Arbitrator Listing for 29th Vis Moot

Mr Praveen K

I am an Advocate, Arbitrator, Mediator and Chartered Civil Engineer with 15 years construction contracts and disputes related experience in a variety of major projects upto 2 Billion USD in Qatar, Kuwait, Oman and India. I am Arbitrator and Dispute Board member in the Panel of Indian Council of Arbitration. Trained Mediator- IIAM, India. LLM - International Commercial Arbitration - Stockholm University and LLM - International Trade Laws - UNCITRAL/University of Turin Qualified. Expertise in International Commercial Arbitration, International Investment Arbitration , International Trade Laws, International Construction Arbitration and FIDIC contracts. Parties submit to International Arbitration as its the only available means of obtaining an Internationally enforceable award in NYC countries thus facilitates International Commerce, not because it is efficient, economical , expertise, or neutral as alleged in literature. Why Jurisdictions need to be pro arbitration and enforce patently illegal decisions. What will the consequence of wrong decisions enforced against small companies wont they become bankrupt or get out of International Trade . Standing Arbitral Tribunals not appointed by parties and those Awards enforceable under NYC could be possible answers. Challenge the status quo.

Mr Samar Singh Kachwaha

- An Advocate since 2009. Main areas of practice include arbitration, commercial litigation and corporate disputes.

- On the panel of the Union of India for Supreme Court litigation, as a ‘Group A’ Advocate.

- An Arbitrator on the panel of the Delhi International Arbitration Centre, New Delhi.

- On the panel of the Delhi High Court Legal Services Committee.

- Completed B.Com LLB (Hons) from the Gujarat National Law University, in the year 2009.

- Studied at The Shri Ram School (Moulsari), and passed the Indian School Certificate Examination in the year 2003.

Mr Ömer-Faruk Kafali

He completed the Master of Private Law Program at the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences of İstanbul Şehir University with the theses “Arbitral Decisions and Final Awards in Arbitration”.
Between 2017-2019, he worked as a Research Assistant at Istanbul Şehir University School of Law, Civil Procedural Law and Execution-Bankruptcy Law Department. Since October 2019, he is working at Ibn Haldun University School of Law, at the Civil Procedural Law and Execution-Bankruptcy Law Department where he furthers his Ph.D. on Private Law at the School of Graduate Studies.



Mr. Kafali participated at the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Court Competition and FDI Foreign Direct Investment Moot Court Competition as a team member in 2015 and 2016. He acted also as an arbitrator at Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Court Competition. Since 2017 he is coaching various teams from different universities for national and international law competitions. He speaks German and Turkish (native), English (advanced) and French (beginner).

Ms Sanna Kaistinen

I am a practicing lawyer from Helsinki, Finland. As of 25 March 2024, I will join a Finnish boutique law firm as a Legal Business Partner. Previously I was the Secretary General of the Finland Arbitration Institute (FAI). I have also worked as an Attorney-at-Law specialising in corporate and commercial arbitration and litigation. I am a former mootie from the 19th Vis Moot and have coached teams in Helsinki and London.

Mr Surinder Kumar Kalra

I am a Chartered Accountant by profesion, with an experience of 41 years. I am an International Commercial Arbitrator & Mediator, Forensic Auditor and Valuator, for Financial, Infrastructure, Concession Agreements, Agency & Dealership, LIBOR, Patent&TM Infringements, Industry 4.0: Data Analytics, Block Chain, Smart Contracts, IoT, AI, Forensic, Valuation , UN SDGs, Stock Markets, Commodity markets, disputes.
Expertise: Arbitration & Mediation: I have expertise in complex commercial and investment disputes in both common law and civil law systems under the UNCITRAL, NY Convention, the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (“ICSID“) Rules, DIS Rules, FIDIC Rules, Singapore Convention. I have handled more than 2,000 domestic and international assignments.
Expertise: Others: Forensic Accounting, Smart Contracts, NFTs and Block Chain.


Languages known: Hindi, Englisgh, French.
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Ms Rokaya Kamel

EMEA Regional Representative of the Moot Alumni Association and Currently an LL.M Candidate in International Trade Law at Ain Shams University - Egypt. Rokaya is an Egyptian qualified lawyer, she also participated in various International and National Arbitration Moot courts with different roles.

Mr Shantanu Kanade

I am an India-qualified attorney. I am engaged as a Lecturer in Law at O.P. Jindal Global University and as a Consultant with Airavat Chambers, a boutique dispute resolution law firm based in Mumbai. I am also a Visiting Lecturer at Maharashtra National Law University Mumbai, where I teach a postgraduate course on Commercial Arbitration.

I earned my first degree from Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur in 2013 and an Advanced LLM in International Dispute Settlement and Arbitration from Leiden University in 2019. Over the years, I have been associated with several arbitration moot courts as participant, coach and arbitrator. I was a coach to the Leiden University team for the 27th edition of the Vis Moot Court (Vienna) held virtually in April 2020.

Ms Elif Kapısız

She is a trainee lawyer at Göksu Law, mainly focused on international commercial arbitration, investment arbitration and commercial litigation. She serves major international and Turkish companies regarding construction, infrastructure, shipping, manufacturing and banking industries, providing assistance on a wide range of matters, particularly on litigation and arbitration proceedings.

Graduated from Galatasaray High School and from Galatasaray University Law School, Elif competed as a part of the procedural team in both 27th and 28th Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, as an oralist in the latter, which proceeded to the Round of 32 among 385 teams. She also participated in the Jean-Pictet Competition, where she had a chance to work on the international humanitarian law.

She is also a member of the Moot Alumni Association.

Mr Franz Kaps

I participated in the Vis-Moot, I have supported the team of Heidelberg and I also acted in many Pre-Moots already as arbitrator. At DLA we (team Daniel H. Sharma) focus exclusively on arbitration proceedings.
PhD
Doctoral thesis “Arbitration in Singapore and India” under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Dres. h.c. Hess

Employment

2020–present Associate DLA Piper (Dr. Sharma)

2020 Research associate White & Case (Dr. Burianski)

2018–2019 Research associate Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

2017–2018 Research associate Herbert Smith Freehills (Dr. Nacimiento)

2013–2017 Research fellow Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for International, European and Regulatory Procedural Law (during dissertation)

2009–2012 Student assistant Institute for comparative law, conflict of laws, Heidelberg


Studies/ Legal clerkship (Referendariat)

2006–2008 Student Faculty of Law at Heidelberg University/ Germany

2008–2009 Exchange student Faculty of Law at University of Delhi/ India

2009–2012 Student Faculty of Law at Heidelberg University/ Germany

2010–2011 Participation Willem C. Vis Moot Court (International Arbitration)

2010–2012 Scholarship holder Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation

2012 First state exam, graduation with honours

2018 Diploma German & International Arbitration at University Frankfurt

2017–2019 Higher Regional Court in Frankfurt a.M./ Germany, second state exam

2019 Legal internship (Wahlstation) at the law firm Gibbons P.C. New York City/ USA (3 month)
First state exam, graduation with honours

Best individual oralist (Domke Award) “Honourable Mention” Willem C. Vis Moot Court 2010

Best individual oralist Mannheimer Swartling Willem C. Vis Premoot in Stockholm

4th place 2005 “youth debates Germany”

Ms Beril Kaptan

Beril Kaptan is a Turkish qualified lawyer with experience of 4 years. She graduated from Istanbul Bilgi University in 2017 and was admitted to Istanbul Bar Association after finishing her legal internship in 2018. She worked at Altay Law Office for 3 years, mainly in the areas of litigation and corporate, M&A. She is currently pursuing her master´s degree in International Dispute Resolution at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. She is also working as a legal intern at Bodenheimer Berlin.

Dr Mine Karayalçın

Assistant professor in Antalya Bilim University Faculty of Law, Turkey. Graduated from Bilkent University Faculty of Law, obtained LL.M. degree in European Private Law from University of Amsterdam and Ph.D. degree from Galatasaray University.

Dr Gordon Kardos

Gordon Kardos is an associate in the Gleiss Lutz Dispute Resolution Practice Group based in Frankfurt/Main, Germany, specialising in litigation and arbitration. He particpated in the 20th Vis Moot and coached in the 22nd Vis Moot, both times representing the University of Bayreuth, Germany, and has been Vice President of the Bayreuth Moot Court Association. In 2021, he worked as a trainne lawyer at the German Arbitration Institute (DIS).

Mr Salih Kartal

Salih Kartal, MCIArb is a Turkish qualified attorney-at-law working in Çakmak Attorney Partnership in Istanbul. He primarily focuses on M&A projects, corporate law matters and commercial disputes. He is experienced in international commercial arbitration and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb). He graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Law in 2018 and is currently pursuing a Private International Law LLM in Istanbul University.

He participated in 24th and 25th Vis Moots as a team member and received Honourable Mention for the Martin Domke Award for Best Individual Oralists. Currently, he is the Vis Moot team of the Istanbul University.

Dr Ilda Kasa

I work as Senior Lecturer at Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), lecturing on Alternative Dispute Resolution, Judiciary and Human Rights Activity.
I hold a LLM in International Protection of Human Rights and a PhD. My dissertation was a comparative legal study on the legal regulation of the arbitration tribunals's activities in Russia and Switzerland. I have attended different postgraduate courses on Arbitration.
In February 2019 I was chosen as the Ambassador for Russia of the Arbitrator Intelligence Central and Eastern Europe Outreach, promoting the Arbitrator Intelligent project in Russia.
I have published academic articles on arbitration and I have been a speaker in different conferences.

Mr Rostislav Kats

Rostislav specialises in dispute resolution before state courts and arbitral tribunals under ICC, SCC, HKIAC, ICAC Russia, RAC Rules and ad hoc arbitrations, in particular in relation to (construction) contracts, supply of goods and services, loan agreements, corporate agreements. Rostislav has extensive experience working for top boutique law firms listed in international and internal rankings. In addition to his dispute resolution practice, he has worked on various construction contracts with a value in excess of €1 billion, has considerable experience in cross-border supply contracts and has worked on sanctions-related issues.

