Arbitrator Listing for 29th Vis Moot

Ms Nadeen Abawi

Ms. Nadeen Abawi is an Attorney in Jordan, with Arbitration work experience.
Holds a Master degree in Commercial Arbitration from the University of Jordan.
As a student, Ms. Abawi participated as a student two times in the Vis moot and she is still closely tied with the competition as a coach.

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

Mr Kadi Abdurakhmanov

Kadi Abdurakhmanov works as an in-house counsel at Four Seasons Hotels and Resort in Moscow since October, 2016. After spending one year and a half in hospitality industry, Kadi knows how the sector works and what kind of business model meets high request of clients and partners the best. Moreover, with his distinguished colleagues, Kadi have assisted business owners on several real estate projects connected with deals aimed at the property development.
Concerning disputes resolution, Kadi is doing several litigation projects on construction and bank guarantee mattes as well as land disputes.
Kadi’s background as a litigator has started at the BAR association of Moscow region. He had entered the BAR at 2014 and participated in several projects on IP law matters.
His experience coupled with certain skills as a Vis Moot alumnus (2013 -2014) helped him a lot.
Kadi graduated from Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia with bachelor degree in 2015. Afterwards, he received his master degree with honor at the National Research University - Higher School of Economics. Currently, Kadi is writing his PhD thesis on topic of international commercial arbitration in UAE.

Dr Muhammad Abu Sadah

Dr. Muhammad Abu Sadah holds a PhDdegree in Private International Law from Cardiff University in the United Kingdom and a Master’s LLMdegree in International Economic Law from Warwick University UK.
Dr. Abu Sadah joined many advanced legal studies at the University of London and the Royal Institute of Public Administration in London,
He has many training courses at UK, USA and Arab Countries, mainly; UK Treasury Office; Efficiency and Effectiveness office allied to British Prime Minister; Anti-Fraud and Corruption course; UK National Audit Office; UK Civil Service College.
He also been on International visitors program organized by the U.S. State Department in the USA, where he gain professional experience and training at many U.S. core governmental organization.
Dr. Abu Sadah is currently the Associate Professor of law at the Faculty of Law and Legal practice- University of Palestine – Gaza. He had taught law in a number of universities in the Gaza Strip.
In addition; Dr. Abu Sadah is the Board Chair of Abu Sadah and Partner Law firm. He also served as legal consultant for many local Palestinian organizations. Served as legal advisor to General Control Office (GCO) in the Palestinian National Authority and theAttorney and legal advisor for Palestinian National Authority.
The most important areas of expertise of Dr. Abu Sadah are: Private International Law; International Economic Law; International Inverionmental Law and Natural Resources law; International Contracts; Corporate Governance; Commercial Arbitration; Multilateral and Bilateral treaties; International Trade Law and Foreign Investment; Transnational Corporations Law; in addition to his experience in the field of Law and Policies and sustainable development. Dr. Abu Sadah published many articles in international law journals in UK.
Dr. Abu Sadah is a member of the London court of International Arbitration- LCIA; Charter Institute of Arbitrators- (CIArb) Palestinian Bar Association; Arab Lawyers Union; a member of the International Bar Association–London, International Law Association UK, member of ICC YAF Paris; Patent Attorney Network Group USA. He is a member of board of directors of manyPalestinian civil society and NGOs.

Dr. Muhammad Abu Sadah
International lawyer,
Attorney and legal Consultant

Ms Yuliia Adamovych

My name is Yuliia Adamovych. I have been participating in Vis Moot for three years. During this time our team succeeded in a bunch of pre-moots and was awarded an honorable mention for memorandum (Vis East). I am the ex-head of Lviv Moot Court Society and co-founder of UCU Moot Court Community. Currently, I am working in Kyiv in Vasil Kisil and Partners. Arbitration and cross-border litigation are my major specializations.

Mr Adetola Adebesin

Adetola is a Nigerian qualified lawyer, and was an associate in the international arbitration practice at Olaniwun Ajayi LP– a top-tier commercial law firm in Nigeria. He has five (5) years of experience representing corporates, multi-nationals and governments in several high profile commercial and investment disputes.

A multiple award winner, Adetola also routinely advises on corporate finance deals and landmark infrastructure projects. He obtained his LLB from the Lagos State University, Lagos - Nigeria and currently a candidate in the Geneva LLM in International Dispute Settlement (MIDS).

He regularly acts as counsel under most of the institutional arbitration rules including the ICC, LCIA, SIAC and ICSID. He is a graduate of the International Lawyers for Africa (ILFA) Banking & Finance Academy and holds a diploma in International Arbitration from the Africa Arbitration Academy.

Mrs Dalia Adel

Professional experience:
-Legal Counsel- Engie (August 2021-present)
-Paralegal in AMEA Power - Renewable Energy sector (Sep 2020-May 2021)
-Paralegal in ACWA Power Dubai Office- Company working in water and power projects in Middle East, Northwest Asia and South Asia (Aug 2018- Sep 2020)
-Internships in Paris, France- ALTANA Law Firm (Arbitration department) and TESCA Group and Cairo, Egypt - Abdulraouf Law Firm.

Educational background and publications:
-a master degree in International Business Law - University of Toulouse 1-Capitole- France
- a master degree in European and international Business Law - University of Paris 1-Sorbonne
-a licence in Egyptian Business Law - University of Cairo-Egypt
-Thesis on "Third-Party Funding in International Arbitration: A comparative Legal and Economic Analysis in Europe and Middle-East
- article on "Third-Party Funding New Recognition in Domestic Legislation and Status" in French and English
Other:
Pleader: 23th willem c. vis moot and East moot
Arbitrator: 27th, 28th and 29th willem c. vis moot
Arbitrator: SCCA Arabic Moot 2022

Ms Esraa Adel

Esraa is a LL.B student at Faculty of Law, Alexandria University. She competed in the 28th Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot as a member of her university's team. Also, she acted as a trainer in the 12th MENA eVis Pre-Moot - Phase 1 and will act as an arbitrator too.

Ms Tope Adeyemi

Tope Adeyemi is a Barrister and Arbitrator practising from 33 Bedford Row Chambers in London. Dual qualified in England & Wales and Nigeria, her practice focuses on Regulatory Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution. Tope has appeared before a wide range of courts and tribunals and acts as Counsel and Arbitrator in institutional and ad hoc arbitrations. Additionally, she undertakes adjudications as a member of the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution’s Consumer Panel (CEDR). Tope is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and is an elected member of its London Branch Committee. Between 2009 and 2016 she was an Associate Lecturer in Law with the Open University.

Dr Adeyemi Agbelusi

Dr Adeyemi Agbelusi is Principal Partner, Berean Associates. He is a an Arbitrator, Accredited Mediator and Conciliator and Mediation Advisor involved in resolving disputes throughout Nigeria and other Jurisdictions. He has several years of experience in Alternate Dispute Resolution with a view to providing strategic solutions to clients. Adeyemi has served as a facilitator to resolve several complex cases and as been appointed Arbitrator and Tribunal Secretary in several Arbitrations. He has trained several ADR practitioners. Adeyemi is passionate about appropriate and efficient dispute resolution and seeks to promote efficient use of the ADR toolbox especially in Commercial Disputes.
He has attended several courses on Negotiation, Mediation and Arbitration and is well published in several magazines. He is a regular blogger on ADR and developments in effective Dispute Resolution.

Mr Aram Aghababyan

Armenian Lawyer currently working as a coordinator at the American University of Armenia Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Clinic and serving as an Arbitrator Intelligence regional ambassador for the MENA region from Armenia. Studying in the International Investment and Trade Law program at the University of Amsterdam. Holding an LL.M. degree from the American University of Armenia and a BS degree from the Armenian State University of Economics.

Published several articles on international arbitration and International Investment Law topics. Acted as a coach for the Armenian Law Schools' team and served as an Arbitrator in the 27th Vis Moot Pre-moot rounds.

Mr Mazyar Aghasi Javid

Mazyar is acquainted with international commercial law, ADR and specifically works on the carriage of goods. He holds a Diploma for freight forwarders issued from FIATA organization located in Switzerland.

Mazyar advises domestic and international freight forwarding companies and carriers on domestic and international law and arbitration matters.

In addition, Mazyar has participated in several Moot court competitions and gained valuable achievements. His association with Vis-Moot dates back to 2017, when he participated as team member of ATU university and later on, he coached ATU vis moot teams in 2018 and 2019.

Ms Raksha Agrawal

A commercial/contractual law enthusiast with a keen interest on looking for alternatives to address the above related disputes outside court. I have been working with Senior Advocate, Mr Sajan Poovayya at the Supreme Court of India and have been a part of active litigations in India mostly relating to energy and infrastructure laws.
I have actively been assisting parties in various arbitrations here including the famous GVK Ratle Project arbitration.
I also keep the experience of participating in various moot court competitions in law school including the prestigious Willem C Vis East and West in the year 2018 and 2019. I have also been recognised for my performance in LAWASIA moot and also the ADR Arbitration Competition in Hongkong.
Its been a dream of mine to be a part of the Vis experience and being an arbitrator for this years competition will really be a step closer to the goal.

Mr Shobhit Agrawal

The main agenda is to "rise myself in today’s competitive environment by incorporating new innovative ideas to the theoretical knowledge so as to implement the knowledge in the practical world, and I believe honesty and hardworking in smart way leads to success". Completed B.A. LLB,(Hon.) in the year 2018 from Tamil Nadu National Law University , Tiruchirappalli. Recently pursuing LLM in the field of ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution). Additionally, completed the diploma in Cyber Law from Government Law College, Mumbai. A lot of feathers are present in the hat within the capacity of awards received for securing a badge in Advance Legal Drafting and was also adjourned as best team in Judgement Writing Competition. Participated in several different National Moot Court Competitions in the area of International Law, Criminal Law, etc., and have actively engaged with well known personalities of legal fraternity. Research being a utmost important aspect in the life as a legal person is very much imparted by having different publication in UGC approved/listed journals.

Mr Iain Aitchison

Iain Aitchison MArch LLM DipICArb FDBF FCIArb is a Managing Director at Ankura, based in London. UK-German dual national. Registered Architect in Germany and UK. Regularly appointed as an independent expert on complex and high-value disputes and has given expert evidence in ICC Arbitration on delay and FIDIC contract administration issues. Accredited dispute board member, mediator, international arbitrator. Experience of cross examination in international arbitration. Practising arbitrator and 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.

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 Karina Albers

Arbitration and expert witness for maritime disputes , commodity derivative trading and broking and commercial risk management
An accredited Expert at the Federal Court of New York and acted as expert in leading cases in London, New York and Singapore. She is a NGO representative at the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)
Member of the Baltic Exchange, the GMAA,, SCMA , aspiring full member of the LMAA and Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, ICCA and the Expert Witness Institute.

Mr Wala Al-Daraji

Wala is an arbitrator, delay expert witness and lecturer with a wealth of construction experience in the UK and the Middle East. He currently lectures construction law and project planning, at postgraduate and undergraduate level, at the University of Westminster. He also supervises master’s degree dissertations in delay and construction claims.
His research interests include third party litigation funding, international investment arbitration and customary international law.
In addition to his involvement in academia, he acts as an arbitrator in construction and transport disputes both in the UK and internationally. Furthermore, he acts as a delay expert witness and a delay advisor to construction clients and contractors in both building and infrastructure projects. Wala is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and a Registered Expert Witness/Accredited Mediator with the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.
His professional experience covers many aspects of claims and project controls; including FIDIC, JCT and NEC contracts, and delays analysis/extension of time claims. He worked in the following sectors: railways, water, the Underground, buildings, M&E, pharmaceuticals and civils.
In addition to English, Wala speaks Arabic and Italian, and understands French and Spanish. He has worked/lived in London, Cairo, Rome, Dubai, Athens and Riyadh.

