealth Secretariat and for revision of IBA Rules on Taking Evidence in International Commercial Arbitration. He has co-authored a number of publications and extensively spoken on Arbitration and Mediation globally.

BENJAMIN HUGHES

PROF BENJAMIN HUGHES, MEMBER

Professor Benjamin Hughes is an independent arbitrator with the Arbitration Chambers in Singapore and Fountain Court Chambers in London. He has been appointed as arbitrator in over 150 international commercial arbitrations around the world and across a broad range of commercial sectors, with several billion dollars in dispute. He is recognized as a leading international commercial arbitrator in numerous legal publications, including Chambers and Partners and Who’s Who Legal.

Professor Hughes has taught extensively in the field of international dispute resolution and comparative law, including as adjunct professor at the National University of Singapore Faculty of Law (2019-present), associate professor at Seoul National University Law School (2015-2019), and visiting professor at the law faculties of Hong Kong University and National Taiwan University, among others. He also serves on the editorial boards of the Asian International Arbitration Journal, the Korea Arbitration Review and the Journal of Korean Law.

Prior to commencing his practice as an independent arbitrator, Professor Hughes was the founding co-chair of the international dispute resolution practice group at Shin & Kim, one of Korea’s oldest and largest full-service law firms. Previously he practiced as counsel at Shearman and Sterling in the US and Singapore.

Professor Hughes was educated in both the civil law and the common law traditions, having studied first at Seoul National University College of Law (all coursework in Korean), and then at NYU School of Law. While at NYU, he spent one semester in Buenos Aires, Argentina (all coursework in Spanish). He also studied Chinese (Mandarin) and East Asian history at Harvard University.

ERI HERTIAWAN

ERI HERTIAWAN, MEMBER

Eri is the Co-Head of the Dispute Resolution Group at Assegaf Hamzah & Partners. With experience of almost 30 years, Eri is an arbitration specialist and a seasoned litigator with extensive experience in commercial disputes, alternative disputes resolution, aviation law, and shipping law.

Eri is the first and sole Indonesian lawyer appointed as member of SIAC Court of Arbitration. He is also one of only a few Indonesian lawyers to be appointed a member of both the SIAC Users Council and the SIAC panel of arbitrators. In addition, Eri is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and a certified mediator with both the Indonesian National Mediation Centre and the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR) in United Kingdom.

Leading international publications consistently recommended and ranked Eri for his expertise as a dispute resolution specialist. He won “Lawyer of the Year – Indonesia” from Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific Awards 2021, ranked in “Band 1” for Dispute Resolution by Chambers Asia Pacific 2021, ranked as “Elite Practitioner” for Dispute Resolution by Asialaw Leading Lawyers since 2020, and ranked as “Litigation Star” by Benchmark Litigation since 2018.

One interviewee notes that “he is very well connected in Indonesian legal and political circles,” while another source says that “there is nobody more experienced in arbitration than him.” (Chambers Asia Pacific 2021)

BERNARD HANOTIAU

BERNARD HANOTIAU, MEMBER

Prof. Bernard Hanotiau has been actively involved in international arbitration as party-appointed arbitrator, chairman, sole arbitrator, counsel and expert in all parts of the world, under the rules of all major arbitral institutions including the ICC, LCIA, SIAC, DIAC, HKIAC, SCC, AAA, Swiss Chambers, NAI, CRCICA, KCAB, PCA and in many ad hoc cases for the last 40 years.

Professor Hanotiau is Emeritus Professor of the University of Louvain (Belgium). He is a member of the ICCA Advisory Board and of the Council of the ICC Institute and a member of the ICC International Arbitration Commission. He is also a former Vice-President of the Institute of Transnational Arbitration (Dallas), of Cepani (Belgian Arbitration Center) and of the LCIA Court. He is also member of the SIAC Court of Arbitration, Vice-President of the Board of Trustees of the Dubai International Arbitration Center (DIAC) and a member of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre’s Advisory Board.

In March 2011, Professor Hanotiau received the GAR “Arbitrator of the Year” award. In April 2016, he also received the Who’s Who Legal “Lawyer of the Year” for Arbitration Award.