He holds an LLM in International and European Law (specialising in investment and commercial arbitration) from the University of Amsterdam and a bachelor's and master's degree from Perm State University. Rostislav is a member of the Dutch Arbitration Association (DAA) and the Young ICCA. He is fluent in Russian, English and French and speaks basic Dutch.

Of course, Rostislav is a mootie, having represented his university at the 23rd Vis Moot. For the last 4 years, he has contributed to the competition as an arbitrator, as well as helping to coach and train mooties from various countries.

Find out more at https://www.linkedin.com/in/rostislav-kats/

Mr Emmanuel Eugenio Kaufman

Emmanuel Kaufman is Counsel at Wolf Theiss. He is a member of the Disputes and Construction teams and specialises in international commercial and investment arbitration as well as construction disputes. He has gained considerable experience working under the major arbitration rules, including the ICC, ICSID, UNCITRAL and Vienna Rules. Emmanuel focusses on disputes in the CEE/SEE region and on disputes involving, in particular, Spanish and South American parties. Before re-joining Wolf Theiss, where he started his career as Associate and Senior Associate, Emmanuel spent several years as partner in a disputes boutique. He also gained experience at a well-known law firm in Argentina and as legal counsel at the National Senate Chamber of Argentina. Emmanuel was ICC YAF Representative for Europe and Russia (2019-2021), and is currently board member and former President of the Austrian-German Section of the Spanish Club of Arbitration.

Ms Chitwandeep Kaur

Ms. Kaur is an Advocate practicing in New Delhi. She enrolled in the Bar Council of Delhi in 2018, licensed to practice in the Union of India, and has not looked back since then. She has a wide experience in almost all fields of law, since she has been an ardent learner and avid reader throughout her preparation for judiciary along with completing her Company Secretary (CS) qualification after graduating. Kaur possesses diverse knowledge upon Commercial, Corporate and Criminal laws. Being a first generation lawyer, she has always believed in making a name for herself and has actively participated in bringing about legal awareness through various research papers, publications, articles etc. She regularly writes for international journals and publications and makes presentations at various conferences. She has also successfully assisted and led the clients in structuring of the transactions, finalization of legal documentation, negotiations and seeking regulatory approvals, wherever required.
She also has a deep interest in the practice for protection of women rights, and is diligently pursuing and directing her practice towards women centric laws, focusing on POSH policies and other compliances connected therewith.
She believes that "You have to do right by people, for justice to prevail".

Ms Natasha Kavalakkat

Natasha Kavalakkat is a counsel at Singularity Legal, an Asia and Africa focused international dispute resolution firm. She specialises in advising and representing clients in high-value cross-border disputes across various sectors, and advising litigation funders in their deal structures and diligence. Her range of experience includes international arbitrations under various rules like SIAC; international mediations under the rules of SIMC; and in litigations before courts in India, Singapore and Indonesia.
A graduate of the 2020 batch of MNLU Mumbai, Natasha has been an avid mooter, accumulating accolades over various international competitions. She regularly coaches and guides moot teams. She is presently also a Research Associate with the Centre for Arbitration Research (CAR) and an Assistant Editor with the Indian Review of International Arbitration. She has authored CAR's first publication titled "Virtual Arbitration in India: A Practical Guide".

Mr Artūrs Kazāks

Associate at Sorainen, the leading and largest regional law firm in the Baltics. Part of the firm's Dispute resolution and risk management team in Riga, Latvia.
Specializes in cross-border trade matters, international and domestic arbitration, international investment disputes and litigation.

Fulbright Alumni. Acquired an LLM in International Commercial Arbitration at Pepperdine University School of Law Straus Institute for Dispute resolution in California, and bachelor's and master's degrees in law at the University of Latvia, in Riga, Latvia.

Lecturer at the University of Latvia teaching a course on private international law and conflict norms. Former Vis moot participant and present coach of the University of Latvia Vis moot team.

Ms Lucy Keane

I am qualified in five jurisdictions: England & Wales, Scotland, New York, Ireland and Gibraltar. I specialise in international commercial litigation and arbitration. I practise as counsel with Signature Litigation in Gibraltar. I am a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. I hold the CIArb Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration.

I practised at the Bar in the UK for a number of years in commercial litigation and arbitration covering disputes in the fields of commercial contracts, financial services, real estate and oil & gas. I have also been involved in many cases involving professional negligence. I have conducted cases as counsel before all levels of courts and tribunals, including the House of Lords in London.

I have acted as both prosecution and defence counsel in serious criminal cases including white collar crime, asset recovery cases and commercial frauds. I have conducted all types of hearings in the criminal courts including appeals.

I have held an appointment as a part-time judge in Scotland dealing with the adjudication of both civil and criminal cases.

I have conducted training for young arbitration practitioners from civil law jurisdictions in oral advocacy techniques in international arbitration.

Dr Ana Keglevic Steffek,

Ana is Senior Lecturer in Law at Anglia Ruskin University, Faculty of Law in Cambridge, UK. She specialises in commercial and contract law (including European, international and transnational aspects), insurance law, comparative law, digital market, arbitration and ADR.

During her academic career Ana has held visiting positions at the University of Oxford (IECL), UNIDROIT (Rome), Max Planck Institute (Hamburg), University of Cambridge (St John’s College) and Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (London). Before joining academia in 2006 she was an attorney at law advising on international commercial law and served as Assistant to the Secretary General of the Croatian Permanent Arbitration Court and Mediation Centre.

Ana served as Council Member of the European Law Institute (ELI) in Vienna. She is the Secretary of the Consumer Protection and Dispute Resolution Working Party of AIDA and a Member of International Academy of Comparative Law (IACL). Ana is engaged in a number of EU Commission and World Bank funded scientific projects and was an arbitrator at the Croatian Permanent Arbitration Court and Mediation Centre.

At her University Ana serves as the Director of the Centre for Access to Justice and Inclusion, the member of the Senate and as Faculty Academic Integrity Lead.

Ms Paria Keramatkhah

I am currently working at APP Law firm in association with Dentons Europe LLP and I have also worked as summer intern at Wenger and Vieli Law firm ( Zurich Office). I am really interested in International Commercial Arbitration and it would be my pleasure to be as an arbitrator this year. I also have experience of being a Vis Moot participant.

MR Thilo Kerkhoff

Mr Pushkar Keshavmurthy

Pushkar serves as a Case Manager at the Mumbai Centre for International Arbitration (MCIA). He is an Indian qualified Advocate (enrolled at the Karnataka State Bar Council) and an accredited Commercial Mediator. Prior to joining the MCIA, his practice included commercial litigation and arbitration disputes arising from diverse sectors and industries in Bangalore. He is a Fellow at the Global Policy, Diplomacy, and Sustainability (GPODS). He was one of the oralists of his university's team at the XXVI Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot and has been volunteering as an arbitrator in various international arbitration moots.

Mr Dharmesh Khandelwal

I work as an associate in the dispute resolution team of a corporate law firm in India. I completed my B.Com. LL.B. (Hons.) from Nirma University, Ahmedabad in 2019, and LL.M. from Pennsylvania State University, United States in 2020. I participated in the Vis Moot, Vienna twice. I first represented Nirma University in 2019 in and afterward, I represented Pennsylvania State University in 2020. Vis moot was one of the most amazing experiences of my law school and I look forward to interacting with the mooties from all over the world.

Mr Mehul Khare

Gold Medalist in Law from India and Merit Holder in LL.M. in Litigation and Dispute Resolution from University College London (UCL). Have dealt with the subject of Arbitration under the guidance of luminaries like Prof. Philippe Sands QC, Lord Collins and Dr. Martins Paparinskis. Experienced Advocate with a demonstrated history of working in the law practice industry having several judgements reported in various law journals. Skilled in dealing with Statutory Appeals, Constitutional Law, Civil Law, Family Law, Commercial Law, Criminal Law, Arbitrations, Conciliations and Mediation. Previously worked with the offices of the Attorney General for India, Judges of the Supreme Court of India, High Courts as well as Senior Advocates in India. Previously participated in the Willem C. Vis International Arbitration Moot of 2014, Vienna Rounds. Have been judging various national and international moot court competitions like the Philip C. Jessup International Moot Court Competition for the past 6 years.

Mr Beka Khitiri

I am a Georgian Lawyer, currently heading the legal department of the United Airports of Georgia, the company that owns all Georgian Airports, as well as being a partner at Lead Consulting, a successful law firm. Additionally, I used to be the coach of the Tbilisi Free University team at the 25th and 26th Vis Moot competitions, as well as continuously being an arbitrator since.
I have extensive experience with moots, both participating and adjudicating them. Therefore, I strongly believe, that I will be able to perform the duties of an arbitrator well.

Mr Vahe Khojayan

Vahe Khojayan is a partner and the head of Bankruptcy Practice of the Los Angeles office of YK Law, LLP. Vahe’s practice focuses primarily in the areas of Bankruptcy Law, Business and Civil Litigation, and Real Estate law both in the State and Federal Courts. Throughout his career Vahe has represented various individual and business debtors and creditors in Chapter 7, 11 and 13 bankruptcy proceedings and adversary cases. He has helped his business clients reorganize their financial and business affairs through bankruptcy, eliminate debt and emerge as financially viable entities. He has also helped his individual clients eliminate millions of dollars of debts through bankruptcy, reorganize their mortgages and other loans, and plan for stronger financial future.

Vahe also represents businesses in various lawsuits and arbitrations including, breach of contract actions, real estate, construction and real estate title related litigation, entertainment related disputes, personal injury claim defense, identity theft related disputes.

Vahe received his Juris Doctor degree from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles. While in law school, he was a member of the Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Team, which competed in an international moot court competition in Vienna, Austria. After graduation Vahe has volunteered as an arbitrator at the competition.

Vahe also served as an intern to the Hon. Carl J. West of the Complex Civil Litigation Courts of Los Angeles County Superior Court. Prior to law school Vahe worked in a Fortune 500 health insurance company.

Ms NARANBULAG (Nara) KHUKHUU

Naranbulag (Nara) Khukhuu is a Partner in Anderson & Anderson LLP boutique international law firm (Mongolia office).

