Arbitrator Listing for 28th Vis Moot

Mr Sergey Usoskin

Sergey Usoskin is a attorney at Double Bridge Law (Moscow), where his practice focuses on commercial and investment arbitration, cross-border and inter-state disputes. He has acted for clients in arbitrations under the ICC, ICAC (MKAS), LCIA, SCC, Swiss and UNCITRAL Rules. He has also represented clients in recognition and enforcement and set aside proceedings before all levels of Russian courts. He sits as arbitrator primarily in disputes dealing with construction, sale of goods and research and development contracts. Sergey graduated from St.Petersburg State University (honors) and University College London (LL.M. (distinction)).
Sergey is one of the coaches of the Lomonosov Moscow State University team and has been involved in the moot since the XIXth Vis, when he coached University College London team

Ms Merve Ece Uyanık

She graduated from Kadir Has University, Turkey in 2015. She practiced law as an attorney registered to Istanbul Bar between November 2016 -July 2017 and her main areas of practice were International Commercial Law and International Dispute Resolution. She is currently working as research assistant at International Private Law Department of Kadir Has University, Faculty of Law. She attended to 22nd Vis Moot and currently coaching Kadir Has University Team for 25th Vis Moot.

Ms Carmela Valenzuela

Lawyer at Sanchez Molina Abogados

Dr Erik Van den Haute

PhD Doctor in Law - Professor of International Commercial Transactions and of International Business Law at the Université Libre de Bruxelles and of International Company Law at the Université de Lyon 3 - Director of LLM programs International Business Law at the Université Libre de Bruxelles and at the Royal University of Law and Economics (Phnom Penh, Cambodia). 20 years professional experience as lawyer (including arbitration) at the Brussels Bar. Member of CEPANI, of the Groupe de Travail Contrats Internationaux (headed by F. De Ly), of Capitant association and of the European Society of Contract Law. Author of several books on many articles in the area of contract law, european harmonization of private law, commercial and business law.

Mr Eric van Eyken

Eric van Eyken practices with Clyde & Co in Montreal, Canada. He is qualified as a barrister & solicitor (Law Society of Upper Canada), lawyer (Québec) and attorney-at-law (New York). He holds civil and common law degrees from McGill University (with distinction) in addition to a bachelor’s degree in economics and political science (with honours) and an LL.M. in international law specializing in international arbitration from the University of Miami. The latter was obtained on full scholarship as a Young ICCA Scholar.

Prior to joining Clyde & Co, he practiced international arbitration as tribunal secretary to Albert Jan van den Berg and Jan Paulsson. He has also earned arbitration experience with the Paris office of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, the Toronto office of Norton Rose Fulbright, and at a NAFTA Chapter 11 arbitration boutique in Toronto.

He is a long-time supporter of the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot in Vienna.

Mr Pieter Van Vaerenbergh

Pieter Van Vaerenbergh is Research Associate and PhD Candidate at the Europa-Institut of Saarland University. His focus of interest lie in international economic law, including WTO law, arbitration and trade defence. After participating in the Vis Moot as a student, he currently coaches the Saarland Vis Moot Team.

Ms Lotte Vanfraechem

Lotte studied law at the Ghent University (Belgium). She became an attorney in 2003 and founded Lex Libris Advocatenkantoor in 2014. Lotte works as an assistant private international law since 2007 with prof. dr. Johan Erauw and prof. dr. Jinske Verhellen. Lotte is interested in private international law, international arbitration, European procedural law and commercial law. She wrote several books and articles on private international law and EU civil and procedural law

Mr Yuvaktep Vann

Mr. Yuvaktep is currently working as a Legal Associates at Bun & Associates, where he specializes in commercial arbitration and oil & gas law. In addition to legal practice, he has had several years of coaching and teaching experiences in law school. His most notable one is his years as the coach for the Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition from 2016 until 2020, where the teams from Cambodia won four outstanding international awards in the memorial categories. Also, during those four years, he developed curriculums of (and taught) Public International Law, Legal Analysis & Writing, Environmental Law, and Legal Ethics.

Mr. Yuvaktep received a Fulbright scholarship in 2015 to pursue his LL.M. in Environmental and Energy Law at New York University (NYU) School of Law. He completed his LL.M. in 2016, passed the New York State Bar Examination in that same year, and was sworn into the Bar in 2017. He has then been a New York licensed attorney in good standing ever since. Presently, while taking some time off from teaching to focus on publishing some research papers, Mr. Yuvaktep is building a part of his career path toward international commercial arbitration.

Dr Faidon Varesis

Faidon is a qualified attorney practicing in international commercial and investment arbitration, as well as representing clients in international transactions. He has completed his Ph.D. at the University of Cambridge on "Regulation of Arbitral Jurisdiction: a Private International Law Proposal".

Aside from his practice, he has taught at Cambridge, Oxford, Milan, and Athens. His research interests focus on International Commercial Arbitration and Conflict of Laws. He holds an M.Jur. (Distinction) from the University of Oxford having already completed an LL.M. in Civil law (Summa cum Laude) and an LL.B. (Summa cum Laude) from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
He is currently a teaching fellow at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and a research assistant at the University of Oxford while acting as coach of the University of Cambridge

Dr Paolo Vargiu

Dr Paolo Vargiu is Associate Professor of International Law at the University of Leicester. He has a variety of research interest, focussing primarily on international investment law and arbitration, international commercial arbitration, jurisprudence, literature, and human rights. He leads, under the direction of Tony Cole, an ESRC-funded project on the social and psychological underpinnings of commercial arbitration in Europe (https://commercialarbitrationineurope.wordpress.com/).
Dr Vargiu read law at the University of Cagliari, where he graduated with a JD in 2005, before moving to the University of Nottingham for my LLM (2007) and PhD (2012). He has obtained a PGCHE from the University of Leicester in 2012 and become a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in 2013.
Dr Vargiu is a qualified attorney in Italy and regularly advises clients on matters of international investment law, international arbitration and public international law.

Mr Edoardo Vassallo

JD, University of Torino, 1993. Admitted to bar, Italy, 1997. Partner, Portale Visconti, 2006; Visconti & Associati, 2016. National and international litigation and arbitration practitioner. Mostly corporate law, contract law, shareholders litigation, construction disputes. Vis Moot addict.

Ms Ema Vidak Gojkovic

Ema Vidak Gojković is an independent international counsel and arbitrator, focusing on international arbitration and public international law. She is qualified in New York, England & Wales, and Croatia, and has nine years of experience as counsel in leading international firms in both civil and common law jurisdictions. Ema has been recognized by Who's Who Legal as a Future Leader – Arbitration in 2019, 2020 and 2021, as “a true star” and “a brilliant lawyer” who is “capable of transforming complicated issues into simple and straightforward points”.

Ema handles complex, high-stakes commercial and investment disputes. She arbitrates under all major rules, including ICSID, UNCITRAL, ICC, LCIA, SCC, and AAA, and is a skilled negotiator. She has advised a wide range of clients, including individuals, corporations, States and State entities, and multilateral organizations. Ema’s experience spans many sectors, including energy, mining, banking, gaming, food services, luxury products, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, automotive, shipping, information technology and construction.

As an independent counsel Ema brings high-impact, high-value capacity to law firms and to clients. Colleagues and clients value her exceptional combination of intellect and pragmatism, energy and efficiency. Ema also sits as arbitrator in ad hoc and institutional arbitrations.