KARINA GOLDBERG

KARINA GOLDBERG, MEMBER

Karina Goldberg is partner of Ferro, Castro Neves, Daltro & Gomide (FCDG), a Brazilian boutique law firm with offices in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, with focus in commercial disputes, both in court litigation and arbitration.

Karina has distinguished herself in commercial dispute resolution, mainly domestic and international arbitration, including shareholders disputes, contractual and M&A disputes, infrastructure and construction disputes, security and investment cases.

Karina has obtained Master’s Degree (LLM) in European Private Law from Utrecht University, Holland, in 2003 and was educated at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, where she obtained her Bachelor’s degree in law in 2001.

Karina is currently a member of the ICC Commission on International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution and of the IBA Subcommittees on International Commercial Arbitration Case Law and Unidroit Principles.

JESSICA FEI

JESSICA FEI, MEMBER

Ms Jessica Fei is a widely recognized leading international arbitration and dispute resolution practitioner with over 25 years’ experience in international arbitration. She is global co-head of international arbitration practice of King & Wood Mallessons. Her practice focuses on large-scale international arbitration and cross-border litigation, for clients including Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and private companies, multinationals and major regional corporates. Qualified in the New York State and China, Jessica is one of the very few leading international dispute resolution practitioners in China who can effectively handle cases in both English and Chinese languages as counsel and arbitrator, and has significant international background and experience as well as deep understanding of the Chinese corporate culture and law.

Jessica handles disputes relating to energy (oil & gas, power etc), infrastructure and construction, trade (international sale of goods), cross-border investment (e.g. Sino-foreign joint venture disputes), manufacturing, distribution, and intellectual property matters among others. She represents and assists clients in international arbitrations (including ICC, CIETAC, HKIAC, SIAC, SCC, LCIA, AAA/ICDR, CEAC and UNCITRAL) and litigation matters inside and outside China in both English and Chinese languages. She sits regularly as arbitrator in commercial cases, and is listed on the panel of arbitrators of SIAC, HKIAC, CIETAC, ICDR, AIAC, CRCICA, KCAB etc.

DMITRY DYAKIN

DMITRY DYAKIN, MEMBER

Dmitry B. Dyakin is an advocate, a Partner and Co-Head of Dispute Resolution practice at Rybalkin, Gortsunyan and Partners in Moscow.

Dmitry has vast experience resolving international commercial and investment disputes. He represents leading Russian and international companies operating in various industries in high-profile proceedings, with many of them becoming landmark precedent-setting cases for the Russian community of legal practitioners. He possesses wealth of experience in handling arbitrations both as a sole arbitrator or a member of an arbitral tribunal. He regularly takes part as an expert on Russian law in court and arbitration proceedings abroad.

Dmitry is a member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration, mandate 2021-2024. He is also a deputy head of the ICC Arbitration Commission in Russia and heads the Investment Arbitration Working Group of the Russian Arbitration Association (RAA). Dmitry is a member of the Russia/Eurasia Committee of the American Bar Association (ABA), the International Bar Association (IBA), the LCIA User’s Council, and the SIAC User’s Council. He is included in the list of arbitrators of the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC), the Tehran Regional Arbitration Centre (TRAC), is also a Member of the Panel of Arbitrators at The Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA) and he also added to the List of Practitioners on VIAC’s website.

In 2017, Dmitry was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the Arbitration Centre at the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RUIE). He is included in the list of recommended arbitrators of the RUIE Arbitration Centre and currently is a member of the RUIE Management Board.

Dmitry holds an Honours Degree in Law from the Moscow State Social University (2000), a Master’s degree in Private Law (M.P.L.) from the Russian School of Private Law (2007), a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree from the New York University School of Law (USA) (2009), and the Executive MBA degree from the London Business School and the Columbia Business School (2013).

MINH DANG

K. MINH DANG, MEMBER

Minh Dang is the Senior Partner of YKVN and has 40 years of experience in international matters. Minh heads up YKVN’s international arbitration practice where he focuses on complex Vietnam related disputes, often partnering with major international firms and regional firms. His experience includes disputes in the areas of oil & gas taxation, oil & gas investment, outbound telecom investments, pharmaceutical manufacturing investments, real estate investments, insurance and construction projects.