Ms Dima Alexandrova

Dima is a Bulgarian qualified business lawyer and mediator specializing in Commercial Law and Dispute Resolution (Litigation, Arbitration and Mediation) currently practising in Bulgaria. She is an LLM graduate in International Business Law from King`s College London, having her fundamental training at Sofia University Bulgaria and University of Lorraine France. Previously, she has gained experience at PricewaterhouseCoopers, CMS Cameron McKenna and a leading local litigation practice Dokovska, Atanassov and Partners as well as in two in-house practices focused on energy, insurance and pharmaceuticals. In the course of the last three years she has coached for Sofia University and King`s College London for both the CDRC Negotiation competition ( based on the Vis Case) and the ICC Commercial Mediation Competition, keeping high level standards to the extent her teams are always at the finals and in the top 3 or 4. She is involved in the Vis for a third following year as an arbitrator in Vienna London White and Case, Sofia, Belgrade Pre-Moots. She authored a dissertation under the title `Multi-tier clause in International Commercial Arbitration` to reflect her interest in Mediation as an effective ADR tool.

Mr Farid Alizada

I was born in 1994 in the little city of Azerbaijan called Astara. in 2000 in the same city I started to do my primary school and left it in 2009 to continue my studies in Baku. Once I finished school number 158 in Baku in 2011, I decided to pass state examination and study Bachelor level studies. Thankfully, I graduated sucessfully from The Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan and hold Bachelor’s degree in Law. After Bachelors, I pursued Master’s degree at University of Eastern Finland during which I attended many courses, had an exchange semester in Sweden, and get taste of Finnish education, but I did not manage to graduate due to illness and financial issues. During my studies I completed in Summer School on Internet Crime and Energy Transitions Conference, which introduced me to the relevant areas of Law. After returning to Azerbaijan from Finland, I started to work at Labour Inspectorate of Republic of Azerbaijan where I currently work. My job tasks included listening to citizens, adressing their complaints and restoration of their employment rights. My first job experience improved my patience, determination, and interpersonal skills.

Dr Gizem Alper

Dr. Gizem Alper attended the Bilkent University Faculty of Law. She has her master’s degree in Law and Economics and her doctorate degree in Private Law both from the Bilkent University Faculty of Law, where she was a teaching and research assistant at the Civil Law Department during her studies. She is currently rendering her post-doctoral research at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg. As of April 2020, she will continue her post-doctoral studies at the Oxford University Institute of European and Comparative Law. She the translator of Art. 66-70 (with Pınar Çağlayan Aksoy) and Art. 71-73 of the CISG Commentary edited by Ingeborg Schwenzer and Pınar Çağlayan Aksoy. Last year she was one of the team coaches of the Bilkent University team that attended the Istanbul Arbitration Center Young Arbitration Moot Court competition, which won third place. Current research interests include tort law, contract law and the boundaries of the two as well as consumer law.

Dr Gizem Alper

I am a bilingual academic and international legal and ADR consultant, dual-qualified in New York and Turkey. With an extensive professional background spanning over two decades and across three continents, she specializes in global commercial and corporate transactions as well as dispute settlement mechanisms, with a particular emphasis on dispute prevention. I am a listed arbitrator and/or mediator with international tribunals and hold memberships in various professional organizations. Currently, I serve as the secretary for the Commercial Law and Uniform State Laws Committee at the New York City Bar. I previously held positions in Turkish universities and currently, I oversee the Pace CISG Database at the Institute of International Commercial Law.

Prof Hussien Al-Shuwaili

Mr Nawaf AlSulaim

Law graduate from the United Arab Emirates University.
Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
Case Counsel at the Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration.
Adjunct lecturer of legal studies at New York University in Abu Dhabi.
Participated in the 27th Vis Moot as an oralist with the United Arab Emirates University team.
Participated in the 28th Vis Moot as a student coach with the United Arab Emirates University team.
Reached the round of 16 in the 29th Vis Moot as the coach of the Dar Al-Hekmah University team.
Coached New York University in Abu Dhabi in the 30th and 31st Vis Moot.

Mr Ibrahim Alturki

Ibrahim Alturki is a PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge focusing on international commercial arbitration and finance. He is a founding board member and the current president of the Cambridge Arbitration Society(CUArb) and a co-coach of the Cambridge team to the Vis Moot. He has over 5 years of experience in litigation, arbitration and cross border disputes and 5 years of teaching experience.

Previously, Ibrahim was a blog editor and a managing editor at the Cambridge International Law Journal. He was also an academic lecturer in commercial law at Qassim University in Saudi Arabia where he taught corporate law, international trade law, dispute resolution, civil procedure and private international law among other courses. Prior to his teaching experience, Ibrahim received a Bachelor degree (Hons) in Islamic Law from Qassim University and an LL.M. (Dist. and Dean's list) from Georgetown University in International Business and Economic Law with a Certificate in International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution. During his LL.M., he served as a board member of the Georgetown International Arbitration Society and interned at the World Bank.

Dr Ihab Amro

Dr. Jur. Ihab Amro is an Assistant Professor of Private Law and a practicing lawyer and a chartered arbitrator. He holds PhD from the Athens Law School in Greece awarded in early 2011. He has published several books on International Commercial Arbitration, including a book on the recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards under Cambridge Scholars Publishing ('C-S-P') in the UK in 2014, which has been included in the Bibliography of 1958 New York Convention Guide of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law ‘UNCITRAL’. Also, his last book on online arbitration published under C-S-P in early 2019 has been selected as the best (civil) law book in the world in 2019 by Book Authority, which identifies and rates the best books in the world as featured on CNN, Forbes, and INC, and it has been selected in the list of the best arbitration books of all time. Apart from that, a Paperback version of his book on online arbitration has been published in late 2021. In addition, he has published articles in numerous well-known international law journals, including the Hague Yearbook of International Law, the Arbitration Journal of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, The World Arbitration and Mediation Review, Journal of Legal, Ethical, and Regulatory Issues, the Vindobona Journal of International Commercial Law and Arbitration, and the Slovenian Arbitration Review. Between 2012 and 2019 he visited several international law institutions and conducted research as post-doctoral researcher, including the Max-Planck-Institute for Comparative and International Private Law ('MPI') in Hamburg; the UNCITIRAL in Vienna, the Legal Studies Department of Central European University (‘CEU’) in Budapest, and the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law ('UNIDROIT') in Rome. Dr. Amro has been invited to deliver lectures at international law institutions such as the UNIDROIT. He participated as a speaker in some international conferences on arbitration organized by international arbitration centres, including the ICC International Court of Arbitration in Paris. He is fluent in English, Greek, German and French, and he has a knowledge of both Italian and Hungarian, aside from his native language Arabic. His current research focuses mainly on international commercial arbitration, on online dispute resolution (‘ODR’), and on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Arbitration. He served as a prosecutor for few years.

Mr Toheeb Amuda

I am a qualified lawyer, an Investment Consultant and an Arbitrator in Nigeria. I am a member of the Lagos Court of Arbitration, an International Arbitration institution and an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Mediators and Conciliators (ICMC). I work closely with an international renowned arbitrator Mrs. Dorothy Udeme Ufot, SAN, a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, U.K and in this capacity, I have participated in International Commercial Arbitration with venues at the Lagos Court of Arbitration and the Lagos Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration, Nigeria (LRCICA). I have considerable experience in International Commercial Arbitration, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, Negotiation and Documentation of Local and International Contracts and Foreign Investments.

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.

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.

Ms Ghada Arfaoui

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.

Mr Madhur Arora

Mr. Madhur Arora is an advocate, currently working with AZB & Partners, a globally recognized top-tier Indian Law Firm. His areas of expertise include dispute resolution, arbitration and insolvency law. He has been an avid mooter and has been a part of the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot for the past three years as a participant, as well as a coach, collecting various accolades over the years.

Ms Amanda Arraes Maranhao

Amanda Arraes Maranhão is a fully-qualified dispute resolution attorney-at-law. She has years of working experience and currently works at boutique law firm PMZ. Her main practice focuses on dispute resolution. She acts as counsel in national and international arbitration and litigation proceedings.

She is a Master's Candidate at the University of São Paulo (USP) and is specialized in international commercial arbitration and litigation by the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Currently, she is a Director of the Brazilian Association of Arbitration Students (ABEArb) and has acted as coach and participant for the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE) team. She was the winner of the Honorable Mention award at the XII Orlando Di Giacomo Filho National Monograph Competition organized by the Brazilian Center for Studies of Law Firms - CESA. She has published also several articles on arbitration issues.

Mrs ÇAĞLA ARSLAN BOZKUŞ

Çağla ARSLAN BOZKUŞ's born on 6th June 1987 in Turkey. She graduated from Kocaeli University Law School. Between 2009-2011 she worked on International Business Law in Amsterdam. After 2011, she moved back to Turkey and started her own law firm "BOZARS LAW" and since then she has been working on corporate law,international business transactions, international business law. She is studying Masters of European Union Law at Kocaeli University.She is the author of many articles about EU Energy Law, EU Business Law and Corporate Law. She presented some of her articles at International Security Congress on 2013, International Security and Energy Congress on 2014 and International Human Rights Workshop on 2014. She can speak English and Dutch. She has also level 2 certificate for Russian and Japanese languages. She is still working as a lawyer and a legal consultant for foreign-invested companies at her law firm in Kocaeli and working on her academic researches at Kocaeli University. She has been President of European Union Commission at Kocaeli Bar Association since 2014.

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 Gidey Belay Assefa

Gidey Belay Assefa is an associate at ZeeLaw and ALG LLP and he works in international arbitration cases. He obtained his LL. M in commercial law degree with an excellent thesis in investment arbitration. Also, he is a 2020 fellow of the Weinstein JAMS International Fellowship and a 2020 cohort of the Africa Arbitration Academy. He is also the founder of ENERAP, the Ethiopian chapter, and a member of many young arbitration associations. Moreover, he has authored and co-authored articles focusing on international arbitration.

Mr Mateus Assis

Litigation and Arbitration Associate Lawyer at Franco Leutewiler Henriques (FLH) Advogados. GEAMack's (Mackenzie's Study Group on Arbitration) Adjunct Coordinator and coach for the Vis Moot since the 28th edition. Former mootie in the 26th and 27th Vis Moot' editions. Author and coauthor of articles and chapters published on the subjects of Arbitration and Corporate Law. L.L.B from Mackenzie Presbyterian University Law School (2021) with an exchange semester at the WWU University of Münster (2017).

Mr Pavel Astakhov

I have over 10 years of experience in international arbitration (ICC, SCC, LCIA, ICAC (Russia) Rules), in domestic litigation and in preparation of legal opinions for foreign courts and tribunals. I currently work for PIK Group (Russia) and focus on cross-border dispute resolution. I have acted as co-counsel with leading international law firms, including London-based teams.

Ms Daria Astakhova

Daria Astakhova is a lawyer admitted to the Paris Bar since 2019. She works as an Associate at Audit, Duprey, Fekl, a Paris-based law firm specialized in dispute resolution. Daria Astakhova’s practice is focused on commercial and investment arbitration, international commercial litigation, recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards, international contracts. Daria Astakhova also holds a PhD in Law from the MGIMO-University in Moscow and teaches international litigation, civil procedure and comparative law in French and Russian universities.

Dr Dushica Atanasovska

PhD International sales contract
LLM International private law
TA in Private Law and Law of Obligations
Max Planck Institute for Private and Intarnatinal law visiting reseracher

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.