Ema holds international arbitration leadership positions, has taught university courses, and regularly speaks and publishes on arbitration topics. She was shortlisted for the GAR Best Innovation Award (2017) for her article on how to match arbitrators with party expectations.

Ms Marina Vidal

Marina is an associate of Padis Mattar Advogados whose practice is mainly focused on highly complex and strategic disputes, especially domestic and international arbitration. She has a solid track record in complex cases involving the most varied legal issues, including matters related to the energy, construction, and oil and gas sectors, as well as corporate and securities disputes. Marina graduated at the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo and holds a Master of Laws degree in International Economic Law and Affairs from the same university.

Ms Marjorie Vieira

Foreign Qualified Lawyer in the Litigation and Arbitration practice at Mayer Brown Germany. International Dispute Resolution LL.M Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

Ms Luciana Viganò

Mr Giovanni Viglino

Giovanni is a PhD student in International law at Bocconi University.
His research project focuses on the procedural status of third parties before international investment tribunals. His research interests span from public international law towards law and economics. He favours, where possible, an interdisciplinary approach to research.
In 2020, he graduated from the MIDS in Geneva (LL.M. in International Dispute Settlement) with the dissertation “The recognition and enforcement of exclusive and conflicting choice of forum agreements” under the supervision of Professor Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler.
In 2019, he graduated summa cum laude from the Law School of the University of Milan (Master of Laws) with the dissertation “Arbitration and third parties: towards a new notion of consensus?”
During the academic years, he participated to multiple summer schools and legal competitions, among them the Arbitration Academy in Paris and the Willem C. Vis Moot.
He has since then been coaching the University of Milan Vis Moot team.

Ms Lucia Vilaseca

I am a lawyer graduated from the University of Montevideo, and former Mootie. (Or Mootie still?). I have participated in the Vis Moot in 2018 and in 2019, in which the team classified making it to Round of 32 and I recieved an Honorable Mention as an advocate. In those years we have also attended to premoots organized in Stockholm by Mannheimer Swartling, in Germany, by the University of Heidelberg, in Hamburg by Hewking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, and in Curitiba by the University of Positivo. I have also participated in the FDI Arbitration Moot, in 2018 and 2019, in which the team obtained the second place, and I recieved an Honorable Mention as the third best advocate. After graduating I have been coaching the team of my University. I currently work in the Litigation Department of the uruguayan law Firm Guyer & Regules.

Ms Aylin Natalia Villarpando Perez

Legal consultant at the law firm Stampa Abogados, Madrid-Spain.
Master degree in International Business Law from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
Diploma in Negotiation, Conciliation and Arbitration from the Royal University of the National Chamber of Commerce Bolivia
Diploma in Corporate Law from the Ibero-American Council of Law and Governance
Diploma in environmental law from the Ibero-American Council of Law and Governance.
Law Degree from the Universidad Católica Boliviana "San Pablo".
Independent legal researcher
Articles:
-The reasonableness of Article 50 of Law 708 of Conciliation and Arbitration in relation to the principle of celerity.
-The execution of foreign awards in Bolivia.
-The force majeure in times of COVID-19 before an international arbitration between YPFB and PETROBRAS.
-Third Party Financing in International Arbitration: Practical Solutions for the Intervention

Book:
The reasonableness of the term in the merit stage of arbitration". In consideration of the principle of celerity.

-Participant representing the Escuela Práctica Jurídica of the Universidad Complutense de
Madrid at the 12th edition of the Moot Madrid, organised by the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and the UNCITRAL, held in April 2020.


Languages: Spanish, English and French.
Memberships:
Young ICCA member: International Council for Commercial Arbitration
Young ITA (Institute for Transnational Arbitration)
LIA young practitioner: Latin American International Arbitration.

Ms Marianne Vitug

Marianne is a Program Officer at the Asia Foundation. She holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of the Philippines. During her time in law school, she competed in the Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition and the Jessup International Moot Court Competition. She is the 2018 Stetson World Champion and Best Oralist of the Final Round and the 2018 Stetson Southeast Asian Regional Champion and Best Oralist of the Final Round. She is the 2019 Jessup Philippine National Champion and the 2nd Best Oralist of the Philippines, as well as a 2019 Jessup World Quarter-Finalist and the 10th Best Oralist of the world. She has coached several moot court teams which competed in the Stetson and Jessup moots.

Mr Daniil Vlasenko

Daniil Vlasenko is an Associate in the International Arbitration Group at Schellenberg Wittmer (Zurich). His practice concentrates on international commercial and investment arbitration, as well as on international sports disputes. Daniil has advised and represented clients in a number of international arbitrations under a variety of arbitration rules (including the ICSID, UNCITRAL, ICC, and SCC Rules) and complex cross-border litigations in different jurisdictions.

Ms Yanina Vlasenko

Attorney specialized in International Arbitration, Litigation and Commercial Law based in Paris (France)
University Lecturer at ISIT-Paris Panthéon Assas
Languages: fluent in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, intermediate in Latvian and Ukrainian
Education: Law Institute of the Siberian Federal University, International and Foreign law, minor in Translation and Interpretation, cum laude (2009), Master program in Public Law of the University Higher School of Economics (2011), Master program in Project Management, Siberian Federal University (2011), LL.M. program in International Business Law, Case Western Reserve University, RUSLEF full scholarship (2014), Bachelor and Master 1 in French law , University Paris 2 Panthéon Assas (2020), was awarded ERASMUS and FSDIE scholarships to study Spanish and international law at the University of Salamanca, Master 2 in Dispute Resolution, University Paris-Saclay (2021)
Moot courts experience: Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition – member of the team in 2008, 2009, 2010 (2nd place Russian team), Coach in 2012, judge in 2014, 2015; Assistant Professor of International Moot Courts at National Research University Higher School of Economics (2014-2015)
Bar admissions: Moscow, New York
Legal experience: DLA Piper, Dentons, Curtis, Redline, Simon Associés, K&L Gates, Jeantet, Linklaters, Reed Smith, FBK, Dissernet, Laseta Partners

Mr Akshit Vohra

Akshit is a graduate of Amity Law School, Delhi and an advocate based in New Delhi, India. His interests lie in the fields of contract law and dispute settlement, specifically domestic and international commercial arbitration. In 2017, his team qualified to the elimination rounds of the 14th Willem C. Vis East International Commercial Arbitration Moot Court Competition – the first team to have achieved this recognition in the history of the Institute. Since then, he has represented his alma mater in various editions of the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Court Competition in both Hong Kong and Vienna as a researcher, speaker, and team coach. In 2019, his team won the Ljubljana Willem C. Vis Pre-Moot organised by the Ljubljana Centre for Commerce, Slovenia. As a former participant, Akshit continues his association with the Vis moot through his role in the MAA.

Mr Felipe Volio

Foreign Associate at Busse Disputes (Frankfurt). Felipe focuses his practice on international conflicts in Latin America and around the world. He represents clients in arbitrations related to cross-border commercial disputes.

Felipe Volio is a Costa Rican lawyer with international experience. Previously, he worked in the fields of international arbitration and banking and finance in top-tier U.S. and Central American law firms. He also completed an internship at the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre. He regularly publishes academic articles in the field of international arbitration.

Felipe focuses on contractual disputes, frequently involving private international law. He also has particular experience with arbitration proceedings involving state-owned enterprises. Another focus of his work concerns complex – and primarily international – construction disputes. He is bilingual in Spanish and English and is fluent in German.