Minh has been active in Vietnam for 25 years, since 1994. He led the legal team advising Vietnam in the London Club restructuring of Vietnam’s commercial debts that closed in 1998 with Vietnam’s maiden issuance of international bonds. He has also been advising Petrovietnam in international matters since the late 90’s. Minh has been individually recognized by leading professional publications as a “Vietnam expert” for many years.

Minh is fluent in English, French and Vietnamese.

CHAN LENG SUN, SC, MEMBER

Leng Sun was appointed a Senior Counsel of the Supreme Court of Singapore in 2011. He is a member of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre Court of Arbitration He is the former Global Head of Arbitration of an international law firm and the Immediate Past President of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (SIArb). He is the Deputy Chairman of the SGX Appeals Board.

Leng Sun is qualified in Malaysia, Singapore and England. He has a broad commercial practice that covers technical disputes, maritime law (including sea, air and land transportation), international trade, insurance and company law. Leng Sun has acted as counsel or sat as arbitrator in arbitrations seated in Singapore, Hong Kong SAR, China, Korea, Malaysia, London and USA under ad hoc and institutional rules such as SIAC, ICC, SCMA, LMAA, ICDR, CIETAC, HKIAC, AIAC and KCAB rules. He is a Chartered Arbitrator. He is a Chairperson of the arbitration panel jointly appointed by the EU and Korea under the protocol on cultural cooperation of the Korea-EU FTA. Leng Sun had also served as a legal officer of the United Nations Compensation Commission in Geneva.

Leng Sun is the author of the book, Singapore Law on Arbitral Awards and Co-Editor of Conflict of Laws in Arbitration.

Leng Sun is the Singapore country contributor to Tetley’s Marine Cargo Claims (4th Ed). He has contributed chapters for numerous treatises, such as The Role of Arbitration in Shipping Law, published by Oxford University Press (Goldby and Mistellis eds, 2016), The Developing World of Arbitration, published by Hart Publishing (Reyes and Gu eds, 2018) and ASEAN and the Belt and Road Initiative, published by Academy Publishing (Bitas ed, 2021).

LIJUN CAO

LIJUN CAO, MEMBER

Lijun Cao is licensed to practice law in China and the State of New York. He has extensive experience in international arbitration and commercial litigation and has represented clients in over 300 commercial arbitration cases. He also handles investment arbitration.

Lijun is a Member of the SIAC Court of Arbitration, a Member of the Advisory Committee of CRCICA, a Vice Chair of the Arbitration and ADR Committee of ICC China, and a Vice Chair of the Arbitration and Lawyer Mediation Committee of the All China Lawyers Association (ACLA). Lijun is also an experienced arbitrator. He sits on the panel of arbitrators of several arbitral institutions, including CIETAC, BAC, HKIAC, SIAC, AIAC, ICDR, WIPO, etc.

Lijun has received numerous awards and recognitions from legal media and directories. Since 2014, Chambers Global has continuously ranked Lijun as a “Band 1” international arbitration lawyer.

LAWRENCE BOO, MEMBER

Lawrence Boo is a pioneer in the development of Singapore arbitration. He served as the first Chief Executive Officer and Registrar of SIAC (1991-1996) and was recalled to serve SIAC from 2004 to 2009 as the Deputy Chairman. Boo is one of Singapore’s leading international arbitrators, having sat as arbitrator in more than 300 cases and written numerous awards. His cases included those administered by the AAA, ICC, ICSID, CIETAC, SIAC, LCIA, KLRCA, BANI, HKIAC and ad hoc arbitrations. He is designated by Singapore to the ICSID Panel of Arbitrators (Dec 2013-Dec 2019).

Boo leads the teaching of international commercial arbitration at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore since 1994. He also teaches at Bond University, Australia. He is the author of “Halsbury’s Laws of Singapore Volume 1(2) – Arbitration” (Lexis-Nexis 1998, 2003 Re-issue, 2011 Re-issue, 2017 Re-issue) and one of the co-authors of UNCITRAL Digest on the Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration (UN July 2012).

For his contribution to the development of international arbitration and mediation, Boo was conferred the honour of Bintang Bakti Masyarakat (BBM)(The Public Service Star) in August 2009 by the President of Singapore.

