Arbitrator Listing for 23rd Vis Moot

Dr Amel Abdallah

Amel Abdallah (PhD, MCIArb), Associate professor, at College of Law - University of Bahrain - worked at FSJPST, University of Carthage -Tunisia, worked at the College of Law, Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), Oman from 2008 to 2020, where she got promoted to associate professor. She was the Assistant Dean for postgraduate studies and research at the College of Law (SQU) from 2012 to 2015. Dr Abdallah is an Accredited arbitrator in Omani Courts, and a practitioner arbitrator in GCC Arbitration Center, DIAC & CRCICA.
She has vast experience in Arab laws. She was formerly a lecturer at the Arab Academy for science, technology, and maritime transport in Egypt and at the College of Legal Science in Jendouba-Tunisia.
Her areas of specialization include: comparative law, arbitration, banking law, capital market
law, commercial companies, international contracts, and investment law. she has several
publications in Arabic and English, analyzing Arab laws and declaring the
attitudes of Arab legislators/ Courts regarding international legal developments

Ms Adineh Abghari

Member of the Iranian Central Bar Association since 2001, Adineh is specialized in international arbitration and commercial law. She has acted as lawyer, legal expert and researcher in different countries (Iran, Canada, Switzerland, the Netherlands and the UK) and is familiar with civil law, common law and Islamic law.
Currently, Adineh works as Legal Senior Manager at Samsung and is a member of the Arbitration Board of the Tehran Regional Arbitration Centre and a member of the Arbitration Center of Iran Chamber of Commerce.
Her native language is Farsi and she is fluent in English and French.

Ms Sabina Adascalitei

Sabina Adascalitei is a Research Associate at the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, based in London. Previously, she has gained work experience in the Dispute Resolution department at CMS Cameron McKenna and as in-house counsel in a commercial entity.
Sabina is a law graduate, having completed her LLM in International Arbitration at University College London (UCL). During her studies, Sabina continuously specialised in International Commercial Arbitration and Litigation. Her knowledge and skills of Arbitration were enhanced through specialised programmes conducted at University of Düsseldorf and London School of Economics and Political Sciences.
Sabina’s passion for the field of arbitration started with the Willem C. Vis International Arbitration Competition in Vienna. She acted as legal counsel in the proceedings for two years, after which she officially coached other teams for the competition. At the moment, she is the Vis Moot coach for UCL and helps the students both with their legal arguments and preparations for oral hearings.
Sabina is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and acts as a membership executive for students. She is also a member of the ICC YAF, ICDR Y&I and LCIA YIAG. Sabina is fluent in English, Romanian, Hungarian, German, Spanish and French.

Ms HÜLYA ADIGÜZEL

Ms Julia Jeanine Aeschbacher

After completing my Bachelor's degree at the University of Bern, I studied one year at the Sorbonne University in Paris. Back in Switzerland, I participated in the Willem C. Vis Moot Court in 2014/15 on behalf of University of Bern. After graduating in October 2015, I interned at the Public Prosecution Department in Berne, Switzerland . Subsequently, I continued my practical education for the bar exam at Kellerhals Carrard in Bern where I assist namely the arbitration team.

Mr Tobias Aggteleky

BLaw and MLaw at the Univerity of Zurich (2009-2014).
Currently Junior Associate with Homburger AG in Zurich
Participant of the 21st VIS Moot with the Zurich Team.

Mr Arttu Ahava

IPR lawyer working with Berggren Group, Finland's biggest IPR house. Qualified in 2015. Specialist in trademarks (registration, prosecution, infringement). European Trade Mark Attorney. Authorised Finnish-English translator. Participant in Vis Moot in Team Helsinki 2013-2014. Coach for Team Helsinki 2014-2015, 2015-2016 and 2016-2017.

Mr Iain Aitchison

Iain Aitchison MArch LLM DipICArb FDBF FCIArb. UK-German dual national. Registered Architect in Germany and UK. Regularly appointed as an independent expert on complex and high-value disputes. Relevant to this year's problem, experience as a dispute case manager for a state-owned national power utility, and wide experience on commercial disputes related to power projects including termination of EPC contracts. He has given expert evidence in International Arbitration on delay and FIDIC contract administration issues. His work as expert witness in Arbitration was recognised with a Client Choice Award in 2024. Practising arbitrator, listed on various arbitration panels. Since 2012, arbitrator/chair in international pre-moots including LCIA, CIArb, AIAC, PCA, TRAC, CRCICA, Fordham University, Edinburgh University, Asia Pacific, Munich, Moscow, Dublin, and Warsaw. Experience as presiding arbitrator in elimination rounds in Vienna and Hong Kong.

Mr Adebayo Folahan Ajayi

Adebayo is a Nigerian lawyer with over 8 years experience. He is a Senior Counsel in Adepetun Caxton-Martins Agbor & Segun (ACAS-Law), a leading commercial law firm in Lagos, Nigeria. In April 2017, he was appointed a Regional Representative for the International Chamber of Commerce Young Arbitrators Forum (Africa, Middle-East & Turkey). He is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, United Kingdom.

In 2014, Adebayo obtained a master’s degree in Comparative and International Dispute Resolution from Queen Mary, University of London, with a focus on International Commercial & Construction Arbitration, Private International Law and International Trade and Investment Dispute Settlement. Adebayo obtained practical experience in international commercial arbitration from the Asian International Arbitration Centre, Malaysia and Thirty-Nine Essex Street Chambers in London.

In Nigeria, Adebayo has advised on major investment and international construction disputes in Nigeria. Adebayo has acted as secretary to Arbitral Tribunals and Sole-Arbitrators, and has acted as counsel in domestic and international commercial arbitration proceedings. Adebayo has delivered lectures and moderated discussions in several local and international conferences. He has written on contemporary issues in international dispute resolution and has been published on Lexis PSL and Getting The Deal Through.

Prof Dr Sebnem Akipek

I am graduated from Ankara University Law Faculty at the head of my class, cum laude, in 1989. I completed LL.M at London School of Economics in 1991. I finished Ph.D at Ankara University in 1998. Following that I become an assistant proffessor at Ankara University Law Faculty. In 2004 I become an associate proffessor and in 2010 I obtained proffessorship. Till then I am working as a full time proffessor at Ankara University Law Faculty.
Between the years 2006-2013 I acted as the director of the Vocational School of Justice. Also I am the chief legal advisor of Middle East Technical University for nearly 14 years. Currently besides my other duties I am also the Dean of the Law Faculty of Kadir Has University.
My main fields of study are civil law, international commercial arbirtration, law of contracts, consumer protection, energy law. I have written several books and articles on various legal subjects, especially on my main fields of interest.
In the field of international commercial arbitration I am also acting as an arbitrator, expert witness and advocate.
I am fluent in English and German. My mother tongue is Turkish.
I have attended Willem Vis many years as a coach and then as an arbitrator.

Ms Sahar Alaviani

As a member of Tehran Association Bar and LL.M. student at Beheshti University of Tehran I have been interested in International Commercial Law since the first stages of studying and practicing in legal professional atmosphere. Also the main reason of choosing International commercial law as my target for studying LL.M. was my huge professional and academic concern regarding this area. On the other hand, as Arbitration, Mediation and Other ADRs are the key elements in the International Commercial world. Therefore, I decided to concentrate professionally and academically on International Commercial Law, Arbitration and other ADRs issues and I hope my strong enthusiasm for these legal areas can help me to perform as a qualified arbitrator for the Vis Moot since I recognized that the Vis Moot is a great opportunity for any Law practitioner and Law student who are seeking magnificent academic and professional experience.

Mr Nuno Albuquerque

Born on July 19th, 1964, in Angola. Nuno has a law degree, by university of Coimbra (1988). Nuno is inscribed in Portugal’s bar association, as a lawyer, since 1990; in Angola’s bar association, since 2008; and in Paris’ bar association, since 2014. He is an insolvency administrator, inscribed in the official list of insolvency administrators since 1995. Nuno is the executive director of the center CAAL - Angolan Voluntary Arbitration of Disputes, since 2012. He is also a certified mediator - mediation public and private mediation ICFML, catholic university, Oporto, 2014. He is an arbitrator for CAAD – Administrative Arbitration Centre and also for TAD – Sports Arbitral Court (where he is also Vice-President) and Arbitrator member of the Arbitration Center of the Commercial Arbitration Institute of the Commercial Association of Porto. He is MCIArb – Member of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and Member of ICC Institute of World Business Law.
Nuno is the founding partner of the lawyers’ office “N-ADVOGADOS-NUNO ALBUQUERQUE, DEOLINDA RIBAS, SOCIEDADE DE ADVOGADOS, RL”, a law firm in Portugal and Angola, with over 25 years of experience.

Ms Elina Aleynikova

I am an Associate in White & Case LLP in the International Arbitration Group in Paris. My practice includes international commercial and investment arbitration. My recent experience includes representing:
- A major player in continental Europe’s retail property market in an ICC arbitration regarding tax consequences of an M&A transaction;
- An owner in a multibillion euro ICC arbitration regarding the construction of a nuclear power plant;
- A consortium of major contractors in an ad hoc arbitration against a Southern European State, arising out of the construction of a motorway.
I am currently an adjunct professor in the University of Cergy-Pontoise (Ile -de-France), teaching a class on international arbitration.
Prior to joining White & Case, I was leading the law department of a food production holding in the South Russia and advised a startup international logistics project of a major Russian infrastructure corporation.
I am admitted to New York State Bar and the Russian Federation Bar.
I have the following law degrees:
Master 2 Droit des affaires, University of Cergy Pontoise (2014);
JD (2014) and LLM (2010), University of Pittsburgh School of Law (2010);
Diploma in law , Rostov State Economic University (Russia) (2006).
I speak Russian, English and French.

Mr Hossein Ali

Ms Yasmin Ali

Yasmin Ali is an associate in the Dispute Resolution practice of Pinsent Masons. She advises national and international clients in relation to arbitration, litigation and mediation proceedings, particularly with regard to corporate and commercial law.
Before joining Pinsent Masons, she worked as a legal trainee for several national and international authorities and law firms in Bonn, Cologne and Bangalore. In parallel with her training, she worked in a nationwide German practice which specialises in tax law.

Mrs Yana Alimova

Alimova Yana Olegovna (21/05/1986) was born in Russian Federation. She is a Candidate of Legal Sciences, Senior faculty member of the Private International Law Department of Kutafin Moscow State Law University. The fields of her interests are international private law, international trade law, Principles Unidroit. She is a coach of Kutafin Moscow State Law University. Married. Has a son.

Dr Noora AlShamlan

Qualifications:
SJD, Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure, Indiana University, United States, 2012; LLM, Master of Laws, University of Pittsburgh, United States, 2008; B.Sc., Bachelor of Laws, University of Bahrain (UoB), 2007
Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PCAP), UoB, 2014
Experience:
-Director, Quality Assurance Office, University of Bahrain (UoB), Oct. 2013 – present; Assistant Professor, College of Law, UoB, May 2012 – present; Supervisor, Civic Education, Human Rights Legal Clinic, UoB, Feb. 2013- present; Assistant Professor, Royal Academy of Police (part-time), Bahrain, Sep. 2012- Jan. 2015; Research and Teaching Assistant, College of Law, UoB, April 2007- May 2012; Internship, Trial Unit of the Allegheny County Office of the Public Defender, PA, United States, May 2008; Internship, Military Judiciary Directorate, Bahrain, July- Aug. 2006; Internship, Public Prosecution, Bahrain, July- Aug. 2005.
-Co-developed the Civic Education Curriculum, Human Rights Legal Clinic, Feb. 2013- Jan. 2015
-Coached the UoB teams that participated in Maktoum Bin Mohamed Al Maktoum Moot Court Competition, 2015; Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, 2013 and 2014; Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Court Competition, 2009, 2012, and 2015.
-Co-founder, organizer, and speaker, Brown Bag Seminars, Indiana University Bloomington, Maurer School of Law, 2009-2012
-Honored with various awards by H.E. the Prime Minister of Bahrain.

Dr Markus Altenkirch

Dr. Markus Altenkirch is a member of the International Arbitration team at Baker McKenzie. Markus Altenkirch has participated in the 12th Moot and has coached the team of the University of Mainz for many years. Markus Altenkirch regularly publishes in the field of international arbitration. He is the editor of Global Arbitration News, Baker McKenzie's blog on international arbitration, and was a Co-Chair of DIS 40, an initiative by the German Institution of Arbitration (DIS) for young arbitration practitioners in Germany. Together with his colleague Lisa Reiser, Markus is a moderator of the podcast on the future of arbitration #zukunft.

Ms Ada Sofie Altobelli

Ada is a lawyer from Zurich with a keen interest in international dispute resolution.
She is currently an associate in IP & Arbitration at a leading Swiss law firm. She has previously interned at the International Court of Arbitration at the International Chamber of Commerce and participated as a Coach at the 21th Annual Willem C.Vis International Commercial Moot Arbitration Court.

She started to be an arbitrator at the 13th VIS EAST Moot in Hong Kong.

Mr Diego Alvarez Ampudia

Mexican lawyer with +10 years of experience in infrastructure projects, energy law and international arbitration. Has participated as counsel in diverse disputes, mainly in the power and construction sector. Obtained an LLM in Energy and Natural Resources Law from Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) in 2018. Participated in the Vis Moot twice as an oralist and four times as a Coach. Coached QMUL's team in 2017-2018, when the team got two honourable mentions and advanced to the round of 32.

Mr Ken Alwyn

Ken Alwyn (CPA (Ret) , FCIArb) Senior Partner (retired 2007) PwC .
Areas of expertise : Litigation, Mergers & Acquisition .Operational and Crisis management
Industries: High Technology, Biotech, Retail & Distribution, Transportation, Manufacturing & Construction
Participation in VisMoot: 10 years
Current responsibilities: COO & Independent Director
Experience : USA, Australia, Asia and the Middle East
Languages spoken: French

Ms Heidi Lindberg Andersen

Master of Laws, Aarhus University, Denmark - 2013

Partner, Attorney-at-law, LIGA Advokater, Denmark - 2020 to present
Attorney-at-law, Kromann Reumert, Denmark - 2016 to 2020
Assistant Attorney, Kromann Reumert, Denmark - 2013 to 2016

Marketing and data protection law
Design and trademarks law
Contract law

Dr Alan Anderson

Alan M. Anderson is a nationally-recognized trial lawyer specializing in intellectual property and complex commercial litigation and international arbitration with over thirty years of dispute resolution experience. He is associated with Littleton Chambers, in London, with the international arbitration practice group. He received his doctor of law degree, magna cum laude, from Cornell University; an LL.M. from the University of London, with distinction, specializing in international dispute resolution; and his PhD in War Studies from King's College London. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and is listed on the panel of arbitrators for the World Intellectual Property Organization; the London Court of International Arbitration; the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration, and the Asian International Arbitration Centre. He has been counsel in proceedings before the International Chamber of Commerce, the London Court of International Arbitration, the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, and the American Arbitration Association. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America in the field of intellectual property law. He has served as an arbitrator for many years at the Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot competition in Vienna and at the Foreign Direct Investment International Moot competition.

Ms Olga Andreeva

Date of birth - 9th of August 1980. I graduated from Kaliningrad State University, faculty of law. Diploma - 2003. After I went to Germany and did LL M in Saarbrucken. Now I am a PhD student in Goethe University, Frankfurt am Mein and coordinate the Moot Court in Minsk in arbitration - ICC LEX MERCATORIA, being part of the working group.

Mr Alexey Anischenko

Partner at Anischenko Laptev . Get a law degree with honours at the Belarusian State University, where he is now a senior lecturer. Practise law since 1999 and was recognised as a leading practitioner in Belarus by all major legal directories such as Chambers, Legal 500, IFLR 1000 and others, including Who’s Who Legal’s ‘Arbitration - Future Leaders - partners aged 45 or under and Arbitration Powerlist 2020 "CIS and Caucasus" by the Legal 500. Member of the VIAC International Advisory Board and ICC Advanced Arbitration Academy alumni.

Mr Stefan Antonic

I am 2010 Moot Court participant. I work as lawyer in Karanović & Nikolić law firm (a regional legal practice). Primarily I work on Banking & Finance and Real Estate transaction in Serbia and Montenegro.

Ms Mariana Antonovych

I am a Legal Advisor with USAID "Justice for All Activity" focusing on compensation of damage caused by Russia's aggression against Ukraine and sanctions. Before joining J4A, I practiced international arbitration and cross-border litigation for 7.5 years in such renowned international and Ukrainian law firms, as Linklaters, Kinstellar and Avellum. I studied at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (LL.B, LL.M in Law) and Humboldt University of Berlin (International Dispute Resolution LL.M). As a Kyiv-Mohyla Academy's student, I participated in Telders, Jessup (advanced rounds) and Vis moot court competitions in 2010/11, 2011/12 and 2012/13. I coached/co-coached the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy's Vis (2013/14), Jessup (2014/15, 2019/20) and Telders teams (2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19). My 2017/18 and 2018/19, Telders teams were second overall in The Hague. My 2019/20 Jessup team won Ukrainian national rounds. Last year, I advised the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy's Vis moot team and, this year, co-coach it.

Mr Pedro Arcoverde

Deputy Counsel at the ICC International Court of Arbitration. Member of the Organizing Committee of the ICC Willem C. Vis Pre-Moot. Admitted to practice law in Brazil and admitted to the Paris Bar exam.

Degree in law (UFPE, Brazil) and Master’s degree in international economic law (Sciences Po Paris, cum laude). Participant at the XX Willem C. Vis Moot as a member of the Sciences Po Paris team (2013). Former intern at the arbitration departments of Dechert LLP and Hogan Lovells LLP in Paris (2014). Former teaching assistant at Sciences Po Paris (Contratos internacionales y arbitraje en América Latina (2014) and Latin-American Legal Systems in a Global Context (2015)). Former international director of the Brazilian Association of Arbitration Students (ABEArb) (2015).

Mr Murray Armes

Murray Has over 40 years industry experience, over 20 of which have been dedicated to dispute aviodance and resolution. He is a Chartered Architect, Chartered Arbitrator, Mediator, Adjudicator and Dispute Board Member on the FIDIC President's List of international adjudicators. He has been involved in over 400 cases as expert and tribunal and given seminars and training workshops all around the world.

He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Arbitrators and holds a Master’s Degree in Construction Law and Arbitration from King’s College, London and is a FIDIC President's List International Adjudicator currently appointed to the DAB for the ITER prototype nuclear fusion project in Southern France and for two DABs at CERN in Geneva as well as other large energy and constrction projects. He is as arbitrator by the CIArb, CEDR and the RIBA by whom he is regularly instructed.