Felipe is a former Vis Moot participant, coach of the University of Passau (Top8) and of the University of Costa Rica (Top 32).

Mr Felipe Volpini

Felipe is an attorney qualified in both Brazil and Portugal. He holds a LL.M. in International Economic Law and Policy from the University of Barcelona, a J.D. from the Federal University of Minas Gerais in Brazil and a B.A. in Internal Relations from the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais, also in Brazil. Felipe has more than 15 years of experience in Brazilian domestic and international litigation and arbitration, serving as counsel in complex, high profile cases unfolding before the major Brazilian Courts and administrative departments, as well as in arbitration proceedings under the auspices of the rules of the major arbitration institutions of Brazil and of the world. He has advised clients across a broad range of industries including infrastructure, real estate, banking, manufacturing and commodities and has been involved cases involving issues as diverse as the implementation of hydroelectric power plants, development and installation of wind farms, implementation of railways, corporate disputes, protection of foreign direct investment, land repossession, intellectual property, judicial reorganizations, bankruptcy among others.

Ms Maria Vittoria Voltarelli Regini

Associate at Machado Meyer Advogados, working with litigation and arbitration related to commercial and corporate matters. LL.B. from the University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (2020). Visiting student at Bucerius Law School at Hamburg, Germany (2018). Team member for the University of Rio de Janeiro for the 24th and 25th Vis Moot and for the 15th Vis East Moot. Coach for the University of the State of Rio de Janeiro since 2019.

Dr Matthias von Kossak

Matthias von Kossak is a lawyer in the Dispute Resolution Group at Watson Farley & Williams LLP in Hamburg. He advises and represents German and international clients in all kinds of dispute resolution, including domestic and international litigation and arbitration. Matthias von Kossak has a focus on commercial, corporate, and post-M&A disputes in the energy, infrastructure, mining and manufacturing sector.

Previously, Matthias von Kossak worked as a research assistant at the University of Hamburg and various international law firms. He participated in the 15th Vis Moot with the University of Hamburg in 2007/08.

Mr Johann von Pachelbel

After finishing school 2011, I worked one year for companies in Spain and Colombia. 2012 I enrolled for law at Göttingen University. I participated in a public law and competition moot . 2017 I finished specializing in commercial arbitration and public international law. 2018 I worked at CMS Hasche Sigle on Offshore Wind Energy Projects . Dispute settlement via arbitration was daily business. 2018-2019 I studied an International Dispute Settlement and Arbitration LLM in Leiden and Den Haag. Since 2019 I work at Luther Lawfirm in international arbitration under Dr. Richard Happ. I participated in two high level German commercial arbitration proceedings. administered by DIS, one international commercial arbitration administered by the ICC and three ICSID investment arbitrations. In 2020 i started to work on a PhD project besides work: I examine how courts and tribunals can review self-judging security exception clauses in international investment agreements.
I have been a judge in VIS and Jessup Moot Trials at the Law firm. Furthermore I have been a Judge for the FDI international arbitration Moot Court several times. The last time I sat as arbitration in the FDI Moot Global Rounds for several proceedings in November 2020.

Ms Taisiya Vorotilova

An associate of Baker McKenzie Moscow specialized in Dispute Resolution, including arbitration and litigation. A former participant of the Vis Moot and a former coach.

Mr Petr Vošahlík

Petr is a Partner at BBH, attorneys-at-law, and an arbitrator. The core of his work consists of advising clients in commercial disputes. Petr has represented numerous clients mainly in the real estate, energy and health care industries in Czech courts as well as in international arbitrations under ICC, VIAC, SCC, Prague Arbitration Court and UNCITRAL Rules and regularly sits as arbitrator in commercial cases. Petr is a member of the Czech ICC Commission on International Arbitration and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Petr graduated from Charles University in Prague a and spent one year studying at Freie Universität Berlin. Petr has participated in the 20th Vis Moot as a mootie and has coached the team of Charles University in Prague for the following four years.

Dr Solvejg Sonja Voss

Having participated in the Vis Moot both as a team member in 2007 and as a coach in 2010, Sonja decided to work in the field of international commercial law. She has been working as a corporate lawyer for several international companies mainly in the automotive industry. Her focus as an inhouse legal counsel is dispute resolution (litigation and arbitration), M & A as well as contract drafting. Since 2021 she works as a Senior Legal Counsel at LEONI Bordnetz-Systeme GmbH.

Sonja holds a law degree and a doctorate/PhD from the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany.

Mr Loïc Vuilliomenet

Loïc Vuilliomenet is an Associate at Grumbach Avocats, a boutique Swiss law firm seated in Geneva with a strong focus on dispute resolution. His practice focuses on civil and criminal dispute resolution as well as international arbitration and domestic and cross-border litigation. He advises Swiss and foreign individuals and entities before Swiss courts of all levels. He worked previously at CMS von Erlach Poncet in Geneva in the dispute resolution and arbitration group. Loïc Vuilliomenet has previously studied at the University of Zürich, the University of Hong Kong (HKU), the University of Lausanne and the University of Geneva. He holds a Master of Law (MLaw) degree of the University of Zürich (2017), a Bachelor of Law (BLaw) of the University of Lausanne (2014) as well as a Certificate of Advanced Studies in Legal Professions (CAS) of the University of Geneva (2018). He speaks French, English and German.

Mr Ljubiša Vulić

LLM candidate at the Faculty of Law University of Belgrade. I am working at a law firm in Belgrade called Advokatska kancelarija Nalić, where I have the possibility to participate firsthand in solving complex problems that occur during international and national trade, especially in litigation. I am fluent in English and Romanian and have a basic knowledge of French. During my studies, besides Vis Moot, I participated in few national moot court competitions and was a member of numerous study groups at the Faculty. Additionally, I played basketball for the Faculty's team, and was editor in chief of a student magazine. I was awarded with the ''Dositeja'' scholarship due to outstanding success during my studies.

Mr Vadim Vunukainen

Vadim Vunukainen is an associate in RGP arbitration practice. During his career, he has participated in dozens of arbitrations under ICC, SCC, LCIA and ICAC at the RF CCI arbitration rules as a counsel. Further, he has gained experience in the role of a tribunal secretary. Apart from international disputes, Vadim is experienced in advising on Russian litigation projects. His expertise covers construction disputes with a particular focus on FIDIC arbitrations, financial and banking disputes, as well as corporate conflicts including those involving parallel cross-border proceedings.

Ms Dr iur Belkis Vural Celenk

Ms. Dr. iur. Belkis Vural Celenk graduated from Ankara Bilkent University Faculty of Law. She obtained her LL.M. (eur.) degree from Ludwigmaximillians University of Munich in 2012 and her PHD (Dr. iur.) degree from Lucerne University in 2018. She is currently working as assistant professor at Private International Law Department of Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University Faculty of Law. She has various publications in private law and international arbitration. She has practical experience in alternative dispute resolutions in commercial disputes and gives lectures and workshops to public and private entities on different subject matters of private international law.

Ms Svenja Wachtel

Attorney in the Litigation/Arbitration department of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP. My practice focuses on international arbitration and complex commercial litigation with a particular focus on multi-jurisdictional legal actions. This includes all stages of the arbitration proceeding, from the initial advise to clients and settlement negotiations up to advocacy during hearings and enforcement (or opposing enforcement) of an arbitral award. The cases handled are subject to different systems of law and under several institutional rules, in particular under the arbitration rules of the DIS and ICC.