NIGEL BLACKABY

NIGEL BLACKABY KC, MEMBER

Nigel Blackaby QC is a partner of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Washington DC and global head of the firm’s international arbitration group. He has acted as counsel and arbitrator in over 100 ad hoc and institutional arbitrations (including over 40 investment arbitrations for investors and states). He has particular expertise in Latin America and energy and mining disputes. Recent cases include:

• Burlington Resources, Inc. v Ecuador (ICSID);
• Repsol v Argentina (ICSID);
• Pan American Energy v Bolivia (ICSID);
• Total, CMS, Suez, BG Group, Aguas de Barcelona and National Grid (among others) v Argentina;
• Crystallex International Corporation v Venezuela (ICSID Additional Facility)
• Tenaris and Talta v Venezuela

Nigel is a former president of the IBA Subcommittee on Investment Arbitration, an editor since 1995 of Arbitration International, co-author of Redfern and Hunter on International Arbitration (6th edition, Oxford, 2015), Guide to ICSID Arbitration (2nd edition, Kluwer, 2010) and International Arbitration in Latin America (Kluwer, 2003). He is an adjunct professor of international arbitration at American University Washington College of Law.

He is a graduate of the University of Exeter (UK) and the Université d’Aix-Marseille III (France) and has conducted arbitrations in English, Spanish, Portuguese and French.

PIERRE BIENVENU

PIERRE BIENVENU, MEMBER

Pierre Bienvenu, Ad. E. is a disputes lawyer with more than 35 years’ experience practising in international commercial arbitration, commercial litigation, and constitutional law. He has acted as counsel or served as arbitrator in international arbitrations involving disputes in telecommunications, transportation, energy, international distribution and joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, construction, pharmaceuticals, and foreign investment.

A former co-chair of the IBA’s Arbitration Committee (2008-2009), he has served on the LCIA Court (2010-2015), of which he was a vice-president (2011-2015), and the ICC International Court of Arbitration (2015-2021). He was appointed by the Government of Canada to ICSID’s Panel of Arbitrators in 2021 for a six-year term. Mr Bienvenu has pleaded before the courts of Quebec, the Federal Court of Canada, and the Supreme Court of Canada. He was involved in numerous challenges to the constitutional validity of provincial and federal legislation and has extensive experience in public law litigation. He has participated in more than 15 appeals before the Supreme Court of Canada, representing government bodies, institutions, corporations, and individuals in a range of international, constitutional, and commercial law disputes, including representing the Attorney General of Canada in the landmark Reference re Secession of Quebec.

Mr. Bienvenu practiced for more than 35 years at Norton Rose Fulbright Canada (previously Ogilvy Renault LLP) and served as global co-head of Norton Rose Fulbright’s international arbitration practice from 2011 to 2022. He withdrew from the partnership of Norton Rose Fulbright in June 2022 to focus on his practice as an international arbitrator and joined IMK LLP, a Montreal-based disputes firm, in July 2022. He is also a member of the roster of arbitrators of Arbitration Place, in Toronto. Mr Bienvenu is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

He was awarded the distinction Advocatus Emeritus by the Quebec Bar in 2008, and the Paul-André Crépeau Medal by the Canadian Bar Association in 2013 for his contribution to the advancement of the international dimension of private law and commercial law in Canada.

YAS BANIFATEMI

YAS BANIFATEMI, MEMBER

Ms Yas Banifatemi is a founding partner of Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya Disputes. Prior to founding Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya Disputes, she served as Shearman & Sterling’s Global International Arbitration Practice Group Leader, Public International Law Team Leader and Lead Industry Coordinator for Energy. She is a former Vice-President of the ICC International Court of Arbitration, a former member of the LCIA Court and a member of the ICSID panel of arbitrators.

She represents States, State entities and companies in international arbitration cases under the ICSID, UNCITRAL, ICC, LCIA, SCC, CRCICA, HKIAC, DIS and Swiss Arbitration Rules, with particular focus on international investment and energy disputes. She also advises States, State entities and corporations on a variety of public international law issues, such as the law of treaties, State responsibility, State contracts, immunity of States and other.

Yas Banifatemi has served as Chair and arbitrator in numerous commercial and investor-State arbitrations, including international arbitration proceedings under the Rules of the ICC, ICSID, SCC, LCIA, CRCICA, SIAC, HKIAC and the Swiss Rules of International Arbitration, as well as in ad hoc proceedings.