Ms Lisa Arpin-Pont

Since August 2012-Associate at Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP, International Arbitration Department, Paris - Admitted to the Paris Bar
2012 (6 months) Dechert LLP, Arbitration & Litigation Department - trainee lawyer
2011 (5 months) Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP, International Arbitration Department - trainee
2011 (2 months) International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce - trainee
2011 (3 months) Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, International Arbitration Department - trainee
2010 (3 months) International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea -trainee
2009 (4 months) Allen & Overy LLP, EU Competition Law Department - trainee lawyer
2009 (3 months) Council of Europe, Directorate General of Human Rights and Legal Affairs, Department for the Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights - trainee lawyer
2008-2009 (9 months) General Motors France, Legal department - trainee lawyer

2011-2012 Paris Bar School, French bar exam
2010-2011 Université Panthéon Assas Paris 2, Master 2 “Litigation, arbitration and alternative modes of dispute resolution”
2007-2008 Université Paris XII Val de Marne, Master 2 “European Law”
2007-2008 Université Panthéon Assas Paris 2, Master 1 “International Law”
2005-2006 Université Panthéon Sorbonne Paris 1, Master 1 "Business Law"
2001-2004 University of Economics and Law, Bachelor of Laws, Kyiv, Ukraine
National University “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”, BA in Culture, Kyiv, Ukraine

Dr MANUEL ARROYO

Dr. Manuel Arroyo
Attorney-at-Law, LL.M., Partner with Nater Dallafior, Zurich
Full-time arbitration practitioner (since almost ten years):
Counsel to parties/co-arbitrator, chairman and sole arbitrator in over 50 international arbitrations under the
ICC, DIS, UNCITRAL, VIAC, LCIA and Swiss Rules.


Previously also law clerk to the Swiss Supreme Court (during three years):
Submission of draft decisions for approval to the Judges and review of their draft decisions in 126 Supreme Court cases concerning commercial contract disputes and challenges of arbitral awards.


Main publication:
as sole editor and co-author: "Arbitration in Switzerland – The Practitioner's Guide" (Kluwer Law International, 2013, 1’655 pages), considered “the most comprehensive treatise on the law and practice of arbitration in Switzerland” by a leading Swiss arbitrator

Languages:
native languages: German and Spanish (bilingual)
other languages: fluent in English, French, Italian


further publications, speaking engagements and other professional activities available at:
http://www.mll-legal.com/professionals/detail-view/person/arr/

Dr Christian Aschauer

Christian Aschauer acts primarily as arbitrator, in particular under the rules of the ICC, VIAC, Camera Arbitrale, DIS, Swiss Rules and ad hoc. Christian Aschauer also handles enforcement proceedings before state courts as well as proceedings to set aside arbitral awards.

Christian Aschauer has a distinguished academic background as a former research fellow and doctor of law. He is now professor at the University of Graz (Austria) in the field of Austrian arbitration law and international arbitration. He frequently speaks at seminars and conferences.

Christian Aschauer speaks German, English, Italian and French and has conducted arbitrations in all of these languages.

As arbitrator, Christian Aschauer’s practice areas and expertise range from the energy sector to the construction and plant engineering industries, international commercial law, M&A disputes, financial transactions, distribution agreements, joint ventures and telecommunications.

Mr Peter Ashford

Independent arbitrator as Peter Ashford Ltd. Founder and director of Conflict Check Ltd.
Peter has been appointed arbitrator by the President of the Law Society, ICC, London Chamber of Arbitration and by the LCIA both as sole and as party nominee. He prides himself as being realistic in time and cost and in promptly producing orders and awards.
Also consultant to Fox Williams LLP and co-head of international arbitration. Fellow of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
Author of Handbook on International Commercial Arbitration 2nd edition (Juris Publishing 2014); Guide to the IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration (Cambridge University Press 2012) and Guide to the IBA Guidelines on Party Representation in International Arbitration (Cambridge University Press 2016).
Recognised in the leading guides / directories e.g. : “Peter Ashford is "a doyen of the arbitration world. At the top of the tree and highly respected within arbitration circles"; ‘exceptionally good’"; “top-notch” lawyer"; “very clever in understanding immediately what the issues are and in terms of dealing with the other side.”
Peter has run the London Pre-Moot since 2016, judged at many pre-moots and has been selected to preside over a semi-final in Vienna.

Mr Frank Astill

Frank Astill has arbitrated at Vis moots for over a decade, and has coached and judged in many law student competitions, including mooting, negotiation and interviewing. He is a member of the executive committees of the Brown-Mosten International Client Consultation Competition and the International Negotiation Competition for Law Students, and is a past chair of the International Bar Association’s Academic and Professional Development Committee.

Frank lives in Sydney, Australia, where he practised as a barrister and has taught in several university faculties. Most recently he was Director of the University of Sydney’s Law Extension Committee. Frank believes that the Vis competitions are among the most powerful and relevant legal education experiences available to students.

Ms Maria Athanasiou

Maria Athanasiou is an international arbitration practitioner based in Cyprus and a Global Advisory Board Member of the International Center for Dispute Resolution (Young and International). Ms. Athanasiou has worked as an associate at the Brusselsbased arbitration boutique firm Hanotiau and van den Berg, where she acted as Counsel and Arbitral Secretary to Tribunals in various international arbitration proceedings (e.g., CEPANI, CRCICA, ICSID, DIS, SCC, UNCITRAL, ICC, NAI, LCIA). She has also worked as an associate at the international arbitration group Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP in London, acting as Counsel in ICC and UNCITRAL arbitrations. Ms. Athanasiou has obtained a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Warwick (Honors) in 2005, a Master of Laws in International Legal Studies from the University of Georgetown Law Centre in 2006 (Distinction in Master Thesis Studies) and a Master of Laws in International Dispute Settlement from the Graduate Institute for International and Development Studies/ University of Geneva (summa cum laude) in 2011. She is admitted to practice before the courts of New York (USA – State and Federal) since 2008 and has been registered with the Brussels Bar between 2012 and 2014. Ms. Athanasiou is an active member in various international arbitration associations and organizations, including the Young ICCA Mentorship Programme (Mentors: Prof. Albert Jan van den Berg, Prof. Pierre Tercier and Prof. Dr. Mohammed Abdel Raouf). She is a native speaker of Greek, fluent in English and conversant in French.

Ms Katharina Auernig

Austrian Judge in civil matters and External Lecturer for Civil Procedure Law at the University of Vienna; previously Visiting Foreign Consultant with the International Arbitration Practice Group of WilmerHale in London; Research Assistant and Lecturer at the Department for Civil Procedure Law, University of Vienna;
PhD thesis on "Surprise Decisions" in Civil Procedure and International Arbitration;
further fields of research: European Procedure Law; European Insolvency Law; Austrian Civil Procedure Law;
Coach of the University of Vienna Vis Moot Team 2014-2015

Mr Thierry P. Augsburger

Thierry P. Augsburger is an experienced trial lawyer. He represents a broad range of clients before commercial, investment, and sports arbitral tribunals, state courts and administrative bodies. Thierry advises clients and argues or hears cases in English, French and German alike. He has particular experience in the commodities trading & finance, manufacturing / industry, technology & telecom, trade, transport & distribution, energy, construction / infrastructure, defense, luxury goods, financial services, media, hospitality and sports sectors.

Thierry is the Managing Partner of Four Knights LLC, a Geneva-based dispute resolution boutique law firm. Before co-founding Four Knights, Thierry spent 10+ years as an arbitration and litigation lawyer with leading international and national Swiss law firms , last as a Partner. Before starting his career in law, Thierry worked on the trading floor of a private bank and as a Career Officer with the Swiss Armed Forces.

Thierry graduated from the Universities of Zurich and Neuchâtel, holds an LL.M. with a "Specialisation in International Law" from the University of Cambridge, was a Max-Planck Scholar in the IMPRS on "Successful Dispute Resolution in International Law" and completed the LCIL Executive Course on Investment Law and Arbitration.

Ms Bennar Aydoğdu

• Founder, BennArb Law Firm, Türkiye
• Court member, ICC Court of International Arbitration
• Co-chair, ICC Türkiye Arbitration Commission
• Member, ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR
• Chair, Istanbul Arbitration Association
• Vice-Chair, BTSO Arbitration and Mediation Center
• Lecturer on ADR, Uludag University, Institute of Social Sciences, Alternative Dispute Resolution Department, ADR Masters Programme

• She has 24 years of experience in the field of international arbitration, acts as counsel, president of the tribunal, co-arbitrator and sole arbitrator and is specialized in international arbitration, international trade, sales transactions, construction and also acts as mediator.
• She served as the chair of CIArb European Branch, committee member of the CIArb Practice and Standards Committee, first regional coordinating committee member of ICC YAF Türkiye, Middle East and Africa Section, global advisory board member of ICDR Y&I, vice-chair of the Union of Turkish Bar Associations Arbitration Center and chair of Bursa Bar Association Arbitration Commission.
• She is also a tutor on international arbitration both in Turkey and abroad.

Mr Bruno B. de A. Teixeira

Bruno Teixeira is an associate at Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados in Rio de Janeiro. Mr. Teixeira was formerly a foreign associate at Covington & Burling's Washington, D.C. office. He acts as counsel in investment treaty and international commercial arbitrations under the rules of major arbitral institutions, as well as appearing before State and Federal courts on a variery of complex disputes, with a particular focus on cases related to international arbitration.

Mr. Teixeira holds a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) degree from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree from the New York University School of Law (NYU), where he concentrated his studies in international commercial law and arbitration, and is a Ph.d candidate in International Commercial Law at the University of São Paulo School of Law (USP). Mr. Teixeira is also a recipient of an Honorable Mention for Best Memorandum for Claimant and was a Finalist Speaker at the XIX Vis Moot, representing the NYU School of Law team at the Elimination Rounds that year. He also coaches the team for the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) .

Mr Ovidiu-Paul Babus

My name is Paul Babus and I am currently a practitioner lawyer from Romania. I specialise in a various areas of law such as corporate law, merger and acquisitions, intellectual property and data protection. Formerly, I was a lawyer at DLA Piper, in the Bucharest Office. When at DLA Piper, I was involved in different practices such as intellectual property rights, mergers and acquisitions transactions, litigation and arbitration and competition.

As regards my education, I graduated both the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science of University of Bucharest (2011) and the Faculty of Law of University of Bucharest (2015). During the Faculty of Law, I attended several internships at different law firms, both Romanian and international. Additionally, I participated at many extracurricular activities such as moots, essay competitions, presentations in the following fields: European law, international law, commercial and contract law, etc.

My interest for arbitration began four years ago, when I participated as a member of the Bucharest team at Willem C. Vis Moot 2014. The participation inspired me to become more interested in the arbitration area and since then I have learned as much as possible about the international commercial arbitration.

Finally, since 2016 I have participated as an arbitrator both in ranking memoranda and in oral hearing sessions.

Ms Aleksandra Bączykowska

Aleksandra is currently a junior associate in Intellectual Property practice at Warsaw DLA Piper law office and a trainee attorney at the Warsaw Bar Association. She has started the adventure with Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration in 2013 as a member of NCU team, whereas in 2014 she was coaching NCU team and was arbitrating at Warsaw premoot. Willem C. Vis is in her mind the most memorable and education expercience which she deeply wishes to continue.

Mr Bill Baker

Mr. Baker is an independent mediator and arbitrator with a website at www.bakeradr.com. He has been listed in Best Lawyers in America for International Arbitration every year since 2010. He has a subspecialty in IP matters. Before becoming a neutral, he was a patent litigator at the New York office of Alston & Bird and before that with Fish & Neave and Ropes & Gray. He has been recognized by Corporate America Legal Elite as "Best in Intellectual Property Litigation-New York." He is on the 32 person list of "the world's leading technology neutrals"promulgated by the Silicon Valley Arbitration and Mediation Association. He is a former chair of the American Bar Association's International Litigation Committee and was also an adjunct professor at Cardozo Law School for five years, teaching a course on international arbitration and mediation. He is a graduate of Yale University and Harvard Law School.

Ms Müge Bakircioglu (Erdogmus)

Ms Bakırcıoğlu (Erdoğmuş) is a lawyer admitted to Istanbul Bar (Turkey), and Berlin Bar (Germany) as a foreign lawyer. Ms Bakırcıoğlu (Erdoğmuş) holds a Postgraduate Master of Laws, International Dispute Resolution (LL.M.), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Germany). She is a graduate of Istanbul Bilgi University, Faculty of Law (Turkey). She participated in the 20th Vis Moot as a team member and oralist of Istanbul Bilgi University. She also coached Istanbul University's Vis Moot team in the 22nd Vis Moot. She is a Salary Partner at BODENHEIMER (Berlin, Germany), and sits as both arbitrator and party's counsel in international arbitration matters.

Ms Mariam Bakradze

Work Experience:
10/2012 – Present Investor Legal Relationship Officer at the Microfinance Organization Credo
09/2011 – 10/2012 Legal Adviser at the International Relations Department of the Ministry of Corrections of Georgia
02/2010 – 09/2011 Associate at the Birkaia&Kvantaliani Law Office
04/2009 - 09/2009 Paralegal at the Georgian Legal Consulting Company ltd
06/2007 – 10/2007 Assistant to Chairperson of Board of Directors at the Financial Construction Group CenterStroi, Moscow, Russia

Coaching Experience:
09/13 – 03/14 Tbilisi State University Team for the Frankfurt Investment Arbitration Moot Court
09/12 – 04/13 Tbilisi State University Team for Monroe E. Price Media Law Moot Court Competition

Moot Court Experience
13/02/2014 Judge at the Georgian National Selection Rounds of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition
1-4/11/2012 Foreign Direct Investment Moot Court Competition, Boston, USA
21-25/03/2012 Monroe E. Price Media Law Moot Court Competition, Oxford, UK.
15-18/04/2011 18th Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, Vienna, Austria; Stockholm Preparation Rounds, Second Place; Munich Preparation Rounds.
13-14/02/2010 Georgian National Round of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition , Second Place
15-19/04/2009 32nd Telders International Law Moot Court Competition Hague, Netherlands

Student of (MIDS) LLM in International Dispute Settlement

Dr CRINA BALTAG

Dr Crina Baltag is Associate Professor in International Arbitration at Stockholm University. Previously, Crina was an Associate Lecturer at Queen Mary University of London and Senior Lecturer in Law at University of Bedfordshire. Crina is a qualified attorney-at-law since 2004, with extensive practice in various aspects on international dispute resolution, private and public international law. Crina was the Secretary General of Amcham Brazil Arbitration and Mediation Center. Crina is the Editor of Kluwer Arbitration Blog and Co-Managing Editor of the ITA Arbitration Report, Member of the Academic Council of ITA and Vice-Chair of Young ITA. Crina regularly sits as arbitrator (ICC, LCIA, SIAC etc.) and publishes on international commercial and investment arbitration. Crina speaks fluently English, Portuguese, Romanian, and has good knowledge of French.

Ms Ruxandra Bancu

Work experience - current positions:
1. Attorney at law (registered with Bucharest Bar since January 2006) – Law firm “Marcu & Asociatii”, Bucharest, Romania - European law, public business law, corporate law, contracts law;
2. Assisting-teacher in French business law and European law – University Paris I Paris-Sorbonne, for “Collège Juridique Franco-Roumain d’Etudes Européennes”, Bucharest, Romania;
Certificates as lawyer:
1. Registered with the Bucharest Bar since January 2006 ;
2. Holder of the certificate of aptitude to the profession of lawyer, issued by “Ecole de Formation du Barreau”, Paris, France (2009).
Education:
1. - 2014-2015 : University of Bucharest, Faculty of Law – LL.M. in International Arbitration;
2. - 2002-2004: École Nationale d’Administration (ENA) - Paris / Strasbourg- class « Léopold Sédar Senghor »;
3. - 2001-2002: University Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne – LL.B in European Law;
4. - 2000-2001: University Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne – “licence” in French law;
5. - 1998-2000 : University Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne - DEUG (“diplôme d’études universitaires générales”) in French law;
6. - 1998-2002: University of Bucharest, Faculty of Law – LL.B. in Romanian law.
Involvement in previous Vis Moot
- Arbitrator (for memoranda ranking and oral hearing) in Vis (East) Moot - Hong Kong -11st edition (2013-2014)
- Coach of the team of the University of Bucharest and Arbitrator (for memoranda ranking and oral hearing) in 22nd Vis Moot Vienna (2014-2015)

Mrs Krystle Baptista Serna

Mrs. Baptista is a lawyer and arbitrator specialized in international litigation and arbitration.

Professional and Academic Experience

In 2014, she joined Armesto & Asociados (“A&A”) to work in a team with founding partner Juan Fernández-Armesto. Krystle participates in international arbitration proceedings, including ad hoc and administered arbitrations, involving commercial and investment disputes. Mrs. Baptista combines her work at A&A with academic work as an associate professor at IE Law School and the University of Navarra.
Between 2009 and 2013, Krystle worked as a lawyer at the law firm Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira in Madrid and Barcelona.

Professional Membership

Mrs. Baptista is a member of the Madrid and New York State Bar Associations.

Education

Krystle holds a Law Degree (2009) from the Universidad de Navarra, Spain, where she graduated with honors.
Krystle participated in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot and in the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition.
In 2012, Krystle obtained an L.L.M. at New York University (“NYU”), USA. While at NYU, Krystle was the recipient of the “Half –Tuition Dean’s Award”, as well as, a full scholarship from the Fundación Caja Madrid.

Mrs. Baptista is fluent in Spanish and English, and has an intermediate level of French.

Prof John J. Barceló III

William N. Cromwell Professor of International & Comparative Law, Cornell University School of Law; co-author, T. Várady, J. Barceló, S. Kröll, A. von Mehren, INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION—A TRANSNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE (6th ed. 2015: West) (with Documents Supplement); author of numerous articles and book chapters on international commercial arbitration, WTO, EU and international trade law; J.D. Tulane Law School; S.J.D. Harvard Law School; founder, Cornell-Paris 1 Summer Institute of International & Comparative Law held annually in Paris; Fulbright Scholar, University of Bonn, Germany (1966-67); Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur (2012); visiting professor/lecturer in Argentina, China, Croatia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, former Soviet Union, Spain, Thailand, U.K.; international commercial law arbitrator.

Mr Abinash Barik

Abinash is a Co-Founder & Partner at Finvest Legal (New Delhi), and a Disputes Practitioner who specializes in Mitigating Risks and Advisory on Finance, Investments, and Projects.

Abinash was a Former Senior International Case Counsel with the AIAC. He has worked in various jurisdictions such as India at Chambers of Merusagar Samantray and Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas, the United Kingdom at Essex Court Chambers, Germany at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, and Malaysia at AIAC.

His arbitration experience includes various AIAC, DIS, LCIA, ICC, PCA, LMAA & UNCITRAL related Commercial Arbitrations, and ICSID Investment Arbitrations.

Abinash holds a law degree from KIIT University, a master's degree from Queen Mary University of London. He also received a full merit scholarship from Mayor of The Hague for Private International Law course at The Hague Academy of International Law. He also attended Cologne Academies on International Commercial Arbitration. He is an advocate (India). He also received Student Achiever of the Year (Law) Award at KIIT University. Admitted to a Ph.D. programme (Law) in Germany.

An active member of DIS40, Young ICCA, YIAG, ySIAC, ICC YAF, AIAC-YPG. He has contributed to Redfern & Hunter on International Arbitration (6th ed), Oxford University Press (2015).