Being passionate about digital transformation in international arbitration lead to the launch of Digital Coffee Break in Arbitration. The initiative focuses on all aspects related to the influence of digital transformation. This includes not only the day-to-day practice in a typical arbitration but also the broader aspect such as diversity.

Mr Robert Wachter

Mr. Robert Wachter FCIArb has acted as counsel, arbitrator or arbitral secretary in international arbitration cases brought under the ICC, KCAB, VIAC, Swiss Chambers, SIAC, LCIA, SCC, JCAA and UNCITRAL arbitration rules. He has represented corporations, trusts, and governmental entities in a wide range of contract disputes arising under shareholders agreements, joint venture agreements, M&A contracts, construction contracts, public private partnership (PPP) contracts, and long term energy and industrial supply agreements. He has worked extensively in a broad range of industries including the construction, automotive, shipping, energy and telecommunications sectors.

Mr. Wachter has lectured as an adjunct professor at Seoul National University School of Law, the Supreme Court of Korea (Judicial Research and Training Institute), and Ewha Womans University. He also regularly participates in conferences and seminars on international arbitration. He has published various academic articles about international arbitration and Korean law. Mr. Wachter has been recognized as a leading practitioner by Chambers and Partners, Legal 500, Asialaw, Benchmark Litigation, Who’s Who Legal (Arbitration), and Who’s Who Legal (Arbitration Thought Leaders).

Dr Philipp K Wagner

Philipp is an Arbitration Practitioner and serves both as Party Counsel and as Arbitrator to parties and clients around the world. He is also a licensed Mediator.

His arbitration experience includes corporate, distribution, IT-contract, renewable energy and real estate law disputes. Philipp is also experienced in cross-border transactions, including real estate, as well as cross-border litigation and international sales law.

Philipp holds a doctorate degree from Rostock University, an LL.M. from Emory University and a law degree from Humboldt-University, Berlin. He is admitted both to the Berlin and the New York Bar.

Specialties: International Arbitration, Commercial Arbitration, Cross-border disputes, Dispute Resolution, Litigation, International Transactions

Mr Christian Ernst Wagner Sinniger

Christian Wagner Sinniger is an international legal professional, currently serving as a Compliance (ICRM) Senior Vice President for Citibank, in charge of the Regulatory Management process for LATAM. He holds an International Law LLM from the University of Edinburgh, where he was awarded the 2018 WA Wilson Prize in International Law, and he represented the University of Edinburgh at the 25th Vis Moot. He holds a BA in International Relations from El Colegio de México and is currently studying a Bachelor of Laws programme at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He specialises in procedural issues and arguments, particularly in jurisdictional matters.

Dr Michael Walbert

Professor Dr Janet Walker

Janet Walker, CM, CD, JD, DPhil (Oxon), FCIArb, is a Chartered Arbitrator at Toronto Arbitration Chambers, Atkin Chambers in London, and Sydney Arbitration Chambers. She has served as sole arbitrator, co-arbitrator and chair in ad hoc arbitrations and arbitrations administered by the ICC, ICDR, DIAC, HKIAC, KCAB, LCIA, PCA and SIAC in a variety of seats.
Janet is co-chair of CanArbWeek, an executive editor of the Canadian Journal of Commercial Arbitration and co-author of Commercial Arbitration in Australia (3d ed). She is a board member of the CIArb Canada Branch, NYIAC, ITA, and the NYIAC Global Advisory Board, and the International Construction Law Association; and she is a member of the ICC Commission, the ICC Institute, and past chair of the ICC Canada Arbitration Committee.
Janet is a Distinguished Research Professor (past Associate Dean) at Osgoode Hall Law School, a member of the Ontario Bar, and a licensed legal consultant of the New York State Bar. She authors Canada’s main text on the conflict of laws, cited in more than 400 judgments. She coached the Osgoode Vis Team (2001-14), including the year they prevailed, and the Tunis Team (2009-13). Janet is a member of the Order of Canada.

Mrs Gabriela Wallau Rodrigues

Gabriela is Professor of Law at Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), since 2013. Executive Officer at the Chamber of Arbitration of FEDERASUL, in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Currently, she teaches Corporate Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution, leading researches on those fields. She has been coach for PUCRS Arbitration and Mediation Team at the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, Brazilian Arbitration Competition (Petrônio Muniz, CAMARB), Brazilian Mediation Competition (CAMARB), Foreign Direct Investment International Arbitration Moot (FDI Moot) and the CPR International Mediation Competition. Gabriela is a Doctoral degree candidate at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) and Master of Laws from Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS, 2010). Attorney at Law, she is specialized in Contracts, Corporate Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution.

Ms Gretta Walters

Gretta Walters is Counsel at Chaffetz Lindsey LLP in New York. She represents a diverse range of domestic and international clients in commercial and investment disputes in arbitration and state and federal courts. Gretta also has experience as Legal Counsel at the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce and a Visiting Lecturer at Stockholm University. She is Secretary of the International Commercial Disputes Committee of the New York City Bar and on the Global Advisory Board of the AAA/ICDR young practitioners group. She is an adjunct professor at New York University Law School, where she also co-coaches the Foreign Direct Investment and Vis International Commercial Arbitration moot court teams. Gretta regularly speaks at international arbitration-related conferences and co-authored the recently published Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards and Judgments in New York (Kluwer 2018). She earned her J.D., magna cum laude, from American University’s Washington College of Law in 2010, where she was the Articles Editor for the American University Law Review. She received her LL.M. in International Commercial Arbitration Law at Stockholm University in 2012 and graduated with a B.A., cum laude, from University of Maryland in 2005.

Ms Anora Wang

Anora Wang is an associate at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP in its Washington, DC office. Anora graduated from George Mason Univeristy, Antonin Scalia Law School and is an alumna of the Vis Moot Competition.

Ms Mahnoor Waqar

I graduated from the University of London with First Class Honours, LLB (Hons). Subsequently, I completed my LLM from the London School of Economics and Political Science, with three courses in arbitration. My dissertation was titled ‘The use of Artificial Intelligence in Arbitral Proceedings’. I scored a distinction and 3 merits in the above courses.
I am now working as an associate at Hassan Kaunain Nafees, a corporate and litigation firm in Islamabad.

Mr Rob Warzel

Rob Warzel is a Canadian-born lawyer in Phoenix, USA with Spencer Fane, LLP. Rob is licensed to practice in Arizona, California, Colorado, and Washington state. He participated in the 24th Vis Moot, and was a Quarter-Finalist at the 15th Vis East Moot, where he received an Honourable Mention for Best Oralist. He is Co-Chair of the Moot Alumni Association's Regional Representative team, an assistant coach for the Arizona State University Vis team, and focuses his practice on complex commercial disputes and employment matters. Rob considers himself very fortunate to hold passports from Canada, the United States, and Poland.