A Visiting Lecturer in Law at Yale and Harvard Law Schools, Yas Banifatemi also teaches International Investment Law at Panthéon-Sorbonne University. She has written extensively on international arbitration and public international law issues.

JOHN P. BANG

JOHN P. BANG, MEMBER

Mr John P Bang is a senior partner (foreign attorney) at Peter & Kim, a specialized law firm in international arbitration. He was previously the head and co-founder of the International Arbitration and Cross-Border Litigation Practice at Bae, Kim & Lee LLC.

Over the past 20 years, he has represented parties in over 250 domestic and international arbitral proceedings seated in Asia, Europe and North America, ranging from multi-million to multi-billion dollar disputes. He has also served as sole arbitrator, co-arbitrator and chair in arbitral disputes under various arbitral institutions.

John is recognised as a leading arbitration practitioner in industry rankings such as Who’s Who Legal, Chambers Asia and Asialaw Leading Lawyers. In 2016, he was Asialaw’s “Disputes Star of the Year” for South Korea, and in 2018, Who’s Who Legal listed him as a Thought Leader in international arbitration. In April 2018, he received a Special Commendation from the Minister of Justice of Korea for his contribution to the development of arbitration in Korea. Chambers & Partners quotes a client as praising him for his “most-effective advocacy, comprehensive understanding of Korean disputes and dedication to detail”.

John is presently a member of the Executive Committee of the Korea Council for International Arbitration and a senior officer in the IBA Litigation Committee. Previously, he was a member of the drafting committee for the ICCA Sourcebook for Logistical Matters in Procedural Orders. He also served as Federal Law Clerk to the Honorable Kathryn C. Ferguson, USBJ, New Jersey.

DR CLAUDIA ANNACKER, MEMBER

Dr. Claudia Annacker is an independent arbitrator and counsel based in Paris.  She specializes in international arbitration and public international law, in particular investor-State disputes, inter-State disputes, disputes involving international organizations and human rights disputes.

Dr. Annacker has represented sovereign and private parties in more than 35 investment arbitrations, as well as in commercial and inter-State arbitrations.  Dr. Annacker has also served as arbitrator in investment treaty and commercial arbitrations.  She is a member of several arbitrator panels, including the ICSID Panel of Arbitrators and the SIAC Panel of Arbitrators.  She is a member of the SIAC Court of Arbitration and the VIAC Board (President of the Investment Arbitration Committee).

Dr. Annacker received a Ph.D. with high honors and a venia legendi et docendi (habilitation) for public international law from the University of Vienna.  Dr. Annacker is an adjunct professor at the University of Vienna and has been a visiting professor at the Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense University.  She has published widely in the fields of international arbitration and public international law.

CATHERINE AMIRFAR

CATHERINE AMIRFAR, MEMBER

Catherine Amirfar is a litigation partner at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP. She co-chairs the firm’s International Dispute Resolution Group and Public International Law Group.

Her practice focuses on public international law, international commercial and treaty arbitration, and international and complex commercial litigation. She is also a member of the firm’s Management Committee.

Ms Amirfar has been ranked among the leading international arbitration practitioners by Chambers Global, which has described her as “very composed, intelligent and a master of investment arbitration.”

Prior to rejoining Debevoise in 2016, Ms Amirfar spent two years as the Counselor on International Law to the Legal Adviser at the U.S. Department of State. During her tenure as Counselor, Ms. Amirfar advised the State Department on its most significant litigation matters involving international law and foreign relations. She received the Superior Honor Award for her service to the Department.

Ms Amirfar serves as the President of the American Society of International Law and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the American Law Institute, and the Advisory Committee on International Law for the U.S. Department of State. She has written extensively on international arbitration, the relationship between international law and U.S. domestic law, international human rights and humanitarian law, investor-state disputes, and the law of consular and diplomatic immunities.

JOSE AMADO

JOSE AMADO, MEMBER

Mr. Jose Daniel Amado is a founding partner of Miranda & Amado in Lima and teaches international arbitration law at the Catholic University of Peru. His professional practice focuses on Corporate Law, Infrastructure Projects and International Arbitration. He has acted in some of the most important cross-border transactions and international disputes that have taken place in Peru in the last two decades.