Nara is an International Chamber of Commerce Young Arbitrator Forum (ICC YAF) Regional Representative for North Asia and sits as an Arbitrator on the Panel of Mongolian International Arbitration Centre, Mongolian Chamber of Commerce.

Apart from practicing international arbitration acting as both arbitrator and counsel, Nara has experience in a range of corporate and commercial matters with focus on foreign investment, mine, energy, infrastructure and banking and finance sectors.

Nara is a Young Lawyer Grantee 2017 of International Bar Association (Sydney, Australia) and Young Lawyer Scholar 2022 of Inter-Pacific Bar Association (Tokyo, Japan). She is a member of International Bar Association, Inter-Pacific Bar Association and Mongolian Bar Association.

Nara earned an LLM degree from University of Illinois at Chicago, USA as a Fulbright scholar and LLM degree from Queen Mary University of London, UK as a Chevening scholar after completing her BA(Hons) and LLB degrees at University of Delhi, India as a ICCR scholar and National University of Mongolia respectively.

Ms Hanie Kiaee

I graduated as the first E-commerce law student in Iran since then have been practicing as a legal advisor. Besides, I believes that ADR is a strong pillar to justice and a bridge to modern law. To achieve my goals, I attended some international courses and sit as an arbitrator in four panels on the 26th Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, following, appointed as a WIPO neutral. I am determined to spread the word of justice by the use of ADR.

Mag Ralph Kilches

graduated Univ. of Graz 1997; admitted at the of Vienna 2005; VIS Moot participant (arbitrator) since 2011, also VIS East since 2012, lawyer. Career: Freshfields 1999, Schönherr 2000, Hoffmann-Ostenhof 2002, Foundation of own lawfirm 2006. Member of Commission on Arbitration of the ICC; Member AAA, ABA, DIS, ICC, listed with WIPO, member of Scottish Arbitration Center. Arbitration experience: ICC, VIAC, UN-CITRAL, LCIA, HKIAC

Ms Aphiwan Natasha King

Natasha is a barrister at 4 Pump Court. She is developing a broad practice across all of Chambers’ areas of expertise, including commercial litigation and international arbitration. She received a first class degree in law from the University of Cambridge and a specialist LL.M. in international business and economic law from Georgetown University Law Centre. She previously served as a dispute settlement lawyer in the Legal Affairs Division of the World Trade Organization, advising panelists on State-to-State disputes. She has written several publications on issues of international trade law, international investment law, and international commercial arbitration, and has acted as a judge in moot court competitions including the John H. Jackson Competition, Phillip C. Jessup Competition, and Willem C. Vis Moot. She also writes on issues of public international law and provides editorial assistance for Opinio Juris. In her spare time, Natasha is deeply committed to mentoring, pro bono, and volunteer work, and has previously worked with the Capital Area Immigrants' Rights Coalition, Muslim Advocates, and Lawyers without Borders.

Mr Paul Kinninmont

As a senior associate in the Litigation and Arbitration Group of Milbank LLP, Paul specialises in complex and high value commercial litigation, international arbitration and alternative dispute resolution, including mediation. Paul has advised on issues relating to energy, data protection, banking, finance, telecommunications, shareholder agreements, construction, competition, regulatory investigations, international sanctions and bribery. His experience includes full trials, appeals, injunctions, interim applications and enforcement proceedings.

Ms Rikke Silke Kjeldsen

Rikke works as a legal advisor in Plesner's dispute resolution team and primarily focuses on international commercial arbitration, e.g., under the auspices of the Danish Institute of Arbitration in Copenhagen (DIA), the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris (ICC) and the London Court of Arbitration (LCIA) as well as ad hoc proceedings under the UNCITRAL Rules. Rikke is educated in France and in the UK and has worked for a number of years as a Deputy Counsel at the International Court of Arbitration of the ICC in Paris in a case management team primarily dealing with Common Law jurisdictions.

Mr Paul Klaas

Dual-qualified as an American lawyer and an English barrister. Taught the international commercial arbitration course at the Harvard Law School and the University of Minnesota Law School. Chartered Arbitrator and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; Fellow of the College of Commercial Arbitrators; Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. Arbitrator member, Maitland Chambers, London (as to matters seated outside the US); Principal, North Coast Arbitration Chambers, Minneapolis (as to matters seated within the US). Partner, Dorsey & Whitney law firm, Minneapolis and London, from 1977 to 2014. Chair, in various years, of Dorsey's litigation/arbitration practice, international practice, international arbitration practice, and London office. Sole arbitrator, chair of arbitral tribunal, wing arbitrator, or lead counsel in hundreds of lawsuits and arbitrations in multiple countries involving many industries, particularly health care, life sciences, media and entertainment, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, aviation, and natural resources. These lawsuits and arbitrations have involved allegations of breach of contract, fraud, patent infringement, trademark infringement, trade secret misappropriation, discrimination, monopolization, malpractice, libel, and many other legal claims. I now serve only as an arbitrator, mediator, and law professor. More detailed CV is available on my website, www.paulklaas.com

Dr David Klebs

Studied at Humboldt Berlin, King's College London. PhD at HU Berlin and Bonn University. Legal training in Munich, Sapporo and Tokyo, Japan. Judge at Local Court of Munich (Civil Law). Current Position: Agent for the Federal Government of Germany at the European Court of Justice.

MR Nadav Klein

Coach for the Hebrew University team and a former mootie in the 2018 Vienna moot. Been involved in the Moot for the past 5 years.
Interned at the Tel -Aviv District Court, Economic Division, for the Hon. Judge Chaled Kabub.
Am now working as a lawyer at FBA & Co. law firm.

Mrs Lilia Klochenko

Lilia holds a law and PhD jur. degrees from MGIMO cum laude, is a Fellow at the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (London), is certified for international arbitration from the ICC Arbitration Academy and qualified for international mediation advocacy at Regent University (London); certified for Intercultural Mediation and Emotional Intelligence from BRDGES Academy (USA); certified by the International Islamic Center for Conciliation and Arbitration (IICRA) as arbitrator and expert in Islamic law and arbitration (2021).
Lilia has specific industry expertise in insurance and reinsurance, construction, energy, transport, IT technology and communications, since 1991. Lilia advices international clients from various industries on the legal aspects of their operations, including investment structuring, market entry strategy, corporate law and corporate governance, contract law, financial/tax, compliance, transfer pricing and other law issues. Lilia’s areas of legal practice also include international law, complex damages, data protection, acquisitions and anti-monopoly clearance, investment documentation and joint ventures arrangements, bankruptcy law and general commercial issues. She focuses her practice on dispute resolution, acting both as a party representative or arbitrator in dispute resolution conducted under DIS, ICC, LCIA, VIAC, CIETAC, FICM, IICRA, UNCITRAL Rules and pure ad-hoc proceedings, as well as mediator in corporate, civil law, labour and family multi-cultural and multi-jurisdiction cases.
Lilia is the author of more than 100 articles and the co-author of several monographs, studies and manuals on different aspects of her competences.

Prof Dr Katrin Klodt-Bussmann

Mr Ljuben Kocev

- Assistant professor of Commercial Law at the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje.
- Participated in the Vis Moot in 2015. Coach of the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University Vis Moot team since 2016.

Prof Dr Robert Koch

Present positions:
Since 2006, Chair of Private Law and Insurance Law, University of Hamburg, Faculty of Law, Director of the Institute of Insurance Science and the LL.M. programme on Insurance Law.
Areas of specialization:
Insurance law, Insurance supervision law, product liability, D&O-liability, IT law, banking law (liability), German and international business law. Author of the monograph "Insurance Law in Germany"
Membership in professional associations:
International Association of Insurance Law (AIDA): member of the Presidential Council AIDA World, Chairman Financial Lines Working Party; Hamburg Association of Insurance Science (chairman); German Association of Insurance Science; German Maritime Law Association; German Institution of Arbitration; German Maritime Arbitration Institution; Hamburg Arbitation Circle.

Mrs Dorra KOCHBATI

Holding two master degrees from the University of Toulouse 1 (south of France ) specialized in contracts and business law, I subsequently became lawyer in 2009, specialized in that fields and also in real estate; i am also currently doing another master degree specialized in common law ( at the university of Carthage in Tunisia).

Ms Dominique Koevoets

Dominique Koevoets is a Swiss-qualified lawyer, specializing in international commercial arbitration and litigation, with a solid background in contract law and international private law. She has experience as arbitral secretary and counsel in a number of ad hoc and institutional arbitration proceedings, e.g., under the ICC, Swiss and UNCITRAL Rules, encompassing a variety of sectors. She joined Prof. Dr. Christoph Brunner when he founded brunner arbitration in 2023, after working at the GAR 30 law firm Peter & Kim since 2020.

Prior to practicing law, Dominique Koevoets worked as a research and teaching assistant at the University of Bern. She holds a Master of Law as well as a Master of Arts in linguistics and is fluent in Dutch, English, German and French. Dominique published on buyer's risk and societas leonina.

Mrs Magda Kofluk

Magda is a construction arbitration specialist based in Dubai within Stephenson Harwood's international arbitration and construction and engineering practice groups. She has represented clients in over a dozen complex and high-value arbitrations relating to international construction projects across all major industries including energy, infrastructure, real estate, airports, and rail. She is experienced in proceedings under the ICC, DIAC and QICCA rules, as well as in pre-arbitration negotiations and dispute board proceedings. Her experience includes representing a Middle Eastern sovereign government in multiple arbitration proceedings concerning a major infrastructure project in the region with more than US$2 billion in dispute. She has also been a lead counsel on multiple high-value construction arbitrations under the ICC Rules. Magda was shortlisted as "Construction Lawyer of the Year" at the LexisNexis Middle East Women in Law Awards 2023. She is frequently requested to speak at construction and legal conferences in the market. Magda is the YoungITA Chair for the Middle East and member of the Steering Committee of Young Arbitral Women Practitioners.

Dr Angela Kölbl

Dr. Angela Kölbl is Head of Global Litigation with Mercedes-Benz Group AG in Stuttgart. She has extensive experience with worldwide contentious proceedings in the field of plant engineering and other major projects in litigation, international arbitration and alternative dispute resolution mechanisms. She lectures negotiation management and mediation at the Universities of Marburg and Heidelberg.