Mr Nicolas Wayar

I graduated as a lawyer in 2015 from Universidad Privada Boliviana (Cum Laude) . I did my thesis in "The Responsibility of the Bolivian State Under the Bilateral Investment Treaties" where I obtained a grade of 100.
From 2015 to 2020, I worked as an Associate in the Dispute Resolution Area in a Bolivian Tier 1 Law firm called Wayar & von Borries Abogados. There, I worked in diverse civil, administrative and commercial disputes. In addition, I`ve been involved in diverse local arbitration proceedings and one investment arbitration case called "Julio Miguel Orlandini-Agreda and Compania Minera Orlandini Ltda v. Bolivia". In 2018 I did two internships: The first in a Tier 1 Law Firm in Geneva where I worked in another investment arbitration under the Latvia - Ukraine BIT;and, the second as the Secretary of the President of the Arbitral Tribunal (Sophie Nappert) in an ICC commercial arbitration based in London. I finished the LL.M. in Transnational Arbitration and Dispute Resolution at Sciences Po in Paris (Diploma to be received in the following weeks). During the program, I participated as an Arbitrator in the II GA_P Barcelona Pre-Moot Programme which took place on March 6th 2020. I did an internship at Latham & Watkins in the Paris office from September to December 2020, where I worked in four investment proceedings involving the Colombian State, and two ICC proceedings. Since January 2021, I work as a Senior Associate at Wayar & von Borries Abogados where I continue working in the "Orlandini v. Bolivia" case; I worked in an ICC emergency proceeding; and, I am currently working in two ICC proceedings (energy and construction).

Mr Simon Weber

Simon Weber is a current Ph.D. student in International Investment Arbitration and EU Law at King’s College London under the supervision of Dr. Holger Hestermeyer and Dr. Federico Ortino. Simon’s doctoral project is titled: “New means of Investor-State Dispute Settlement and EU external competences: An analysis of recent innovations proposed by the EU”. Currently, he is a member of Young ICCA, Young ICSID, Young CIArb, ICC YAF and the Society of International Economic Law (SIEL).

At King’s, Simon acts as Prof. J. Martin Hunter’s Research Assistant. He used to work for the arbitration department of a major French Law firm and has experience in arbitrations under the ICC, LCIA, ICSID and UNCITRAL Rules.
Further, he is the Pathway Secretary of the King’s Forum on IDR and, in addition, he is actively involved in IDR mooting. In 2017 he was part of the team representing King's College London at the annual Foreign Direct Investment Moot Court in Boston, which he coached in 2018. Simon is also the coach of the ELSA WTO moot team.

Mr Urs Weber-Stecher

Dr. Urs Weber-Stecher (LL.M.; FCIArb; Mediator CEDR) is an independent arbitrator and mediator practicing in Zurich. He has served as counsel, sole arbitrator, co-arbitrator and chairman in numerous cases under the Swiss Rules, ICC, DIS, VIAC, HKIAC, UNCITRAL, CEPANI and in ad hoc proceedings. Since 2001, Dr. Urs Weber-Stecher has been a teaching fellow for international arbitration at the University of Zurich, Faculty of Law. He is also a member of the ASA Board, the president of the Swiss National Committee of ICC, the vice-chair of the board of the Swiss Arbitration Academy . He is a member of panels of arbitrators: HKIAC; ICDR, and a member of ICC Commission on Arbitration.

Mr Craig Welch

Craig is British/Australian, and is currently living in The Hague. He has an LLM (Distinction) in Intellectual Property and Technology Law from the University of Liverpool, and an LLM in Transnational Arbitration & Dispute Settlement from SciencesPo Paris.

Prior to his law studies Craig amassed more than 30 years ‘experience as a consultant, senior executive, and CEO in organizations ranging from boutique software start-ups to major multinational companies. His expertise extends from e-commerce and electronic banking to data management and cryptography, much of it gained working in more than 20 countries across north and south-east Asia. More recently, his portfolio has encompassed legal advice on elements of trade and investment law and investment disputes.

Craig enjoys teaching each winter at the University of Strasbourg, and also at the University of Geneva Summer School in International Law & International Humanitarian Law. His lectures focus on International Law of the Internet, and its application to issues of privacy and surveillance.

Hon Prof Dr Irene Welser

Irene Welser is the Senior Partner of the Viennese law firm CERHA HEMPEL where she heads the Contentious Business Department. Irene is a passionate arbitrator and counsel in big arbitrations and always plans her strategy well in advance. She is a great team leader and team player. Irene has a strong academic background and, in 2003, became the youngest honorary professor ever of Vienna University. Irene is a Board Member of the Austrian arbitration institution VIAC and co-editor of the Austrian Yearbook on International Arbitration. She is ranked as “Leading Individual “ in Legal 500 for arbitration and litigation and Top Ranked in arbitration by Chambers Europe 2023.

Ms Erin Wenger

Licensed Attorney in Illinois (2014), currently Associate Attorney at De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek in Amsterdam. Former Associate Regional Director and Case Administrator at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Midwest Regional Office (Chicago) in the Office of Dispute Resolution. Former coach of Loyola University Chicago School of Law's Vis East teams (2016, 2017); served as an arbitrator in pre-moots, Vis Moot, and Vis East Moot from 2015 to present. Former participant in Vis (East) Moot 2014 - Vis (East) Champion (team prevailing in oral arguments) and Honourable Mention Best Oralist.

LLM (Public International Law) - University of Amsterdam; JD - Loyola University Chicago School of Law; BA (psychology & French) University of Michigan - Ann Arbor.

Mr Fergus Whyte

Fergus Whyte is a an advocate (barrister) in Scotland. He is also an admitted barrister and solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand. He is a specialist in civil and public law litigation and has appeared as junior and sole counsel in a number of hearings (both procedural and substantive trials) before the New Zealand and Scottish courts. He has appeared in both domestic and international arbitrations as counsel. He is a former coach of the University of Edinburgh's Vis Moot team.

He is a graduate of the University of Otago and holds a LLM degree from the University of Edinburgh. He is an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (ACIARB).

Prof Dr Stephan Wilske

Rechtsanwalt (Germany) and Attorney-at-Law (New York); Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb); Dr. iur (University of Tuebingen); Maitrise en droit (Aix-Marseille III); LL.M. (The University of Chicago; Casper Platt Award); Senior Committee Member of the Contemporary Asia Arbitration Journal; Advisory Committee Member of the Swiss Arbitration Academy; Fellow (Pioneer Member) of the Asian Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution; Member of the American Law Institute (ALI); Member of the International Arbitration Committee of the KCAB International; Member of the VIAC International Advisory Board; Visiting Professor at the National Taiwan University, College of Law (Spring 2010); Lecturer at the University of Heidelberg: Honorary Professor at the Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena; Vice President of the CAAI Court of Arbitration.

Atty Bethany Wilson

Bethany is a business law associate at Palmersheim Dettmann. Her areas of specialty include trademark law (including international trademarks), partnership agreements, international investment contracts, noncompetition agreements, and partnership disputes.

Mr Adrian Winstanley

Adrian Winstanley is an English solicitor, arbitrator, mediator and ADR consultant, and is the immediate past Director General of the London Court of International Arbitration.

In his earlier role as LCIA Registrar, Adrian oversaw many hundreds of arbitrations, and many mediations and adjudications, arising from a wide range of commercial enterprises and in many jurisdictions.

In addition to his London-based role as Executive Director of the LCIA, he played a pivotal role in the establishment and operation of DIFC-LCIA (Dubai), LCIA-India (Delhi), and LCIA-MIAC (Mauritius); in the process acquiring valuable insight into commercial arbitration in the Gulf, Asia, and Africa.

Adrian is a member of the LCIA Court; was a member of its Board for 15 years; and has sat on the Board of the International Dispute Resolution Centre (IDRC), one of the world’s leading arbitration hearing facilities, since its foundation in 1999.