Mr Christopher Awodimila

I am an Associate at Broderick Bozimo & Company, a law firm which specialises in arbitration and dispute resolution. At Broderick Bozimo & Company we handle complex disputes and produce exceptional results. I work with a team of Lawyers who are the best at their crafts, and we continuously represent State owned agencies, and high net-worth clients in arbitration and litigation, amongst other dispute resolution mechanisms. I also currently serve as the Special Assistant to the Attorney-General, Delta State, Nigeria.

I am a member of countless notable arbitration associations like the Young Arbitration International Group (YAIG), the Young ICSID, the YSIAC, and the Association of Young Arbitrators (AYA). Furthermore, in September 2020, I was appointed as one of the 4 (four) Ambassadors of Arbitrator Intelligence from Nigeria.

My passion for dispute resolution inspired me to establish a non-profit brand called the Experts in Litigation and Arbitration (ELA). The purpose of the brand is to shape the culture of practicing dispute resolution through practical ideas capable of changing our world.

Mr Hasan Tahsin Azizagaoglu

Hasan Tahsin Azizagaoglu is Bench Walk Advisors’s Analyst and supports the team with internal due diligence and case analyses. He oversees the due diligence process on proposed cases for funding, the negotiation of funding arrangements and the subsequent management of cases. He is recognised by Lawdragon and named among the 2023 Lawdragon 100 Global Leaders in Litigation Finance. Hasan is also a PhD candidate and was awarded the 2020 Claes Isacson Scholarship. His research interests are primarily in the fields of International Commercial Arbitration, Investment Arbitration, Private International Law (the Conflict of Laws), Maritime Law, and Insurance Law. Hasan’s PhD research focused on the effects of exclusive jurisdiction agreements and arbitration clauses on third parties.

Mr Thomas Baconin

Thomas Baconin is a manager with EY's Forensic & Integrity practice in Paris where he leads investigations, compliance audits and damages valuation teams. Thomas graduated from UCD Dublin, Paris II Panthéon-Assass as well as Queen Mary where he attended the LLM in Comparative and International Dispute Resolution in 2012. During the 2011-2012 Vis Moot, Thomas pleaded on the substance of the dispute. He has been an arbitrator for the Vis Moot 3 times since his last pleading and is looking forward to continue this experience. Thomas speaks French, Polish and English.

Dr Mathias Bähr

Undergrad Law Studies in Düsseldorf, Germany (2013 - 2018). PhD and research assistance in Düsseldorf (2018 - 2022). LLM in International Law University of Cambridge (2022 - 2023). Currently clerkship Higher Regional Court Düsseldorf. Vis Moot Participation in 2015/2016. Coach of the Düsseldorf Team in 2019/2020.

Ms Parisa Bakhtiari

Parisa Bakhtiari far had experienced participating and mooting in Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Pre-Moot held in Budapest and Moot Court held in Vienna in April 2019.
As the first but not the last, it was such a fabulous, priceless practical opportunity which any student could have experienced in its educational life.
Following the 26th vis moot procedural section of the case, namely the jurisdiction of abitral tribunal in contract adaptation, and consequently becoming more interested in arbitration, she has recently defended her master thesis titled " the power of arbitrators in adaptation of international commercial contracts" with high quality.
She does enjoy ADR, and more specifically arbitration, and hopes to continue her pass throughout the arbitration.

Ms Prerona Banerjee

I am a 2021 graduate from National Law University Odisha, India. I am currently working as a litigation lawyer at Khaitan & Co., India where my work entails representing our clients in both domestic and international arbitrations. In 2021, I was selected to participate in the Summer Course on International Arbitration” held by the prestigious International Academy for Arbitration Law, Paris. Further, I have worked as a research assistant under Professor Kabir Duggal, Columbia University, wherein my research entailed work on international investment arbitration. In 2019, I participated in Vis East as an oralist and researcher wherein our team won Honourable Mentions for both our memorials. Our team was also adjudged as Quarterfinalists and I won an Oralist Citation at the AIAC Vis Pre-Moot. I have also published work on arbitration, including a publication on Kluwer Arbitration which discusses the legality of unilateral appointments in domestic arbitrations.

Ms Myrna Barakat Friedman

Myrna Barakat is a commercial arbitrator and mediator based in New York City with over 25 years’ experience in domestic and cross-border transactional matters. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and a member of the International Arbitration Club of New York and the Silicon Valley Arbitration and Mediation Center.
Myrna divides her time acting as a neutral and advising on strategic growth initiatives. She is the Founder and Managing Director of MB Corporate Advisory Partners (MBCAP), a boutique corporate and strategic advisory firm. Prior to establishing MBCAP, she was a Managing Director–Corporate Development and Chief M&A Counsel at CIT Group. Myrna started her career practicing corporate law at Hughes Hubbard & Reed (1997-1998) and Sullivan & Cromwell (1998-2005), counseling national and foreign corporations and financial institutions on a broad array of securities offerings, mergers, acquisitions and other business combinations.
Myrna has worked on matters involving insurers, reinsurers, MGAs, banks and asset managers, as well as fintech, insurtech, cybersecurity and cryptocurrency initiatives. She has advised on transactions in the US, Canada, Australia, Russia, Eastern and Western Europe and throughout the MENAT region. She is a graduate of McGill University’s Faculty of Law (earning both a JD and a Bachelor in Civil Law) and Faculty of Management (Economics and Finance). Myrna is fluent in English, French and Arabic.

Ms Carolina Barboza Lima

Coming from one of the most prestigious families in the legal field in Brazil, she was called to the Brazilian Bar Association in 2001, after graduating in Law from one of the most traditional universities in the country – UCAM. She took her master’s in Law from the same institution in 2005. Carolina is an assistant professor at UCAM (licensed). After spending almost four years in Canada, two of which managing the ADR Institute of BC, she relocated back to Rio de Janeiro. She is a lecturer at Rio de Janeiro School of Judges and was coordinator of the post-graduate course in Tax Law at one of the world’s largest universities – UNESA. Researcher at the Human Rights and Social Transformation Research Group (GPDHTS) linked to the Graduate Program at the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO).She is a lawyer in Brazil and an arbitrator in Canada in both cases, emphasizing Public Law. Member of the International Editorial Board of Revista Brasileira de Revista Brasileira de ADR and instructor at the Graduate Program in ADR at University Center of Valença. Fellow at the Chartered Institute of Arbitration and a Member of the Law and Society Association.

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 Peter A. Barna

Counsel at the Madrid Court of Arbitration, Peter Barna is currently enrolled in the Brazilian, in the Portuguese and in the Spanish Bar Associations. He has participated in numerous proceedings in civil, commercial and consumers matters in the Brazilian Courts. Acted specially in subjects related to compliance and termination of contracts, tort and breach of contracts, aviation accidents, constructions and enforcement of judicial and extrajudicial orders.
Furthermore, collaborated in arbitration proceedings, whether ad hoc or administered by institutions such as the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the CIESP/FIESP Court of Arbitration, the Court of Arbitration of the Brazil-Canada Chamber of Commerce (CAM-CCBC), Civil and Mercantile Court of Arbitration (CIMA) and the Tribunal Arbitral de Barcelona (TAB).

Mr SPYRIDON BATZIOS

My name is Spyridon Batzios and I am a Greek qualified Lawyer since 2015. After obtaining an LL.B. from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, mainly focusing on commercial and international law, I pursued master studies in International Law as well as German- and European Economic Law, with emphasis on international commercial and investment arbitration. I have also attended arbitration training courses in various European cities including Athens, Munich, Paris, Rome and the Hague.
On the back of the academic background I built during my studies, I worked as an intern at a boutique Law firm in Munich, which specializes in international arbitration and litigation. I have worked on institutional arbitrations under a variety of arbitral rules including UNCITRAL, DIS and ICC Rules. I am currently an associate at a leading law firm in Athens, where I mainly handle international commercial litigation as well as arbitration cases.

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.

Dr Martin Beckmann

Mr Eric Bédard

Eric Bédard is partner at Woods LLP in Montreal, Canada, where he practices since 2010, after obtaining both civil and common law degrees from McGill University. He is a civil and commercial litigator, having appeared before the Québec courts of first instance and appeal, as well as several administrative tribunals. His expertise also extends to commercial (both domestic and international) arbitration and investor-State arbitration, in addition to litigation pertaining to arbitration issues. He has represented parties before tribunals constituted under Chapter XI of the NAFTA and served as secretary to an arbitral tribunal hearing an investor-state dispute under the auspices of the Permanent Court of Arbitration.

Eric co-authored the chapter on Canada in Enforcement of Investment Treaty Arbitration Awards – A Global Guide, 2nd edition, ed. Julien Fouret, Castaldi Mourre & Partners, Globe Law, 2020, and the Canada Chapter in the International Arbitration Review, ed. James H. Carter, 11th Edition, 2020. He also co-authored “The Contribution of Canadian Law to International Mining Arbitration”, in The Guide to Mining Arbitration, 2nd ed., eds. Jason Fry and Louis-Alexis Bret, Global Arbitration Review, 2021. He is a frequent speaker on investments under comprehensive trade agreements and the NAFTA, and has been a lecturer at McGill University on Law for Architects and Engineers.

Mr Michael Beechert

Michael Beechert is currently Legal Adviser to Judge O. Thomas Johnson at the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal, where he works primarily on the ongoing resolution of a number of large inter-governmental claims. He has worked in the international arbitration practice of a major international law firm as well as for the High Court of Hong Kong and the German Bundestag. He was previously a Fulbright scholar at the Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich. Michael studied law at Yale Law School.

Mr Berk Bengi

I have an LL.B. degree from Istanbul Bilgi University. I have attended 22nd Vis Moot Court competition as an oralist back in 2014 with Istanbul Bilgi University team. After I graduated from law school I started to work at European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) in Observatory department. I can speak English, German and Turkish. I have attended the CISG courses given by Prof. Yesim M. Atamer.

Ms Tess Bens

Tess Bens is a Research Assistant at the Department of Civil Procedural Law at the University of Vienna. She holds an LL.B. in Dutch Law, an LL.B. in International and European Law, as well as an LL.M. (research) in Business and Law from Radboud University. During her studies at Radboud University, Tess participated in the 22nd Vis Moot and attended summer courses at National Taiwan University, Bucerius Law School and The Hague Academy for International Law. She also worked as a Student Trainee at NautaDutilh and as a Legal Assistant for the Arbitration Practice Group of De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, both in Amsterdam.

Tess worked as Lecturer in Private International Law at Radboud University (2018-2021) and Tilburg University (2022), as well as Research Fellow at the Department of European and Comparative Procedural Law at the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg (2022-2023), before joining the University of Vienna in October 2023. She coached the Radboud University team during the 26th and 27th Vis Moot and arbitrated in the general rounds the 28th-31st Vis Moot. Tess regularly publishes on topics in the fields of private international law, international civil procedure, international commercial sales law and international arbitration.

Ms Darejan Beridze

Ms. Beridze holds LL.M. degrees from the University of Miami (USA) and Bucerius Law School (Germany), and Master’s Degree in International Law from Georgian Institute of Public Affairs (Georgia). Her main practice areas are International Arbitration, Trade and Investment Law, M&A/Corporate Finance.

Since May 2015, Ms. Beridze was a counsel at the international mining corporation, headquartered in Miami, USA. From June 2018, she practiced at top-tier law firms in Germany, Georgia, and the USA. Ms. Beridze has experience in a broad range of matters, including investment and commercial arbitration, contract, corporate, environmental, tax law and international business transactions.

Ms Beridze participated at the 22nd Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, her team took 1st place at the Tbilisi Pre-Moot. She is a member of numerous professional organizations, including YIAG of London Court of International Arbitration, YAF of ICC and Young ICCA.

Dr Hepzibah Beulah

Professor from India specializing in Arbitration.