Mr Marc Barmscheid

since 2016: Lawyer at PKF WMS Rechtsanwälte in Osnabrück
2014-2016: Legal Traineeship (Referendariat) in the Oldenburg Higher Regional Court District and 2nd State Exam
2007-2014: Law studies at the University of Osnabrueck with focus on European and International Private Law and the Historical Backround, 1st State Exam, Competence in Spanish Legal Language & Spanish Law
2012-2014: Student Research Assisant at the Chair of Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Zoll at the European Legal Studies Institute in Osnabrück
09/2011: Internship at CMS Hasche Sigle in Cologne
2010-2011: Law studies at the University of Seville
2009/10: Coach of the University of Osnabrück's Team participating in the 17th (7th) Vis (East) Moot and Student Assitant at the Chair of Prof. Dr. Schmidt-Kessel at the European Legal Studies Institute in Osnabrück
2008/09: Participant in the 16th (6th) Vis (East) Moot for the University of Osnabrück

Mr Stacey Barnes

As a litigation attorney, his practice focuses in the areas of international business law, general business representation, arbitration law, corporate law, commercial litigation, and intellectual property law. He has experience with cases ranging from simple collection matters to patent and trademark infringement cases, international trade secret litigation, and breach of commercial contract cases. Mr. Barnes serves as arbitrator for commercial, international, securities, and intellectual property cases. As a transactional attorney, Mr. Barnes counsels clients regarding a variety of business transactions, from basic entity formation to complex cross-border acquisitions or licensing agreements.

Mr Jonathan Barnett

International arbitration lawyer and third-party funder.

Mr Marcos Barradas

Attorney admitted to the Paris and Mexico Bar

Ms Esperanza Barron Baratech

Esperanza Barrón Baratech is an associate in the Paris office of Latham & Watkins. She is a member of the firm’s International Arbitration Practice and represents companies, states, and state-owned entities in high-stakes, complex international disputes.

Ms. Barrón Baratech has acted in international arbitrations, both institutional and ad hoc, with a particular focus on investment, energy, oil and gas, and construction. She has a wide range of experience in proceedings under the aegis of the principal arbitration institutions, including the ICC, SCC and ICSID, as well as under the UNCITRAL Rules.

Mr David Bartos

David Bartos FCIArb is a Scottish advocate (barrister) practising in commercial, property, trust and succession law from Edinburgh and throughout Scotland since 1993. He has acted as an arbitrator and has a special interest in arbitration both in Scotland and internationally. He contributed to the drafting of the new arbitral code for Scotland, the Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010 and together with Hew Dundas he has co-authored the definitive book on the 2010 Act, the 2nd edition of which was published in 2014.

Ms Ece Bas Suzel

Mr Saionton Basu

Saionton is currently a Director at EFG Private Bank in London in a cross border wealth structuring role at dealing with international treaties and cross border rules and protocols re banking and wealth management.

Saionton Basu was previously a Corporate Partner at Duane Morris in London. Saionton has extensive experience representing business entities, private equity funds and entrepreneurs in various business and financing transactions, including the buying and selling of companies, acquisition financings, capital raises, syndicated secured loan transactions, fund formations and equity investments.He is an experienced mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and projects lawyer and advises on international corporate and commercial activities involving a wide range of industries and jurisdictions.
He is a dual-qualified lawyer (England & Wales and India).The head of the Global South Asian team at a European private bank calls Saionton “very strong technically and a strategic thinker, resolving issues proactively. He tackles difficult scenarios admirably always giving really succinct and clear advice. In addition, his market knowledge of the Indian sub-continent is impressive and clearly a lawyer I would recommend for navigating that space.” Said a director at a major investment banking firm, “his knowledge of international transactional law is unparalleled.”

Ms Katharina Bauerschmidt

Katharina Bauerschmidt is a senior associate with CMS Hasche Sigle based in their Cologne office. Katharina studied law at Humboldt University (Berlin) and King's College London and graduated in 2010. After completing her legal clerkship in Berlin and Lima she was admitted to the bar in 2013. Katharina advises national and international enterprises on the settlement of disputes before state courts and arbitral tribunals as well as on alternative dispute resolution.

Ms Jorun Baumgartner

Jorun Baumgartner is a fully qualified German lawyer (admitted to the Munich bar) and holds a PhD (Dr. des.) in law from the University of Lausanne, a LL.M. in International and European Commercial and Economic Law from the University of Lausanne and a Diploma of Advanced Studies in Mediation from the FernUni Hagen.

She is currently a research fellow at the University of Lausanne. Previously, she worked as a legal advisor for a quasi-International Organisation in Geneva as well as in several legal positions in the corporate sector and in private practice in Germany. Her research interests center on international arbitration. Jorun has authored or co-authored several academic publications and articles in the area of international economic law, international investment law and international criminal law. Her PhD thesis examines the practice of “treaty shopping” in international investment arbitration.

Prof Spyridon V. Bazinas

Mr. Bazinas is a legal consultant, independent arbitrator and law lecturer. Up to October 2017, he was the Secretary of the UNCITRAL Working Group VI (Security Interests), which prepared a number of uniform law texts on secured financing, such as the Guide to Enactment of the UNCITRAL Model Law on Secured Trandactions (2017). UNCITRAL Model Law on Secured Trandactions (2016), UNCITRAL Guide on the Implementation of a Security Rights Registry (2013), the Supplement on Security Interests in Intellectual Property Rights (2010), and the UNCITRAL Legislative Guide on Secured Transactions (2007). He also served as Secretary of the Working Group on International Contract Practices, when it prepared the draft Convention on the Assignment of Receivables in International Trade (2001). He has also been involved in the Commission's work on insolvency, bank guarantees, procurement and electronic commerce. He has co-authored/co-edited twelve books and has published numerous articles on various international trade law topics and, in particular, on secured financing. He has also provided technical assistance, lectured all over the world on a variety of UNCITRAL work topics, and taught classes on secured financing in various academic institutions, including the Law School of the University of Vienna, Austria.

Mr Ben Beaumont

Ben Beaumont: Barrister since 1978. Chartered Arbitrator and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Member of CIARB PANEL of Arbitrators; Trained Mediator – CEDR, Construction /Family Mediator; Former Non executive Director RIBA Enterprises;
Appointed as arbitrator on more than 200 instances and Mediator on various occasions.
Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, Corporate Panel Member of the Dispute Board Federation (Geneva), Member of TECBAR (Technology & Construction Bar Association) www.tecbar.org Arbitrator, Adjudicator and Dispute Board Panelist of TECBAR, Adjudicator Dispute Board Federation (Geneva), FIDIC listed Adjudicator, Chairman of Arbitration Club, Panel Member WIPO, Accredited Dispute Board Trainer – The Dispute Board Federation (Geneva), Immediate Past Chair of the Adjudication Society.
He is the Founding Chairman of FICACIC www.ficacic.com an international alternative dispute resolution body, an Observer at UNCITRAL since 2002. Co-drafter of various standard form contracts for the International Trade Centre since 2001. He was a Trustee of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators 1982 -1998. He was an original Member of Arthur Marriott Working Group leading to the creation of Arbitration Act 1996.

Mr Horst Becker

Horst Becker is attorney (Rechtsanwalt) in Munich (Germany) and Paris (France). His work focuses on International commercial law (in particular law of distribution, especially law of franchising) and the law of intellectual property. He teaches at the Centre d'Études Internationales de la Propriété Intellectuelle (CEIPI) of the University of Strasbourg III (Robert Schumann). Horst Becker acts both as arbitrator and as party counsel in national and international arbitration cases, primarily distribution cases. He is member of ICC Germany, DIS and IDArb (an arbitration institution for international distribution disputes).
Horst Becker authored or co-authored several publications on law of distribution and intellectual property in Germany and France and with ICC.
He is fluent in English, German and French and understands some Italian and Spanish.
Horst Becker heads ARIATHES Rechtsanwälte, a law firm with offices in Munich, Berlin and Paris, which he founded in 1991.

Ms Jessica Beess und Chrostin

Jessica Beess und Chrostin is an associate in the New York office of King & Spalding LLP. Her practice focuses on international commercial and investment arbitration. Ms. Beess und Chrostin represents clients in international energy, construction, telecommunications, and pharmaceutical disputes. She received her J.D. cum laude from Harvard Law School, B.A. cum laude from Columbia University, and pursued legal studies at Cambridge University. She is fluent in English, German and French, and proficient in Spanish. Ms. Beess und Chrostin is admitted to practice in New York.

Dr Reza Beheshti

I am Assistant Professor in International Commercial Law at University of Nottingham, where I teach commercial law, contract law, international sales transactions, international commercial arbitration and conflict of laws. My research lies in the areas of international commercial contract law and remedies available to merchants. As part of my duties at University of Nottingham, I've been mentoring the Moot Team, and supervised them in preparing the memorandums as well as improving their presentation and oral skills. I am particularly interested in alternative dispute resolution methods, and have actively participated at the training courses held in the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA). I have sat as an arbitrator in a number of pre-moots in London and Edinburgh this year as well as last year.

Ms Lisa Beisteiner

Lisa Beisteiner is a partner at zeiler.partners (Vienna). She is a specialist in national and international arbitration and litigation. Lisa advises clients in all aspects of commercial and investment arbitration under various sets of rules, including the ICC, VIAC, UNCITRAL and ICSID rules, with a particular focus on energy disputes. She is active as an arbitrator and also appears as counsel before the national courts. A graduate of the University of Vienna (Mag. iur. 2005, Dr. iur. 2008) and a certified mediator, Lisa Beisteiner is a regular conference speaker and publishes in her field.

Austrian Bar Exam (with distinction), Vienna/Austria (2011)
Trained Mediator (pursuant to ZivMediatG), Vienna/Austria (2011)
University of Vienna, Vienna/Austria (Dr. iur. 2008, Mag. iur. 2005; both with distinction; Best Gratuate Award of the Federal Ministy of Education 2004/2005)
Europäisches Forum Alpbach, Diploma in European Law
(with distinction, 2008)
University of Essex, Colchester/UK (2004-2005)

Schönherr Rechtsanwälte GmbH, Attorney, Vienna (2009-2014)
Court of Justice of the European Communities, Intern, Luxembourg (2009)
Austrian Court Clerkship, Vienna/Austria (2008-2009)
PricewaterhouseCoopers, Senior Associate (Associate),
Vienna/Austria (2005-2008)

Prof Gary F. Bell

Associate Professor, and Director of the LL.M. in International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore. Teaches courses in Arbitration, Indonesian law, International and Comparative Sale of Goods and Comparative Law.
Served as sole arbitrator, co-arbitrator and presiding arbitrator under SIAC, ICC, LCIA and KCAB rules. Acted as expert witness on civil law and on arbitration in arbitration and court cases.
Law degrees in both common law and civil law, McGill University (LL.B, B.C.L. McGill 1989); Masters from Columbia University in New York City (LL.M. Columbia 1993); Member of the Barreau du Québec (Quebec Bar) since 1991; Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; Founding Director of the Asian Law Institute (ASLI) from 2003 to 2008 and 2010 to 2012 and 2016 to 2019; Coach of the NUS team at the Vis Moot (2001-2009) (no longer coaches).
Canadian Citizen and Singapore Permanent Resident.

Mr Constantin BENCLINOV

Mr. Benclinov graduated in law from the University of Bucharest in 1998, when he also became a member of the Bucharest Bar Association. In 2002 he founded "Benclinov&Associates", which is a medium size law firm located in Bucharest, Romania. In 2004, Mr. Benclinov received a scholarship to the UNIDROIT Institute - Rome focuses on "Culpa in Contrahendo in International Commercial Contracts".

Mr. Benclinov was involved as counselor before the International Arbitration Court from Paris or in International Ad-Hoc Arbitration Cases in several files settled under Romanian or International Law (UNIDROIT Principles). Also, he is highly skilled in representing and advising international clients on issues concerning various economic sectors such as: financial, agriculture, green energy and real-estate.
Mr. Benclinov is included on the BIAC’s closed list of arbitrators (the Bucharest International Arbitration Court).

Starting with 2003, he is involved in Vienna Vis C. Moot as a coach and arbitrator.

Mr Christoph Berchtold

Christoph Berchtold participated at the Vienna Moot in 2012. After graduating from the University of Berne in 2012 (MLaw), he worked at a Swiss law firm in Zug. In 2014 he has been admitted to the bar in Switzerland. Since then he works as an Attorney at law at Meyer Lustenberger | Lachenal in Zurich in the practice areas of Patents and Pharmaceutical Law / Trademarks, Design and Advertising / Arbitration and Litigation.

Eur Ing Professor Geoffrey Beresford Hartwell

Consulting Engineer and Chartered Arbitrator. Originally trained as Marine Engineer, the in design, research and development in first aerospace and then nuclear power generation before general engineering consultancy in private practice. 40+ years in occasional international and domestic arbitration. Former Chairman of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and President of the Society of Construction Arbitrators. One time lecturer at Kingston and Cardiff Universities, former visiting Professor at Brunel University Law School. External, now Visiting Professor of Arbitration Law, University of Glamorgan, now South Wales, Currently in private practice.
Physically disabled.

Mr Luis Bergolla

Luis Bergolla is an attorney with experience in international commercial arbitration, business organizations, secured transactions, and international business transactions. Mr. Bergolla received his first degree in law from the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (Venezuela), his Master of Laws (LL.M.) from the University of Georgia, and his Juris Doctor (J.D.) from the University of Arizona (Rogers). Mr. Bergolla is currently a Law Fellow at the James E. Rogers College of Law for the academic year of 2015-2016. Previous working experience includes service as attorney with the Department of International Law of the Organization of American States. Mr. Bergolla is licensed to practice law in Venezuela, Spain, New York, and is registered as Special Legal Consultant with the bar of the District of Columbia.

Mr Lino Bernard

Lino Bernard is currently employed as a research/teaching assistant for the chair of civil law, private international law and comparative law of Professor Peter Huber at the Johannes-Gutenberg University of Mainz. Lino is working on his doctoral thesis in the area of International Civil Procedure Law. Before that, he was employed as a research assistant in the litigation department of an international law firm in Frankfurt am Main. He came in contact with the Moot 2012/13 as a participant, 2015/16 and 2017/18 as an arbitrator in Vienna and 2017/2018 in Hongkong.

Mrs Renata Berzanskiene

Law firm Ellex, associate 1992-1996; own law firm 1996-1999; Partner at law firm SORAINEN 1999-2018; General Counsel and Compliance Coordinator at AB ORLEN Lietuva from 2018 - 2024 September; Supervisory Council member of ORLEN Latvia 2018 - 2024 September and ORLEN Estonia 2018 - 2024 September; Head of Legal VILNIAUS DEGTINE UAB (MBWS Group) 2024 November - until now; member of ICC Court of Arbitration 2018 - 2024 July (appointed for two terms); arbitrator at Vilnius Court of Commercial Arbitration from 1999 with an experience of more than 70 cases and co-organiser of Vilnius Arbitration Day conferences. Has been a member of the National Group of Lithuania in the Permanent Court of Arbitration since 2011 for one term. I was elected as a member of the Commission on Arbitration and Mediation of the Lithuanian Business Confederation and became the Chairwoman of this commission in March 2016. In 2006, the Czech Arbitration Court selected me as a panelist with the Czech Arbitration Court for .eu domain name disputes. On 20 March 2014, the National Courts Administration designated Renata as a court mediator and included me in the List of Court Mediators. I asked de-registration from this list on 2025 January. From 2008 - to November 2014 I was the head of the Lithuanian Delegation to the Council of Bars & Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) and led the International Relations Committee at the Lithuanian Bar Association.

Mr Abhinav Bhushan

I am currently a Member, International Arbitrator & CEO Asia at 39 Essex Chambers, Singapore. I currently act as an arbitrator in international arbitrations under the aegis of major arbitral institutions (ICC, SIAC, LMAA etc.). Prior to this, I was Director, South Asia for ICC Arbitration & ADR in Singapore from 2016-2019. From 2012-2016, I was a Deputy Counsel at the Secretariat of the ICC International Court of Arbitration in Paris, France. I was a member of the case management team that predominantly handles arbitrations with connections to common law jurisdictions. Before joining the ICC, I completed my LL.M. at Columbia Law School, where I earned a certificate in Foreign and Comparative Law. My first law degree is from the Government Law College in Mumbai, one of India’s top law schools, where I graduated in 2008 at the top of my class and was elected as the President of both the student body and the Moot Court Association. After earning that degree, I worked for 2 years, as an associate at one of India’s oldest and most prominent law firms, Mulla & Mulla & Craigie Blunt & Caroe. At Mulla, I worked on complex international commercial arbitration cases and contentious corporate litigation matters. I also had the opportunity to intern in London and Singapore. I have been arbitrating at VIS Vienna for the last 6 years.

Mr Stephan Biehl

My name is Stephan Biehl and I am 26 years old. I studied at the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität in Mainz (Germany) and earned my law degree in January 2015 (First State Examination). Now, I am a Ph.D. candidate and a research assistant at the chair of Prof. Dr. Gruber at this university. In my dissertation I deal with a problem in the field of international commercial arbitration. I participated in the 19th Vis Moot and the 9th Vis East Moot in 2012. For me, the participation in the Vis Moot was an unique experience and it is a pleasure to be part of the event again.

Dr Peter Binder

www.international-commercial-arbitration.com

Mr Tobias Birsak

Tobias is an Associate in the Dispute Resolution Group of Graf & Pitkowitz in Vienna. He studied Law at the Universities of Vienna and Nottingham (UK) and interned with a number of international law firms in Vienna and Zurich. Besides pursuing his Doctorate degree in law and a Bachelor in Business Administration, Tobias lectures Mediation at the University of Mekelle (Ethiopia).

Mr Jan Willem Bitter

1977 JD Leyden University, 1978-1981: IUE Florence 1983: admitted to Rotterdam bar; 1989: PhD IUE Florence; 1990: Partner Trenité Van Doorne; 1997-1999: resident partner Trenité Van Doorne in Havana, Cuba; 2001: partner Nolst Trenité; 2001: secretary Netherlands Arbitration Istitute (until 2010); 2002: partner Simmons & Simmons Trenité; 2010: of counsel Simmons & Simmons LLP Amsterdam; 2016 partner C-Legal Amsterdam. 2017 partner Jonker Abeln Advocaten Amsterdam. Languages: Dutch (mother tongue), English, French, German, Italian and Spanish (all fluent). Publications: commentary to CISG in Dutch

Ms Lene Bjerre

Lene Bjerre works as an assistant attorney in Copenhagen, Denmark. Lene participated in the 20th Vis Moot.

Professor Andrea Bjorklund

Andrea K. Bjorklund is the L. Yves Fortier Chair in International Arbitration and International Commercial Law at McGill University Faculty of Law. She is an adviser to the American Law Institute’s project on restating the U.S. law of international commercial arbitration. She is also a member of the Advisory Board of the Investment Treaty Forum of the British Institute for International and Comparative Law She is on the panel of arbitrators of the International Center for Dispute Resolution of the American Arbitration Association. Professor Bjorklund is widely published in investment law and dispute resolution and transnational contracts.

Prior to entering the academy she was an attorney-adviser on the NAFTA arbitration team in the Office of the Legal Adviser of the U.S. Department of State. She was Senior Counsel to Commissioner Thelma J. Askey of the U.S. International Trade Commission, and was in private practice at Miller & Chevalier, Chartered, in Washington, D.C. Professor Bjorklund has a J.D. from Yale Law School, an M.A. in French Studies from New York University, and a B.A. (with High Honors) in History and French from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.

Mr Jeremy Bloomenthal

Jeremy Bloomenthal, LL.M. (MIDS), FCIArb, ArbP is an independent practitioner serving as counsel, arbitrator, and tribunal secretary. He has participated in over 50 arbitrations, including domestic commercial cases, international commercial cases, and investor-State arbitrations. He has experience under most of the major sets of arbitration rules, including those of the ICC, LCIA, AAA-ICDR, Swiss Arbitration Centre, SIAC, PCA, SCC, JCAA, KCAB, and FINRA, as well as in ad hoc arbitrations under the UNCITRAL rules and under the Swiss PILA. He has practiced in New York, Tokyo, Hanoi/Singapore, and Geneva, and since 2017 has been based in the Boston area. Jeremy teaches international arbitration as an adjunct lecturer at New England Law | Boston.