Mr. Amado is regularly ranked as an international arbitration and corporate law expert by publications such as Who’sWhoLegal, GAR100, Chambers, Legal500, Best Lawyers and IFLR1000 and, in 2009, was named “Latin American Law Firm Leader of the Year” by LatinLawyer magazine. Mr. Amado regularly acts as party counsel, arbitrator and expert witness in domestic and international arbitrations.

From 2001 to 2002, Mr. Amado was Deputy to the Prime Minister of Peru and Chief of Advisors to the Council of Ministers. From 2013 to 2014, Mr. Amado was a Visiting Fellow at the University of Cambridge’s Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, as well as Scholar-in-Residence at Wilmer Hale’s international arbitration group. From 2014 to 2016, Mr. Amado was a Member of the Arbitration Court of the Lima Chamber of Commerce.

Mr. Amado is the Chair of the Court of Arbitration of AmCham Peru´s International Arbitration Centre. He is also a Member of the ICC Arbitration Commission, of SIAC´s Users Council and of the Award Scrutiny Commission of CIAM (Madrid). Mr. Amado is further the Website Officer of the IBA Arbitration Committee and a Member of the Board of Advisors of Delos Dispute Resolution.

Mr. Amado received his LL.B. degree summa cum laude from the Catholic University of Peru and he holds an LL.M. from Harvard University, where he was awarded the Laylin Prize of Public International Law.

Mr. Amado is the author or co-author of several articles, essays and publications including a book titled “Arbitrating the Conduct of International Investors” (Cambridge University Press, 2018).

OLUFUNKE ADEKOYA

OLUFUNKE ADEKOYA, MEMBER

Funke Adekoya is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and partner and head of the arbitration practice at ǼLEX, a Lagos Nigeria based law firm with offices in Accra, Ghana. She has dual nationality (Nigerian/British) and is dual qualified; in addition to having qualified as a legal practitioner in Nigeria in 1975, she was admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales in 2004 where she maintains a current practicing licence. She is a Chartered Arbitrator of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and a Governing Board Member of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration.

In addition to being appointed as counsel in arbitration related litigation, she also represents parties as counsel or arbitrator in commercial arbitrations. Her appointments have been both ad-hoc and institutional under the LCIA, ICC and ICSID Rules, where she has acted as either sole or party-appointed arbitrator or chaired arbitral panels in disputes in the commercial, energy and natural resources, construction and infrastructure sectors.

She is ranked in Chambers Global and in Who’s Who Legal Arbitration, is listed on the Chairman’s Panel of Arbitrators at ICSID as well as the panels of many other international arbitration institutions, and is currently a member of the ICC Africa Commission.

TOBY LANDAU KC, VICE PRESIDENT

Toby Landau KC is a barrister and arbitrator, and a member of the Bars of England & Wales, Singapore, New York, BVI and Northern Ireland (and the DIFC). He practices from Duxton Hill Chambers in Singapore, and as a Sole Practitioner in London.

As Arbitrator, he has sat as President and Co-Arbitrator in numerous Investor-State and commercial disputes worldwide, under most of the leading institutional and ad hoc rules. As Counsel, he has argued hundreds of major international investor-State and commercial arbitrations, as well as many ground-breaking arbitration cases in Court (including Halliburton v Chubb; Enka v Chubb; Dallah v Pakistan; Jivraj v Hashwani; Ust-Kamenogorsk v AES; IPCO v NNPC in the UK Supreme Court, and First Media v Astro in the Courts of Singapore and Hong Kong).

He is Visiting Professor at Kings College London; a Court Member of SIAC; previously LCIA Court Member and SCC Board Member; UK delegate to the UNCITRAL Working Group on Arbitration (1994-2013); and a draftsman of the English Arbitration Act 1996 as well as many other laws and arbitration rules in several countries. Since April 2012, he has been a member of the Panel of Advisors of the Attorney-General of Singapore.

CAVINDER BULL

CAVINDER BULL, SC, VICE PRESIDENT

Mr Cavinder Bull, SC is a Vice-President of the Court of Arbitration and the Chief Executive Officer of Drew & Napier LLC. He is also a member of the Governing Board of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) and Vice-President of the Asia Pacific Regional Arbitration Group. He was Deputy Chairman of the SIAC from October 2010 to April 2017.