Mrs Luíza Kömel

Deputy Secretary General of the Center for Arbitration and Mediation of the CCBC (CAM-CCBC) in Brazil. She has obtained her law degree from the University of São Paulo (USP) and is certified in civil law by the University of Paris II: Pantheón-Assas. She has experience as counsel and case manager in domestic and international arbitration proceedings.
Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb).
Organizer of CAM-CCBC Pre-Moots in São Paulo and Hamburg.
Former editor of CISG-Brasil.net.
Participated in the:
18th Vis Moot as speaker;
19th Vis Moot as coach and arbitrator;
21st, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th and 27th editions as arbitrator;
and once in the 14th Vis East Moot in Hong Kong also as arbitrator.

Dr Michael Komuczky

2010-2014 Associate Litigation, Dispute Resolution and Regulatory Group, DLA Piper Weiss-Tessbach Rechtsanwälte GmbH, Vienna Austria
2011/12 Member of Moot Court Team, University of Vienna

2014-2018 research assistant at the Department of Comparative Law, Uniform Law, Private International Law (o.Univ.-Prof. Dr. Bea Verschraegen, Vienna)
2018-2019 associate of Dr. Rudolf Fiebinger, attorney at law in Vienna
2019 Bar Exam in Austria
2020 Doctorate, PhD thesis on Commercial Arbitration and Criminal Law (supervisor Univ.-Prof. Dr. Paul Oberhammer, Vienna)
2020 to date attorney at Lansky, Ganzger & Partner, Vienna

Dr Rahmi Kopar

Rahmi Kopar is a visiting fellow at the Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy (CEPMLP), University of Dundee, UK and a member of the Law Faculty at Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Turkey. He teaches International Investment Law and Energy Law related courses. He completed his PhD at the CEPMLP in 2019. He obtained an LLM degree in European and International Business Law at the University of Vienna in 2013 and an LLB degree in 2010 at the Istanbul Commerce University. He is a qualified lawyer in Turkey and was called to the Istanbul Bar in 2011. He is listed as an arbitrator at the Energy Disputes Arbitration Center (EDAC). His book "Stability and Legitimate Expectations in International Energy Investments" was published by Hart in September 2021.

Mr Vitaliy Kosovych

I am coaching the Vis Team of the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv; participated three times in Vis Moot and once in Vis East Moot; attended 16 Pre-Moots as a participant; organizer of Lviv Vis Pre-Moot; a student of the MLB Program at Bucerius Law School.

Ms Žaneta Kozubíková

Member of Masaryk University Vis Moot Team in 2018/2019. Currently Ph.D. student and practicing lawyer in the Czech Republic.

Dr Claudia Krapfl

Dr. Claudia Krapfl is an associated partner in the Gleiss Lutz Dispute Resolution Practice Group based in Stuttgart, Germany. She focuses on arbitration and cross-border litigation. She acts as counsel and arbitrator in national and international arbitrations (in particular DIS and ICC) with an emphasis on post-M&A disputes, joint ventures, plant construction, energy law and general commercial law. She regularly publishes and speaks on topics of international arbitration. She has been acting as arbitrator in the Vis Moot for over 15 years.

Mr Janusch Krasberg

Janusch is an Associate at Freshfields in Frankfurt and currently on leave to complete his LL.M. at London School of Economics. He coaches LSE's Vis Team and coached Bucerius Law Schools Vis Moot Team for three years.

Mr Eriks Kreslins

Education:
University of Latvia, Faculty of Law – Bachelor of Social Sciences in Law;
University of Latvia, Faculty of Law – Master of Social Sciences in Law and Lawyer’s Qualification.

Current job:
Sworn advocate at J.Karklins Law Firm.
A Member of Latvian Collegium of Sworn Advocates since 2018.
Specialisation - dispute resolution.

Acted as counsel in international commercial arbitrations (SCC, SAC).
Participated as a referent in conferences regarding civil law matters; author of several publications.
During studies successfully participated in various international Law Moot courts (24th Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, European Law Moot Court etc.) and in national moot courts in civil law and constitutional law.

E-mail: kreslins.eriks@gmail.com

Mr Marc Krestin

Marc Krestin (1982) is a Partner at the Amsterdam office of the international law firm Pogust Goodhead and co-head of the firm's International Arbitration group. He joined Pogust Goodhead in January 2022 after having worked over 13 years for other international law firms in Rotterdam, Amsterdam and Paris. Marc specialises in international arbitration and group litigation.

His international arbitration experience includes acting as counsel in arbitrations under the ICSID, ICC, UNCITRAL and NAI rules, with a focus on energy and post-M&A disputes. He regularly advises private investors and state entities on investment protection and international investment arbitration. He is also frequently involved in arbitration-associated court litigation, such as the enforcement and setting aside of arbitral awards.

Marc is a member of ICC YAF, LCIA YIAG, Young ICCA, NAI and the Arbitration Commission of the Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats (AIJA). Marc also co-chairs the Investment Arbitration Committee of the Dutch Arbitration Association (DAA). He regularly speaks and publishes on topics of international arbitration.

Marc holds Masters degrees in International Law and Economics from the Erasmus University of Rotterdam and an LLM in Comparative and International Dispute Resolution from Queen Mary University of London.

Mrs Olga Kuchmiienko

Ukrainian qualified Attorney-at-law, Ph.D., specializing in the area of International Trade, International Arbitration, Sanctions (Iran, Crimea-related), Maritime law.
PhD (2016), LL.M. (2014), LL.B. (2012) at Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv, LL.M. in Investment Treaty Arbitration at Uppsala University (2019), lawyer at Bombardier Transportation Sweden AB
Member of the Board of the International Law Committee of the Ukrainian Bar Association.

I have already acted as a participant and a judge at National Rounds in Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition (2015-2017), grading memorials at International Rounds in Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition (since 2015), Arbitrator at Vis pre-moot in Kyiv (2018), Vis Moot in Vienna (2019), Arbitrator at Global Rounds of the Foreign Direct Investment International Arbitration Moot (2018, oral rounds and grading memorials).

Ms Leena Kujansuu-Tikkanen

Leena Kujansuu works as Head of Legal at Hitachi Energy Finland Oy. Leena has previously worked as an attorney in dispute resolution practices of leading Finnish law firms. Leena was educated at the University of Helsinki (LL.M 2009) and in addition she obtained her second LLM (with distinction) from King's College London in 2013.

Mr Patryk Kulig

Patryk Kulig - ADR-aficionado, dispute resolution lawyer and mediator, Case Manager at Nivalion AG, a leading Continental European third-party funder. Previously Patryk was Counsel at the German Arbitration Institute (DIS). During his time at the DIS, Patryk administered over 300 commercial arbitrations, i.a. with focus on Germany and CEE jurisdictions and was responsible for the DIS Arbitration Rules 2018 Roadshows, taking place both in Germany and worldwide. Patryk is a Polish lawyer (PhD candidate at the Polish Academy of Sciences) and a German mediator, who started his legal path at the New Zealand’s in Berlin and Polish embassy in Berlin and Beijing and then in Warsaw-based energy and real estate law-boutiques, following leading commercial and litigation law firms in Vienna and Zurich.

Mr Alok Kumar

Mr Pawan Kumar

Assistant Professor of International Legal Studies, School of Law, Bennett University.

Mr Subir Kumar

Mr. Subir Kumar, is India's National Committee Delegate to ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR, Paris. He is Founder, SDS Advocates and is a Senior Standing Counsel for Central Government Litigations and Central Board of Direct Taxes & Central Board of Indirect Taxes in India with experience of over 10 years in Commercial disputes, Arbitration, Shipping laws, Insolvency laws, Tax Laws. Mr. Kumar is involved in Domestic as well as International Commercial Arbitration in India. He has appeared in relation to various matters for Public Sector Undertakings before the Bombay High Court, Supreme Court of India and Arbitral Tribunals involving foreign party in India.
Mr Kumar completed law from ILS Law College, Pune in the year 2009 and LLM-International Trade & Investment Laws. He holds Diploma in International Maritime Arbitration, CIArb, London. He completed International Commercial Arbitration Course from Columbia Law School-CIArb, London. He also holds certificate in Negotiation Mastery from Harvard Business School Online. Forbes India awarded him as Top Managing Partner in the Legal Powerlist, 2021 and his firm SDS Advocates was awarded Top Law firm by Forbes India in the Legal Powerlist 2021 in the category of Arbitration/ADR/Dispute Resolution. He featured as Distinguished Legal Minds of India in the Coffee Book published by Legal Era for the year 2019-2020. He was invited as Guest Speaker to the legal conclave “Make in India” held on December 1, 2016 in London, where he spoke on “Are arbitrations ethical or just a private unethical fight?”. He was also invited as Guest Speaker to the legal conclave “General Congress” organized in 2017 by Legal Era Magazine. He was awarded Rising Star under 40 (2017) by Legal Era, and his Firm SDS Advocates was the winner of Boutique law firm of year 2019-2020 by Legal Era.

Ms Raimonda Kundrotaite

Raimonda Kundrotaite is a director and a member of the board at Baltic Litigation Fund . For nearly 10 years, she has been handling complex energy project development and holding responsibility in overseeing international investment and commercial arbitration cases in Sweden and Eastern Europe.

Raimonda is an attorney at law in Texas, the United States of America. Raimonda is a general counsel at the Swedish publicly traded energy company Misen Energy AB. Prior to that, she worked at Valiunas Ellex and the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania.

Raimonda holds LL.M degree in Global Energy Law from the University of Texas at Austin (the United States of America), Master of Laws degree in International Commercial Arbitration Law from Stockholm University (Sweden) and Bachelor of Laws degree in Law and Management at Mykolas Romeris University (Lithuania).

Mr Niels Kurth

Niels Kurth is a Ph.D. candidate and research assistant at the Leibniz University Hannover, Germany. He specializes in the fields of international private law and international civil procedure. Niels took part in the Vis Moot in Vienna in 2015 and has been associated with the competition ever since. Like in the years 2016 and 2018, he is coaching the VIs Moot Team of the Leibniz Universität Hannover.