Ms Firuza Bobokulova

Member of International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce
Head of Arbitration and ADR Department at PraeLegal Uzbekistan Law Firm
Lecturer of Commercial Law Department at Westminster International University in Tashkent

Dr Rouven F Bodenheimer

Dr Rouven F Bodenheimer, MA FCIArb CArb is co-founder of BODENHEIMER formerly BODENHEIMER HERZBERG, a law firm specialising in international dispute resolution.

Dr Rouven Bodenheimer specialises in conflict resolution and primarily renders advice on construction law. Besides civil court proceedings he has been involved in numerous arbitration cases governed institutionally (DIS, ICC, LCIA, SCC, DIAC, VIAC, DIA, CAS and CEAC) as well as ad hoc arbitration. He has garnered significant experience as sole arbitrator, co-arbitrator, chairman and counsel in various arbitration proceedings, both domestically and internationally. He is particularly experienced in disputes involving difficult technical issues and large infrastructure projects. His expertise lies in fields as diverse as infrastructure, energy, construction and PPP projects.

Due to his vast experience in both common law and civil law related matters, he is specifically sought-after as counsel and arbitrator in international disputes. Many cases involved parties and projects in the Asia- Pacific region, which have led him to develop a profound intercultural understanding with a view to different legal traditions.

Upon completing his formal legal education, Dr Bodenheimer published a doctoral thesis on a trade law topic in a comparative perspective under German and English law and obtained an additional master's degree in business mediation.
Dr Bodenheimer lectures on mediation and international arbitration at different prestigious German universities. He regularly publishes articles, book reviews and book contributions in the field of international arbitration and dispute resolution and is today a highly sought-after speaker at conferences around the world.

Dr Bodenheimer served as co-chair of the DIS40, the under-40 member organisation of the German Institution for Arbitration. He is an active member of the International Bar Association's arbitration committee, and within that he was a founding member of the steering committee of the under-40 arbitration group. He is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) and a Chartered Arbitrator (C.Arb).

Peer-appointed, he is considered as one of the future leaders in international arbitration.

Dr Bodenheimer speaks German, English, Dutch and French.

Mrs Mileslava Bogdanovа

Mileslava Bogdanova-Misheva graduated with honors a Master of Laws at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”. She is currently working as an associate at a law firm in Sofia, Bulgaria. She is a member of the Sofia Bar Association since 2016 and works as an associate at a Bulgarian law firm.
She is one of the pioneers who established the presence of the Willem C. Vis Commercial Arbitration Moot in Bulgaria. Mileslava was a team member of the Sofia University team consequently in the 19th and 20th edition of the competition and has been co-coaching the team since 2013. In 2015 the team from Sofia University was among those awarded "honorable mention" for Memorandum for Respondent and in 2016 the team was awarded for its Memorandum for Claimant.
She has been an arbitrator at the Belgrade Open Pre-Moot since 2014 and at the Sofia Vis Pre-Moot in Bulgaria since 2015. Mileslava has been arbitarting at the Vis Moot's general rounds in Vienna for the past three editions of the Moot and she has been also evaluating written memoranda for years now.

Ms Alice Boldis

Alice is a Junior Associate in the Dispute Resolution practice of Pinsent Masons in Munich. She advises domestic and international clients in international arbitration and other forms of dispute resolution proceedings with a particular focus on energy and construction cases.
Before joining Pinsent Masons, Alice worked as a legal trainee for a renowned arbitrator in Munich and the ICC International Court of Arbitration in Paris. She also gained experience in commercial and construction law while working for a large international law firm in Munich during her studies.
Alice is a member of the German Institution of Arbitration (DIS40) and the associations of young arbitration practitioners of the International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (Young ICSID), the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC Young Arbitrators Forum), the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (Young ICCA) and the Young International Arbitration Group (YIAG).
Education
Junior Associate with Pinsent Masons, since 2015
Admission to the Munich Bar, 2015

Ms Olga Boltenko

Olga Boltenko is a senior associate in Clifford Chance's International Arbitration practice. She specialises in investment arbitration. Prior to joining Clifford Chance she acted as legal counsel in investor-state disputes under the auspices of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, and as tribunal secretary in dozens of commercial disputes, both ad hoc and institutional (including SIAC, ICC, HKIAC, SCC), in a wide array of industries including oil & gas, infrastructure, construction, telecommunications, and pharmaceuticals. She is listed as arbitrator on the HKIAC list of arbitrators and on the KLRCA panel of arbitrators. She is admitted in Russia and she is registered as a foreign lawyer in Singapore.

Mr Stephen Bond

Stephen is Senior of Counsel in Covington & Burling LLP's London office. He has focused on international commercial arbitration for almost 30 years. A former Secretary General of the ICC International Court of Arbitration and U.S. Member of the ICC Court, Stephen participated in the production of the 1998 and 2012 versions of the ICC Arbitration Rules. He has served as an advocate or arbitrator (sole, party, and chairman) in well over a hundred international arbitrations under the rules of the ICC, the LCIA, the Stockholm Arbitration Institute, the Japanese Commercial Arbitration Association, the Vienna Centre, and UNCITRAL, as well as acting as counsel in mediations. Stephen’s experience includes disputes in the energy, international joint venture, construction, defense, technology, sales and distribution fields. He is a frequent speaker and writer on international dispute subjects.

Ms Kateryna Bondar

Kateryna Bondar holds position of Legal Counsel in a group of trading companies in Geneva. She specialises in international dispute resolution, including commercial and investment treaty arbitration, cross-border litigation, commercial law and international trade. She is experienced in disputes involving shareholder agreements, sale and purchase agreements, distribution and agency contracts, shipping, and projects in the construction and energy sectors. Previously Kateryna worked in the law firms in Geneva, Zurich, Paris and Kyiv in international arbitration and litigation practice. She also worked at the World Bank Group Sanctions Board and the US Court of Federal Claims in Washington DC. Kateryna holds degrees in law from Harvard Law School (LL.M.), University of Geneva & the Graduate Institute (Master in international dispute settlement), Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (PhD in international law) and the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (LL.B., Specialist of Laws). Kateryna participated in several moot court competitions, including Telders International Law and Frankfurt Investment Arbitration moot courts. She is qualified as attorney at law in the State of New York and solicitor in England & Wales.

Ms Laura BONGIORNO

In the course of my Masters in International Business Law, I participated the 21st edition of the Annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot. After various experiences in the research & development, IT and aerospace industry sectors, I am today Contract Manager EMEA & LATAM at Groupe SNEF, a French leading company of 9,000 employees specialized in the energy, industrial processes, telecommunications and information technologies.

Ms Guley Bor

Guley Bor graduated from Bilkent University Law School, Ankara in 2013 and registered to the Istanbul Bar in October 2014. She is currently an associate at the Dispute Resolution Department of YukselKarkinKucuk Attorney Partnership, Turkey's largest law firm, where she works extensively on commercial litigation and arbitration.

Ms. Bor represented Bilkent University in the 20th Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot and the Pre-Moot held at University of Belgrade as both team member and oralist. She also participated in the 21st and 22nd Moots as arbitrator.

Mr Julian Bordaçahar

Mr. Julian Bordaçahar works as Legal Counsel at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) at The Hague and is the PCA Representative in the Argentine Republic, where he Heads the PCA Buenos Aires Office. Before joining the PCA, he worked in the International Arbitration Team of LALIVE in Geneva while he was completing his LL.M. Studies at the Geneva Masters in International Dispute Settlement (MIDS), where he graduated summa cum laude. He obtained his law degree from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) in 2013 after spending a semester as an exchange student at the Univeristy of Texas at Austin, and also conducted post-graduate studies in Oil & Gas Law at the UBA. He has represented the UBA in the VIS moot as a student on two occasions, in 2012 and 2013 where his team won a “Frederic Eisemann Award” for advancing to the elimination rounds of 32. Since then and until present, he has coached the UBA team. He was the Head Coach of the UBA in 2016 when the UBA won the Oral Rounds of the Vis Moot. He is a former associate at Baker & Mckenzie in Buenos Aires where he practiced litigation and international and domestic arbitration. Additionally, he attended the "International Academy for Arbitration Law" in Paris, in July 2014. He has also participated in other arbitration moots such as the FDI Moot in King's College, London 2011 where he was awarded a "Best Advocate Honorable Mention", and in the first edition of the the Young Arbitrators Match, having been awarded the "Best Award" prize as part of a three member tribunal along with two Argentine colleagues. In addition, he regularly publishes articles related to arbitration issues and has taught International Arbitration and International Sales of Goods as well as Protection of Foreign Investments and Investment Arbitration at the University of Buenos Aires and the Universidad del Salvador.

Ms Felicia Boyd

Felicia J. Boyd has extensive experience in complex IP disputes including, patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade dress. Her experience spans a diverse array of industries, including financial and investment services, medical devices, software, music, pharmaceuticals and manufactured goods.

Felicia has significant experience including complex case management and the coordination of global discovery efforts. She effectively designs and implements litigation strategy consistent with client objectives. Additionally, Felicia advises on Markman strategy, briefing and argument, and the selection and development of all experts.

Notably, Felicia also serves as an arbitrator and mediator. She is a fellow of the CIArb (Chartered Institute of Arbitrators), and is a member of LCIA (The London Court of International Arbitration), ArbitralWomen and the complex commercial litigation panel and the consumer litigation panel of the American Arbitration Association. She excels in her ability as an arbitrator and mediator, possessing hard-earned people skills and the capacity to see beyond adversity. Felicia is appreciated for her intellectual prowess, objectivity, credibility, tact, perseverance, patience, leadership and ability to create synergy among even the most disparate parties.

Mr James Boykin

James H. Boykin is a partner in the Arbitration & Alternative Dispute Resolution Practice Group at the Washington, DC office of Hughes Hubbard & Reed. His practice focuses on international arbitration and includes state-to-state and investor-state arbitration as well as commercial disputes.

Mr. Boykin has represented investors in treaty arbitrations under the ICSID, UNCITRAL, and SCC Rules. In addition, he has represented clients in commercial arbitrations under the ICDR and ICC Rules. Mr. Boykin is a member of the Expedited Commercial Panel of the American Arbitration Association. Mr. Boykin also frequently represents consumers in arbitrations under the AAA Consumer Rules and provides training to legal aid lawyers about how to make arbitration work for consumers.

Dr Domenic Brand

Dr Domenic Brand is an associate in the litigation and arbitration team of Kellerhals Carrard in Berne, Switzerland. He advises and represents companies and private individuals, focusing on commercial law disputes. His areas of expertise include construction and real estate law, contract law, corporate law, collective investment law (particularly property funds), civil procedure law and arbitration. He has industry experience in the real estate sector, namely in property management and valuation.

Dr Laura Bräuninger

Dr. Laura Bräuninger is an associated partner in the Gleiss Lutz Dispute Resolution Practice Group with a specialisation in international commercial and investment arbitration and cross-border litigation. She is admitted in Germany and regularly advises and represents clients in arbitration proceedings. Laura Bräuninger studied law at the University of Tübingen and Charles University in Prague. She regularly publishes and speaks on topics of international arbitration and wrote her dissertation on the influence of European Union law on bilateral investment treaties concluded by member states and third states. She is a lecturer on international arbitration at the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena and the University of Speyer.

Mr Fernando Breda

Licensed President of ARBITAC. Partner at Araúz & Advogados Associados (Curitiba, Brazil). Adjunct Professor at Universidade Positivo (Brazil).

Ms Lorraine Marie Brennan

Lorraine M. Brennan is an accomplished national and international dispute resolution professional.
She is prominently recognized and respected for her broad range of professional experience involving
complex commercial litigation, domestic and international arbitration and mediation, and her service
as a distinguished global member of law school faculties from the United States to China. Ms.
Brennan is a highly sought-after speaker and frequent lecturer on complex commercial dispute
resolution. She maintains prominent leadership roles in multiple organizations, including
ArbitralWomen, the International and Dispute Resolution Sections of the American Bar Association
and the Institute for Transnational Arbitration (Member of Advisory Board). Ms. Brennan is one of only
eight members appointed by the U.S. State Department to serve on the NAFTA 2022 Advisory
Committee on Private Commercial Disputes. She is a (pending) Fellow of the Chartered Institute of
Arbitrators. She is proficient in French with a working knowledge in Spanish.
Ms. Brennan is an adjunct Professor teaching International Commercial Arbitration at
Georgetown Law School, and taught International Business Transactions at Cornell Law School and
Shantou Law School, Guangdong, China.
ADR Experience and Qualifications
Ms. Brennan has served as Sole Arbitrator, Co-Arbitrator, Chair of the Tribunal, Secretary to the
Tribunal, and counsel in a number of cases under different institutional rules, including JAMS,
UNCITRAL, ICC, AAA, and Ad Hoc proceedings.

Professor William Bridge

Member of he Law Faculty at Southern Methodist University since 1977. Teaching Comparative Law, Criminal Law, Evidence, Professional Responsibility. Faculty Coach of the SMU Vis and Jessup Teams. BSFS, JD, Georgetown, Jervey Fellow, Columbia

Mr Sebastian Brinkmann

since 10/2013: EY Hamburg - Consultant
2012-2013: Master of Laws at the University of Osnabrueck
2007-2012: Law studies at the University of Osnabrueck
2008/09: Participant in the 16th (6th) Vis (East) Moot for the University of Osnabrueck

Ms Alba Briones

As an associate in the Hogan Lovells International Arbitration and Litigation group, Alba Briones focuses her practice in commercial litigation and arbitration as well as investment arbitration. She brings extensive experience in contract disputes, construction, engineering, energy, finance and share purchase agreements, among others. Alba has acted before the ICC, CAM, CIMA, ICDR and ICSID, as well as in ad hoc arbitrations under the UNCITRAL Rules, as Secretary to the Arbitral Tribunal or as Counsel. Before joining Hogan Lovells, Alba worked for over four years for the renowned Spanish arbitrator, Mr. Juan Fernández-Armesto. Alba was co-chair of the Spanish Arbitration Club under forty for the 2013-2014 period.

Prof Valerio Brizzolari

J.D.
University of Roma Tre: December 2014 graduation with honours in Civil procedure; March 2019 PhD with honours in Private law. 2021 Nationa habilitation as Associate professor of Private Law. Currently lawyer and Private law reserarcher at the University of Palermo

Prof Dr Eckart Brödermann

ECKART BRÖDERMANN (BORN 1958 IN HAMBURG, GERMANY)

Professor Dr. Eckart Brödermann, LL.M. (Harvard) is managing partner and founder of the boutique corporate law firm Brödermann Jahn which operates worldwide out of Hamburg/Germany with connections to over 40 jurisdictions in an average practice year. He has been concentrating over the last 15 years on international arbitrations, transactions and complex projects. He is expert in transnational project management. With his team of 20 lawyers, he has been involved in the past years in-depth in about 20 industries including e.g. aviation (aircraft), automotive, chemistry, construction (public procurement), cosmetics, energy (oil, gas, electricity, renewable energy), food, health care, insurance, IT & technology, logistics, pharmaceuticals, real estate, satellite, shipbuilding, sports, textile.

He is also Professor at the University of Hamburg where he teaches international contract law and arbitration including risk management.

Eckart Brödermann Certified Specialist in International Business Law (Germany) and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (London). He is Managing Director of the Chinese European Arbitration Center (CEAC), Vice Chair of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association‘s Dispute Resolution and Arbitration Committee and a Member of the Board of the Hamburg Bar. He was involved as an Official observer in the preparation of the UNCITRAL Space law protocol to the Cape Town Convention and of the latest version of the Unidroit Principles of International Commercial Contracts. Eckart Brödermann is author or co-author of numerous books and articles including, e.g. a commentary on German Civil Law (9th edition 2014) or a book on German private international law and international procedure, including international arbitration (7th edition 2014), in print.

He works in English, French, German and Italian.

Education and Professional Career:
He initially trained as a French lawyer (1977 – 1981). He holds titles from the Universities of Paris (Licencé en Droit 1980, Maître en Droit 1981).
He studied in the United States at Harvard University (LL.M. 1983) and took the New York Bar Exam (1983/84). Until today, he is a member of the New York Bar.
After a year in an international law firm in Washington D.C. (concentrating on a large international oil dispute against the state of Iran), Eckart registered as an U.S. attorney in Germany while he studied at Hamburg University (1984 – 1987).
Following the first state exam, he first clerked at the Court of Appeal in Hamburg for two and a half years and then practiced international business law in a major law firm until he was offered partnership.
In 1996, Eckart founded the BRÖDERMANN JAHN law firm as a spin-off. Shortly thereafter he was joined by his former senior partner Erhard Jahn.
In parallel, Eckart went on writing and teaching. In 1994, the University of Hamburg had awarded him the title of a Doctor Iuris.
In 2011, Eckart became a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (London).
In 2011, Eckart was awarded the life long title of a Professor. He is member of the Faculty of Law of the University of Hamburg.
He has acted in over a dozen cases as arbitrator, also as Chairman (ICC-Arbitration, CIETAC), and in numerous other cases as Counsel.

Mr Matthew Brown

Matt is a Senior Foreign Associate in the international arbitration group of Houthoff, practicing out of the Rotterdam office, in the Netherlands. Matt holds an LL.M. in International Civil & Commercial from Leiden University. While in law school in the United States, he studied in London at the QMUL School of International Arbitration and pleaded in the 19th and 20th Vis Moots for George Mason University School of Law, earning an Honorable Mention Best Oralist and pleading in the advancing rounds.

Matt has volunteered his time assisting Vis Moot Teams from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Leiden University.

Mag Katharina Brueckner

After having gained extensive experience as lawyer at Freshfields and Baker McKenzie Austria in the field of litigation and arbitration, I chose to explore the corporate world of a truly international company. My current occupation primarily focuses on civil and commercial law as well as public procurement law within the Siemens' Mobility Division.

Before joining Baker McKenzie as a lawyer in the field of litigation and arbitration, I completed my postgraduate studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science with distinction in year 2015 and worked nearly three years in the dispute resolution practice group of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer between 2012 and 2014, where I mainly focused on litigation (in particular antitrust litigation, financial institution disputes and product liability claims).

Further, I gained insights in academia by working as a research and teaching assistant at the University of Vienna's civil law department in 2011/12.

The focus of my postgraduate studies as well as of my previous work lay in litigation, arbitration, (international) private law as well as white collar crime. I passed the Austrian bar exam in June 2014 and was admitted to the Austrian Bar in September 2016.

Prof Christoph Brunner

Christoph Brunner is founder of Brunner Arbitration LLC, Bern / Switzerland. His practice focuses on international arbitration as well as complex and international litigation. He has acted as counsel, presiding arbitrator, sole arbitrator, co-arbitrator and legal expert in more than 120 international commercial arbitrations. His main areas of practice are international sales, construction and engineering, natural resources/energy, distribution and agency, joint ventures, partnerships, shareholders’ agreements and M&A.
Christoph Brunner was admitted to practice in 1994, received his doctorate in law (Dr iur) in 1996 (Eduard A Stein Prize), graduated from the University of California at Berkeley School of Law in 1997 (LLM) and is a titular professor at the University of Bern. He has published several books and numerous articles on commercial law and international arbitration and is the author of the well-known treatise “Force Majeure and Hardship under General Contract Principles - Exemption for Non-performance in International Arbitration” (KLI, 2009), as well as the author and editor of a Commentary on the CISG (German 2nd ed. 2014; English edition Kluwer, 2019).