Mr Bull has an active practice in complex litigation and international arbitration. He has acted as counsel in numerous international arbitrations and has represented governments, financial institutions and corporations from various parts of the world. He is also experienced in investor-state disputes, where he has acted as both counsel and arbitrator. Legal 500 praised him as a “very astute lawyer on strategy and law” while Chambers & Partners describes him as a “consummate advocate”; a “very rare talent in disputes”; and says that “complex arbitrations are his specialisation”.

Mr Bull is on the ICSID Panel of Arbitrators and has been appointed as an arbitrator in ICSID, PCA, NAFTA, ICC, SIAC, LCIA, UNCITRAL and ad hoc arbitrations.

Mr Bull graduated with First Class Honours in law from Oxford University and has a Masters in law from Harvard Law School. He has been called to the Bar in Singapore, New York and England & Wales. He was appointed Senior Counsel in 2008.

DUONG HOANG, DEPUTY COUNSEL

Duong is qualified to practice law in Vietnam.

Prior to joining SIAC, Duong worked as a counsel at a leading international arbitration centre in Vietnam where she administered domestic and international arbitration matters conducted under the auspice of the arbitration law of Vietnam and UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules. She thereafter practiced international arbitration with the Singapore office of a leading Vietnam-based law firm where she focused on Vietnam-related matters in construction and petroleum sectors. 

Duong speaks Vietnamese and English.

Email: duonghoang@siac-staging.cloudwps.net

CHEN WU

CHEN WU, ASSOCIATE COUNSEL

Chen graduated from Fudan University (Bachelor’s degree in law), Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (LL.M. in International Trade Law) and Georgetown University (LL.M. in International Business and Economic Law).

Prior to joining SIAC, Chen worked as legal officer at the Court of Justice of the European Union, and practiced WTO dispute settlement and trade remedy investigation at law firms in Brussels and Beijing.

Chen is qualified to practice law in China and New York State. She speaks Chinese (Mandarin and Shanghainese), English and French.

Email: chenwu@siac-staging.cloudwps.net

JAYDEN ZHAO

JAYDEN ZHAO, ASSOCIATE COUNSEL

Jayden graduated with an LL.B. (Hons) from the Singapore Management University School of Law. He is admitted to practice as an Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore. Prior to joining SIAC, he practiced arbitration and litigation at a law firm in Singapore.

Jayden is fluent in English and Mandarin.

Email: jaydenzhao@siac-staging.cloudwps.net

LYNNETTE LEE, COUNSEL

Lynnette graduated with an LL.B. (Hons) from Monash Law School, Melbourne, Australia and holds a Bachelor of Communication Studies (Hons) from the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. She is admitted to practice as an Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore. During law school, Lynnette participated in moot court competitions, which included representing Monash at the FDI Moot.

Prior to joining SIAC, Lynnette practiced with Singapore law firms and worked at the chambers of a leading international arbitrator. She also worked with the Legal Aid Bureau in Singapore as a legal executive.

Email: lynnettelee@siac-staging.cloudwps.net

DAVINDER SINGH

DAVINDER SINGH, SC, CHAIRMAN

Mr Davinder Singh, SC is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of SIAC and the Executive Chairman of Davinder Singh Chambers LLC.

Mr Singh’s legal experience spans four decades. He has an active international arbitration practice involving complex commercial disputes, international clients and multiple jurisdictions. He has advised and/or acted in numerous institutional and ad hoc arbitrations.

At the Chambers Asia-Pacific Awards 2014, Mr Singh was conferred the “Outstanding Contribution to the Legal Profession” Award. He is the only litigator in Singapore to be ranked by Chambers & Partners as a “Star Individual” for thirteen years running from 2011 to 2023.

Mr Singh is also recognised in the “Hall of Fame” for both Dispute Resolution and International Arbitration by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific.

According to Chambers and Legal 500 researchers, Mr Singh is “number one in Singapore”; “a bona fide star performer”; “in a class of his own” and a “standout figure in arbitration as well as litigation; “an exceptionally good lawyer – always top of the tree.”

Mr Singh also sits on the Board of Directors of the Singapore International Mediation Centre.

He was in the first batch of Senior Counsel appointed by the Singapore Supreme Court in 1997.