Mr Matthias Kuscher

Matthias Kuscher is a partner in De Brauw's disputes group who specialises in international disputes, including international commercial and investment arbitration and cross-border litigation.

Since joining De Brauw in 2012, Matthias has acted as counsel in and advised on large-scale international disputes in the fields of energy, infrastructure, investment protection, construction and intellectual property under the rules of the ICC, UNCITRAL, DIS, Swiss Chambers, VIAC, NAI and ICSID as well as before the Dutch and English courts. He also sits as an international arbitrator.

Prior to joining De Brauw, Matthias was Legal Counsel to the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague and established the PCA’s first overseas presence as the inaugural PCA Representative and Legal Officer in the Republic of Mauritius. Before that, Matthias was the Counsel in charge of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth case management team at the ICC International Court of Arbitration in Paris, where he supervised hundreds of arbitrations and scrutinised dozens of arbitral awards.

Matthias was educated at Cambridge (B.A., M.A. in Law – Double First), Oxford (B.C.L. – Distinction) and Heidelberg (LL.M. – Sehr Gut). He speaks English, German, French and Dutch.

Mr Georg Kuusik

I participated at Willem C. Vis Moot in 2018 and later on have acted as a coach to the teams of University of Tartu. In 2020 I graduated from University of Tartu and currently I am working at a law firm as an attorney focusing primarily on finance and insurance law.
During my studies and later at work I have completed a number of courses and projects focusing on international arbitration.

Ms Natalia Kuznetsova

Kuznetsova Natalia Lvovna
LL.M, attorney, arbitrator

Best lawyer Arbitration and Mediation 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019.
Education: Moscow State University, Faculty of Law, specialization in international private law; LL.M European Business Law, Commercial Arbitration.
Professional experience: Natalia has over 20-years of successful experience in advising clients, foreign companies, companies with foreign investments, Russian entities, and persons on the Russian private law, arbitration procedure, international private law, international arbitration, etc.


Natalia participated as a consultant on Russian law issues for companies such as Sakhalin III, Kaluga Brewing Company, ABB, Daimler Chrysler AG, in conducting complex legal due diligence of Russian companies for foreign investors, in building corporate structure in the CIS countries for foreign holding groups, in international mergers and acquisitions (M&A) support in the electricity sector, real estate investments, for example, M&A transactions for the sale of seaport shares, gas distribution companies shares in Ukraine, shares of 2 electricity distribution companies in Ukraine, in the foundation and reorganization of a large multipurpose holding company, including corporate governance control system, with the participation of companies in the following jurisdictions: Russia, Ukraine, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Malaysia, Switzerland, Luxembourg with an asset value of 500 million dollars, and others.







Natalia successfully and effectively represented the clients’ interests in arbitration courts of all levels, including the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, including on the recognition and enforcement of international arbitral awards, criminal courts, including on white crimes, in the largest multibillion-dollar investment dispute involving states according to UNCITRAL arbitration rules, in the arbitral awards enforcement procedure in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Sweden, Great Britain.


Natalia is a certified international arbitrator for the settlement of disputes under the rules of ICC, LCIA, she has practical knowledge, including an expert acting for an institutional arbitration center, such as the ICAC at the RF CCI.


Research and teaching: Natalia is a regular participant in scientific conferences, the author of a number of articles and scientific publications on international private law, member of the editorial board of the Commercial Arbitration magazine published under the patronage of the RF CCI.
Areas of major: business law of Russia and the European Union, international commercial arbitration, international civil litigation.

Dr Marc R Labgold

Dr Labgold is an independent international arbitrator and also regularly serves as lead counsel in complex international commercial arbitrations under a broad range of arbitral rules and procedures in disputes arising from a wide array of contract types and subject matters. He has experience and expertise in the arbitration of disputes involving patents and other IP, both as counsel and as an arbitrator. He is listed as an arbitration panelist with AIAC, AIPLA, ICDR, THAC and WIPO.

He is an Adjunct Professor of Law at FIU Law, where he teaches classes in international commercial arbitration and serves as a Coach of FIU Law's Vis Moot team.

As a registered U.S. patent attorney specializing in patent litigation, Dr Labgold has served as lead counsel in more than 60 U.S. patent infringement litigations, first-chaired bench and jury trials, and successfully represented my clients before the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the Supreme Court of the United States

Education:

BA, Chemistry, New York University (NYU)
PhD, Chemistry with emphasis in Molecular Biology, California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
JD, George Washington University National Law Center.

Ms Megan C. Labgold

Megan C. Labgold is a registered U.S. patent attorney specializing in international commercial arbitration and patent litigation.

Ms. Labgold earned her bachelor's degree in biology from West Virginia University and her JD from Florida International University College of Law (FIU). While at FIU, Ms Labgold was a member of the International Commercial Arbitration team and represented FIU at the 26th Annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot in Vienna, Austria.

Ms. Labgold has been involved in all phases of international commercial arbitrations, including participating in in-person and remote hearings in arbitrations seated in Tokyo, Hong Kong and New York. In addition to her role as counsel, she has served as Tribunal Secretary in a complex arbitration that included claims of patent infringement, breach of confidentiality and misappropriation of trade secrets. Ms. Labgold has also published on various topics in international commercial arbitration.

She is also an Adjunct Professor of Law at FIU and serves as a Coach of FIU's Vis Moot team.

Dr Tanneke Laffargue-Haak

Dr Tanneke LAFFARGUE-HAAK
Dr Tanneke Laffargue-Haak currently works at the EPO, the patent office for Europe where she has judged patents for more than two decades in the field of life sciences, in particular pharmaceuticals and medical devices. She conducted more than 150 oppositions in English, German and French. Tanneke was also involved in training and coaching patent examiners at the EPO and national offices, as well as European patent attorneys.
Confronted with the limits of post grant inter partes administrative procedures, Tanneke got interested in ADR for resolving patent disputes. She earned a post graduate diploma with Merits in international commercial arbitration from Queen Mary in 2012 and intends to work as an independent arbitrator and technical expert for cross-border life science patent disputes in the near future.
A native of the Netherlands, Tanneke’s education covers pharmacy, business administration and law and has been acquired across Europe (Utrecht, Grenoble, Toulouse, London, Geneva). Prior to serving at the EPO in Munich, she worked in pharmaceutical industry in charge of marketing authorisations for veterinary medicines.

Mr Michael Lampert

FCIArb (Secretary, NY Branch); CPR Panels; AAA panels; Member LCIA, WIPO Arbitration & Mediation Panels, Silicon Valley Arbitration and Mediation Center. About 10 awards in each of NY & London

PD Dr Johannes Landbrecht

Law studies in Konstanz/Germany (mag jur 2006), London/UK (LLB 2011), Geneva/Switzerland (Dr iur 2012) and Fribourg/Switzerland (Privatdozent); University of London Award for Academic Achievement (2009, 2010).
Admitted to the bar in Germany (Rechtsanwalt, 2008), England & Wales (barrister, Lincoln's Inn, 2014), and Switzerland (2018).
About 15 years of arbitration experience with a focus on energy and IP related disputes: Jones Day 2008–12 (Frankfurt/Germany, Paris/France); LALIVE 2012–17 (Geneva); Rajah & Tann 2017 (Singapore); GABRIEL Arbitration 2017–23 (Zurich); Walder Wyss 2023— (Geneva); recommended, inter alia, as Future Leader Arbitration by GAR/Who's Who Legal since 2017.
Lecturer at the University of Zurich (since 2014), the University of Münster/Germany (since 2018), and the University of Geneva (since 2022); regular speaking engagements and publications in the areas of arbitration and conflict of laws.
Former regional co-coordinator of DIS40 in Switzerland.

Mr Sherif Laz

Sherif Laz is an Associate in the International Dispute Resolution & Arbitration Department at Shahid Law Firm in Egypt. Mr. Laz focuses his practice on international arbitration and dispute resolution matters, he has participated in and assisted with several dozens of international commercial arbitration cases before CRCICA, DIFC, DIAC, ICC, and ICSID.

Dr Carlos Leal-Isla Garza

Founding partner of Leal Isla & Horváth, S.C. (ranked by Chambers and Partners since 2015), since 2007; previous experience with Baker & McKenzie in Monterrey, Mexico (1999; 2001-2007), and with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, in Paris and New York (2000-2001). Professor of international contracts and employment law at LLM of University of Monterrey (since 2004), and of section of conflicts of jurisdictions on dual program on behalf of University of Paris II (Panthéon-Assas); professor of international arbitration at Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM), on LLM in international law (different periods since 1999 ), and in dual LLM program with Washington University in Saint Louis (since 2016); professor at University of Nuevo León at the LLM in ADR and at the doctoral program (in different periods since 2002). Experience as arbitrator and counsel in both international and domestic arbitrations. Currently vice-president of the Arbitration Committee of ICC-Mexico in Nuevo Leon. Co-author of books on international arbitration and author of articles and notes on the subject, including the Revue de l´Arbitrage. Former president of the Nuevo León Chapter of the Mexican Bar Association "Barra Mexicana Colegio de Abogados" (2010-2012). Languages: Spanish, English, French, and intermediate level of Italian and German.

Mr Jae Hyuk Lee

Jae Hyuk Lee is a current member of the Legal Department at Hanmi Pharmaceutical, a Korean pharmaceutical company. Prior to joining Hanmi, Jae studied law in the UK(University of Edinburgh and BPP Law School) and the US(Duke Law School) and worked for various organisations, including the UNCITRAL, CATO Institute, KCAB International, and Peter & Kim. Recently as a solo practitioner, Jae represented a client at an ICC arbitration and provided advices on cross-border disputes to various firms and institutions. Jae has been involved in Vis since 2015.

Prof John C G LEE

Professor John C G Lee has been a practitioner in alternative dispute resolution since 2012. He is a certified mediator with the Singapore International Mediation Institute, chartered arbitrator (Ret.) with the ADR Institute of Canada, certified arbitrator with AIAC, Malaysia. He is a trainer in mediation advocacy and arbitration.

John has been active judging in Vis Moot and Vis East Moot and other pre-moot competitions.