Dr Jennifer Bryant

Dr Jennifer Bryant is a Partner with Noerr in Duesseldorf/Germany. Her practice focuses on corporate and commercial litigation and international arbitration. She regularly acts both as counsel and as arbitrator. Jennifer is board member of the German Arbitration Institute (DIS). She also frequently publishes and speaks in that field, and is recognized as "Rising Star" and "National Leader" in international arbitration. Participating team member of the University of Cologne in the 12th Willem C. Vis Moot Court in 2004/2005, Jennifer has acted as coach and as arbitrator in Vienna and Hong Kong and various-pre moots ever since. Jennifer is admitted in Germany and the U.S. and has worked with leading international law firms in Duesseldorf, London and New York.

Mr Matthias Brzezinski

2010 - 2011, Junior Associate Konrad & Partners (International Arbitration), 2011 - 2015 Associate WOLF THEISS (International Arbitration, M&A, Banking&Finance), since 2015 Legal Counsel at European Investment Bank (Lending Operations Central Europe)

Ms Dafina Buçaj

Holds a Masters degree on International Law (LLM) from the University of Cambridge. Has previously obtained a Law degree from the University of Prishtina and a Bachelors Degree in Journalism from the University of Prishtina. Currently working as an Assistant Lecturer on International Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Prishtina, and as a legal Adviser for the Deputy Prime minister and Minister of Justice of Kosovo. Coach of the University of Prishtina Vis Team since 2012.

Ms Caroline Bühler

Ms Karin Bühler

I am an associate in the Litigation and Arbitration Team of Walder Wyss Zurich. I advise in dispute resolutions and represent parties in international arbitrations, before state courts and in enforcement and legal assistance matters. I focuses mainly on dispute resolution in all aspects of commercial law. Born in 1986, I studied at the University of Zurich (BLaw 2009; MLaw 2011). During my studies I worked for a Zurich based Law Firm. Before joining Walder Wyss, I gained work experience as a legal trainee and law clerk at the district court of Zurich. I was admitted to the bar in 2014 (Zurich Bar Registry). My professional languages are German and English.

Mr Maximilian Bülau

Name: Maximilian Bülau
Born: 06.06.1982 in Bonn
Nationality: German / Austrian

Professional background:

Since 01 February 2013: Rechtsanwalt (Associate) at Hengeler Mueller. Focus on dispute resolution (litigation & arbitration) and M&A.
2010-2011: Research assistant at White & Case Frankfurt (practice group International Arbitration)
2010: Trainee lawyer / legal clerkship at the Regional Court of Hanau, BaFin (German Securities Regulator) and White & Case Paris (practice group International Arbitration)
2005-2008: Research assistant at the Institute for German and International Civil Procedure and Conflict Management, University of Bonn (Professor Gerhard Wagner)

Legal Education:

2008-2009: University of Edinburgh (LL.M. in Commercial Law)
2002-2007: University of Bonn (1st Legal State Examination)

Prior Involvement with the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot:

2011: Arbitrator in the Edinburgh Pre-Moot
2010: Arbitrator in the Vienna general round
2010: Arbitrator in the Düsseldorf Pre-Moot
2005: Participant (Bonn University)

Ms Veranika Buracheuskaya

International arbitration lawyer with 6 years of experience in high profile international disputes in oil & gas, mining, transportation, infrastructure and other sectors. Represented clients in international investment and commercial arbitrations under the ICSID, SCC, ICC, UNCITRAL, LCIA and other rules, assisted in enforcement and set aside proceedings. Worked in several jurisdictions including Sweden and CIS region. Co-founded RWA Association to promote gender diversity in international arbitration (GAR Awards 2021 nomination in Equal Representation). Currently, conducting my Ph.D. research in investment arbitration and public policy. Actively participate in international conferences and seminars as a speaker, visiting lecturer and moot arbitrator (Foreign Direct Investment (“FDI”) Moot Global Finals: 2020, 2018, 2017, 2015; Willem C. Vis Moots and Pre-Moots: 2023, 2020, 2019, 2016).
Languages: English, German, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Russian.
Academic awards include:
• Winner of the republican research competition among students, undergraduates and graduates organized by United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 2008
• 1st place in BSU Scientific Conference among bachelor, master and PhD students for the research “Völkerrechtlicher Schutz des Weltkulturerbes, 2011
• Winner of the on international security regulation (attended Chicago Summit 2012);
• 2nd place in the XV DeMartens Competition in international humanitarian law held by International
Committee of the Red Cross, 2012

Mr Daniel Burghelea

LL.B - Bucharest University 2000; LL.M - Stockholm University 2014 (International Commercial Arbitration Law). Member of the Bucharest Bar Association since 2003. Senior lawyer with experience in commercial dispute resolution, corporate and insurance regulatory law.

Ms Simone Burlet

- Associate at Bär & Karrer AG (since 2012; Arbitration/Litigation Practice Group)
- King's College London: LL.M. in International Business Law (2014)
- Admitted to the Zurich Bar (2011)
- Law Clerk at the District Court of Horgen (2008-2011)
- Trainee at a Swiss law firm (2007-2008)
- 2005/2006: Participation Vis Moot with University of Lucerne
- University of Lucerne: MLaw (2007)

Ms Anna-Katharina Busolt

Anna-Katharina Busolt is an Associate with Noerr LLP in Duesseldorf. She specializes in Corporate and Commercial Litigation, Arbitration and ADR, advising clients both in domestic and international disputes. Before and during her legal traineeship Ms Busolt worked with leading international law firms in Paris, Munich and Duesseldorf. Ms. Busolt spent a part of her legal traineeship at the International Court of Arbitration of the ICC in Paris. In 2009 she completed a training as commercial mediator with the Munich Center for Dispute Resolution. She participated in the 8th Law School Mediation Tournament in Chicago in 2010 and in the 14th/4th Willem C. Vis Moot Court in Vienna and Hong Kong in 2007 for the University of Munich.

Executive Dean Petra Butler

Executive Dean & Professor; Director, Institute of Small and Micro States (ISMS); New Zealand UNCITRAL & UNIDROIT rapporteur; OGEMID moderator; ITA Academic Council, fully qualified German and New Zealand lawyer; areas of interest & research: international commercial contracts, international dispute resolution, (international & domestic) human rights, law reform & small states

Ms Amanda Butros

Brazilian Lawyer graduated in Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado (FAAP). Participated in the Vis Moot once as an oralist and is currently coaching the FAAP team. Attorney at DR&A Advogados. Practice Areas: M&A, Corporate Law, Insurance and Reinsurance.

Mrs Katarina Byelka

Mrs Katarina Byekla LLM, FCIArb is a multilingual dual-qualified US attorney and solicitor of England and Wales with background in civil law, common law and international arbitration. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and, based in London, Mrs Byelka specialises in complex international arbitration and litigation disputes, gaining her experience working for top global and US law firms. She also teaches International Commercial and Investment Arbitration subjects at the School of Law, Comenius University, Slovakia. Mrs Byelka gained her LLM in Arbitration from the School of International Arbitration, Queen Mary University of London, which she represented at arbitration moot competitions. She works as an arbitration adviser, speaks at arbitration conferences, publishes on arbitration topics and is involved in organising arbitration conferences in Slovakia. Mrs Byelka has also worked on the revision of Comparative International Commercial Arbitration by Julian D. M. Lew, Loukas A. Mistelis and Stefan M. Kröll, third edition of Gary Born’s treatise International Commercial Arbitration as well as co-authored a chapter in investment arbitration treatise Investment Arbitration in Central and Eastern Europe, Law and Practice.

Mr Florian Cahn

Florian Cahn currently holds the position of Vice President Legal, Patents & Insurance and General Counsel of Framatome GmbH in Erlangen. His special focus lies on advising complex infrastructure projects and high-profile legal proceedings. Immediately preceding his current post he worked in the Paris headquarters of AREVA in charge of the in-house team advising on one of the largest construction arbitrations pending at that time before an ICC tribunal. A German-qualified and registered attorney, Florian holds a university degree in law from Bonn University and a post-graduate LL.M. degree in European and International Business Law from ARU Cambridge. Florian is currently a member of the board of the. German Arbitration Institute (DIS) and the steering committee of the Corporate Counsel International Arbitration Group (CCIAG). He was also part of the consolidation commission of the German Institution of Arbitration (DIS) charged with the renewal of its Arbitration Rules. He is a regular speaker and panellist at international conferences on the topics of legal project management and dispute resolution and has published inter alia on the topic of turn-key contracts in plant construction projects.

Mr Alistair Calvert

Alistair is a partner with Bracewell in London. His practice encompasses managing international arbitration (including conducting advocacy), High Court litigation, mediation, and other forms of alternative dispute resolution for clients in the energy sector.

St Catharine's College, Cambridge University
College of Law, London

Mr Bernhard Campara-Kopeinig

10/2014 – ongoing: Attorney at Law at PHH Prochaska Havranek Rechtsanwälte
11/2014 – 10/2014: Associate at PHH Prochaska Havranek Rechtsanwälte supporting the practice group led by Dr. Prochaska in litigation and arbitration matters as well as white collar crime;
10/2012 - 07/2014: Associate at fwp Fellner Wratzfeld & Partner Rechtsanwälte GmbH supporting the litigation, banking & finance and white-collar crime as well as restructuring & insolvency department;
04/2012 - 08/2012: Part-time employment at the law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Practice Group Arbitration (Dr. Horvath);
04/2012 - 08/2012: Compulsory traineeship at the District Court of Liesing, Vienna (civil and criminal matters) and Regional Court for Civil Matters of Vienna
02/2012 - 03/2012: Internship at the law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Practice Groups Antitrust, Competition & Trade, Arbitration, IP/IT, Corporate & Finance
06/2011 - 07/2011: Internship at the law firm Thielen & Kollegen in Mainz, Germany
01/2011 - 06/2011: Exchange semester abroad at the University of Lund, Sweden
08/2009: Internship at the legal department of Hi3G Access AB, Stockholm
08/2008 - 01/2011: Part-time employment at the legal department of Hutchison 3G Austria GmbH as Lawful Interception Specialist
02/2005 - 10/2005: Assignment abroad KFOR, Kosovo
Sporting activities: Climbing, Mountinbiking, Skitours, Team sports like Football, Floorball and Ice hockey
Languages: German, English and Swedish

Mr Christian Campbell

Director, Foreign Direct Investment International Arbitration Moot
Assistant Director, Center for International Legal Studies
Permanent Secretary, International Business Law Consortium

Ms Giulia Carbone

I have 6-year experience as counsel in international commercial and investment arbitrations under leading institutional rules (e.g. ,ICC, LCIA, DIAC, ICSID, UNCITRAL and ad hoc), and as administrative secretary of the arbitral tribunal in ICC, LCIA, DIAC and ad hoc proceedings. My practice focuses on disputes relating to international procurements and construction contracts, energy, oil and gas, telecommunication and post M&A litigation.
I hold an LL.M. in International Law from Cambridge University, Trinity College, with a focus on Settlement of International Disputes.
I have been admitted to the Roll of Solicitor of England and Wales, to the Paris Bar (as UE established lawyer) and to the Italian Bar.
My working languages are English and French.

Ms Gillian Carmichael Lemaire

Gillian Carmichael Lemaire is a dual-qualified international disputes practitioner. After starting out as a litigator in Scotland, she spent 30 years in commercial and investor-state arbitration in Paris, where she was senior counsel and partner in several international law firms. Gillian set up Carmichael Lemaire Ltd in London in 2016 and practices as a member of the Paris Bar. As well as representing parties throughout dispute resolution processes, Gillian sits on the panels of several international institutions as an arbitrator and is an accredited mediator. She is a non-executive director of the board of the Scottish Arbitration Centre and teaches international arbitration as a visiting lecturer at the University of Aberdeen. She is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and serves on the committee of the CIArb's London branch. She is fluent in English and French.

Mrs Cecilia Carrara

Cecilia Carrara is a partner of the Firm Legance Avvocati Associati and has a significant experience in the field of national and international, commercial and investment arbitration proceedings, both institutional and ad hoc, acting both as counsel and as arbitrator, and is further active more generally in the field of international commercial litigation.
Cecilia Carrara also focuses on mergers & acquisitions, extraordinary corporate transactions and commercial contracts. She is responsible of the Legance German desk, with a specific focus on German speaking countries and on East Europe.
She is pro bono partner at Legance coordinating the corporate social activities of the Firm.
Cecilia Carrara is a member of the Board of ICC Italy, of the ICC International Court of Arbitration, of the ICC Commission, of the ICC Task Force on Emergency Arbitrator Proceedings for Italy and of the ICC Task Force on Arbitration of Climate Change Related Disputes. She is co-founder of Arbit (the Italian forum of arbitration practitioners), co-chair of the arbitration working group of ASLA (the Association of Italian Law Firms), and member of the Council of AIA (Associazione Italiana per l’Arbitrato). She is also a member of IBA (International Bar Association), LCIA (London Court of International Arbitration), DIS (Deutsche Institution für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit) and ArbitralWomen.

Dr Michael Cartier

Michael Cartier is managing associate at Walder Wyss. He represents parties in international arbitrations under all major institutional rules and in ad-hoc proceedings, before state courts and in enforcement and legal assistance matters. He is listed as an expert for arbitration in Who’s Who Legal 2016. He also acts as arbitrator and is listed on the panel of arbitrators of the ICC National Committee (Switzerland). The focus of his work is on construction disputes and international commercial law. He also advises clients in white-collar criminal law matters and corporate investigations. He is currently Chair of the Technology and Communications Committee of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA).

Born in 1978, Michael Cartier attended St. Gall University (lic. iur. HSG 2001, Dr. iur. 2007). During his studies he spent a year in Japan studying Japanese and working for a Japanese trading company. He clerked at the District Court of Ober-/Neutoggenburg (Canton St. Gall) and the Department of Building and Environment of the Canton Appenzell Ausserrhoden, and has been practicing law in Zurich since 2004.

Mr Bernardo Cartoni

Bernardo is a triple qualified lawyer admitted to the Bar of Italy and Poland as well as a Solicitor in E&W, currently Co-Head of the Arbitration Practice at Mezzle, a Law Firm based in England and the UAE .
He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and is in the SHIAC Panel of Arbitrators. Bernardo is also a member of the Swiss Chinese Law Association. He is listed among persons to be considered as potential arbitrators in LCIA (London Court of International Arbitration) and other arbitral institutions.
Bernardo has written about 40 papers, especially in the matter of tax law and criminal tax law, but also in arbitration-related matters. Among his articles are: "Small claims and institutional arbitration: an overview", "Is the CISG applicable to the Hong Kong-related disputes?", "Interim measures abroad and international commercial arbitration: brief remarks on a recent case", "A Rising Star: The Emergency Arbitrator", "The Expedited Procedure in Maritime Arbitration: an Overview" and "Third Party Funding; Gambler's Nirvana or Useful Tool? Recent developments in Hong Kong and Singapore", "Arbitrator's bias between Halliburton and Sun Yang" and "The Emergency Arbitrator under CIETAC rules 2015".
Languages spoken: Italian, English, Polish, Chinese and French.

Ms Mayra Carvalho

LL.M candidate at Stockholm University - International Commercial Arbitration 2015/2016 - Sweden

Education: Bachelor of Law (LL.B), Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, 2012 - Brazil

LL.M in Civil and Labour Law, Facha University, 2014 - Brazil

Professional background: Lawyer at Chaves de Azevedo e Advogados Associados (2012 – 2015), Law Firm specialized in Labour, Civil and Contract Law - Brazil

Admitted in the Brazilian Bar Exam in 2012

Intership At Exceler Ltda. – Litigation and Contracts - 2011 - - Brazil

Internship at Procon – Public Association In Consumers Defense - 2009 - - Brazil

Internship at Eskenazi Pernidji Advogados – Law firm in the field of Commercial and Investment Law. - 2008 - - Brazil

Internship at Proteste – Brazilian Association of Consumers Defense - 2007 - - Brazil

Internship at Public Defenders office - 2006 - Brazil

Mr J. Brian Casey

Founding member of Bay Street Chambers and full time arbitrator; Former partner with Baker & McKenzie International; Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto Law School; Member of the Advisory Council of the American Arbitration Association.; Chair of the ICDR Canadian Advisory Committee.; Author of Arbitration Law of Canada:Practice and Procedure.

Mr Ondrej Cech

Ondrej Cech is a Senior Associate with Vienna and Prague office of ZEILER specializing in international commercial and investment arbitration. His clients include key players in energy and construction sectors, sovereign states and various other entities involved in international trade. In addition to his counsel work, Ondrej also serves as an arbitrator and tribunal secretary. He is also active in the academic field as a teacher at the Charles University in Prague. Ondrej is an active member of the Czech legal community and one of the co-founders of YCAP (Young Czech Arbitration Professionals). In this capacity, Ondrej is the spokesperson of the initiative supporting implementation of the UNCITRAL Model Law in the Czech Republic. He graduated from Charles University in Prague and Columbia University in New York with honours.

Miss Cansu Fatma Celik

I am an associate in an international law firm in Istanbul, Turkey. I experienced in international commercial arbitration and litigation proceedings. I work in our firm’s dispute resolution department and provide legal advice to domestic and international clients. I support the clients through all stages of the arbitration process. I also represent clients in court proceedings based on jurisdictional issues, interim injunctions in support of arbitral proceedings and recognition and enforcement of the arbitral awards obtained on behalf of the clients.
I graduated from LL.M in International Commercial Law program of Brunel University London. I am a former participant of the Annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot.
I would very much like to be an arbitrator in this year’s Annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot. I think that it is an excellent opportunity to meet international arbitration lawyers from around the globe.

Mr Çağrı Cem

Graduated from Marmara University Faculty of Law in 2008. Accomplished LLM studies in 2011. Currently he is a PhD Candidate at Marmara University on Private Law. He has been in-house legal counsel to STFA Investments Holdings since 2011, a major construction and energy conglomerate in Istanbul. Prior to joining STFA, he worked as independent legal counsel and attorney to several major steel producer and exporter companies in Turkey and represented them in a number of international arbitration cases. Besides his professional work, he has been coaching Marmara Team in Vis Moot for four years. He is regularly attending to hearings in Vienna since 2012, both as coach and as arbitrator.

Mr Steven Certilman

Attorney, arbitrator and mediator. Former Adjunct Professor of Law (international arbitration) at Fordham University School of Law in New York, NY. Published author, speaker and trainer in ADR. Principal author of treatise chapter entitled Arbitrability of International Intellectual Property Disputes. Former trustee and chair, Board of Trustees, The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Fellow of the Institute holding Chartered Arbitrator designation. Fellow of the College of Commercial Arbitrators.

Associate Professor Siyuan Chen

Siyuan obtained his LLB (First Class) from the National University of Singapore and LLM from Harvard. He is an Associate Professor with the Singapore Management University School of Law. His teaching and research interests lie in evidence law and appellate litigation.