He was Secretary-Treasurer of the International Federation of Commercial Arbitration Institutions (IFCAI) from 2000 to 2009; and a Vice President of IFCAI from 2009 to 2013.

Adrian was awarded the OBE in June 2013 for services to international arbitration.

Ms Nadine Wipf

Nadine Wipf is a Swiss-qualified attorney-at-law and associate at Bär & Karrer in Zurich, specializing in international commercial arbitration and cross-border litigation. Prior to joining Bär & Karrer, she worked at the ICC International Court of Arbitration in Hong Kong and at WilmerHale in London, where she gained additional experience in international arbitration.

Ms Wipf completed her legal studies at the University of Zurich (MLaw) and at King's College London (LL.M. in International Business Law, with Distinction). She participated in the 21st Vis Moot as a member of the University of Zurich team and acted as a coach for the King's College London team in the 22nd Vis Moot.

Mr Robert Witek-Pogorzelski

Involved in Vis Moot since 2008. Lawyer specialized in international trade as well as real estate and construction law. Acted as an in-house lawyer for world's leading manufacturer of cable TV equipment followed by a position in a publicly traded real estate developer after which he aquired a position of Head of Legal Dept. in a publicly traded mid-size construction company. Currently running the corporate and bancruptcy department in SCBP Law Firm. Head Coach of Gdańsk University VIS Moot team since 2013.

Ms Tanja Wohlgemuth

Participated in 24th Vis Moot for University of Belgrade, Serbia and currently coaching Vis Moot team of University of St. Gallen, CH

Mr Hannes Wolff

Studied law at the University of Passau after training and working as a ship mechanic with Hamburg Süd, Hamburg. Participated in the Vis Moot in 2015/16. Hannes is a research assistant at the Chair of Constitutional and Administrative Law, Public International Law, European and International Economic Law of Prof. Dr. Hans-Georg Dederer at the University of Passau and in this function also co-coaches the Passau Jessup Team. He is currently working on his doctoral thesis in the field of bioethics and biotechnology law.
He has been working with Kravets & Kravets, a small Cuxhaven based law firm specialised in commercial, maritime and business law, for a number of years and is certified as a translator for the english language by the Regional Court of Hannover. He currently serves as a legal clerk at the Higher Regional Court of Munich (Passau Office of the Public Prosecutor).

Dr Reinmar Wolff

Dr. Reinmar Wolff is a lawyer and Assistant Professor at the University of Marburg where he also heads the Vis Moot Court team. Dr. Wolff regularly acts as arbitrator in commercial arbitrations under various rules. He regularly lectures and publishes on arbitration and other topics. Dr. Wolff is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb).

Mr Nicholas Shou Jing Wong

Nicholas was called to the Bar of England and Wales (Lincoln's Inn) in 2019 and is currently a pupil at Sanjay Mohan Advocates & Solicitors. He is part of the Dispute Resolution Team which specialises in commercial and construction litigation and arbitration. During his undergraduate years, he had participated in various national and international ADR competitions which includes mooting. Since then, he has been invited to judge the City Law School LLB1 Mooting Assessment in London and recently the Vis Pre-Moots in Malaysia, the Middle East and Switzerland.

Mr Jonathan Wood

Chair of International Arbitration at Reynolds Porter Chamberlain (RPC), London, Hong Kong and Singapore; President, 2024, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; Chair of the Board,London Chamber of Arbitration and Mediation;Member LCIA, ASA, WIPO, LMAA; Former Chair of International Sales Committee , IBA; Advisor to British Government's ECGD ( export credit agency); Arbitrator and Counsel; Lecturer at Dar es Salem Law School on Dispute resolution. Based in England and Singapore. Areas of work include international trade, credit and political risk insurance, art law, energy, marine and non- marine insurance and reinsurance; logistics and carriage of goods; banking, trade finance, jv's, shareholder agreements; fraud and asset recovery; experience in criminal defence and human rights ; private and public international law

Mr Gavin Woods

Gavin is a partner in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department of Arthur Cox solicitors in Dublin. He is President of Arbitration Ireland (2017/2018) which is the association for international arbitration in Ireland.

Gavin is an experienced litigator advising clients before the Irish Courts particularly through the Commercial Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. Gavin’s advises a broad range of clients including Irish and international corporates, financial institutions, property companies, aviation, large retailers, third level institutions, statutory bodies and local authorities.

Gavin’s practice has a particular focus advising clients on intellectual property disputes (trademark and copyright infringement and breach of confidential information) working with our Technology and Innovation team and reputation management issues including data privacy, defamation, brand protection and internet related disputes.

Gavin advises a number of multinational companies and has worked with many law firms in other jurisdictions on a range of multi-jurisdictional disputes including international arbitrations before international arbitral institutions such as the ICC in Paris.
Gavin also advises on a broad range of commercial disputes including financial services litigation, commercial fraud and property disputes.

Gavin is a regular participant as speaker at international conferences on a variety of topics including, commercial disputes, IP litigation, data privacy litigation, reputation management and international arbitration in Ireland.

Mr Florian Wundrich

Florian is one of the co-founders of the Leipzig University Vis Moot Team and the Former President of the Leipzig Moot Association. He participated in the 26th Vis Moot and coached the Leipzig teams of the 27th and 28th Vis Moot. Currently, he is the coach of the team from Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. Florian works as a Research Assistant at Allen & Overy and writes his PhD thesis on international arbitration law. To support his research he was a Visiting Researcher at the School of Arbitration at Queen Mary University of London and a Visiting Scholar at UNIDROIT in Rome, Italy.

Mr Ankit Yadav

Ankit Yadav is a practicing advocate handling litigations primarily before the Supreme Court of India and the Delhi High Court. He received his B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) degree from RML National Law University, Lucknow and his LL.M. in International Legal Studies from New York University School of Law, New York.
Ankit has been involved in a significant number of litigations involving an array of subject matters, with a special focus on international and domestic arbitration, commercial laws, and public law.
Ankit regularly advises and represents various parties in domestic as well as international commercial arbitrations. He has a keen interest in international arbitration and public international law and routinely engages in academic and other activities on these issues. He is also a member of the LCIA Young International Arbitration Group and Young ICCA.

Ms Simal Efsane YALCIN ERDOGAN

-PhD Candidate at King's College London
-21st Willem C. Vis Moot participant & Mentor-Student of Ankara University Moot Team
-19th Willem C. Vis Moot participant

Dr Candan Yasan Tepetas

Between 2015-2019, I served as Secretary General of the Istanbul Arbitration Centre. In that capacity, I was involved in several domestic and international arbitrations. I am currently a member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR. In addition to my practice, I am a member of Private International Law Department at Istanbul Bilgi University. I teach classes on international commercial law, international procedural law and private international law. Since 2013, I am one of the coaches of the Vis Moot team of Istanbul Bilgi University.

Ms Rabab YASSEEN

Attorney-At-Law, Partner with Mentha Avocats, Geneva; Deputy Judge, Geneva Civil Courts; Admitted to the Geneva Bar (Switzerland); Admitted as a Solicitor to the Supreme Court (England & Wales); member of the ICC Arbitration Commission (member of several task forces, including the task force for the revision of the ICC Rules of arbitration adopted in 2012); Member of the ILA Arbitration Committee; Member of the Advisory Committee of the Cairo Regional Arbitration Center; Delegate to the UNCITRAL Working Group sessions; Member of the CAS Ad Hoc Division to the Rio Olympic Games 2016; Member of several arbitration institutions, on the arbitrator's list of various arbitration centers, and regular speaker at arbitration events.