John serves with the Singapore Ministry of Law, Consumer Association of Singapore, International Chamber of Commerce Arbitration Group Singapore, World Intellectual Property Organisation, Zhuhai International Court of Arbitration, China and Thailand Arbitration Centre, Thailand.

Currently, John is an adjunct professor with Renmin University and is a visiting professor with Brawijaya University and Trisakti University, Indonesia.

In his last full-time employment, John was the CEO of a joint venture between Chinese State-owned enterprise and a subsidiary of Temasek Holding (Singapore Sovereign Fund).

Ms Aija Lejniece

I am a Latvian-born, Harvard Law School-educated attorney based in Paris. I focus particularly on cross-border disputes and international arbitration. I am a member of the New York Bar and the Barreau de Paris. In addition to being bilingual in English and Latvian, I am also fluent in Russian and French, and have a professional grasp of Spanish. I have been working in international litigation since 2011, first interning in the Paris offices of White & Case LLP, and Shearman & Sterling LLP, then spending over three years as an associate with Clearly Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP. From 2016 to 2021, I was an associate in the Latham & Watkins LLP litigation practice in Paris. In May 2021, I established myself as an independent practitioner.

I have advised clients in a multitude of high-stakes international disputes across a broad range of jurisdictions and business sectors, developing case strategies, preparing and managing hearings, as well as giving pre-litigation, investment structuring, corporate and regulatory advice. I have represented clients in a multitude of business sectors and industries, including oil & gas, mining, renewable energy, construction, pharma, consumer, insolvency, finance, crypto, taxation and banking.

Mr Antonello Leogrande

Antonello, graduated in Law at University of Bari (Italy) in 1987, since 1993 qualified as Avvocato in Italy and since 2017 qualified as Solicitor in England, is a deep expert on Italian Civil Law, specialized in Arbitration, Mediation and Litigation, Commercial, Company and Trade, Procurement, Construction, Engineering, Oil&Gas, Energy.
From 1987 to 2000 he trained and worked at his family's Italian Law Firm 'Studio Legale Avv. Giuseppe Leogrande', in 2001 co-founded ‘Buonfrate, Leogrande & Partners’, and in 2014 has set up 'AL&Partners' a Law Firm based in Italy and UK. In 2013 he moved in London becoming tenant at Temple Court Chambers and joining Gunnercooke LLP as partner. He uses to advise not even Italian businessmen on international contracts and cross-border litigation. He is lecturer of International Business Law at the European School of Economics - London Campus.
2017 fellowship, in June, of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
2017 qualified, in April, as Solicitor of the Senior Courts in England and Wales
2015 admitted, in October, as partner of Gunnerccoke LLP
2013 admitted, in March, as member of Temple Court Chambers, Inner Temple, London
2013 admitted, in February, to Law Society of England and Wales - Solicitor Regulation Authority as Registered European Lawyer n°596165
2010 admitted, in November, to Chartered Institute of Arbitrators of London as Member n°28315
2008 admitted, in March, to the Roll of Presidents at the Arbitration Court of Public Contracts of Rome (Italy)
2005 admitted, in February, to the Roll of Lawyers before the Court of Cassation and other Higher Courts of Rome (Italy)
1993 admitted, in January, to the Italian Bar
1987 admitted, in December, to the Register of Italian Practicing Lawyers

Ms Nikola Leventi

My name is Nikola Leventi and I am originally from Cyprus. Currently, I am a trainee lawyer in Cyprus and I am in the route of also qualifying as a solicitor in England and Wales. I am an aspiring solicitor looking forward to a career in International Commercial Arbitration in Europe. I completed my undergraduate law degree at the University of Tours in France with a specialization in private law and after that, I did an LLM in International Commercial Law and International Dispute Resolution & Arbitration at the University of Reading in the UK where I had the opportunity to participate as a contestant at the 26th Vis Moot. The following year, while working in Ius Laboris Global HR Lawyers in Brussels, I was the coach of the team representing the University of Reading at the 27th Vis Moot. I speak fluently Greek, French, and English while I am trying to improve my Italian and I am absolutely passionate about Legal Technology, Innovation, and Legal Engineering.

Mr Yibo Li

PhD researcher at the Faculty of Law of the University of Antwerp, member of research group Law and Business.

Mrs Sophie Lilienthal

Sophie Lilienthal is a German Jurist, currently enrolled in her Master Studies in International Law at the Geneva Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (M.A. targeted). Previously, she worked as a research assistant in the field of Litigation and IP Law at a German lawfirm for two years and at the Institute for German and International Civil Procedure Law at the University of Bonn for five years. In 2020/2021, she coached the University of Bonn's team participating in the Vis Moot Court, after having participated in the Willem C. Vis Moot Court, the Hans Soldan Moot Court, and the IBA-VIAC Mediation and Negotiation Competition herself. Her studies mainly focus on Dispute Settlement, Environmental Law, and General Public International Law.

Ms Audrey Lim

Practical, commercial-minded and I am always open to adding a touch of creativity in exploring different ways of reaching the best possible solution that protects and promotes each client's primary interests, both commercial and everything else that is beyond the question of dollars and cents.

Mrs Bronwyn Lincoln

Bronwyn is a partner at Thomson Geer practising in international commercial arbitration and cross border litigation and an international arbitrator. Amongst other roles, Bronwyn is a Fellow of ACICA, a director of the Australian Disputes Centre and empanelled with SIAC, HKIAC, AIAC, NZIAC and KCAB International.
Bronwyn has specific experience in international trade matters, including trade credit insurance. She regularly advises national and international entities on dispute processes, international treaties and bilateral investment treaties, the CISG and conflicts of laws. She also has an interest in shareholder and joint venture disputes, including in construction, infrastructure and renewal energy.

Mr Dominik Liška

During the last two years of his studies, Dominik spent days and nights preparing for the Vis Moot. The first time, representing Charles University, the second time, Stockholm University, with which he had the opportunity to compete among top 16 teams. Upon his graduation, Dominik left Danubian arbitration and entered the world of real dispute resolution starting as an associate at Czech law firm BBH. Currently, he is one of the coaches of the Charles University team. Aside from that, Dominik is a keen long distance walker.

Mrs Dr. Anna-Gesine Lock

Anna-Gesine Lock has been a lawyer at Oppenhoff & Partner in Cologne since 2017. She specialises in litigation and arbitration. Anna-Gesine Lock advises and represents national and international enterprises in civil, mercantile and commercial law disputes. This encompasses both extrajudicial dispute resolution as well as the enforcement and defence of claims before state courts and arbitral tribunals.

She studied law at Cologne University. Prior to her legal training Anna-Gesine Lock worked in the Department for Civil Law, International Commercial Law, IPR, Comparative Law and Banking Law at Cologne University, assisting in particular with the Cologne Willem C. Vis Moot Court Team. In 2016 she was awarded her doctorate “Dr. iur” under Prof. Dr. Klaus Peter Berger on the topic “Agreements between parties on the qualifications of arbitrators”.

Anna-Gesine Lock is a member of the German Institution of Arbitration, the DIS40 German Initiative of Young Arbitrators as well as the Cologne Bar Association.

Mr Faustino Locria

Carlos Faustino Locria is an independent practicing lawyer in the area of International Law and Company Law –Commercial, Tax, Administrative, Private and Labour Law. He is regularly representing heads of companies, senior level executives, and private persons in ADR proceedings, before lower tribunals as well as before Argentine Supreme Court. He has experience in international human rights litigation as well as in company formation and registering services, national and international agreements including general commercial contracts as well as specific contracts in the area of International Sales of Goods, Construction, Film, Gastronomy industries.
Moreover, he has also taught International Public Law and International Human Rights at Buenos Aires University, Universidad de San Andres and Universidad Torcuato Di Tella.
In 2016/2017 he pursued an LL.M in International Commercial Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution Methods at Humboldt University Berlin, Germany - an area of law he has been actively involved alongside his litigation practice. His studies include a work experience placement with the German Institution of Arbitration (DIS).
Faustino has dual Argentine and Italian citizenship. He is admitted to the Buenos Aires Bar (Capital City Bar, 2003). He is fluent in Spanish, Italian, English, and intermediate in French. He is currently learning German.

Dr Anna M. Lohmann

Dr. Anna Lohmann works in Litigation and Arbitration at Greenberg Traurig in Berlin. She went to law school at the University of Münster, with a focus on international and European law. She participated in the Willem C. Vis Moot in 2011/2012 and coached the team the following year. She wrote her PhD thesis on international commercial arbitration and commercial law.

Dr Ulrich Lohmann

Dr. Ulrich Lohmann is partner at Peters, Schönberger & Partner (https://www.psp.eu/de/psp-team/ulrich-lohmann) in Munich. He has more than thirty years of experience with the containment and resolution of cross-border corporate and commercial disputes in arbitration, mediation and court proceedings, both as party representative and as arbitrator. He focusses on international corporate commercial arbitration, mediation and dispute resolution financing. Dr Lohmann also is general counsel to an advanced-manufacturing technology fund.

Dr Stefan Lohn

Stefan Lohn is Counsel in the Lititgation & Dispute Resolution practice group of Clifford Chance in Düsseldorf, Germany. He specializes in international and domestic commercial arbitration and litigation. His practice focuses on post-M&A disputes, commercial, warranty and product liability disputes with a focus on automotive, capital goods and electronics, as well as real estate-related disputes, including plant and civil construction. Stefan has acted as counsel in and advised on arbitration proceedings before various institutions, including the ICC, the SIAC, the German Arbitration Institution (DIS), as well as ad-hoc arbitration proceedings under UNCITRAL rules and sports arbitration proceedings under the International Sporting Code of the FIA.

Mr Jorge López Fung

LLM in Comparative and International Dispute Resolution at the Queen Mary University of London. Peruvian qualified lawyer at Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas. Specialist in arbitration and energy law at the American University Washington College of Law, Universidad del Pacífico and Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Founder and member of the Executive Committee at Arbitraje Alumni and Lima Very Young Arbitration Practitioners (LVYAP).