Prof Dr Manjiao Chi

Manjiao Chi (Cliff) is a professor of law, Law School Xiamen University, China. He also holds various other affiliations in various international and national academic institutions. His research areas cover International arbitration, investment & trade law and dispute settlement. He teaches and publishes extensively in these areas and is frequently invited to present in international law conferences, such as the annual conference of American Society of International Law .
Manjiao is one of the very few people who has rich experience of international law practicing in China. He worked for the Dept. of Treaty & Law, Ministry of Commerce of China, dealing with WTO and investment disputes and policy-making. He is expert counsel for the Chinese Delegation for the China-US Bilateral Investment Treaty negotiations. He is a listed arbitrator in several arbitration institutions and often serves as arbitrator, expert witness and adviser in international arbitration cases.
Manjiao holds a Ph.D in Law degree and was Fellow of Max-Planck Institute (Heidelberg), Columbia Law School and UNIDROIT. His working languages are Chinese and English, with basic knowledge of German and French.

Mr Christopher Chinn

Based in Paris as an independent international arbitration practitioner(www.chinnarbitration.com), Christopher Chinn has worked in leading international arbitration law firms in New York and Paris since 1999. He has acted as counsel in commercial, construction, and investor-state arbitrations. He has acted as arbitrator under the rules of the ICC, the DIAC, the SAKIG, the HKIAC, and the KCAB, including in the French and English languages and under common law and civil law legal systems. Mr. Chinn is qualified as an attorney in Paris, England & Wales, and New York and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

Mr Michelangelo Cicogna

Michelangelo Cicogna is a partner in De Berti Jacchia Law Firm's Milan office. His practice over the last 20 years has mainly focused on arbitration and ADR.

As counsel, Michelangelo has acted in both ad hoc and institutional arbitrations, mainly under the rules of the ICC, UNCITRAL, ICSID, DIS, Milan Chamber of Arbitration, AIA, Madrid Arbitration Court, Bucharest, Lebanon and MKAS, handling numerous complex arbitrations including multiparty disputes and parallel proceedings.

As arbitrator, he has served as chairman, sole arbitrator or co-arbitrator in a number of arbitrations under the ICC rules, DIS, Swiss and Milan rules, the PCA as well as in ad hoc arbitrations.

His arbitral work predominantly relates to construction or infrastructure projects, insurance coverage issues, IT and telecoms, joint ventures and consortia and general commercial matters.

He also regularly serves as mediator in international and domestic mediations.

Michelangelo has written extensively on mediation and arbitration matters and teaches Advocacy classes at Bocconi University .

He is a member of the ICC commission on arbitration, vice chair of the international arbitration committee ABA SIL, past-president of the AIJA international arbitration commission, co-founder and past co-chair of ArbIt, the Italian Forum for Arbitration and ADR.

Ms Catelli Cinzia

I graduated from the University of Zurich in 2006. After my studies, I was a trainee at Bär & Karrer (Switzerland). From 2008 to 2009 I worked as law clerk at the District Court of Dielsdorf, before being admitted to the Zurich Bar in 2010. From 2010 to 2012 I worked as an associate in a major Swiss law firm. In 2012/2013 I obtained an LL.M. degree from Harvard Law School and was admitted to the New York Bar. Since 2014, I am an associate with the Zurich office of Bär & Karrer. My work focuses on national and international arbitration and litigation. I represent Swiss and foreign individuals and entities before Swiss courts and act as party counsel in international arbitration.

Mr Ivan Cisar

Mr Cisár received his master degree in law (2009), the PhD degree in International and European Law (2016) from Masaryk University Faculty of Law in Brno, Czech Republic, and the LL.M. degree in International Dispute Settlement (2019), a joint program of Geneva University and Graduate Institute. During his studies, he participated, besides other moot courts, in Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot as a participant and then as a coach of the Masaryk University team. Currently, he works as an attorney associated with Skils law office in Prague, specialising in various forms of arbitration.

Mr Kevin Clement

Associate in International Arbitration Group of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Paris

Dr Carson Clements

Private International law expert and practitioner, specialized in international commercial and sales law, international commercial arbitration, and international business transactions .

Ms Ana Coimbra Trigo

Ana is a Portuguese Lawyer currently practicing International Arbitration at PLMJ Law Firm, in Lisbon, Portugal.
She is a Portuguese national who grew up in Macau, China. She is fluent in English and Mandarin and pursued her law studies at the University of Coimbra, Portugal, further holding an LL.M. in European and International Law from the China-EU School of Law (China University of Political Science and Law). Ana has also attended a Post-Graduate course in Arbitration (focusing on arbitration in Portugal and Portuguese-speaking countries) at the University of Lisbon and is currently a PhD candidate at NOVA School of Law, Lisbon. Ana speaks and publishes frequently in the field.
Ana participated in the Vis East Moot, March 2015, and serves an arbitrator in Vienna since 2017.
Her interests are International Private Law, International Business Law, Arbitration and Litigation.

Mr Tony Cole

Tony Cole FCIArb is an arbitrator at JAMS and Reader in Arbitration and Investment Law at Leicester Law School. He is a past Branch Chair of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He is co-author of Understanding International Arbitration (2018), as well as widely read reports on arbitration in both Europe and the Americas.  He is a member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration's Task Force on Disability Inclusion and International Arbitration.

He has more than 10 years’ experience as an arbitrator and advocate in international and complex commercial arbitrations, and has been invited to speak on arbitration at locations around the world. A dual Australian-UK national, he has been qualified in New York since 2005 and practised in White & Case’s New York office. He is on the list or panel of a range of leading arbitral institutions worldwide.

He is currently overseeing a £1 million, five-year research project into the social and psychological underpinnings of commercial arbitration in Europe.

Based in both London and New York, he serves as an arbitrator, mediator and special master in a number of practice areas, but has particular experience in commercial, transportation (aviation/maritime), construction, education and financial disputes.

Ms Gabriela Cosío Patiño

I participated in the Moot for 2 years as a speaker and once as and twice as an arbitrator and coach. I was awarded with an honorable mention during the XXI Willem C Vis Moot. I work in Garrigues Mexico as a lawyer in the International Taxation and Interantional Arbitration field, dealing with International Doble Taxation Agreements and the Model Convention of the OECD.

Miss Camile Costa

Lawyer on business strategy and intellectual property, with LLM in International Commercial Law and Dispute Resolution at SiLS. Brazilian accredited Mediator, Trainer at Negotiation Academy and Founder of Sermais.me.

Dr Maurice Courvoisier

Maurice concentrates on advising and representing of parties in arbitration and litigation in all areas of corporate and commercial law as well as in art and theater law. He also acts as an arbitrator. Maurice is the legal advisor of the Union of Swiss Theatres and member of the Swiss Federal Arbitral Commission on the Exploitation of Copyrights and Neighbouring Rights, co-chair of the Basel local group of the Swiss Association for Arbitration (ASA) and member of the supervisory board for attorneys-at-law with the Basel Appellate Court. Born in 1970, Maurice was educated at the university of Basel (lic. iur. 1995; Dr. iur. 2001) and at the Columbia University in New York (LL.M. 1998). He was a research and teaching fellow for Prof. Ingeborg Schwenzer at the university of Basel and a research fellow of Swiss Federal Supreme Court Justice Prof. Thomas Geiser. Prior to joining Walder Wyss as a partner in 2014, he worked, amongst others, as clerk at the Bienne regional court and as of 2007 for a leading Swiss law firm (as of 2012 as a partner). Since 2001 he is (also) admitted to the state bar of New York. Maurice speaks English, German, French and Italian.

Miss Michelle Curth

Michelle attended Catholic University of America in Washington, DC and graduated law school in 2012. She competed in the Vis competition for two years, traveling to Vienna in both. Michelle currently works for WilmerHale in Washington DC, specializing in cross-border regulatory investigations and securities litigation and enforcement as a defense lawyer primarily for financial institutions. She coaches the Catholic University Vis Team.

Mr Douglas D.

Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Legal Assistant at Pinheiro Neto Advogados (São Paulo/Brazil); Oficial Secretary of Arbitral Tribunals in some national and international proceedings; Coaching Presbyterian Mackenzie University's arbitration group at the Vis Moot (Vienna) since 2013; Graduation at Law in Presbyterian Mackenzie University expected to 2015.

Prof Anthony Daimsis

Anthony Daimsis is a professor at the University of Ottawa, faculty of law and teaches contract law, international arbitration, and international sales law. He is Director of the joint civil law / common law program and has coached the Ottawa Vis team since 2003. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the current Chair of the Canadian branch. He has acted as sole arbitrator, party-appointed arbitrator, expert witness, and counsel in arbitrations and has appeared before courts in matters related to arbitration, contract law, and conflicts of law (PIL), including before Canada's Supreme Court. He a member of Littleton Chambers' (London, UK) international arbitration group. He is the Canadian rapporteur to UNCITRAL for the CISG.

Miss Amanda Dakoure

Amanda Dakouré is an Associate in the International Arbitration Group in Paris. Her practice includes international commercial and investment arbitration.

Prior to joining White & Case, Amanda acquired experience in international dispute settlement at the Appellate Body Secretariat of the WTO. She also acquired international arbitration experience in a major law firm in London and litigation experience in a Canadian law firm in Ottawa.

While studying law, Amanda worked for numerous departments of the Canadian government and served as Editor-in-Chief of the Ottawa Law Review.

Mr Martins Dambergs

Former mootist. PhD student in field of international arbitration. Practising lawyer in field of international arbitration, investment law and sports law.

Mr Robert Davidson

Mr. Davidson, formerly a partner in the firm of Baker & McKenzie, retired in 2003 to become a full-time arbitrator and mediator and the Director of JAMS Arbitration Practice. He has acted as an arbitrator in over 200 arbitrations, both domestic and international, and mediated in excess of 150 disputes. Among other listings, he is listed in the 2011 through 2014 Chambers (U.S.A.) directories as one of the U.S.A.’s leading international arbitrators (Tier 1), and is listed in The International Who’s Who of Commercial Mediation in 2012, 2013 and 2014. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and a former director and present member of the College of Commercial Arbitrators. He has sat as sole arbitrator, chair of tripartite panels and as a party-appointed arbitrator in arbitrations administered by all of the major arbitral institutions, including JAMS, the AAA, the ICDR, the ICC, CPR, the LCIA, the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, CIETAC, the Netherlands Arbitration Institute, and in various ad hoc arbitrations. He specializes in commercial cases. He lectures frequently and has published widely on various legal, arbitration and mediation topics. He is a cum laude graduate of the Wharton School at the Univ. of Pennsylvania (1967) and Columbia Univ. School of Law (1972) where he was designated a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. Detailed and specialty resumes can be accessed at www.jamsadr.com. He can be reached at rdavidson@jamsadr.com.

Ms Maria Davies

Ms Davies practises in the area of international law and dispute settlement. She studied for her undergraduate law degree at King’s College London, following which she completed her Master’s degree in International Business and Economic Law, together with a Certificate in International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution, at Georgetown University Law Center. In addition to being a Fulbright and Thanks to Scandinavia Scholar, she also graduated with the highest ranking among the graduating class and received Dean’s List honours. Ms Davies actively engages in research on international dispute settlement, with a particular focus on arbitration, and her work has been published in prominent journals in this area of law.

Mr Diederik de Groot

Four years ago Diederik de Groot (MCIArb) retired from DLA Piper (Amsterdam office) to start his own law firm as a sole practitioner. At DLA Piper, he was engaged in the firm's international dispute resolution practice and was a member of the global arbitration team. As counsel he has handled complex litigations and arbitrations in a wide range of areas (involving commercial contracts (sales, distribution & agency), manufacturing, joint-ventures, disputes between shareholders, post-acquisition issues, private enforcement of EU competition law, international trade, and technology). Diederik de Groot also served as an arbitrator in many ICC, NAI, UNCITRAL and other arbitrations. He has lectured and delivered papers at various conferences; he authored numerous publications on arbitration - more particularly on arbitration and EU law. As an independent arbitration lawyer, he is seeking appointments as an arbitrator; he is also available to act in an advisory capacity (legal opinions and expert testimony).

Ms Emmely de Haan

Emmely de Haan works as an associate at BermanKeuning Attorneys at Law & Strategy Consultants on St. Maarten, Dutch West Indies in the Caribbean. She holds a master's degree in Private Law, with a focus on International Trade Law and European Civil Procedure, from Utrecht University, The Netherlands. She also obtained an LL.M. degree in International Trade Law and Regulation & Dispute Settlement from the University of Virginia School of Law, USA in 2013. She competed in the 18th Willem C. Vis Moot with the team of Utrecht University and has been a Vis Moot coach for this university from 2014 until 2108.

Mr Marijn De Ruysscher

Marijn De Ruysscher, LL.M (Stockholm) is a counsel in the commercial litigation and arbitration department of Lydian, based in Brussels. He has extensive experience in complex proceedings in different fields of commercial law, such as insurance, construction, distribution and sales law. He has acted as counsel in both institutional and ad hoc (international) arbitration proceedings. Marijn is a member of CEPANI40, ASA Below 40, ICC YAF, Young ICCA, ICDR Young & International and the ICAL Alumni Association. Between 2017 and 2022 Marijn was a member of the Steering Committee of CEPANI40

Marijn has participated as a student for Ghent University in the 14th moot and has since then been acting as arbitrator in Vienna, as well as in pre-moots in Brussels and Stockholm.

Prof Pablo Debuchy

Law Degree, Universidad Católica "Nuestra Señora de la Asunción" (Asunción, Paraguay). LL.M. in International Legal Practice, Instituto de Empresa (Madrid, Spain). Postgraduate Program in Global Law, Fundação Getulio Vargas (São Paulo, Brazil). Solicitor in the field of Arbitration and International Law, Solicitor General's Office (Asunción, Paraguay). Current Professor of Contract Law and Coach of the Vis Moot Team, Universidad Católica "Nuestra Señora de la Asunción" (Asunción, Paraguay)

Mr Ali Dehdashti

Ali Dehdashti is a legal professional with extensive expertise in international arbitration and financial law. He is a dual qualified lawyer and has been practicing as an attorney at law in the Iranian jurisdiction for several years, as well as being a solicitor in England and Wales. Ali has been a Senior Associate in the Swiss law firm Python since 2016, where he has had the privilege to work on international financial and commercial disputes. His legal practice has encompassed diverse areas, including commercial and civil law, international arbitration, and litigation. Ali is well-versed in providing sound advice and representation to clients across various legal matters, ranging from commercial and corporate affairs to serving clients from a wide array of industries, including oil and gas, petrochemical, banking and finance, and pharmaceuticals.
Ali is currently pursuing a Ph.D. at King's College London, where his research focuses on the adequacy of dispute resolution practices in financial transactions concerning the future of financial markets.

Ms Maria Beatrice Deli

Maria Beatrice Deli is Professor of International Law at the University of Molise and the University LUISS, in Rome. Between 1995 and 2011 she has been practicing in the Rome office of Chiomenti Studio Legale, primarily advising on public and private international law issues. Counsel in various international commercial arbitrations, mainly administered by the ICC.
In 2011 she has been appointed Secretary General of the Associazione Italiana per l’Arbitrato (A.I.A. Italian Association for Arbitration) and she is member of the ICC Italy Committee on Arbitration.
In July 2013 she has been appointed Secretary General of ICC Italy (National Committee).
She is author of various articles and chapters dealing with international law and international trade.

Ms Marie-Isabelle Delleur

Marie-Isabelle Delleur has extensive experience acting as counsel and arbitrator in commercial and investment arbitration disputes in the fields of energy, construction, public concessions, transportation, distribution, telecommunications and international investments under the ICC, ICSID, LCIA and UNCITRAL Rules. She focuses mainly on disputes in Latin America, the Middle East and Africa.

Mr Simon Demaurex

Associate at Schellenberg Wittmer in Geneva, Switzerland. Participated as a member of the team of the University of Fribourg (Switzerland) to the 21th Willem C. Vis International Arbitration Moot; coached the team of the Center for Transnational Legal Studies during the 22nd edition of the Moot and the team of the University of Fribourg (Switzerland) during the 23rd Willem C. Vis International Arbitration Moot.

Dr Dalma R Demeter

Dr Dalma R Demeter is an independent arbitrator and arbitration consultant, adjudicator, educator, and researcher, with a truly international background. As a legal practitioner, Dalma’s expertise is in international commercial arbitration, international business law and contracts from both civil law and common law systems, and adjudication of construction payment claims. As an educator, winner of a number of teaching awards and the ability to adjust the training to her audience, Dalma focuses on teaching professional skills and practical application of arbitration and business law, and regional capacity building. As a researcher and author, her publications focus primarily on dispute resolution and legal development.

Prof Toni Deskoski

Professor Toni Deskoski Ph.D. graduated at the Faculty of Law, University “Ss Cyril and Methodius” in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia in 1994 as one of the best students in generation. He completed his postgraduate studies in the field of Civil Law – Private International Law in 1999 at Faculty of Law, University “Ss Cyril and Methodius” in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. In the year of 2005 he has successfully defended his doctoral dissertation named as "Recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards" again at the Faculty of Law, University “Ss Cyril and Methodius” in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. Prof. Deskoski is a Head of the Department of Private International Law since 2010. During his academic career, he published numerous monographs, articles, scientific papers in both Macedonian and English language. He has been conducting numerous research visits related to Private International Law and International Commercial Arbitration, among which of most importance are: the Summer session of The Hague Academy of International Law - Session for Private International Law, The Hague (1997); COLPI Business Law Institute Program of 1998, CEU Budapest (1998); Duke-Geneva Institute in Transnational Law, Geneva (1998); Central European University Summer program (SUN): The Law of International Business Transactions, Budapest (1999); Fulbright American Studies Institute, Boston (2000); Internship at the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference for Private International Law (2004). Guest speaker at International Hellenic University within the Conference on Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Settlement in Germany, Greece and the Balkan States (May 2013) etc.
Since 2011 Prof. Deskoski is a Vice-President of the Permanent Court of Arbitration attached to the Economic Chamber of Macedonia.

Ms Dilber Devitre

After a Masters in International Business Law at the Sorbonne University, Columbia Law School and Sciences Po, I have successfully obtained the Paris Bar. I have participated in several international moots such as the Paris International Arbitration moot and the ICC Mediation Competition. I have trained in International Arbitration in Paris, Geneva and Zurich in law firms like LALIVE and Reed Smith. I am currently working as a Foreign Associate in International Arbitration at Homberger, Switzerland.

Mr Richard DeWitt

Richard DeWitt serves as an arbitrator and mediator in domestic and international commercial, business, technology, franchise and employment disputes. He is a Florida Supreme Court Certificated Arbitrator and Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit Civil Court Mediator. He has served as an arbitrator on over 250 commercial arbitrations including international arbitrations and investor treaty cases
Mr. DeWitt is a member of several neutrals panels including: AAA National Roster of Neutrals serving on its large, complex case panel, its commercial, employment and technology panels and its panel of Mediators; International Centre for Dispute Resolution; CPR Institute; Franchise Arbitration and Mediation Services and Construction Dispute Resolution Services

His professional activities include: Fellow - The College of Commercial Arbitrators; Fellow - The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; Member - National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals; Distinguished Fellow - International Academy of Mediators.