Mr Ahmed Beya

I participated in 28th vis moot with United Arab Emirates University in both writing and oral phases, additionally, I was a speaker on behalf of my team in the oral hearings, I hold a bachelor of law with the second degree of honors, I am currently studying master of science (MSc) in Islamic Banking and Finance.

Mr Rohit Bhattacharya

Rohit specialises in advising and representing construction & infrastructure, energy & resources, sports & entertainment, and trade & commodities companies in cross-border arbitrations and litigation. He also advises and represents global litigation funders for their investment in disputes, and companies on raising finance for their disputes.

His experience includes advising clients in international commercial arbitrations under various institutional rules such as SIAC, ICC, LCIA, DIAC, as well as in cross-border disputes before courts in India, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Turkey, and Indonesia.

Over the years, Rohit has also participated in the Vis moot, both as mootee and as arbitrator.

Mr Shouvik Bhattacharya

Shouvik Bhattacharya maintains a broad international disputes practice, with a focus on complex and high-stakes international arbitrations. He also advises clients on issues of US federal and state law with a transnational focus.

Shouvik has extensive experience of arbitrations in the energy industry. His clients also include leading telecommunications, mining, financial services, software, luxury goods and manufacturing firms. His cases are sited in both common law and civil law jurisdictions, and he has broad familiarity with the various institutional and ad hoc rules (including AAA, HKIAC, ICC, ICDR, LCIA, SIAC, SCC, UNCITRAL).

Shouvik has represented clients before the European Court of Human Rights and has advised on cases before the Court of Justice of the European Union.

Shouvik regularly teaches and speaks about arbitration, including at Harvard Law School, the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences and the National Law University, Delhi.

Mr David Bigge

Mr. Bigge is an attorney-adviser at the U.S. Department of State. He is currently based in Washington working in the Office of UN Affairs. From 2016 to 2019, Mr. Bigge served in The Hague as the U.S. Agent to the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal and Deputy Agent in two cases before the ICJ. His portfolio also included representations of US interests at the PCA. Prior to this position, he represented the United States for six years in investor-state arbitration and advised on commercial arbitration matters. Before joining the U.S. government, Mr. Bigge spent nine years in private practice in New York, specializing in commercial arbitration and litigation for and against sovereigns. Mr. Bigge was also an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center (2013-2015), where he taught Advanced Topics in International Arbitration, and he frequently publishes articles on various international arbitration subjects. Mr. Bigge is a Vis Moot alumnus, representing Harvard as an oralist in the semi-finals in 2001. He coached the Harvard team from 2005 to 2009 and served as an adviser for the Dar Al Hekma teams in 2018 and 2019.

Mr Sameer Bindra

Sameer Bindra is an advocate with the in the Dispute Resolution practice group of Khaitan & co. in Mumbai. Sameer focuses on International and domestic arbitrations, notably Shareholder, Investor and Infrastructure disputes and White-Collar Crime. Sameer has authored numerous publications (both International and Domestic) on contemporary issues & emerging trends in Indian & International Arbitration. Sameer also regularly judges various moot court competitions (both at National and International level) across various law colleges in India.

Mr Gary Birnberg

Gary Birnberg is a full-time arbitrator and mediator specialized in cross-border commercial cases, including matters involving insurance/re-insurance, aviation, life sciences, financial industry, sports/entertainment, and art. A Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and a court certified mediator, he has completed hundreds of cases with aggregate value of billions of Euros. Gary is associated with JAMS and affiliated with, and/or has worked on cases administered by some fifteen other institutions, including CAfA, CAM-CCBC, ICC, and ICDR. Past Co-Chair of the IBA Mediation Committee and past Chair of the CIArb Florida Chapter, his work has been recognized for 2022 by Leaders League (Mediation Brazil) and Best Lawyers in America (Mediation and Arbitration USA). He holds degrees from INSEAD, University of Pennsylvania, and Boston University School of Law and has been admitted to four bars in the USA. He works in English, French, and Portuguese and speaks frequently at seminars and conferences.

Mr Thomas James Biscomb

Thomas James Biscomb is an associate at Armesto & Asociados, a boutique of arbitrators with an international and independent profile and a good business sense, founded by Juan Fernández-Armesto. Thomas acts as secretary and assistant to arbitral tribunals in arbitration proceedings, including domestic and international arbitrations, involving both commercial and investment disputes. Most of the cases are administered by ICC, ICSID, and Spanish or Latin American arbitral institutions.

Thomas holds a Bachelor’s degree in Law from the University of Montevideo, Uruguay, obtained in 2017. In the course of his Bachelor’s degree, Thomas participated in the Willem C. Vis Moot, the FDI Moot and the Competencia Internacional de Arbitraje Comercial, obtaining the 3rd Place in the 2014 Competencia Internacional de Arbitraje, the 3rd Place in the 2017 Willem C. Vis Moot and the 2nd Place in the 2018 FDI Moot. Thomas also holds a Master’s degree in International Advocacy with distinction in dispute resolution from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, obtained in 2021, for which he was granted the Extraordinary Prize for obtaining the highest GPA in his class.

Thomas is currently acting as coach of the University of Montevideo.

Ms Cătălina Bîzîc

Catalina is an international arbitration lawyer, a member of the New York bar, with both civil law and common law background. She practices international commercial and investor-state arbitration, focusing on energy disputes, and is currently based in Bucharest. Catalina has previously practiced at leading international arbitration practices in Frankfurt, London and Dubai.

Catalina serves as the Co-Chair of Young Romanian Arbitration Practitioners (YRAP) for 2023-2025. She is also speaker on international arbitration topics, including as an arbitrator and coach for the Willem C. Vis competition. She first participated in 2016 with the University of Bucharest team which she coached afterwards. Catalina coached the winning team (Penn State Law) at the 27th Willem C. Vis competition in Vienna.

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.

Ms Lisa Bonin

Lisa Bonin is an Assistant Professor of law at Bond University in Australia. She is admitted to practice in both Ontario, Canada, and New South Wales, Australia. She practiced as a litigator at a top-tier national firm in Canada prior to moving to Australia to take up her academic position. She has also been in-house counsel to an Australian multinational company, advising on both domestic and international agreements. She was a member of the 2003 Osgoode Hall Law School Vis Moot team, and has been involved directly and indirectly in coaching and mentoring Vis Moot teams ever since.

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 Ivan Bracho Gonzalez

Associate with experience in arbitration in Latin America. Ivan focuses his practice on international arbitration and federal litigation related to commercial arbitration proceedings. Prior to joining the firm, Ivan was an appellate Judge in Venezuela, where he decided cases related to expropriation disputes and administrative litigation.

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 Karol Bucki

Karol Bucki is a Polish national practising in France. He works as an associate with the Litigation Arbitration White Collar Crime practice groupe of the French leading firm August Debouzy. He is specialised in handling complex cross-border litigation and arbitration proceedings. He also advises clients with regards to various compliance issues and international sanctions. As part of the Sciences Po Paris team, Karol participated in the 21st edition of the Vis Moot. He has actively acted as coach and arbitrator since then. He is also the organizer of the annual August Debouzy Vis Pre-Moot.

Professor Petra Butler

Professor, Victoria University of Wellington; Director, Institute of Small and Micro States (ISMS); New Zealand UNCITRAL rapporteur CISG & electronic commerce; OGEMID moderator; fully qualified German and New Zealand lawyer; areas of interest & research: international commercial contracts, private international law, (international & domestic) human rights

Ms Marina Bykova

Marina Bykova is a highly-qualified attorney and arbitrator with a substantial more than 21 years’ experience in International, European, Russian, U.S., U.K. and Czech Law. Her on-going work as a manager and practicing attorney, licensed in the United States, Russia and Czechia, member of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA), arbitrator of the International Arbitration Courts and her second graduate degree in World Economics are directly related to International Law and Finance, including cross-border problem-solving in International Trade, Banking, Tax, Investment, Bankruptcy, Corporate, Intellectual Property and Immigration Law, Arbitration and Litigation, Corporate Governance, Information Governance, Data Protection and Compliance, Fraud Investigation.
Being US and Russian law school graduate, she has knowledge of both the civil law and common law systems and principles, including interdisciplinary issues and international comparative law, great experience in interpretation and application of rules, legal instruments, principles and policies, in conducting legal research and analysis, preparation of legal documents, educational programs, presentations and reports.
She speaks fluent English, Russian and Czech.

Ms Marina Bzovii

Marina Bzovîi is the Executive Director of the Moldovan Association of ICT Companies, the action leading association and the voice of the Moldovan ICT industry. Besides managing the day to day activities of the association, Marina has hands on and mindful of the interests of members and the ICT business community as a whole. Marina has extensive experience in the continuous dialogue with public authorities, strategizing on ICT policies, while critically analyzing political and legislative documents, and ensuring outreach of policies intended to develop the ICT sector.
Marina holds a bachelor degree in law and earned her master degree in Informational law. She continued her studies in Networking and Cybersecurity Program and Project Management. During law school, Marina successfully coordinated a programme focused on critical thinking and rule of law, working with some of the brightest international relations specialists and legal minds throughout the world. Previously, she worked for the leading law firm in Chisinau, focusing on ICT related projects.
Passionate about art, digitalization, E-commerce, cybersecurity, data protection, AI and other futuristic technologies.

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.

Ms Ceren Cakir

Ceren Çakır is the Founding Partner of ECC Law based in Istanbul and ICC YAF Representative for Turkey for the term 2019–2021. Her area of expertise constitutes international and domestic arbitration involving commercial, financial, and shipbuilding contracts, as well as charter parties and insurance disputes. She represents both local and international clients in arbitration proceedings under the ICC, SCC, DIA and GAFTA, and in ad hoc proceedings under the arbitration rules/laws of the LMAA, English Arbitration Act, IAL and CPC. Her experience further extends to pre-arbitration and post-arbitration litigation, including enforcement of foreign arbitral awards and set aside proceedings.
Ceren’s experience extends to banking and finance projects, corporate matters, debt recovery, ship finance, ship sale and purchase, and registry of companies and vessels to local and foreign registries.
Her working languages are Turkish, English, and French.

Mr Christian Campbell

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

Mr Bernardo Regueira Campos

Attorney at the law firm Guandalini, Isfer & Oliveira Franco Advocates, with experience in contract, corporate, business, and Web3 Law (cryptocurrencies, blockchain and NFT) as well as arbitration.
JD, with honors, Universidade Positivo (Curitiba - Brazil), and currently a Professional Master’s Degree Student in Business Law at FGV-SP.
Is a former member of the Group on Arbitration and International Contracts from Positivo University (UP), and has participated in previous editions of the Willem C. Vis Moot and CAMARB.
And has also previsouly acted as secretary-general at The Brazilian Association of Arbitration Students (ABEArb).
Is currently the vice-president of the State of Parana’s Commercial Association (ACP) and is a member of the Fiscal Council of Boa Vista Serviços SA (SCPC), a publicly traded company in Brazil.

Ms Julieta Cappelletti

Julieta is a lawyer and a certified English<>Spanish translator. She currently works as an associate at Dechamps International Law, an international arbitration boutique with offices in London and Buenos Aires.

Julieta has experience in international arbitration both in commercial and investment treaty disputes. She has represented investors, States, companies and individuals in arbitrations under the rules of the ICC, ICSID, ICSID (Additional Facility) and UNCITRAL.

Julieta is a teaching assistant of Private International Law at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). She also coaches the UBA team in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot.

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.

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.

Dr Maria Casoria

Dr. Maria Casoria holds a Ph.D. in Markets Law from the University of Siena, Italy. She is an Italian licensed Attorney and a licensed Mediator in Civil and Commercial Disputes.
Over the past 6 years, D.r Casoria worked as the University General Counsel and Assistant Professor of Commercial Law at the Royal University for Women (RUW) in Bahrain where she has also been a coach in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot for the RUW College of Law team and the faculty responsible for all activities related to the organization of the Annual Middle East Vis Pre-Moot Training and Competition. Currently, she is a freelance legal advisor for companies in Bahrain in addition to serving as the Executive Director for Overseas Operations at West Virginia University - USA and coaching the Vis Moot team at Middlesex University Dubai.