Bellow my Moot experience:

• As arbitrator: 2020’s edition of the ‘Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot’ (Vis Moot - Vienna); 2020’s edition of the ‘International Arbitration Competition organized by Universidad Carlos III and CNUDMI’ (Moot Madrid); 2019’s edition of the ‘Moot organized by AU Washington College of Law;’ as well as 2020’s (online), 2019’s (Paraguay), 2018’s (Colombia), 2017’s (Argentina), 2016’s (Uruguay), 2015’s (Chile), and 2014’s (Peru) editions of the ‘International Arbitration Competitions organized by UBA and UR’ (Latin-American Moot).
• As coach (UPC): 2016’s edition of the Moot Madrid - First place winner; as well as 2016’s (Uruguay), 2015’s (Chile) - First place winner - editions of the Latin-American Moot.
• As participant (UPC): Speaker in the 2013’s (Colombia) edition of the Latin-American Moot.

Mr John Lowe

John W. Lowe serves as an international arbitrator and mediator. Since beginning this work, he has served as tribunal chairman, member of arbitral tribunals and sole arbitrator in both ad hoc and institutional arbitrations on more than 50 arbitrations. Mr. Lowe has trained as a mediator with both the AAA in the US, CEDR and CMAP in Europe and has handled numerous mediations in Europe. He began his career as a US diplomat (economist) working in Mexico, Washington and Italy where he also worked in private practice. He has worked internationally as General Counsel for telecommunication, industrial and software companies and has served as Chief Compliance Officer for a major freight forwarder. To his arbitration and mediation work, Mr. Lowe brings a wealth of experience having worked on major transactions and disputes around the world.

He has a law degree from George Washington University in Washington D.C. and is a member of the bar in the District of Columbia and Ohio in the US. Mr. Lowe speaks French, Italian and Spanish in addition to his native English. He is a member of the arbitration panels of many institutions in North America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.

Mr Jake Lowther

Jake is a dual-qualified lawyer (Australia & Sweden) working as legal counsel at the SCC Arbitration Institute.

Ms Jue Jun Lu

Jue Jun Lu is a Legal Director at DLA Piper's London office. Jue Jun's practice focuses on complex cross-border disputes arising from a broad range of industry sectors including energy, infrastructure, commodities, telecoms and technology. She has extensive experience in international arbitration, having handled cases seated in a variety of locations including London, Dubai, Singapore, Hong Kong and Beijing and administered under the rules of all major international arbitral institutions, as well as in ad hoc proceedings. Jue Jun is a Solicitor Advocate, with Higher Rights of Audience in the High Courts of England and Wales.
Jue Jun is well versed in both English and Mandarin and is particularly experienced in handling China-related disputes. She currently serves as an Ambassador to the ICC's Belt and Road Commission.
Jue Jun is named by Legal 500 in 2021 as a "Rising Star" in International Arbitration.

Ms Carol Ludington

Carol Ludington, CPA,CFF,CLP,ACIArb cludington@ludingtonltd.com
Carol Ludington has over thirty years of experience in the areas of commercial litigation, intellectual property litigation and alternative dispute resolution. She has extensive experience in financial and business analysis, including consideration of damages, related to complex commercial and intellectual property disputes as a testifying expert, as a consulting expert and as an arbitrator. She frequently consults regarding alternative dispute resolution and early analysis of damages to facilitate a strategic approach to damages and to facilitate effective dispute resolution.
Over the past thirty years, she has been retained in hundreds of matters, has frequently assisted preparation for trial and arbitration, has testified in numerous bench and jury trials, has testified in domestic and international arbitration hearings and has participated in hot-tubbing. She has served as a sole arbitrator and as a member of arbitral panels for a variety of commercial disputes.
She is a Certified Public Accountant, is Certified in Financial Forensics, is a Certified Licensing Professional, is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, serves on the panel of arbitrators for the American Arbitration Association and has been an arbitrator for the Willem C. Vis International Arbitration Moot and the Foreign Direct Investment International Arbitration Moot. She has served on professional committees related to forensics and ethics, and has lectured and written extensively regarding disputes, damages, intellectual property and alternative dispute resolution, including use of experts to facilitate effective dispute resolution.

Mr Wilson Lui

Wilson Lui is Pre-Doctoral Fellow and part-time Lecturer at the Faculty of Law of the University of Hong Kong. His publications include the edited book Direct Jurisdiction: Asian Perspectives (Hart Publishing, 2021), and more than 10 book chapters and journal articles with reputable academic publishers. He is currently working on a monograph that considers Hong Kong private international law in detail. He is a frequent (invited) speaker at various international conferences and seminars. Wilson designs and teaches courses for undergraduates and postgraduates on private international law, use of language in law, and legal Chinese. He also serves as editor for legal journals and judge for mooting competitions. Wilson holds a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics at the University of Oxford, a Master of Law (LLM) at the University of Cambridge, and bachelor’s degrees in Arts and Laws at the University of Hong Kong. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) and the Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators (HKIArb), and a Chartered Linguist. His research interests cover law, linguistics, higher education, and their connections and interactions, such as private international law (conflict of laws), dispute resolution, law and language, syntax, and legal education.

Mr Fernando Lula

Lawyer based in Brazil with experience as counsel and arbitral secretary in international and domestic arbitrations. Bachelor of Laws at the University of São Paulo, with an exchange semester at Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas. Currently undertaking the double degree program with Université Lumière Lyon 2. Former coach of the University of São Paulo's teams for the Vis Moot and Vis East Moot.

Dr Eveli Lume

Dr. Eveli Lume is a partner in the world-ranked International Dispute Resolution Practice Group of Squire Patton Boggs. Her practice focus is investor-state arbitration and commercial international arbitration. She has advised in a number of complex arbitration matters relating to different industry sectors, including for example construction, mining, public utilities, and telecommunication. She is experienced under various procedural rules such as ICSID, ICC, SCC and DIS, and has acted for sovereigns in Europe, North-Africa as well as in Central Asia. Eveli has experience in working on international arbitrations in both English and Russian. Eveli is also fluent in Estonian and German and is regularly working with clients in both these languages. Next to her practice, Eveli also serves as a guest lecturer at the Tartu University where she teaches international arbitration.

Mr Alexander Lütgendorf

Dispute resolution / international arbitration lawyer based in Dubai, with a focus on cross-border disputes pertaining to the Middle East and Africa. English and Austrian qualified lawyer. Acts as counsel and arbitrator. In addition to disputes work, I support clients on most aspects of business in the Middle East, including contract, corporate, transactional, construction and regulatory matters. Previously lived and practised law in Vienna, London and Cairo.

Moot alumni and avid participant of the Vis Moot. Former editor in chief of the Vindobona Journal.

Mr Sergey Lysov

Senior Associate at Kulkov, Kolotilov and partners (Russian dispute resolution law firm ).

Russian based Arbitration and Litigation lawyer, Member of Moscow BAR (Advocate).

Ms Raquel Macedo

I am a Brazilian lawyer, working at De Berti Jacchia Franchini Forlani. Having graduated in Brazil, I obtained my LLM at ULB, Belgium. My work specializes in International Arbitration and International Business Law.

Dr Rupert Macey-Dare

Rupert is a Commercial Barrister + PhD Economist and member of Minerva Chambers, St Cross College Oxford, and Middle Temple.  Rupert specializes in helping legal teams achieve the efficient resolution of complex economic commercial disputes. Rupert was previously a Senior Advisor at Freshfields working on financial markets disputes, global commercial disputes and international arbitration, and Senior Manager at EBRD working on financial markets and derivatives. Rupert previously taught and researched economics at Oxford and was additionally educated at Cambridge, LSE and City Law School. Rupert has recently assisted as a presiding judge in the IBA International Criminal Court Moot and the Sciences Po Cross Examination Arbitration Moot Competitions. For further details please see: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rupertmaceydare/ .

Mr Angus Macinnis

Angus Macinnis is a lawyer in private practice (holding the position of Director of Dispute Resolution) at a boutique commercial firm in Sydney, where he has a broad dispute resolution practice. He is also the Co-chair of the International Trade and Business Committee of the International Law Section of the Law Council of Australia.

After having coached teams from other Sydney universities in the 13th to 16th Moots, and in the 23rd and 24th Moots, he returned to the fray in the 26th Moot as the coach of the team from the Thomas More Law School at the Australian Catholic University, a role in which he has continued since that time, and is reprising again this year.

Ms Swarupa Madhavan

Swarupa is a lawyer qualified in India with about 3 years of experience in dispute resolution. She is deeply interested in arbitration and mediation. Recently completed the NUS-MIDS Double Degree Programme between the National University of Singapore, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies and University of Geneva. During her studies at NUS, she interned at International Centre for Settlement of Investment Dispute (ICSID), Washington D.C and Singapore International Mediation Institute (SIMI), Singapore. Prior to joining the Double Degree Programme, she worked with a law firm in Chennai, India during which she dealt with matters related to Taxation and Trade. Swarupa completed her B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) from National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kochi. She is currently practicing in India specializing in Corporate Law and Arbitration.

Ms Athar Magouri

https://www.linkedin.com/in/athar-magouri-273a53a1

Mr Supriyo Ranjan Mahapatra

Supriyo Ranjan Mahapatra is a Dispute Resolution lawyer based out of Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
His area of interest lies in corporate and commercial litigation, particularly, shareholders’ disputes, minority investors’ protection, contract enforcement, insolvency and bankruptcy.
He likes to read literature and philosophy during his free time. He is a nature lover and adores to do water sports activities such as scuba diving and kayaking.

Ms Iram Majid

I am executive director Asia Pacific centre for arbitration and Mediation and director for Indian Institute of arbitration and Mediation. I'm practicing lawyer in Supreme court of India and member in chartered institute of Arbitration. I'm doing cases as sole arbitrator and publish 4 awards so far. I'm accredited mediator by IIAM and undergone arbitration training. Trainer in Bangladesh and bhutan. I'm member of YSIAC,ICC YAF ,AIADR,DIAC .I have done negotiation training from ADR ODR International UK, cross culture mediation training from Pepperdine university USA and advancedfrom Harvard law school. . I have been judge vis moot court competition Hong Kong and ICC Mediation moot court competition Hong Kong. I have been the moderator for the session in 5th AMA confrence 2018 in jajarta.