Ms Polina Yataeva (Danilenko)

Advocate, Saint Petersburg Bar Association, Russia
Head of International Moot Court Program at St Petersburg University
Coach of St Petersburg University Team since 2014

Dr Alireza Yavari

Alireza Yavari is an accomplished, professional and well-traveled international Lawyer and Arbitrator. Having studied and practiced law extensively throughout the world, he specializes in the drafting and review of major international Commercial contracts and practices the fields of International Investment Law, International Trade Law and Dispute Resolution. YAVARI represents and advises different private international organizations and sovereign-states at the UNCITRAL, The United Nations. He is also a member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR as well as several other Working Groups and Task forces at the ICC.
He is the alumnus of different reputable universities and legal institutes around the world such as the Paris- Sorbonne University; the George Washington University; Leiden University; the diplomatic Academy of Vienna and so on.
He is also the head of the ICITRAL Commission at the ICILS in The Hague (Iranian Center for International Legal Studies); In addition, he is the founder of the UNCITRAL task force at the ICILS in The Hague, as an independent research body focusing on different aspects of International Trade Law which publishes academic books and articles in the field under Yavari’s leadership.

Mr Ivan Yavnych

I have obtained a bachelor degree in law in 2016 at Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, and in 2018 I obtained a masters degree in law at Ukrainian Catholic University.
I have participated in 23 rd Willem C Vis Moot Court of 2015/2016 (both writing and oral rounds).
Starting from April 2016 to August 2018 I have been working as an associate at the law firm in Lviv, Ukraine with a primary specialisation in commercial litigation.
Starting from October 2018 till now I work as an associate in international arbitration at Vasil Kisil & Partners, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Ms Elif Dilek Yılmaz

Elif Dilek Yılmaz is an Associate at Çakmak Attorney Partnership. She mostly focuses on the development and finance of energy and infrastructure projects. She is also experienced in post-closing disputes arising from share purchase agreements, litigation and competition law matters. In 2019, she graduated from Ankara University Faculty of Law and then qualified as a lawyer in Turkey. She is expecting an MSc Degree in Economics from Middle East Technical University. During undergraduate years, she participated in the 26th Vis Moot.

Mr Timo Ylikantola

Timo specializes in domestic and international dispute resolution, contract, construction, corporate and employment law matters as well as insolvency procedures.

Timo has advised and represented clients in institutional and ad hoc arbitration proceedings and before all the instances of the Finnish state courts in many complex disputes.

Timo has experience in arbitrating disputes under institutional arbitration rules such as the Rules of the Arbitration Institute of the Finland Chamber of Commerce, Arbitration Rules of the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce and the ICC Arbitration Rules and ad hoc arbitration under the Finnish Arbitration Act as well as enforcement procedures of the arbitral awards. Timo also acts as an arbitrator in institutional as well as ad hoc arbitrations.

In addition to his vast arbitration and litigation experience, Timo regularly advises Finnish and foreign companies in many domestic and international contractual and company law related arrangements and acts as a bankruptcy trustee.

Timo has acted as an arbitrator at the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot since 2009.

Mr Oleksandr Zablotskyi

Commercial Solicitor at UK Power Networks. Coach of the Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University Vis Moot Team.

Ms Ligeia Zachariadi Mylopoulou

Lawyer and PhD Candidate at University of Zurich with a focus on regulating Fintech.
I have a BA in Political Sciences from Aristotle University, an LLB from University of Nicosia (cum laude), an MSc in Energy Law, Business, Regulation & Policy with a dissertation focused on Investment Arbitration in the Energy Sector, and I am currently attending an LLM Program on Transnational & European Commercial Law, Banking, Arbitration/ Mediation (International Hellenic University).
What got me motivated to learn more about arbitration was the litigation system in my country.
My country, Greece, has been convicted over 400 times by the ECtHR for violating Article 6, right to a fair trial, of the ECHR. According to the World’s Bank 2015 report, in order for a case to be concluded in Greece it takes on average a total of 1.580 days, which means 4,5 years. Subsequently, I was really excited when I heard for the first time the term "alternative dispute resolution".
Apart from my masters classes which are focused on arbitration, I have also attended a number of conferences focused on Arbitration & International Law.
Accredited Mediator and Data Protection Officer (DPO).
One can never learn enough.

Mr Jordan Zafirow

I have 20 years of experience as a lawyer of which 11 years as an attorney. I am a counsel in WKB litigation and arbitration team and was an arbitrator in number of moots in the past, including VIS Moot. Participating in moots is always a good opportunity to see how young lawyers deal with law in practice.

Ms Kaja Zaleska-Korziuk

Kaja Zaleska-Korziuk is a PhD candidate and lecturer at the University of Gdańsk, Poland. Her PhD research covers the legal nature of third-party arbitration funding in Polish law. She specialises in commercial law, corporate law and commercial arbitration. Kaja Zaleska-Korziuk is also an attorney-at-law admitted to practice law in Poland.

Mr Izzat Zamri

Izzat was called to the Malaysian Bar in 2013. He is a civil litigator practicing at Messrs. K K Lim as a senior partner. He is frequently invited to judge and arbitrate various moot competitions including Vis Moot, LAWASIA Moot, International Humanitarian Law Moot and various moots in Malaysian public and private universities. He was the Moot Director of the Thomas Philip Novice Arbitration Mooting Competition (NAMCO) in 2016 and 2018. His area of work covers contractual and tortious claims, commercial and corporate disputes, contentious acquisitions and take-overs, land acquisitions, contentious banking litigation, construction disputes and industrial relations. He represents corporations and individual clients at all levels of Courts in Malaysia as well as at alternative dispute resolution forums. He was a contributor to the first edition of the Malaysian Civil Procedure and is actively writing on the development of the law.

Mr Thiago Zanelato

Thiago Zanelato is a Brazilian lawyer with experience in international and domestic arbitration. He currently works as an associate at Pinheiro Neto Advogados and holds a Masters' Degree in Law and International Economics Relations at Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, where he also obtained his Bachelor's degree. He is a former Executive Secretary of the ICC Brazilian Arbitration and Mediation Commission (2019-2020), an Arbitrator Intelligence Ambassadors for Brazil, a Founding Member of the Brazil Very Young Arbitration Practitioners -- BRVYAP initiative and is listed among the roster of arbitrators of the Chamber of Mediation and Arbitration from the Italian-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture. Mr Zanelato is a former mootie (22nd and 23rd editions) and coaches the team from Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo ever since (24th, 25th, 26th, 27th and 28th editions). Since 2017 he also participates as an arbitrator in both Vienna and Hong Kong.

Ms Olesia Zasemkova

Ph.D. (Candidate of Juridical Sciences) in Private International Law; Senior Lecturer at the Private International Law Department of the Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL); Senior Lecturer at the Department of Legal Moots; Member of the Board of young legal scholars (MSAL). I am also a member of Russian Arbitration Association (RAA 40) and an author of 4 books and more than 60 articles on the issues of private international law, civil law and comparative law.