Her scholarship includes papers and book chapters on several topics in the fields of Commercial Law, Competition Law and Privacy in the Digital Markets, and ADR. Dr. Casoria is also a researcher on antitrust profiles in a Jean Monnet Project led by the University of Siena on the topic ‘European Legal Strategies for Payment Systems in the Open Banking Age’.

Mr Vitor Castro

Vitor is a dual qualified lawyer (England & Wales and Brazil) with a vast counseling multinational companies in the areas of food, drugs, energy, IT and telecommunication. He has worked for a leading law firm in Brazil for more than 15 years. and is currently practicing in London (UK). His professional experience includes his work as trial lawyer representing a major tobacco company in addition to domestic and international arbitration disputes representing corporations from different sectors. Moreover, he has expertise representing a variety of companies in product liability cases related to health injuries.
Vitor holds a master degree from King's College London, where he researched under the supervision of Professor Martin Hunter and was awarded the prize for best dissertation.

Mr Andrea Catasti

Andrea Catasti is an International Tax and Business Lawyer, Member of the Paris and Rome Bar Associations.
Andrea is the founder of AClegal - International Tax and Business Law, boutique law firm based in Paris that specializes in assisting and counselling clients in the fields of International Tax, French and Italian Tax Law, Contract Law and Commercial Litigation.
AClegal stands out for being able to provide legal advice and assistance in English, French, Italian and Spanish, for dealing with client's cases in a transparent and customized way and for having a strong business-oriented mindset where credibility, loyalty and pragmatism are the main cornerstones.
AClegal boasts a worldwide network of excellent and vetted professionals ready to assist with the client's needs in many, different countries.
AClegal aspires to be a reference for Small and Medium entreprises wishing to use Arbitration and Mediation as alternative dispute resolution methods.

Ms Carolina Cavalcante Assumpção

L.L.B from Mackenzie Presbyterian University Law School (2019) with an exchange semester at Università degli Studi di Ferrara (2016). Specialization in Corporate Law from São Paulo School of Law of Fundação Getulio Vargas (2021).
Associate at Marques Rosado Toledo Cesar & Carmona Advogados placed in São Paulo, Brazil, with experience in domestic and international arbitrations, with a particular focus on corporate law and complex civil litigation.
Former participant of the Vis Moot and the Brazilian Corporate Arbitration Competition.
Head-coach of the arbitration related study groups at Mackenzie Presbyterian University Law School.

Dr Octavian Cazac

Name partner Octavian Cazac, Ph.D., is with Turcan Cazac Law Firm for 20 years. Recognized expert in Moldovan project finance and syndicated finance, cross-border M&A and PPPs. He is recommended as a Band 1 lawyer by Chambers Global. He is also cited as a leading lawyer in the IFRL1000 and Legal500 editorials.
Holds a doctoral degree in Private Law from the Moldova State University (2013), his LL.M. degreed having been obtained from the same university in 2005. He is an Associate professor of Civil Law at the Moldova State University, Faculty of Law, where he started teaching from 2004. Since 2018 he runs a course on Commercial and Investment Arbitration in the university's LL.M. programme. In 2014-2018 he was extensively involved in reforming Moldova's private laws and in particular the Moldovan Civil Code.
He acts as arbitrator in arbitral tribunals under, inter alia, the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules and various institutional rules.

Mr Ondrej Cech

Ondrej Cech is a Senior Associate with Vienna and Prague office of ZEILER specializing in international commercial and investment arbitration. Before joining ZEILER, Ondrej worked as an associate in Prague office of a global law firm. In addition to his counsel work, Ondrej is frequently appointed 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 honors.

MS Lyra Cela

Lyra Çela is a young lawyer from Prishtina, Kosovo. She holds an Advanced LLM degree from Leiden University in International Civil and Commercial Law. She is currently working for the Constitutional Court in Kosovo.

Miss Liana Cercel

Associate at Armesto & Asociados, a boutique of arbitrators with an international and independent profile. Attorney and Counsellor at Law in the State of New York, trained in top GAR 30 international arbitration teams. Holds an LLM in Transnational Arbitration and Dispute Settlement, SciencesPo, Paris. Alumni of Sciences Po Paris and City, University of London Law School.

Ms Kate Cervantes-Knox

Kate Cervantes-Knox is a solicitor advocate with over 20 years of experience representing clients in commercial arbitrations and investment treaty disputes across a range of sectors, with a focus on energy and infrastructure disputes.
She has been recognised as a Global Leader by Who’s Who Legal: Arbitration, and by the Legal 500 and Chambers for her expertise in the fields of commercial arbitration, investor state arbitration and public international law.
During her career Kate has conducted arbitrations subject to many different systems of law, and under various different arbitral rules (including the LCIA, ICC, ICSID, UNCITRAL and LMAA). Kate also sits as arbitrator, and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. She is currently President of the LCIA European Users’ Council and a member of the ICC Arbitration and ADR Commission.
Kate has lived and worked in Spain and Latin America, and is a fluent Spanish speaker. She is one of the partners leading the firm’s Latin America disputes practice. Kate is a Visiting Professor at the University of Law, London.

Ms Gülnur Ceylan

Gülnur is an associate at Göksu Law and her practice focuses on commercial litigation, international commercial arbitration as well as investment arbitration. She assists project teams advising and representing major international and Turkish companies across a range of sectors including rising technologies, construction, engineering, shipping, banking, capital markets infrastructure, and manufacturing. On the regulatory side, Gülnur advises crypto-asset funds on local and international compliance.
She was recently part of a team representing a leading steel industry company in a Paris-seated ICC mediation. She also worked on the successful defence of one of the largest claims present in employment courts.
During her LL.B. degree, she participated in the prestigious “Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot” twice, once as a member of the merits team and once the procedure team. She also participated in human rights moot court competitions. Reflecting her academic interests, she also organized panels on international commercial law.

Mr Ayush Chaddha

Ayush Chaddha is an India-qualified lawyer and is presently pursuing Master of Laws in International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution from the National University of Singapore (NUS). Prior to joining NUS, he was practicing with the dispute resolution team of AZB & Partners, Mumbai where his practice was primarily focused on corporate litigation and commercial arbitration (domestic and international). His experience spans a broad range of fields, including energy, corporate joint-ventures, financial services and private equity sector. He regularly advises and represents clients in commercial disputes before courts and institutional (including under SIAC, ICC and LCIA Rules) and ad-hoc arbitrations

Mr Panagiotis Chalkias

Panagiotis Chalkias is an Associate in the international trade and arbitration practice of White & Case in Geneva. Prior to joining White & Case, Panagiotis worked as an associate at an international arbitration boutique in Brussels and as legal consultant at the World Intellectual Property Organization Arbitration and Mediation Center in Geneva. Panagiotis is currently co-chair of Young ICCA (International Council for Commercial Arbitration). He has been recognized by Who’s Who Legal: Arbitration – Future Leaders 2021.

Ms Joana Chamma

Lawyer for two years in Brazil, specialized in contracts and alternate dispute resolution. I have participated in the vismoot as a student since 2016 and coach since 2020. Currently getting my masters (LL.M) in International Business Law from the Católica University, Lisbon

Mr Sayantan Chanda

Advocate/Judicial Law Clerk at the Supreme Court of India. Formerly an Associate at P&A Law Offices, working on International Commercial and Investment Arbitrations, representing the Indian Government and private parties based in India, against foreign investors\entities. Undergraduate Law Degree from Jindal Global Law School, Delhi, India.

Participated at the 24th edition of the Vis Vienna Moot in 2017. Was a Finalist and finished Runner-Up (2nd out of 300+ teams). Additionally, received an Honourable Mention for Best Speaker.

Mr Amber Chandio

Amber chandio is Currently trainee at European center of mediation and arbitration France and member of new York young lawyers bar association. He did constructive arbitration course and contract law course virtually from university of Leiden neitherland. He is currently pursuing his career from one of prestigious institute of Pakistan " school of law quaid-i-Azam university Islamabad. He has done 25 moot court competitions , which counts national & international . He did recently international construction moot court competition which was hosted by Russian arbitration center. He has good knowledge of arbitration which he thinks is very important for every nation to develop arbitration more effective in their regions.

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.

Mr Raphaël Chikli

Raphaël is an associate at Diamantis & Partners, where he advises and represents States, corporations and individuals in investor-state and international commercial arbitration disputes as well as cross border litigation, with a focus on energy, infrastructure and construction industries. Raphaël also has experience advising clients on infrastructure projects and project finance worldwide.

Prior to joining Diamantis & Partners, Raphaël worked for two years in a leading company in the mass transit sector. He also worked as an intern in the international arbitration and project teams in several top international law firms.

Raphaël is fond of rugby and everything related to outer space.

Ms Karen Choi

Karen is an associate in the disputes practice at Clifford Chance. She has participated in the VIS moot and VIS East Moot as an oralist previously.

Mr Vaibhav Choudhary

I am a Legal Practitioner Before the Supreme Court of India. I am a Member of the Supreme Court Bar Association and Delhi High Court Bar Association. I have experienced of more than ten years as lawyer. My area of practice is Arbitration, Real Estate, Insolvency Code, Civil Code.

Ms Sushmita Chowdhury

Sushmita argued for Respondent-Procedure at the 26th Vis Moot in Vienna, as a part of the team representing Middlesex University Dubai. She completed her law degree with first class honours in September 2020, and is presently working in the arbitration practice of a Dubai law firm, and acting as one of the coaches to Middlesex Dubai’s team.
The Vis Moot paved the way for the beginning of Sushmita’s passion for arbitration. A few awards she came across in her research led to her undertaking an undergraduate dissertation on investor-State arbitration, which received a distinction, and is soon to be published.
Sushmita speaks fluent English, Hindi and Bengali.

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.

Mr Robert Cimmino

Robert Cimmino is an associate in Watt Tieder’s McLean, Virginia office concentrating his practice in the areas of construction litigation, suretyship and government contracts. He joined Watt Tieder in 2023 after spending two years working as an associate at a general litigation firm in Fairfax, Virginia.

Robert received his J.D. and Master’s in Public and International Affairs from the University of Pittsburgh where he focused on alternative dispute resolution and international arbitration. He also holds an L.L.M. in International Arbitration and Business Law from the American University Washington College of Law. During law school, he worked as a judicial intern with Justice David Wecht of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. He also served as the Notes Editor on the Pittsburgh Tax Review and CFO of PLISF, a non-profit raising funds to support scholarships for law students taking unpaid summer positions in the public interest. Robert competed in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot and continues to coach the University of Pittsburgh team.

Robert also works pro bono with the Commercial Law Development Program of the United States Department of Commerce, conducting lectures and training seminars on international arbitration and commercial law in the Middle East, North Africa, and Southeast Asia.

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 James Clanchy

James Clanchy, FCIArb is a full-time arbitrator in independent practice (www.jamesclanchy.com) and an Associate Member of Six Pump Court Chambers in London. He has been appointed as sole arbitrator, co-arbitrator and chair in ad hoc and institutional arbitrations seated in London, Paris, Dubai, Singapore and Copenhagen. A solicitor in England & Wales since 1990 (non-practising since 2019), he was also an avocat at the Paris bar (1994 to 2008).
James spent more than 20 years in private practice in London and Paris with Withers, Holman Fenwick Willan and Stephenson Harwood, specialising in shipping, commodities and energy. He was Registrar and Deputy Director General of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) 2008-2012 and was a Senior Legal Advisor at Thomas Miller Legal 2012-2014.
He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) and an Aspiring Full Member, and former Honorary Secretary, of the London Maritime Arbitrators Association (LMAA). He has been a content provider for LexisNexis UK, was a co-author of 'A Commentary on the LCIA Arbitration Rules 2014' (Sweet & Maxwell 2015) and has written articles and given lectures about the LCIA, the LMAA, commodities arbitration, third-party funding, and ethics.