Mr. DeWitt’s practice is based in Coral Gables (Miami), FL; he can be reached at 305-421-6400, by e-mail at rdewitt@resolvedisputes.net or on the web at www.resolvedisputes.net

Mr JAYEMS DHINGRA

Jayems Dhingra
Chartered Arbitrator
Certified International Arbitrator
Accredited Adjudicator, Accredited Mediator
Chartered Valuer and Appraiser (CVA)
FACICA | FAMTAC | M.S.I.D | Member, AIEN |
LL.M. (IP Law) | M. Sc. (Maritime Studies) |

Jayems is currently engaged in providing professional ADR services as Arbitrator, Adjudicator, Mediator and Management Consultant. During the last 47 year period, he has worked and consulted in the industry verticals encompassing: Technology, Trading, Construction, Oil & Gas Exploration & Production, Petrochemical Process Plants and Power Plant Construction Projects, Logistics & Warehousing, Shipping, Marine, Offshore, Oil & Gas Pipelines, Infrastructure Development Projects (Ports, Offshore Supply Bases, Terminals, Highways and Airports etcetera), EPCIC Contracts, and Shipyards, in Asia, Africa, Middle East, Americas and Europe.

Jayems is accredited as Certified International Arbitrator, Chartered Arbitrator, Sports arbitrator under CAS Rules, WIPO Neutral, Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) Bargaining Code Arbitrator, Accredited Adjudicator and Accredited Mediator. He is admitted to the international panels of arbitrators and neutrals with WIPO, Geneva; ACICA, AMTAC and ACMA, Australia; BVIAC (British Virgin Islands); JIAC (Jamaica); HKIAC Hong Kong; AIAC, Malaysia; AIADR, Malaysia; KCAB, Seoul, South Korea; ICA, Delhi, India; ICC (Singapore); SCMA, Singapore; SCCA, Saudi Arabia; VIAC Vienna, Austria; Thailand Arbitration Centre (THAC), Mediator with AIAC Malaysia, CMC, and SIMI Singapore.

Mr Shashi K. Dholandas

Shashi K. Dholandas is a litigation and arbitration practitioner with the firm of Bailey Duquette P.C. where he provides counsel to clients in both international and domestic matters. Shashi is experienced in all aspects of commercial dispute resolution, including acting as counsel in international and domestic arbitrations under the rules of the AAA, ICDR, ICC and JAMS.

He previously served as a Director and as International Case Counsel with the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) - the international division of the American Arbitration Association (AAA) - and ICDR Canada. Prior to joining the firm, Shashi was Associate General Counsel with an international specialist broker of litigation and arbitration third party financing and risk insurance.

Shashi participated as a "mootie" in the 17th and 18th Vis Moot as a member of the Rutgers Law School team. He has previously coached the Vis Moot teams of Rutgers Law School and Columbia Law School.

Mr Vladimir Diaconita

I am both a litigator and a finance lawyer with extensive knowledge in the law of contracts, arbitration, private international law and securities law. My practice primarily focuses on international disputes and on banking and finance matters.

I am a faculty member of the University of Bucharest, teaching contract law and inheritance law since 2010.

Mr Ignacio Diaz

Law and Business Administration degrees by the Universidad Pontificia Comillas (ICADE – E3). Senior Associate in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution department of Clifford Chance (Madrid). Lecturer of Arbitration Law at the "San Pablo - CEU" Business School Masters Degree Program and Villanueva University undergraduate Degree in Madrid. Has acted as counsel in international (ICC, ICSID, UNCITRAL) and Spanish domestic arbitration proceedings, as well as court litigation. Specializes in auditors liability, civil liability (product liability, D&O and tort), contractual disputes (engineering projects and companies’ S&P), corporate litigation, unfair competition and anti-trust litigation. Speaks English and Spanish.

Dr Alexandra Diehl

Alexandra Diehl is a local partner in the international arbitration practice of White & Cae. She is based in Frankfurt. In 2007/2008 she coached the Willem C. Vis Moot Court team of Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf. She has been infected with the "Vis virus" ever since. Alexandra teaches investment arbitration at Heinrich-Heine-University and regularly publishes on topics of international arbitration.

Ms Thera Dieleman

Thera Dieleman (1988) grew up as a Dutch citizen in Germany. She is a real estate lawyer in a notary firm in the east of the Netherlands, which focuses on cross-border cases between the Netherlands and Germany. Before she has been a lecturer in Private Law at Maastricht University, Radboud University Nijmegen, both the Netherlands, and Hasselt University, Belgium, for 3,5 years. In 2009, she obtained a Bachelor degree in Economics from Utrecht University. In 2013, she graduated from Leiden University, having completed Masters in Civil Law and Philosophy of Law. During her masters in Civil Law she got interested in arbitration and has done empirical research on the use of arbitration and mediation within a multinational.
During her studies, she was among other things a student-assistant in the library of the Dutch Supreme Court in The Hague.

She is a former participant in the 20th Vis Moot and was twice an arbitrator in Vienna and twice during the virtual editions. All the times in Vienna she enjoyed the great international atmosphere, the nice people she met and hopefully will see again. She really looks forward to come back to Vienna and experiences the moot again as an arbitrator.

Dr Mariel Dimsey

Mr Stefan Dinu

I am a former participant in the Willem Vis Moot, as a member of the team representing the University of Bucharest. We reached the semifinals in the Hong Kong edition of the 2013/2014 Moot. I obtained my LLB from the University of Bucharest in 2014 and my LLM in International Business Law from King's College London in 2015. I am currently working as a lawyer in Bucharest, with a special focus on litigation and arbitration.

Mrs Liliane Djahangir

Liliane Djahangir has been a member of the litigation & arbitration practice of Hengeler Mueller since 2014. Between 2010 and 2014, Liliane was an associate with the International Arbitration team of Bredin Prat in Paris, France.
Liliane's recent international arbitration mandates include disputes before the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the German Institution of Arbitration (DIS), the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC), the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA), and the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), as well as various ad hoc arbitrations. Liliane is admitted to the New York and Ontario bars.
She was educated at the University of Ottawa (B.A. and LL.B.), American University (J.D.) and the London School of Economics and Political Sciences (LL.M). She is fluent in English, French, Farsi and conversational in German.

Ass Prof Dr Milena Djordjevic

• Assistant Professor, University of Belgrade Faculty of Law since October 2012, Lecturer (2002-2012).
Courses:
o International Commercial Law (international contracts, international trade, arbitration).
o International Commercial Arbitration
o International Private Law
o EU Trade Policy and the World (EU trade law and WTO law)
o Practical Skills (Legal English, research and writing)
o Coach of the Willem C. Vis Moot team and Moot court coordinator (2002-date).

• Visiting Professor,
o University of Pittsburgh School of Law, USA, Fall Semester 2010, teaching International Commercial Arbitration class to JD and LLM students.

• Arbitrator on the lists of:
o Foreign Trade Court of Arbitration attached to the Serbian Chamber of Commerce.
o Foreign Trade Court of Arbitration attached to the Chamber of Commerce of Montenegro.
o Permanent Court of Arbitration attached to the Chamber of Commerce of Croatia.
o Permanent Court of Arbitration attached to the Serbian Chamber of Commerce.
o Also serving in ad hoc arbitrations.

As a member of arbitration panels, presiding arbitrator or a sole arbitrator participated in 15 cases so far under FTCA Rules, VIAC Rules and in ad hoc cases.

• Member of the Board of the Arbitration Association in Serbia, as of 2013, and head of its Young Arbitrators Forum.

• Director of International Commercial Law and Arbitration Law Studies Centre at HARMONIUS association as of 2007 and editor of its legal journal.

Professor Biljana Djuricin

Biljana Djuricin is Professor of Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Montenegro. She is teaching Civil Procedure Law, Arbitration Law, Mediation, Law of Evidence, and Legal Skills. She was Dean for International Cooperation. She was visiting Fulbright professor at the Catholic University, Columbus School of Law. She is visiting professor at USA, UK, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary. She is Firist Mediator at Montenegro and licensed mediator in Montenegro, USA and Austria. She is also trainer for mediation. She was a member of board Montenegrin Academy of Science and Art. She was president of expert team of Montenegro Government for judiciary reform. She was legal expert in USAID, GIZ and OEBS.She is coordinator ENEMLOS project of Erasmus+ High Education. She is a member of American Bar Association, European Law Institute, World Mediation Organisation, European Network of Clinical Legal Education and GAJE. She wrote 15 books and 100 articles in international and domestic legal reviews.

Mr Martin Doe

Martin Doe serves as Deputy Secretary-General and Principal Legal Counsel at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague, an intergovernmental organization which administers arbitrations and other dispute resolution proceedings involving various combinations of States, State entities, intergovernmental organizations, and private parties.

He has worked closely with arbitral tribunals in some of the largest and most complex inter-State, investor-State, and commercial cases administered by the PCA spanning the full breadth of public and private international law as well as the full range of commercial industry sectors. In addition, he assists the PCA Secretary-General in carrying out his roles under the Arbitration Rules of the United Nations Commission for International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), as well as the diplomatic work of the PCA with its member States and other intergovernmental organizations, in particular in regard to climate change, business and human rights, complex financial disputes, investor-State dispute settlement reform, and the harmonization of arbitration and commercial laws.

Dr Vangel Dokovski

Dr. Vangel Dokovski, Associate Professor for Private International Law at the University "SS Cyril and Methodius" in Skopje. Coach of the SS. Cyril and Methodius Vis Moot team since 2008.

PhD in Law from the Faculty of Law "Iustinianus Primus" in Skopje in 2015. PhD thesis: "Party Autonomy in Non-Contractual Obligations – A Macedonian and European perspective of the freedom of choice of law to non-contractual obligations ".


Attended the Summer session of The Hague Academy of International Law - on Private International Law, The Hague (2011); Paris International Academy for Arbitration Law, Paris (2011); Fondation pour le droit continental, Paris (2012); Inter University Center of Dubrovnik, An independent international center for advanced studies , Dubrovnik (2012); Collegio Carlo Alberto, Law & Business in Europe, Turin International Post-graduate Program, Turin (2012); Istituto Universitario di Studi Europei, Turin (2014) and Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna (2015).

Co-author of 1 book with Univ. Prof. Dr. Toni Deskoski – Private International Law: Cases and Materials (2014; 2015).


Fields of specific expertise: Conflict of Laws, International Civil Litigation, International Commercial Arbitration

Mr Žiga Dolhar

Žiga participated in the moot in 2008/2009 as part of the University of Ljubljana Faculty of Law team. He has since worked at the Higher Court in Ljubljana, passed the state legal exam and worked for two and half years at a large Slovenian law firm. He is presently practicing at a Wolf Theiss subsidiary in Slovenia.

Ms Christina Doria

Christina--a Vis 2009 alumna--practices commercial litigation and international arbitration in Baker & McKenzie's Toronto office, and is a member of the firm's Global Dispute Resolution Group. She advises on domestic and cross-border commercial litigation, international commercial arbitration and investment treaty arbitration. She has appeared before all levels of Ontario court and before domestic and international arbitral tribunals. Christina is a Global Advisory Board member of the International Centre for Dispute Resolution, Young and International and is an active member of a number of arbitration organisations both locally and globally. Christina frequently writes and speaks on the topic of international arbitration.

Christina is a graduate of Erasmus University Rotterdam (LLM), the University of Ottawa (JD), and University College Utrecht (BA). In law school, she obtained a specialization in international law, was a Senior Editor on the Ottawa Law Review, an oralist in the Vis moot and an oralist in the Philip C. Jessup International Law moot court competition.

Ms Sanja Došen

Sanja Došen is an associate at Gecić, Aksić & Stojković Law Firm in Belgrade.

Prior to joining Gecić Law, she completed summer internships in Vip mobile, department of regulatory affairs and in Law office Moravčević, Vojnović and Partners in cooperation with Schoenherr. During her master studies, she was a member of team Belgrade in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, which went on to triumph in the All Munich Rounds Tournament in March 2014. During her undergraduate studies she has been an active member of NGO Pro Bono for providing free legal help and a member of the faculty’s debate club. Sanja received scholarship from the Dositej fund for the best students in Serbia by the Ministry of Education Republic of Serbia in 2012/13 and 2014/2015, and University of Belgrade Endowment Scholarship in 2011, 2012 and 2013. She was awarded two scholarships by the Kingdom of Denmark, and spent two months in 2014 and 2015 in Denmark, studying Danish language.

Sanja earned her LL.B. Degree at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law – Department for Legal Theory and is currently pursuing an LL.M. in the English-taught program, Master of European Integration at the same faculty. She is fluent in English, with intermediate knowledge of Danish and Italian.

Ms Hana Doumal

Ms. Hana Doumal leads the Secretariat of the BVI International Arbitration Centre.
Hana has served in the arbitration sector at leading international firms and arbitral institutions in Hong Kong, Washington, D.C. and Paris. She has experience in commercial arbitration and investor-State arbitration, working in English, French and Spanish.
Before joining the BVI IAC, Hana was a Registered Foreign Lawyer in the international arbitration practice of Pinsent Masons in their Hong Kong office. She previously worked as a Registered Foreign Lawyer with the arbitration team of King & Wood Mallesons in Hong Kong, and before that, as Counsel at the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC). Her experience also includes an externship at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) in Washington, D.C. In Paris, she was an associate in the International Litigation and Arbitration practice of Foley Hoag, and she completed internships at Allen & Overy and Herbert Smith Freehills.
Hana received her Master of Laws in International Legal Studies from the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C., and her Master of Laws in Arbitration and International Business Law, with honors, from the University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines. At the University of Paris I - Panthéon-Sorbonne, she received both her Master of Laws in Comparative Law and Arab Countries Law and her Maîtrise in International Law. Hana received her Bachelor of Laws from the University Complutense of Madrid, with honors, after studying at the University of Rouen.
She participated in various moots during her studies, including the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot with the Paris Bar School Team in 2013.

Ms Miriam Driessen Reilly

Miriam is an Irish national who has lived, studied and worked in Belgium for over 20 years. Qualified as a Solicitor in Ireland, England and Wales, she has worked as a lawyer in private legal practice in both Dublin and Brussels, where she has been admitted to the Brussels Bar (B list). Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (London), Miriam works as a Legal Advisor for the EESC in Brussels. She speaks English, French and Dutch.

Miriam has been admitted as a panel Arbitrator by the Law Society of Ireland (Dublin). She regularly acts as Arbitrator in the Vis Moot in Vienna. Miriam has expertise in both common and civil law, EU law, competition , public procurement , commercial and international commercial arbitration.


LL.M Bruges, 2001
LL.B Hons UCG 1994
B.A. Hons UCG 1992
Dip IntComArb CIArb

Publications include:
Private Damages in EU Competition Law and Arbitration – A changing landscape:Arbitration International, September 2015 (Oxford University Press)

Mrs Klára Drličková

Klára Drličková currently holds the position of an associate professor at the Department of International and European Law, Faculty of Law, Masaryk University. She teaches courses in Private International Law, International Commercial Arbitration and International Business Transactions. Regarding the research and publications, she deals with the all these areas, mainly with the area of international commercial arbitration. From 2011 to 2019 she was the coach of Masaryk University team in Vis Moot. She served as an arbitrator in many pre-moots (Prague, Olomouc, Brno, Budapest, Berlin, Hannover) as well as in Vienna finals (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018).

Mr Sascha Drobnjak

- 2010, BLaw, University of Lucernce
- 2010, Participation at the 17th Willem C Vis Moot Court in Vienna
- 2010-2012, legal trainee and assistant at a law firm in Zurich
- 2012, MLaw, University of Lucerne
- 2010-now, research and teaching assistant at the University of Zurich
- 2012-now, PhD Candidate at the University of Zurich
- 2013, arbitrator at the Willem C Vis Moot in Vienna
- 2013-now, co-founder of a legal consulting firm in Zurich

Mr Olexander Droug

Partner at Sayenko Kharenko

Mr Sergii Drug

Ms Carolyn Dubay

Carolyn A. Dubay is the Executive Director of the North Carolina Judicial Standards Commission. Prior to assuming this position in January 2016, she served as the Vice Chair of the Charlotte International Arbitration Society in Charlotte, North Carolina. Ms. Dubay has more than 15 years of legal experience in commercial litigation and international law. Most recently, Ms. Dubay held academic positions first as a Visiting Scholar at the University of Leuven in Belgium, where she researched European private international law, and then as a faculty member at the Charlotte School of Law, where she taught constitutional law, comparative constitutional law and coached the law school's 2014-2015 Vis team. Ms. Dubay has extensive private practice experience, starting her career in the New York office of Jones Day and then later working as a commercial litigator for Hunton & Williams in its Raleigh and Northern Virginia offices. Ms. Dubay also has more than five years experience working in the American federal court system. First, she served as a law clerk for a federal trial judge in New York, and later she worked in both the Administrative Office of the United States Courts and the Federal Judicial Center in Washington, D.C.. From 2007-2008, Ms. Dubay also served as a Judicial Fellow at the Supreme Court of the United States, where she worked in the Office of the Counselor to the Chief Justice of the United States. Ms. Dubay received her undergraduate degree from Duke University and her J.D. with honors from Fordham University School of Law, where she served as an editor of the Fordham Law Review. She also received a L.L.M. with distinction in international and comparative law from Georgetown University Law Center in 2010.

Ms Agnieszka Duda

Agnieszka Duda, graduated from the University of Warsaw, Faculty of Law and Administration in 1992. In 1994 she qualified as a Polish judge and in 1995 she was admitted to the Bar of Legal Advisors in Warsaw. LLM in International Construction Law from the University of Vienna. Gained her professional experience in international and Polish law firms including Baker&McKenzie and Garrigues in which she held partner positions. Served as an in house counsel in a international construction company and as a member of supervisory board of a real estate company. Founder of a boutique law firm specializing in international commercial contracts, construction and public procurement law, transformation of the commercial entities, restructuration as well as litigation concerning competition law and the investment process. Arbitrator at the Arbitration Court of the National Chamber of Commerce in Warsaw. Assisted a number of international firms in setting up their presence and running the business in Poland. Lectured on Corporate Governance Conferences organized by the Polish Institute of Directors and wrote a series of articles of transformation of commercial companies published in Monitor Prawniczy, Gazeta Prawna and Nasz Rynek Kapitałowy as well as on PPP models in Polish magazine Infrastruktura.

Mr Arnis Dumani

Mr. Dumani graduated from University of Prishtina, School of Law in 2014. Currently he is an Attorney at Law at “JUDEX” Law Firm since November 2015. He has an extensive experience by working also as a legal researcher in Lawyers Association Norma and as an intern in a Public Notary Office. He represented University of Prishtina in many international competitions including Willem C. Vis International Commercial Moot Court Competition, International Chamber of Commerce Moot Court Competition, and he served as an assistant coach of the team participating in International Criminal Court Moot Court Competition. Mr. Dumani is fluent in both Albanian and English.

Mr HEW DUNDAS

Hew Dundas has spent >41 years in the Oil & Gas industry, including being Head of Legal, Company Secretary and Group Insurance Manager at Cairn Energy PLC, a large international oil company (formerly a member of the FTSE100), before becoming a full-time International Arbitrator, Mediator and Expert Determiner in Oil & Gas, Energy and general commercial disputes.
He is a Chartered Arbitrator (CIArb) and a Panel Arbitrator in England, Scotland, Hong Kong, Beijing, Kazakhstan, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, India, Slovenia and the USA and is a member of many leading arbitral institutions. He is Honorary Vice-President, Scottish Arbitration Centre and Chairman . Advisory Board of the Chinese European Arbitration Centre (Hamburg) and Presidente Honorario, Centro International de Arbitraje e Mediación (Quito). He was President CIArb in 2007
He made significant contributions to the Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010 and co-authored the definitive book on the Act "Dundas & Bartos" whose 2nd edition was published in August 2014.
He writes and publishes widely (including publishing in London, New York, Houston, Hong Kong, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Moscow and Almaty) on UK and international arbitration law and related topics. He also lectures on International Commercial Arbitration Law at Edinburgh, Aberdeen and other universities.