Mr Jonas Zaugg

Jonas Zaugg is a former Moot participant (25th) and has been the coach of the University of Lausanne since. Mr. Zaugg holds a Master in Law from the University of Lausanne, specialising in commercial law and legal theory. Mr. Zaugg is currently assistant to Professor Andrea Bonomi and PhD candidate at the University of Lausanne. Alongside his studies, Mr. Zaugg has worked in the field of health insurance claims against liable third parties for over five years. He is a native speaker of Swiss German, German and French, as well as a proficient English speaker.

Mr Łukasz Zbyszyński

Łukasz Zbyszyński is an associate in the Disputes practice of the Warsaw office of Baker Mckenzie global law firm. Łukasz specializes in providing legal assistance to clients both before state courts and in arbitration proceedings, especially in relation to construction disputes including claims under FIDIC contract conditions. Łukasz also advises clients in insurance and banking disputes. Łukasz represented the Jagiellonian University in Kraków on several occasions in international moot court competitions concerning international commercial and investment arbitration in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot and Foreign Direct Investment International Arbitration Moot.

Mr Moritz Zegowitz

Moritz is civil servant at the Bavarian State Ministry of the Environment and Consumer Protection in Munich, Germany. From 2017 to 2022 he practised as attorney (Rechtsanwalt) at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer's Dispute Resolution practice in Munich. Moritz practised as commercial litigator and advised national and international companies both in and out of court. Moritz obtained his bar exam (Second State Exam) in 2017 at the District Court of Münster, Germany. As trainee attorney he worked inter alia for the European Commission's Legal Service in Brussels dealing with Business Law. He obtained his degree in law (First State Exam) in 2014 after having studied at the University of Augsburg (Germany), the University of Passau (Germany) and Cardiff University (Wales, UK). Moritz participated himself in the XIX. Vis Moot 2011-2012 and has then acted as coach for the team of the University of Passau three times. He has arbitrated at numerous pre-moots since 2013 and at Vienna since 2015 until 2021.

Mr Andrej Zerjal

Andrej Žerjal is a Lawyer at Race & Jarc Law Firm in Trieste (Italy), specializing in domestic and international contracts and litigation, with a particular emphasis on commercial matters. He graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Trieste and studied at the University of Vienna and Shanghai International Studies University as well. Besides, he acted also as a delegate at WIPO and at UNCITRAL.
During the 26th Willem C. Vis edition, he participated as a team member and oralist of the Trieste Team. Since then, he has been involved at the moot as a team coach and arbitrator.

Ms Patricia Zghibarta

Patricia Zghibarta is a consultant in the area of dispute resolution as part of the Legal Transition Programme team, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. She previously worked in rule of law and justice sector reform projects. Patricia holds an LL.M. degree (first class) from the University of Cambridge, where she was a Chevening and Cambridge Trust Scholar. Her fields of interest include public international law, international dispute settlement, and the interplay between law and technology.

Mr Shengming Zhang

Doctoral candidate and research assistant of Prof. Kröll

Ms Laura Zimmerman

Laura Zimmerman is an Associate in Baker & McKenzie's Dispute Resolution Practice Group in New York, where she focuses her practice on international arbitration and litigation. Ms. Zimmerman primarily advises foreign and domestic entities on cross-border contract, general commercial, investor-state, intellectual property, and business tort disputes. She has represented private parties and foreign states in complex commercial disputes in ICC, AAA/ICDR, and ICSID arbitrations, mediations, and in New York federal and state courts. She is a regular contributor to Baker & McKenzie’s International Litigation and Arbitration Alert newsletter, a regional editor for Baker & McKenzie’s International Arbitration Yearbook, and a contributor and editor for the Global Arbitration News website. She is admitted to practice in the state of New York.

As a law student, Ms. Zimmerman was Executive Articles Editor for the Brooklyn Journal of International Law and an International Business Law Fellow. She holds a J.D. (cum laude) from Brooklyn Law School, as well as an M.A. in International Peace and Conflict Resolution and an Honors B.A. (magna cum laude) in International Studies from American University’s School of International Service.

Ms Vanessa Zimmermann de Meireles

Vanessa specializes in international commercial arbitration, complex disputes, business and construction law.
Since 2016, Vanessa works as Foreign Associate at the dispute resolution boutique Borris Hennecke Kneisel in Cologne, Germany. She acts as arbitrator, counsel and secretary to arbitral tribunals in international arbitration proceedings conducted in English, Portuguese, Spanish and German. She has acted in both ad hoc and institutional proceedings held under the ICC and DIS arbitration rules. Her practice focuses on disputes regarding cross-border M&A and sales transactions, mainly in the sectors of construction, renewable energy, pharmaceutical and oil industry.
Vanessa holds an LL.M. in International Dispute Settlement from the Geneva MIDS Program, a specialization in Business Law and two bachelor’s degrees, in Law and Business Administration completed in Brazil.
Prior to moving to Europe, Vanessa acted as an in-house counsel at a multinational construction company in Brazil, where she acted in various contract negotiations focusing on dispute avoidance and compliance.

Dr Patricia Zivkovic

Patricia Živković is currently a Lecturer in Dispute Resolution at the School of Law, University of Aberdeen. She graduated from the Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb in 2011. She was a Vis Moot participant in the academic year 2009/2010. After graduation, Patricia continued her studies at the Central European University, where she obtained an LL.M. degree in International Business Law in 2012. Patricia worked as a research assistant for Professor Emeritus Tibor Várady at the CEU during her doctoral studies and continued to work on arbitration cases as a counsel in a law firm. She actively fosters the usage of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms by co-chairing the Young Croatian Arbitration Practitioners, an association for younger members of the arbitration community in Croatia, which she also co-founded, and by coaching students from various international law faculties for participation in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Court. Patricia also holds the position of an associate editor of the Kluwer Arbitration Blog, and she obtained in-house experience in the IT industry as Head of Legal Department.

Before joining the University of Aberdeen, Patricia held the position of an assistant professor at the International University of Sarajevo, where she coordinated and taught civil law courses, including, inter alia, Business Law and Property Law.

Her focus in teaching and researching includes international dispute resolution, with an emphasis on international commercial arbitration, private international law, commercial law, international sales of goods, the law of the European Union, and IT law.

Mr Alessio Zolpi

Alessio Zolpi is an attorney in the Dispute Resolution Team at VISCHER AG in Zurich, Switzerland. He advises and represents corporations and private clients in disputes before state courts and arbitral tribunals. Additionally, He provides counsel to clients on general commercial and corporate law matters as well as on contract law.
Alessio Zolpi participated in the 26th Vis Moot as a team member of the University of Basel, Switzerland and has since acted as an arbitrator at various Vis Moots.

Mr Tobias Zuberbühler

Tobias Zuberbühler is an independent arbitrator and counsel with over 25 years of experience in dispute resolution. He has acted as arbitrator and counsel in more than 80 international and domestic arbitration proceedings under both ad hoc and institutional rules (ICC, Swiss Rules, DIS, VIAC, CEPANI, HKIAC).

Tobias is a member of the Arbitration Court of the Swiss Arbitration Centre and co-editor of the Commentary on the Swiss Rules of International Arbitration (3rd ed 2023). He is recommended by Who’s Who Legal as one of the world’s foremost practitioners in international arbitration (Thought Leaders – Arbitration 2024).

Mr Filippo Zuti Giachetti

Filippo is a dual qualified lawyer (England and Wales, Italy) that specialises in international disputes resolution at MDisputes with a particular focus on technology disputes. He coaches the team of the University of Florence.