Dr Carson Clements

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

Mr Davide Colacino

Davide Colacino is a senior associate with Lustenberger Attorneys at law KLG based in Zurich (Switzerland). He specializes in arbitration and litigation in commercial and business disputes. He has acted as arbitrator, counsel and secretary of arbitral tribunals in numerous institutional (ICC, Swiss Arbitration Centre, CAS and DIFC-LCIA) and ad hoc arbitrations. His practice focuses, in particular, on construction disputes, international commercial law and post-M&A disputes.

Moreover, he regularly represents clients in debt enforcement and bankruptcy proceedings, recognition and enforcement proceedings, and setting aside proceedings against arbitral awards before the Swiss Federal Supreme Court. Another focus of his practice is the representation of parties in white-collar criminal proceedings.

Davide Colacino is a member of various professional organizations (AIA-ArbIt-40, ASA, ASA below 40, DIS40, ICC YAF, Young ICCA, YConstruction) and the coordinator of the Swiss chapter of AIA-ArbIT-40 (the Italian under 40 Arbitration Group).

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.

Mr Miguel L. Colquicocha Martinez

Argentinian lawyer graduated from the National University of Rosario. Currently working in the prosecution unit specialized in economic crimes and teaching assistant of Commercial Law and Private International Law at the National University of Rosario.
Forthcoming degree in Economics. Backgrounds in the legal and economic field.
Former mootie, coach of the National University of Rosario team in different arbitration moots. Arbitrator in some moot courts.
Member of the winning team of the International Commercial Arbitration Moot organized by the University of Buenos Aires - University of Rosario, Bogotá (2010).
Coach and coordinator of the winning team of the Investment arbitration moot organized by the American University - Externado University, Bogotá (2017).

Mr Tudor Contaș

Tudor has been involved in proceedings before state courts and national/international arbitration tribunals and has a strong academic background in the field of international law and arbitration.

Miss Luiza Correa Lima Lopes

Attorney focused on Civil and Corporate Litigation, Arbitration and Digital Law

Ms Cremona Cotovelea

Construction lawyer, mediator and DB member with over 25 year experience. She is also trained in project management and public procurement. She is the main author of two FIDIC accredited modules (‘FIDIC Basic’ and ‘FIDIC in Public’) and a friendly reviewer of the 2017 FIDIC Red and Silver books. Cremona is also a FIDIC internationally accredited trainer.
Cremona is a founding partner of the first Romanian construction law firm SCPA Tecuci Păltineanu (2001) providing integrated advice: construction law, related public procurement or EU / MDB financing. She is a member of several professional associations (DRBF, ArbitralWomen, ARIC a.s.o.), She sits as a mediator and FIDIC national list adjudicator. Cremona is the first Central Eastern European /Balkans’ lady to have been accredited by FCL (FIDIC certified adjudicator) - FIDIC President List.

Mr Elliott Couper

I am an Associate in the International Arbitration Practice Group at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP. My practice focuses on commercial and investment arbitration as well as public international law.

Mr Andrew Coyne

Andrew Coyne graduated from the University of Pittsburgh Law School in 2015. Andrew practices as an attorney in the Compliance, Investigations, Trade and Enforcement group of Steptoe & Johnson LLP in Washington D.C. His practice is focused on white-collar criminal defense, internal investigations, and complex civil litigation. He represents companies in various stages of corporate and criminal matters. Currently, Andrew is actively engaged in multi-state insurance defense related to COVID-19 claims.
Andrew is a former Mootie, having participated in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot in 2014.

Dr Viktor Előd Cserép

Viktor Cserép is an attorney-at-law (Budapest) and associate at PROVARIS Varga and Partners in Budapest specializing in international arbitration and complex commercial litigation proceeding, with experience in several industry sectors including construction (FIDIC), manufacturing and the international sale of goods. He also regularly provides ongoing legal support during large-scale international projects, primarily for enterprises from German speaking countries. He is a member of several international arbitration organizations, the past first CEE Chair of Young ITA (Institute for Transnational Arbitration, 2021-2023). Viktor prepared the official English and German translations of the 2018 Rules of Proceedings of the Arbitration Court Attached to the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (HCCI/MKIK). His article entitled "E Pluribus Unum -Out of Many, One Common European Sales Law?" was awarded First Prize in the 2014 edition of the worldwide Clive M. Schmitthoff Essay Competition and was published in Pace International Law Review in 2017 (http://digitalcommons.pace.edu/pilr/vol29/iss1/2/) and included in the UNCITRAL bibliography on international sale of goods. Viktor holds a PhD in international arbitration from the University of Vienna (supervised by Professor Paul Oberhammer) and teaches international commercial law (covering the CISG) in the European and International Business Law LL.M. programme of Eötvös Loránd University Budapest. His working languages are English, German and Hungarian.

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.

Ms Jimisha Dalal

Jimisha is a counsel at Singularity Legal. She specialises in advising energy & resources companies, cryptocurrency investors, private equities and institutional investors in frauds and investigations, and their shareholder and joint venture disputes, operational disputes and sovereign disputes.

Her range of experience includes advising clients in international arbitrations under various rules like ICC, SIAC and JAMS; international mediations administered by SMC; and in cross-border disputes before courts in India, Indonesia, Singapore, and United Arab Emirates; and in commercial disputes. She keeps a keen interest in the law of radical technologies and businesses.

Ms Jimisha Dalal

Jimisha is a counsel at Singularity Legal. She specialises in advising energy & resources companies, cryptocurrency investors, private equities and institutional investors in frauds and investigations, and their shareholder and joint venture disputes, operational disputes and sovereign disputes.

Her range of experience includes advising clients in international arbitrations under various rules like ICC, SIAC and JAMS; international mediations administered by SMC; and in cross-border disputes before courts in India, Indonesia, Singapore, and United Arab Emirates; and in commercial disputes. She keeps a keen interest in the law of radical technologies and businesses.

Mr Amod K. Dalela

Amod Kumar Dalela
Mr. Amod K. Dalela is a Science Graduate (B.Sc. - 1977); Law Graduate (LL.B -1980) and Post Graduate in Social Work (M.S.W.-1983) and LL.M. ( Cyber Laws and Cyber Forensics) ( 2016). He holds post graduate Diploma in Training and Development from Indian Society of Training and Development, New Delhi. (PGT&D- 1990)
He also holds Post Graduate Diplomas in Cyber Laws from Indian Law Institute, New Delhi ( PG Dip-Cyber Laws-2014); Cyber Forensic Analyst (Plus), from Asian School of Cyber Laws-Pune ( CFA+- 2015); Certified Ethical Hacker from EC-Council ( CEH -2015) and Post Graduate Diploma in Alternate Dispute Resolution from Indian Law Institute, New Delhi ( PGDip-ADR-2016).
He has been trained by Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Govt. of India in Commercial Mediation and Negotiation in a specialized 40-hour training Program held at New Delhi in Sept. 2019.
Practicing currently as an Advocate on pan-India basis with New Delhi as primary place of practice, in various courts Practice areas include, Civil, Commercial, Labour and arbitrations.
He possesses rich experience of over 39 years. He has conducted commercial arbitrations, including Construction Arbitrations as a Sole Arbitrator as well as Panel Arbitrator. Also engaged actively in ODR in the capacity of Neutral/Arbitrator and Conciliator with ODR platforms such as SAMA, Private Court, Presolv360 and CORD.
He has a vast exposure of conducting Mediation at various fora.
Mr. Dalela is empaneled as an Arbitrator with leading Arbitral Institutions such as Indian Council of Arbitration (ICA), New Delhi and Construction Industry Arbitration Council (CIAC), New Delhi. He is about 63 years of age and resides in Delhi-NCR. He can be contacted at 09818045168 and amod.dalela@gmail.com .

Ms Pooja Damodaran

I, Pooja Damodaran, am enrolled as an advocate in the Bar Council of India and I have 2 years of practice experience in civil and commercial litigation. I am a recent graduate of LLM. in International Commercial Arbitration Law from Stockholm University. I participated in plethora of prestigious moot court competitions such as Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court (National Rounds); INTA-Asia Pacific Moot Court Competition, Singapore, and had the privilege to be the jury of a few. Being an avid mootie, I crafted various moot court problems in topics such as Trademarks, International Environmental Law, International Commercial Arbitration Law, Domestic Indian Commercial Laws. I am a strong advocate of women rights and have participated in moots/ debates related to this topic. Moreover, some of my notable publications amongst others are “Are Steve Jobs Dots Really Working? An insight on Corruption in International Arbitration through Niko v. Bangladesh” (Wolters Kluwer Romanian Arbitration Journal No. 3, July-September 2020), "Artificial intelligence in international arbitration - A myth or reality” Very Young Arbitration Blog (VYAB) and “SIAC’s Cross Institutional Consolidation - Complication or Solution” SSRN Papers (ISSN: 1556-5068). Finally, I also have notable Leadership Summit experience in Harvard, Boston and Cambridge, UK.

Mr Stefan Danojević

Mrs Channraksmeychhoukroth Dany

Channraksmeychhoukroth DANY (or “Chhoukroth”) is an Attorney-at-Law and a member of the Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia. Her legal practices centered on contract law, international commercial arbitration, family law, business and human rights and criminal litigation. She is acting as counsel in both domestic and international arbitration.

Having participated twice as a mooter in the Vis East Moot in 2013 and 2015, she had decided to work for the Vis East Moot Foundation in its Capacity Building Programme in late 2015. She then serves as a coach and arbitrator for the Vis East Moot and Vis Moot for several years.

Chhoukroth’s principle research fields center on the law of the sea, international commercial arbitration, international environmental law, and human rights law particularly right to a healthy environment and business and human rights. With her experiences and passions, she has been elected as member of the Executive Council of the Asian Society of International Law (AsianSIL) where one of the core objectives is to foster and encourage Asian perspectives on international law.

Ms Michela D'Avino

I am an International Arbitration lawyer, currently member of the International Arbitration team @BonelliErede Law Firm (Milan). I act as counsel and arbitrator in commercial, M&A, construction, maritime and investment-related disputes against private or State-owned entities, both in administered and in ad hoc proceedings conducted under all major rules (including ICC, LCIA, DIAC, UNCITRAL, ICSID) and under various jurisdictions and laws. I graduated summa cum laude from LUISS University (Rome) and I obtained a master’s degree in law (Magister Juris) from the University of Oxford. I am a member of the Italian bar.

Mr Peter R. Day

Peter R. Day is an independent arbitrator and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

He retired from the Boeing legal depart ment after 25 years, including nine years as Chief Counsel for Boeing Computer Services. He began his legal career as a U. S. Marine Corps trial lawyer and court-martial judge, and then as a civilian prosecutor in San Mateo County, California.

He has taught international commercial arbitration at the University of Washington Law School and has taught at the MBA and undergraduate level at the Seattle University Business School. He also teaches trial practice for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy and has organized workshops on cross-examination in international arbitration in Beijing, Shanghai and Vienna.

He received a B.A. from Yale University, a J.D. from the University of San Francisco, a Diplôme d’études supérieures spécialisées (as a Fulbright Scholar) from the University of Grenoble, France, and studied at the Europa-Institut in Saarbrücken, Germany. He also attended an executive program (Programme Supérieur pour Dirigeants) at the INSEAD international business school in France.