Mr Filippo Paolo Durazzo

I was a member of the University of Turin's 21st Vis Moot Court Team, whereas last year, I was coach of the University of Turin's 22nd Vis Moot Court Team.
I graduated on February 2015 in civil law at the University of Turin with the highest marks (110/110 summa cum laude) with Professor Ugo Mattei. I am currently a Trainee Lawyer in a major Italian law firm (BonelliErede). My practice focuses on (i) complex M&A transactions,- local and cross border M&A , involving private and public parties -, (ii) capital markets, (iii) corporate law issues.

Ms Derya Durlu Gürzumar

Ms. Derya Durlu Gürzumar graduated from Bilkent University Faculty of Law, where she was a participant in the 15th, 16th and 17th Vis Moots. She received two Honorable Mentions in the Martin Domke Award in the 16th and 17th Vis Moots, being the sole recipient of this award from among participants attending the Vis Moot from Turkey. She also holds an LL.M. degree from the same university, with a specialization on law & economics.

Ms. Durlu Gürzumar is a registered attorney-at-law at the Istanbul Bar Association and a PhD candidate at the University of Neuchâtel, in Switzerland. Her academic research focuses on international arbitration and corruption.

She has coached the Bilkent University Vis Moot Team and the Bilkent University ISTAC Moot Team, and has been acting as an arbitrator in various national and internation moot court competitions, including the FDI Moot, Jessup, and the ICC Moot.

Her ISTAC Moot Team won the 4th ISTAC Future of the Arbtiration Moot Court Competition in Turkey, in 2020, and her Vis Moot and Vis East Moot teams in 2021 became the highest ranking Turkish university team to reach the octo-finals and semi-finals, respectively.

Mr Chanakya Dwivedi

Chanakya Dwivedi is currently working as an advocate at the Supreme Court of India. He has completed his B.B.A. LL.B. from Symbiosis Law School in 2011 and his LL.M. from Cornell Law School in 2013. He has been enrolled as an Advocate in India since 2011. Chanakya was previously heading the Legal Department for Old World Hospitality Private Limited (in New Delhi) and was also a Visiting Associate Professor teaching Alternate Dispute Resolution & Arbitration to final year law students at Symbiosis Law School, Noida.

Mr Morten Dybro

Morten Dybro is a former participant of the Vis Moot and receiver of an Honorable Mention in the Frédèric Eismann Award for Best Team Orals.
Morten Dybro is employed as an Attorney, Director at the Danish branch of the global law firm DLA Piper. During his last two years of law school, Morten Dybro specialised in CISG matters, writing papers on the effect of making an article 96-reservation as well as writing his masters thesis on the subject of CISG applicability, supplying several new ways of construing the effects of the various reservations.

Dr Björn P. Ebert

Björn P. Ebert is an Associated Partner with Gleiss Lutz in Stuttgart, Germany, and specializes in international arbitration, including enforcement and setting aside proceedings. Björn studied law at the University of Tübingen and graduated top of his class in 2014. He participated in the 18. Willem C Vis International Arbitration Moot Court and coached the team of the University of Tübingen in the following moot court. In February 2017, he received a PhD from the University of Tübingen. During writing his dissertation on international investment arbitration, he worked at a German law firm specializing in international arbitration. He was a visiting scholar at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law in Cambridge in autumn 2015 and in spring 2016. Björn was co-chair of the DIS40 Stuttgart from 2020 through 2023.

Mr Alberto Echarri

Professional arbitrator. Born in Montreal ,Canada. Spanish and Canadian nationalities. Trilingual in Spanish, French and English. Admitted to pratice in 1983. I have combined M&A and corporate comercial practice and international arbitration. Arbitrator and counsel in comercial, civil and investment treaty Arbitration, both domestic and international, ad hoc and institutional Arbitration (ICC, AAA, ASA, LCIA, CIMA, ICSID, UNCITRAL) in a very broad range of international disputes, including, M&A, SPA's, joint ventures, shareholders' agreements, consortia, distribution , franchising and licensing, finance, aircraft finance, PPP, construction agreements, renewable energies, oil and gas, international sales of goods, real estate acquisition and leasing. Several Board of Directors' memberships. Former Vice-Chail of the BIAC (OECD) Investment Committee and member of the drafting task forcé group of the 2011 OECD Guidelines for MNE's. President and co-founder of the Spain Canada Chamber of Commerce in Spain. Member of IBA, ICC Spain and Canada, LCIA, ICCA, ASA, AFA, Club Español Arbitraje, BCICAC, SCC, HKIAC, ABA. Co-authored ten books, several chapters in collective publications and numerous articles on matters of law. Speaker in over 300 conferences, seminars and business events. I teach international arbitration at IE Law School and Universidad Carlos III in Madrid.

Dr Melanie Eckardt

Dr. Melanie Eckardt is an associate in the arbitration practice group of Gleiss Lutz in Stuttgart. Melanie’s practice focuses on international commercial and investment arbitration as well as cross-border litigation. She is admitted in Germany and regularly advises and represents clients in international arbitrations covering a wide range of legal systems and industries. Melanie holds an LL.M. degree in international arbitration and international commercial law from King’s College London. She regularly publishes and speaks on international arbitration and international commercial law topics. During her doctorate on investor’s rights in investment arbitration, Melanie worked in the arbitration groups of two major international law firms in Frankfurt.

The Hon Sir Bernard Eder

Bernard Eder practised as a barrister for almost 35 years – between 1976 and 2010 - specialising in commercial litigation and international arbitration. In 1991, he was appointed QC. During his practice, he acted as Counsel in over 100 reported cases (including in the Commercial Court, the Court of Appeal, the House of Lords and the Privy Council) and over 200 international arbitrations. He also acted as Counsel in numerous foreign jurisdictions as well as arbitrator under the aegis of the ICC, the LCIA and the LMAA and on an ad hoc basis. In 2011, he was appointed a Justice of the High Court of England and Wales. He retired from the Bench on 1 April 2015. During his time as a High Court Judge, he sat mainly in the Commercial Court in London where he presided over a number of high-profile trials. On 7 May 2015, he was appointed an International Judge of the Singapore International Commercial Court. He has also now rejoined Essex Court Chambers as an arbitrator/mediator and expert on English law. He is currently the Senior Editor of the leading shipping textbook, Scrutton on Charterparties & Bills of Lading. A full CV appears at www.essexcourt.com.

Ms Chloe Edworthy

Chloe is a senior associate at London firm Macfarlanes LLP. She has a particular interest in international arbitration and commercial litigation, with a focus on corporate disputes.
Recent experience includes: (i) acting on behalf of London listed company in relation to a substantial international arbitration and providing on-going advice in relation to certain other international proceedings and regulatory issues; (ii) advising an Italian investment fund in respect of its successful defence of an injunction issued by its former sub-investment manager on the basis of alleged wrongful termination; and (iii) representing a former equity partner in an an arbitration against his former Big-Four firm for whistleblowing-related breach of contract claims.
Chloe also acts on behalf of high net worth individuals in relation to various contentious trust and probate matters.

Mr Julian M. Egelhof

Former Moot participant (Neil Kaplan Award) and Moot coach (Freiburg Team). Legal Studies in Freiburg, Germany and Dublin (Trinity College), Ireland. Currently a PhD-Candidate and Research Assistant at the Albert-Ludwig University of Freiburg, Germany.

Mr Jan-Heinrich Ehlers

Academic Education:
- Law Studies (10/2008-11/2013), Univiersität Osnabrück, Germany
- Graduation in 2013 obtaining the "1. Juristisches Staatsexamen" and the academic degree "Diplom-Jurist"
- Optional Subject: "German and European Corporate and Capital Market Law"
- Additional Studies: Law and Language English USA: (10/2008-07/2011)
- Participation in the 17th Willem C. Vis Moot Court (Honorable Mention for Best Memorandum Respondent)
- Participation in the 7th Willem C. Vis (East) Moot Court (Honorable Mention for Best Memorandum Claimant and Honorable Mention for Best Memorandum Respondent)

Work experience
- Internships at District Court Osnabrück (2010), Shearman & Sterling LLP Düsseldorf (2011) and Federal Employment Ofice Osnabrück (2011)
- Student Assistant to Prof. Dr. Andreas Fuchs (11/2008-11/2013), Universität Osnabrück
- Student Assistant to Prof. Dr. Hans Schulte Nölke (09/2010-04/2011), Universität Osnabrück, Coaching the Team of the Universität Osnabrück for Participation in the 18th Willem C. Vis Moot Court and the 8th Willem C. Vis (East) Moot Court
- Scientific Assistant to Prof. Dr. Andreas Fuchs (since 01/2014), Universität Osnabrück
- Correction Assistant (since 01/2014), Universität Osnabrück

Honorary Offices
- Various Honorary Offices at the "Osnabrück Moot Court Association": Vice-President (12/2009 - 03/2012); President (03/2012 - 03/2014); Treasurer (since 03/2014)
- Various Voluntary Works at the "Osnabrück FilmForum e.V."

Dr Jalal EL AHDAB

Jalal El Ahdab (Jil Ahdab)‘s practice covers international business law, notably with the Arab world and Europe, and more specifically in the field of international litigation and foreign investments. He has strong expertise in managing international disputes and particularly arbitrations: shareholders and securities suits, class actions, breach of negotiations, bank guarantees … The type of business disputes his practice includes relates to trade in various types of commodities, telecom markets, port concessions… It also involves the following geographical areas: Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia. He possesses large knowledge of institutional rules, including ICSID, ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL, VIAC, DIAC, CRCICA and CAS Rules.
He acts both as a counsel and as an arbitrator (sole arbitrator, co-arbitrator and chairman).
He is a regular speaker at numerous international arbitration conferences and author of numerous articles on the same subject. He is co-author of Arbitration with the Arab Countries (Kluwer, 2011). He is also managing editor of the International Journal of Arab Arbitration, available on www.kluwerarbitration.com and www.intljaa.com. Finally, he is a lecturer in arbitration law at the Versailles University.

Mrs Marion Eloit

Marion Eloit is an associate in the arbitration team of Bird & Bird in Paris. She joined Bird & Bird in 2013, having completed her training with law firms specialised in international arbitration in Munich and London, and also at the ICC Court of Arbitration in Paris. She holds a postgraduate degree in European Business Law from University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas, and two Master’s degrees, one in German law from the University of Munich (LMU, Munich) and the other in International Dispute Resolution from Georgetown University Law Center (GULC, Washington DC). Marion is a native French speaker and is fluent in English and German.

Mr Petrit Elshani

Petrit studied law at the University of Prishtina and the Free University of Berlin (LL.B.). He is a graduate of the International Dispute Resolution LL.M. program of Humboldt University Berlin, focusing on commercial and investment arbitration. Since 2016 he has been with WAGNER Arbitration, a Berlin-based boutique firm. Petrit is admitted to the Kosovo Bar Association as Avokat (Attorney-at-law) since 2017. He is a doctoral candidate at Humboldt University Berlin on a topic relating to State responsibility in the context of investment treaty law.

He acts as arbitrator and counsel in international arbitration proceedings (ICSID, ICC, DIS, SCC, UNCITRAL, IHK). His legal experience also includes the involvement in multiple arbitration proceedings under the administration of the ICC, DIS, TAMARA, GMAA as well as ad hoc and IHK proceedings as assistant and secretary to the tribunal. Before joining WAGNER Arbitration, Petrit clerked for a leading full-service business law firm and the commercial department of the Kosovo Court of Appeals in his hometown Prishtina (Kosovo).

Prof Dr Siegfried H. Elsing

Siegfried H. Elsing, partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, is a globally recognized international arbitration lawyer with more than 30 years experience acting as counsel, party-appointed arbitrator, sole arbitrator or chairman. He represents private investors, international companies, sovereign states and state agencies on a national and international level. Mr. Elsing has acted in more than 300 arbitrations, including ad hoc proceedings as well as arbitral proceedings under the rules of leading arbitral institutions such as DIS, HCCI, HKIAC, ICC, ICSID, SCC, VIAC and others. Mr. Elsing is honorary professor at Heinrich-Heine-University in Duesseldorf.

Prof Dr Frank Emmert

Prof. Emmert teaches International Business Transactions, Int'l Commercial Arbitration, WTO Law, EU Law and Int'l Investment Law at Indiana University, where he is also Director of the Center for Int'l and Comparative Law. Originally trained and admitted to the bar in Germany, he holds an LL.M. from the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) and a doctorate from Maastricht University. From 1991 to 1993, he was Executive Director of the Academy of European Law at the EUI in Florence, from 1993 to 1998, he taught at the Europainstitut Basel, from 1998 to 2002, he served as Dean and Professor at Concordia International University Estonia (now part of Tallinn University), and from 2002 to 2003, he visited at Cardozo School of Law in NY. Prof. Emmert has taught for credit in more than a dozen countries, including St Gall University, Stanford Law School, Charles University, Amsterdam University, Guadalajara, Strasbourg, the College of Europe (Natolin). Many of his 100+ publications are available on ResearchGate. He speaks frequently at conferences around the world and serves as an arbitrator in international business disputes and advisor to multinational corporations, governments, and international organizations. In 2018, Prof. Emmert founded the International Smart Mediation and Arbitration Institute (www.SmartArb.org).

dr Márk Erdélyi

Mr A. Tahir Erdogan

Ms Mirjam Jasmin Escher

My name is Mirjam Jasmin Escher. I was born 30 January 1990 at Erlangen, Germany. I completed the First Legal State Examination in 2014, after studying at University of Heidelberg and University of Coimbra, Portugal. At Heidelberg, I worked as a student research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law. Currently, I am writing a doctoral thesis as a member of the Max Planck Research School on Dispute Resolution. My doctoral advisor is Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Thomas Pfeiffer, for whom I am working as a research assistant. Additionally, I am coaching Heidelberg’s 2016 Vis Moot Team.

Dr Jörn Eschment

Jörn Eschment is a Director at Burford with responsibility for leading its investment activity and operations in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, focused on working with companies, funds, investors and law firms engaged in complex commercial litigation and arbitration in Europe and abroad. Prior to joining Burford, Jörn practiced international commercial arbitration and litigation at Herbert Smith Freehills in Hong Kong and at Schellenberg Wittmer in Zurich, representing clients in complex multi-jurisdictional disputes with an emphasis on energy, natural resources, construction and infrastructure. Previously, he had also worked at The Boston Consulting Group and interned at the German Parliament as well as in the Foreign Relations Office of German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Jörn currently serves as Regional Ambassador for HK45, the young practitioners’ group within the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre. Qualified in Switzerland and a former Registered Foreign Lawyer in Hong Kong, Jörn read law as an Adenauer Scholar at the universities of Freiburg, Liverpool, Marburg and Passau, graduating with the German Staatsexamen, an LLM in European law (Dean’s Prize Scholar), and a doctorate in public international law, all with distinction. He also holds an MA from the War Studies Department at King’s College London.

Mr Marcelo Escobar

Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; Arbitrator member of the Body of Arbitrators of HKIAC and CAM-FIEP; Member of the London Court of International Arbitration, International Chamber of Commerce, International Council for Commercial Arbitration, and Club Español del Arbitration; Former Judge of the Tax Court of the State of São Paulo, Former Counselor of the Tax Council of the City of São Paulo; PhD in Tax Law (in progress) at Catholic University of Sao Paulo; Master in Political and Economic Law at Mackenzie University; partner at Escobar Law.

Mr Francisco Esparraga

Francisco migrated to Australia from Sevilla, Spain as a young child and is still fluent in the Spanish language. He undertook his undergraduate degrees at the University of New South Wales and his postgraduate studies at the University of Sydney.
In his early legal career, he worked at the Privacy Committee within the Attorney-General’s Department of NSW; SBS Television and the Department of Territories and Local Government in Canberra. On returning to Sydney, he spent many years in the Department of Veterans’ Affairs and several years at the Independent Commission Against Corruption.
In more recent years, he has worked in private practice; been a part-time Member of the Consumer Trader Tenancy Tribunal; lectured at all of the Law Schools in Sydney, as well as working for the Legal Practitioners’ Admission Board and the College of Law. He is a Foundation Member of the Australian Institute of Administrative Law since 1989.
In 2010, Francisco was appointed as the Australian Representative to the Board of the International Client Consultation Competition. He is a judge in this competition, as well as the VIS International Commercial Arbitration Moot and Australian Law Students’ Association Competitions. He is a Member and Treasurer of the Mediation Committee and the Academic and Professional Development Committee of the International Bar Association.
In 2010, he co-authored the “Administrative Law Guidebook” for Oxford University Press and is working on the next edition which will be published in 2015. Over the years, Francisco has written and presented papers at Conferences in Australia, Hong Kong, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Dubai, the United Kingdom and Japan. In 2013 and 2014, he was invited to undertake guest lecturing at several Law Schools in China.
In 2014, Francisco was invited to present papers on the “Teaching of Legal Ethics” at the International Legal Ethics Conference in London and at the International Bar Association Conference in Tokyo.
Francisco’s research speciality is Administrative Law but also teaches Alternative Dispute Resolution and Legal Research and Writing. He has also taught Contracts Law, Corporations Law, Torts and the Law of Evidence. He maintains an interest in Comparative Law, particularly Chinese Administrative Law; European Community Law and Legal Ethics. Francisco is currently writing a book on Legal Ethics.

Mr José Angelo Estrella Faria

Former Secretary-General of the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) between 1 October 2008 to 31 July 2017 and former Principal Legal Officer and Head, Legislative Branch, at the secretariat of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL).


A staff member of the United Nations from 1992 to 2024, he was responsible for UNCITRAL work on privately financed infrastructure projects and electronic commerce. He also supervised the work of Working Group III (Transport Law) between 2005 and 2008. He currently supervises all legislative work of UNCITRAL.

Mr. Estrella Faria is a national of Brazil. He graduated from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Porto Alegre, Brazil) and holds a Master of European Law from the Europa Institut der Universität des Saarlandes (Saarbrücken, Germany). He has published various articles and books on legal harmonisation, commercial law, cultural property law and international law. He has lectured at various universities and is an honorary professor of the University of International Business and Economics, China. He is a member of the Curatorium of the Xiamen Academy of International Law, the American Law Institute, the European law Institute and is an Associate member of the International Academy of Comparative Law.

Sir Anthony Evans

Sir Anthony Evans is chairman of the Special Tribunal established in December 2009 by His Highness the Ruler of Dubai (Decree No. 57 of 2009) “to decide the Disputes Related to the Settlement of the Financial Position of Dubai World and its subsidiaries”. He was the inaugural Chief Justice of the DIFC Courts from 2005 to 2010. His judicial career experience was as a High Court Judge in England and Wales (and a Judge of the Commercial Court) from 1984 until 1992, then as a member of the Court of Appeal (Lord Justice of Appeal) until 2000. He practised as a barrister from 1959 until 1984, mostly in the Commercial Court in London but with international experience in Hong Kong, Singapore and elsewhere, including Australia where he became a member of the Victorian Bar in 1976. Since retiring from the Court of Appeal in 2000 he has practised as an international commercial arbitrator in a number of jurisdictions, including India, Switzerland, USA and Singapore, as well as in England and Wales, and 2003-2014 was a member of the Court of Appeal in Bermuda.