Ms Andrea De Biase

Andrea De Biase is a Trial and Global Disputes associate at King & Spalding and member of the firm's International Arbitration group based in London. Andrea has experience acting on a diverse range of international commercial disputes and has acted for clients operating in various sectors, including infrastructure, energy and natural resources. Andrea participated in the Willem C. Vis Moot in 2011 for Deakin University.

Mrs Roxanne de Jesus

Roxanne de Jesus is Partner in the Dispute Resolution Team of Pitkowitz & Partners.
Roxanne mainly advises international clients in complex cross-border litigation and arbitration proceedings. She is experienced in joint venture disputes involving multi-jurisdictional legal aspects and has a considerable track record of advising private clients as well as clients operating in the construction sector. Her broad experience further includes numerous successes with the Austrian Supreme Court in securing the recognition and enforcement of foreign court decisions as well as foreign arbitral awards based on international treaties. Roxanne’s clients also appreciate her know-how in white collar crime.
Roxanne is a member of the Young Austrian Arbitration Practitioners (YAAP) and of the International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA). She studied at the University of Vienna and the University of Wolverhampton.

Mr Lucas de Medeiros Diniz

Associate at Rodrigo Mendes Advogados. LL.M in Public International Law, University of São Paulo Law School. LL.B. from the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais (PUC/MG). BA in International Relations from PUC/MG. Advisor to the Board of the Brazilian Arbitration Committee (CBAr). Ex editor of the CISG Brasil website. Researcher at the Center of Ibero-America (IRI-USP). Experience in a variety of Brazilian and international disputes. Member of various organizations in the field of international arbitration (ICC Young Arbitrators Forum - ICC YAF, Young ICSID, CAMARB Youth, ICDR Young & International, INOVARB, CAM-CCBC New Gen).

Mr Joaquim Pedro de Miranda Baldoíno

Joaquim Pedro de Miranda Baldoíno is qualified to practice law in Brazil. After obtaining his law degree from Armando Alvares Penteado Foundation in 2019, he spent two semesters as an exchange student at the University of Wyoming in the USA. Joaquim is conducting postgraduate studies in International Relations and Diplomacy at Unisinos University. He has a certificate in Arbitration from the Pontifical University Catholic of Sao Paulo and attended the ICC Summer Course on Commercial International Arbitration in France. Joaquim has represented Armando Alvares Penteado Foundation in the Vis Moot as a student on two occasions, in 2017 and 2018. He has also participated in other competitions such as the Brazilian Arbitration Competition and the US Universities Debating Championship.

Mr Alex Dehn

Alex is an alumnus of Monash University in Australia, whom he represented in the 24th Vis Moot. He now works as an international litigation and arbitration solicitor in London. Alex has a longstanding involvement in the Vis Moot, regularly judging both the Vienna moot and pre-moots.

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 Kishor Dere

Dr. Kishor Dere is a legal practitioner and an ADR professional based in New Delhi, India. He also serves as a visiting faculty at various academic institutions. He arbitrated the Virtual FDI Moot Shenzhen 2021 (Preliminary and Elimination Rounds, 31 July -1 August, 2021) as well as the Virtual FDI Moot Seoul Global Rounds 2021 (28 October – 3 November, 2021). Moreover, he served as a judge for 21st Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition (India National Rounds) - Surana and Surana, SASTRA University, Tanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India (26 November 2016).

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.

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.

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.

Mr Thomas Dillon

Arbitrator and Mediator; Barrister England & Wales; Attorney, State Bar of California (inactive status); FCIArb. In practice at English Bar 1984-2000, 2010-2013. Vice President and Deputy General Counsel EMEA, Motion Picture Association (promoted from Antipiracy Counsel), Brussels 2001-2009; Legal Counsellor, World Intellectual Property Organization, Geneva 2014 - 2023. MA (Cantab); DipIP Law (QMC, London); MBA (Cass, London).

Mr Andris Dimants

I am a lawyer based in Latvia with 10 years of experience in national and international commercial dispute resolution as a law firm attorney, as well as an inhouse general counsel. During my career I have been involved in various arbitration proceedings in institutions, such as, ICC, SCC, AAA. I have represented clients in commercial litigations before the Latvian courts, as well as handled various cases from inhouse side in Latvia, United States, UK and other jurisdictions. I am currently head the legal department of Printify, which is one of the leading print on demand companies and tech startups in the world. In addition I have my own freelance law practice dealing predominately with dispute resolution. In 2019 I acquired a LLM degree in the Pittsburgh law school with a focus on cross border transactions and international arbitration. I have also acquired a Masters degree from University of Latvia in 2017 and bachelor's in 2015. During my studies I have participated in the Vis moot competition twice. I have arbitrated in the Vismoot and coached the University of Latvia team since the 25th Vismoot.

Mr Daniel Diniz

Born and raised in a country family and with very few resources, my dream was to be a basketball player. I reached this goal with a lot of effort, dedication, and help from many people, for which I will be eternally grateful. I start my biography like this because basketball enabled me to attend law school, through a scholarship. During college, I can say that I achieved excellent grades and, soon after taking LL.M. in Business Law I became a professor. Today I am a lawyer, professor of Startup Law, M&A, and Arbitration in Curitiba – PR. I participate in the FAE Business School Arbitration Group and work in national arbitrations. The studies and arbitration practice showed me a path of great enthusiasm within the legal area and, despite not having the opportunity to be a competitor in Moot, I really want to participate as an arbitrator.

Mr Anton Dirlinger

I participated in the Vis Moot Court in 2017/18 for the University of Vienna attending the Vis East in Hong Kong. After that I stayed involved with the Moot, coaching the University of Vienna's team for three seasons. Following the completion of my master studies in 2019, I am currently attending a doctoral degree at the University of Vienna and working as a researcher there.

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.

Ms Robin Dodokin

Robin is a lawyer, mediator, and arbitrator. She was called to the bar in 1993 and worked in
private practice as an associate lawyer and then as a partner at a mid-size firm for 23 years. In
2017 she started her own firm Dodokin Law & Conflict Resolution.
Robin is a Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb.) and is a member of the
“NextGen Arbitrators” roster at Arbitration Place in Toronto. She is a member of the board of
directors of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Canada Branch). Robin has obtained the ADR
Institute of Canada’s Qualified Arbitrator (Q.Arb.) and Qualified Mediator (Q.Med.) designations.
She is also a member arbitrator of the Toronto Commercial Arbitration Society. She also has an
LL.M in Alternate Dispute Resolution from Osgoode Hall Law School.
Her practice focus is on commercial, contractual and business disputes including oppression
remedy claims and insolvency matters. In addition, she has experience in resolving family
business disputes. She has been appointed to arbitrate commercial contractual disputes. She is also an experienced mediator.
She has expertise in virtual proceedings.

Mr Martin Doe

Martin Doe serves as Deputy Secretary-General 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.

Mr Christoph S. Doellefeld

My name is Christoph S. Doellefeld, and I am a 2013 graduate of New York Law School. I currently work as a Legal Risk & Regulatory Compliance Consultant at Protiviti, Inc., and am based in New York City. Additionally, I am a member of the New York State Bar, the New York City Bar, and serve on the New York City Bar's Committee on Science and the Law, where I chair the Space-Settling Subcommittee. While in law school, I had the honour of representing my school at the 2013 Vis Moot Competition in Vienna. In the time since, I have kept in contact with many of those I met during my time at Vis, and regularly see my fellow Vis teammates to catch up and reminiscence about the times we shared in preparing for the moot, and more so the times and memories we shared while there. Since my first day at the Vis Competition, I have desired to return to participate again as an Arbitrator. A number of years have passed since I graduated, and in that time I believe I have gained the request experience and knowledge to provide a meaningful contribution to the Moot.

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

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)

Mr Olexander Droug

Partner at Sayenko Kharenko

Ms Valeria Dubeshka

Experienced dispute resolution lawyer with focus on international arbitration and commercial law, practicing since 2016. I have participated in resolving complex international disputes in the international trade and construction fields under ICC, CIETAC, SIAC, SCC, VIAC and IAC at the BelCCI Rules.

Mr Anshul Duggal

Anshul is an Indian qualified lawyer and is currently pursuing his Advanced LL.M. in International Dispute Settlement and Arbitration (IDSA) from Leiden University (2021-22). Having over five years of experience at the Bar, Anshul has practiced law independently and in the Chambers of Ms. Geeta Luthra, Senior Advocate (equivalent to UK’s Queen’s Counsel) and Vice-President, Indian Council of Arbitration, FICCI, India.

Throughout his association with Ms.Luthra, Anshul has practiced varied streams of law including arbitration, constitutional, criminal and, civil law. He was Ms.Luthra’s primary Associate in her arbitration practice and has also assisted her in arbitrations wherein she is appointed Sole Arbitrator, including an ICC international arbitration. As an Independent Practitioner, Anshul is lead counsel in litigations before the Delhi High Court and District Courts. Presently, he has a reported judgment to his credit (reported as 2020 SCC OnLine Del 229; Delhi High Court), wherein the question of law pertained to the applicability of the Limitation Act, 1963 vis-à-vis objections under the Indian Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.

Anshul is regularly invited to judge moot court competitions by his alma mater and has also judged the K.K. Luthra Memorial Moot Court (2020), one of India’s most prestigious moot court competitions.

Mrs Alexia Duquesne

Dear organisation committee,

I have had the great pleasure of participating in the Vis Moot in 2017, representing the University of Liège. I am now working for Cleary Gottlieb in Brussels, as an associate in the Belgian practice group (corporate/litigation). I would be delighted to share my previous experience, few years later, as a panel arbitrator.

Best regards,
Alexia Duquesne

Ms Gina Dür

I am currently a lawyer at Wartmann merker Ltd., a Zurich based litigation and arbitration boutique specialized in international commercial dispute resolution. Alongside this, I am writing my PhD thesis in the field of civil procedure law. I completed my studies at the University of Lucerne and passed the Swiss bar and notary public exam in 2020. Since two years I have been participating in the Pre-Moots as an Arbitrator.

Dr Maciej Durbas

Maciej Durbas, PhD, LL.M., MCIArb, of counsel and co-leader of the arbitration practice at Kubas Kos Gałkowski, attorney at law. Expert in the field of dispute resolution. He has advised clients from many sectors, including automotive, banking, construction, government, insurance, rail, real estate, retail, telecommunication. He has extensive experience in arbitration as an arbitrator, counsel, or tribunal’s secretary. For several years he has been ranked as the Future Leader in Who's Who Legal Arbitration Ranking and recommended for Commercial Arbitration as Rising Star by Expert Guides. Coach of the Jagiellonian University of Kraków Vis Moot and Vis East Team.

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.

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.

MS Zainab Ebrahim Abdulaziz

Ms Zainab Ebrahim Abdulaziz . 28 years old .

Bahraini licensed lawyer since 2018 and certified arbitrator at the GCC commercial arbitration centre ( Arbitration in stock market disputes ) .

2018- A notable achievement falls within the " legal research " field . About money laundering through cyberspace ( Cyber-laundering , blockchain , bitcoin...) Which was the first of of it's kind in Bahrain .

2018- A bachelor of law from the university of Bahrain ( Law College) with GPA of 3.60 .

2019- A certificate of graduation and Complettion ( The basic training program for new lawyers ) from the Judicial and legal studies institute .

2019-Toles certificate - Test of legal English skills.

2021 - A certificate of appreciation from St petersburg for arbitrating the hearings at the st petersburg vis pre-moot ( Part of DlA piper global vis pre-moots) .

2022 - Arbitrating the hearings of The willem C. 29th vis moot . ( As an arbitrator ) .

Mr David Edet

David Edet has cognate experience in international commercial arbitration, complex civil litigation, mergers and acquisitions, insolvency and corporate commercial law. He is a graduate of the prestigious University of Nigeria where he obtained his LL.B degree with Honours. David is currently an Associate in the Dispute Resolution and International Arbitration Practice of Dorothy Ufot & Co, a leading full service law firm headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. David regularly advises corporations in various sectors ranging from construction, energy and oil and gas, aviation, banking, insurance, FMCG and shipping. David has a certificate in International Development from the Institute for Development Research (IDR), a Certificate in Regulatory Compliance from the University of Pennsylvania and a Certificate in Leadership from the University of Illinois. David is a member of the Association of Young Arbitrators (AYA), Young Practice Group of the London Court of International Arbitration (YPG-LCIA), and International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA). David Edet was recently appointed a registrar in a $1.3 Million USD construction dispute between two local construction companies in Nigeria.

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.

Ms Myriam Eid

Myriam is a senior counsel with Al-Marri & El-Hage Law Office in Doha and leads its Arbitration and ADR practice. Prior to joining the firm, Myriam was a partner and the head of the arbitration practice in a leading law firm in Lebanon and Saudi Arabia.

Myriam has more than 15 years of experience in the conduct of international and domestic arbitration proceedings (ad hoc and institutional) in the MENA Region, including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the UAE, and Lebanon.

Myriam is a qualified lawyer registered with the Beirut Bar Association and a member of the scientific committee of the Arbitration Center of the Beirut Bar Association. Myriam is also a member of the ERA Pledge Middle East Sub-committee. She served as an ICC YAF Representative for the MENA (2017-2019). She is a lecturer in international arbitration at the school of law of the Holy-Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK) and at the LLM Support Program of the University of London in Beirut. She is also the main coach for USEK’s Vis Moot team.

Myriam holds a master’s degree (DEA) in Commercial Law from Université Panthéon Assas (Paris II) and has contributed to several scholarly articles and studies in Arabic, French and English.

Ms Nour El Ghadban

Lawyer in Egypt, and currently in the Institut des Etudes Judiciaires of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Ms. El Ghadban obtained a double degree of Egyptian and French Law from the Institut de droit des affaires internationales (IDAI), which was the result of a cooperation agreement between Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and Cairo University.

In 2019, Ms. El Ghadban obtained a masters degree from Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne in International Economic Law. In 2020, Ms. El Ghadban obtained a masters degree from Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne in Comparative Law. Her first exposure to arbitration was as an intern in the Cairo Regional Center for International Commercial Arbitration. Since, she has had numerous internships in international law firms in Cairo and Paris, specifically in the arbitration department.

In 2018, Ms. El Ghadban participated as a mootie in the 15th Vis East Moot. That year, as an administrator of her university's moot club, she organised the 4th annual local IDAI moot court. She has also coached teams from her university in regional and international moot competitions. Ms. El Ghadban also acted as an arbitrator in various moot courts and pre-moot events.

Ms. El Ghadban speaks Arabic, French and English.

Dr Tarek El Ghadban

Tarek El Ghadban is a lecturer at the Faculty of Law, Cairo University, and an associate lecturer at the Sorbonne Law School and the University of Osnabrück. His research focuses on the link between public and private international law, and international dispute resolution. An almnus of the "Institut de droit des Affaires Internationales" (IDAI or the International Business Law Institue), he holds a "Licence" in French law and in Egyptian law, and Masters in International and European business law, as well as Private International Law and International Commercial Law from the École de Droit de la Sorbonne. He obtained his PhD from the same university, in International and European law on the subject of " Universal jurisdiction in civil matters".

In addition to his academic activities, Dr. El Ghadban has participated in a number of international negotiations and dispute resolution procedures. He is fluent in Arabic, English, and French and is moderately proficient in Spanish.

Mr Ahmed El Hadidi

Ahmed El Hadidi

PRACTICE DESCRIPTION

Head of legal (International transactions)

Ahmed El Hadidi focuses on banking and finance international Agreements, its Arbitration disputes, civil, commercial and private law, aircraft finance, mergers and acquisitions, securities, Construction, trademarks and patents. He is always being called on to assist in drafting and reviewing ICC Rules, the new Banking Laws, the Acquisition Rules under the Capital Market.

Before joining the National Bank of Abu Dhabi as a counsel, Ahmed spent several years with Arab bank, Ahli United Bank, Commercial International Bank, and Baker &Mckenzie International law firm. He regularly acts as lead Counsel in the transactions he is involved in and execute high-value deals.

Ahmed joined the Banking Commission of ICC France, He is in the legal, Financial Crime Risk and Policy committee , and SSCF committees. He led or participated in several law reforms in transition economies.

He is the author of leading articles on international arbitration, international banking and finance, and cross-border insolvency.

He is actively engaged in charitable and community projects.

Ahmed is admitted to practice before the Court of appeal and has a Master of Law degree from the American University and Zurich law University , Master of Law degree and Bachelor of Law from Cairo university (English law Section).

Ms Asmaa Elmalky

I am a Gender and Women Rights Researcher. Regarding the moot, I am an ex-participant at the 27th Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Competition, and ex coach to Alexandria University Vis Team.

Mr Orsino Elnaouq

PRESENT POSITION:
Arbitrator, Solicitor, & Legal Counsel

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Legal Advisor
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION:
Arbitration & ADR
Comparative Law
Conflict of Laws
Dispute Resolution
Intellectual and Industrial Property

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:
ADR
PANELS OF ARBITRATORS:
Member, ICSID Panel of Arbitrators; Member, SIAC Panel of Arbitrators

ARBITRATION EXPERIENCE:
Arbitrations as a counsel and party-appointed arbitrator, sole arbitrator and chairman within ICC, LCIA, ICSID, ad hoc, AAA, IACAC, SIAC
PUBLICATIONS FROM JURIS:
PUBLICATIONS:
The use of soft law in the arbitration organized by the court of international commercial arbitration attached to the national chamber of commerce and industry of Romania, 2018
www.international-arbitration.net

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).

Mr Hesham Elwakeel

Hesham is an academic and a professional lawyer in the fields of private international law, arbitration and competiton law.

Hesham is currently an Assistant Lecturer of private international law at Cairo University.

Hesham is also an Associate in the arbitration and competition teams at Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy. Hesham handles international and domestic arbitration cases under various rules, including ICC, LCIA, ICSID, CRCICA and UNCITRAL, in relation to disputes involving oil and gas agreements, share purchase agreements, telecommunications, construction, pharmaceuticals, maritime, and international investment in Egyptian and Saudi law jurisdictions. Furthermore, Hesham works on enforcement proceedings of arbitral awards before Egyptian courts.

Hesham also handles a multiplicity of competition law matters and disputes within the competiton practice at Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy, and deals with the legal and economic analysis of cartels, vertical agreements, abuse of dominance. Hesham also participates in providing strategies for mergers and acquisitions, training on dawn raids, and preparing fair competition compliance reports for multinational companies.

Hesham obtained his LL.B. from Cairo University (English Department) with distinction - first class honors, ranking first in his class. He also obtained his LL.M. in international law from Cairo University. He is currently enrolled as a Magister Juris student at the University of Oxford.

Hesham is a previous member of Cairo University's team that participated in Vis Moot Vienna and Vis East Hong Kong in 2017.

As a previous mooter, and a current arbitration lawyer and lecturer, Hesham has a profound belief in the importance of delivering the experience of moot court to ambitious students.

Mr Bahram Emrani

My full name is Bahram Emrani and I am a Vis Moot Alumni. Our team in afghanistan qualified to participate in Bahrain and Hongkong Vis competitions by wining national rounds two years in a row and representing Afghanistan in the regional and International rounds. It would be a great honor for me to be considered to arbitrat the Vis Moot Competitions in the year 2022.

Mr Enayatullah Enayat

A law & political science graduate who has extensively worked with volunteer networks and has participated in many youth-oriented programs. I started my journey in Vis Moot as a participant 5 years ago and then coached Jami University of Afghanistan in 28 Willem C. Vis Moot. I have aslo had the chance to arbitrate in 11th eVis Pre-Moot.

Assoc Prof Dr Ersin Erdogan

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ersin Erdogan is Associate Professor at Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University since 2015. He received his LL.B. (2010), LL.M. (2011) and PHD degrees (2015) from Bilkent University, where he worked there also as a research assistant for 5 years (2010-2015). He made last year his post-doc researches as a Guest-Researcher at Justus Liebig University in Giessen, Germany.
He offers courses about national and international arbitration at Yildirim Beyazit University to master and Phd students. He teaches also Civil Procedure Law at Yildirim Beyazit University and Bilkent University.
His PHD Dissertation is about applicable law for procedural issues, and published in Turkish as a book in 2016. He has also new published book, which is named "Res Judicata Effects of Arbitral Awards in Turkish Law" (in Turkish - December 2017). He published also several articles (in Turkish and in English) on procedural issues.

Mr Jorge Escalona

I am an experienced recently graduated lawyer from Panamerican University in Mexico City, passionate about ADR, international arbitration (commercial and investment), and international law. I have been involved as a competitor and as an arbitrator in various Moot court competitions, such as the 27th Willem C. Vis Moot and its various Pre-Moots (Fordham, Panamerican University Guadalajara, Galicia Pre-Moot), Moot Mexico organized by the CAM (2020), the Investment Arbitration Moot organized by Mediate Guru (2021), the Cross-Examination Moot (2021), FDI Moot Court Competition and the FDI Nigerian National Moot (2021).

I have completed studies on ADR and International Arbitration from various prestigious universities and institutions such as King's College London, the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Louvain University, Universiteit Leiden, the American University, the University of Aberdeen, among others.

I have gained experience assisting clients in ad hoc and institutional arbitrations
under the rules of local and international arbitral institutions such as the ICC, LCIA, CAM, and CANACO.

I am a native in Spanish, and I have a solid command of both English and French. I enjoy reading the yearly case, and it would be an honor to be an arbitrator in the most prestigious Moot Court on arbitration.

Ms Beatriz Estill

Beatriz Rieche Estill holds a Bachelor's degree in Law from Ibmec University and is pursuing a postgraduate degree (specialization) in Civil Procedure at Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ).

Currently, Beatriz is enrolled in Unidroit’s Research Programme in Rome, where she is conducting research about the impact of the enforcement of foreign arbitration awards on the globalization process, specially the effects and influence of the New York Convention.

Beatriz is a member of the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB) in Rio de Janeiro Section, as well as Young ICCA and the Young Arbitration Practitioners Committee of the Brazilian Center of Mediation and Arbitration (CJA/CBMA). She works as a lawyer at PVS Advogados with civil litigation and arbitration.

She has participated as a researcher and oralist on the 26th and 27th Vis Moot editions. Since the 28th Vis Moot, Beatriz is one of the coaches of Ibmec Rio de Janeiro Team.

Ms EFOSA OSARUEMEN EWERE

Efosa Osaruemen EWERE is a Partner in Gravida Attorneys, a Law Firm in Nigeria engaged primarily in Commercial Law Practice with a special bias for ADR as a tool for dispute resolution.
With over a decade of active legal practice, her passion for dispute resolution motivated her desire to use Litigation, Mediation, and Arbitration in achieving these goals.

The challenges faced in litigation with clients’ cry for speedy dispensation of Justice in Nigeria propelled her to see the need to explore the tenets of Arbitration.

In a quest to achieve this, She began her academic journey in Arbitration with The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK), Nigeria Branch, in 2011 as an Associate and later a Fellow. She has taken up the responsibilities upon appointment to act as Tribunal Secretary, Arbitrator, and Counsel in Arbitration Proceedings.
She is a member of several professional bodies as well as the CIArb Young Members Group Steering Committee Nigeria Branch, first as an executive member, then as the Chair of the Group; a position she held till the year 2022. She has a passion for good governance.