Ms Wejden Makni

Mr Benjamin Malek

BENJAMIN I. MALEK has over a decade of arbitration experience, having worked at magic circle law firms and leading institutions.

He has been involved in matters involving private entities and states in commercial, investor-state, and state-to-state arbitration proceedings under ICC, ICDR, AAA, LCIA, SIAC, HKIAC, CPR, IACAC, THAC, ICSID, UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules, and ad hoc arbitrations.

Benjamin has worked in several jurisdictions, including the USA, Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe, and he is well-versed in civil and common law proceedings.

Prior to T.H.E. Chambers, Benjamin worked in the Arbitration team at Big Law and boutique law firms (including White & Case), where he had responsibility for various commercial arbitration cases involving US and international clients. He was also an integral part of the case management teams at the leading institutions, AAA-ICDR and CPR, where he had first-hand experience administering and coordinating arbitration procedures domestically and internationally.

Handling matters in English, Spanish, French, German, and Romanian.

Versed in proceedings in-person, via videoconference, and in the Metaverse.

Dr Artemis Malliaropoulou

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

Work experience:
Current role: Assistant Professor/Lecturer at the Hague University of Applied Sciences and legal advisor at Artlaw.
Past work experience:
United Nations Office of Legal Affairs (New York), Council of the EU – Legal Service (Brussels), International Criminal Court (the Hague), Unidroit Institute (Rome), British Institute for International and Comparative Law (London), Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP (London), Shearman & Sterling LLP (Paris), Allen & Overy LLP (Paris), Lazaratos & Partners LLP (Athens), United Nations Development Program (Athens, Bratislava).

Mr Brandon Malone

Brandon Malone is a Scottish lawyer and arbitrator. He is a barrister and solicitor advocate with over 25 years experience in dispute resolution. He is accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in Construction Law and as a specialist in Arbitration Law, and convenes the Society’s Arbitration Accreditation Committee. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) and in 2013, Brandon was elected an eminent Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. He is an Honorary Lecturer at the Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy at the University of Dundee and is an External Examiner in arbitration law and practice at Robert Gordon University. He is a member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR and chairs the ICCA/NYC Bar/CPR Working Group on Cybersecurity in International Arbitration.

Brandon is Chairman of the Scottish Arbitration Centre (www.scottisharbitrationcentre) and one of the two Co-Directors of the International Centre for Energy Arbitration (www.energyarbitration.org). He is the author of the Scotland chapter of a number of leading international arbitration guides.

Ms Tamara Manasijevic

Tamara Manasijevic is an Attorney at Law with ARP, Vienna. She is admitted in Croatia and, as a registered European lawyer, in Austria.

Tamara acts as counsel, arbitrator and secretary to arbitral tribunals in domestic and international arbitral proceedings, both institutional and ad hoc. The arbitral proceedings she was involved in included in particular energy disputes (gas, electricity, issues related to the liberalisation of the European energy markets), disputes related to construction and engineering projects (in particular under the FIDIC Books), contracts for the supply of goods, distribution agreements, licence agreements, joint ventures, M&A and corporate disputes. Some of these proceedings involved states or state entities as a party.

Tamara is an ICC YAF Regional Representative for the Europe and Russia Chapter and a founding member and Co-Chair of Young Croatian Arbitration Practitioners (YCAP).

Languages spoken: Croatian, English, German

Ms Nourhan Mandouh

A Junior Associate at Al-Feshawy & El-Shazly Law Firm, her main practice area, is dispute resolution (arbitration and litigation) in both Egypt and Qatar jurisdictions. Before joining Al-Feshawy & El-Shazly, Nourhan joined top leading law firms in Egypt and UAE, where she practised Arbitration and Corporate.
Nourhan holds a Bachelor of Law from the School of Law, English Section, Cairo University since 2019. This year Nourhan attended the Arbitration Academy in Paris, and yet, she is doing her LL.M in Law and Economics at Cairo University and the University of Hamburg. Besides, she is a member of different institutions such as the Egyptian Association Bar, CIArb, AYA, Young ICCA, and Young ITA, and she is one of the founders of Energy Related Arbitration Practitioners (“ENERAP”) Egypt Chapter.
Nourhan worked on several arbitration cases before ICC, LCIA and CRCICA, besides, she also involved in several ad hoc arbitration cases. She also participated in international moot courts as judge, mediator, and arbitrator, including but not limited to Foreign Direct Investment Moot, Mediate Guru, Shalakany Litigation Moot, and Vis pre-moots.

Ms Ali Loraine Manrique

Atty. Ali Loraine V. Manrique is the Director, Officer-in-Charge of the Training, Accreditation and Promotions Service (TAPS) of the Office for Alternative Dispute Resolution (OADR), an attached agency of the Philippine Department of Justice.
She obtained her Bachelor of Laws from the San Beda College of Law and became a Philippine BAR passer in 2015. She graduated Cum Laude of B.A. Political Science from the University of the Philippines in 2006.

After passing the BAR, she became a Legal Officer of the Judicial and Bar Council, Supreme Court of the Philippines. She has various experiences in the field of Law ranging from Labor and Corporate Law and Congressional Hearings of the Committee on Justice on bills and resolutions concerning the Criminal Justice System in the Philippines, among others.

Atty. Ali Manrique attended the Comprehensive Course on International Commercial Arbitration by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators New York Branch and Columbia Law School.

Atty. Ali has provided legal opinions and conducted legal research on legislations, policies and rules and regulations on ADR. Also, her wide range of knowledge in local and international arbitration makes her an asset in the various advocacy campaigns and knowledge-sharing activities of the OADR.

Miss Marcu Maria

Lawyer in Bucharest Bar Association since February 2004

Miss Anamaria Marin

Ms Marin is a Solicitor - Advocate with Rights of Audience before the Higher Courts of England and Wales . Prior to joining SLCG in Milan she practiced in London specializing in ADR and commercial cross border transactions. She is now part of the International Arbitration Department at SLCG and advises clients in international commercial arbitrations focusing on energy and construction disputes.

Ms Anya Marinkovich

Anya Marinkovich is a senior associate with Bär & Karrer’s arbitration team in Geneva. She has acted as counsel, arbitrator and arbitral secretary in a number of international commercial arbitrations concerning construction, oil & gas, sales, and corporate and post-M&A disputes. She is admitted to the California Bar and has training and practical experience in both common and civil law systems, as well as in the field of public international law. She is currently a member of the Global Advisory Board of ICDR Young & International.

Ms Maria-Magdalena Markova

Maria-Magdalena Markova is a graduate of the Law Faculty of Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" (Bulgaria). Since 2017 she is part of the team of Delchev & Partners Law Firm, where she is specializing in Corporate & Commercial Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Pharmaceutical & Medical Devices Law. She has participated as an oralist in three international moot courts - CEEMC (2018, Best Speaker and Best Written Pleadings Award), ELMC (2019, Semi-finalist, Regional Final), and Willem C. Vis. Moot (2020, Round of 16). In the period 2019-2021, she coached the teams of Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski for both CEEMC and ELMC.

In 2022-2023 she will be pursuing an LL.M. focused on Corporate & Commercial Law at Harvard Law School as a Fulbright Scholar.

Mr Nikola Marku

I was born and raised in the small town in Tivat Montenegro. There I'v finished elementary and high school with the honors.
In Podgorica I have enroled at Law School University of Montenegro in 2011 and I have graduated Law in June 2015 with honors. Since then I have been working in the Law office in Budva where I have been practicing almost every area of law, including commercial law and arbitration.

Important fact is my role in re-establishing the Moot team of Montenegro, three years ago. I wanted to leave some legacy on my senior year at the University of Montenegro, and that year, 2014 I have established competition team for the year 2015 for William C. Vis Moot. Year after I have continued with coaching the Montenegrin team and this year I am doing the same as well among the all obligations that i have in my professional life.

This competition gave me an exceptional experience and it really changed my view for the Law and hard and competitive market in the world.
I will continue with William C. Vis Moot program as far as I can and I hope this tradition will be the long lasting one.

Mr Benant Noor Singh Marok

Marok is a practicing Attorney in the Supreme Court of India, specialising in Constitutional, Criminal and Penal laws. He has been, and continues to be involved in significant litigation, arbitration and mediation procedures nationwide. His area of expertise cover Criminal Law, IPR and Human Rights litigation.
He is an executive member at the Supreme Court Bar Association, India and also the legal advisor to the government at provincial level. His research has been primarily aimed at filling the lacunas and complications of the International legislation and litigation.

Ms Eleonora Martins

Eleonora Martins is a Brazilian lawyer specialized in arbitration and commercial contracts. She holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) and a Bachelor of International Relations degree from the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais (PUC-MG). She is currently an associate at Fialho Salles Advogados.

Mr Juan Ignacio Massun

Juan works as Legal Counsel at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in Buenos Aires and is the Deputy PCA Representative in the Argentine Republic. He obtained his law degree from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) after spending a semester at the University of Texas. He has represented UBA at the Vis Moot as a student on two occasions, including in 2016 when UBA won the “Frederic Eisemann Award” for its first place at the oral rounds in Vienna.

Ms Eleonora Mateina

Professor Carlos A. Matheus López

Carlos A. Matheus is a full-time arbitrator in independent practice, based in Lima.

He holds a Ph.D. in Law from University of the Basque Country (Spain).

He is Associate Professor of the Academic Department of Law at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú PUCP and Professor of Arbitration Law at the Universidad César Vallejo and Peruvian Judicial School (Peru).

Professor Matheus has been in the practice of arbitration for over 20 years, as Chairman, Sole Arbitrator or member of the tribunal in numerous arbitration proceedings, ad hoc and institutional. Government corporations and private companies have appointed Professor Matheus to serve on various panels. He has also provided opinions to state enterprises and companies.

He is the author of several articles, books and book chapters published in Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and North America.

Professor Matheus is a frequent speaker at conferences on arbitration law in several countries of Latin America, Asia and Europe.

He is arbitrator at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS / TAS).

Mrs Mushtari Matkarimova

Mr Kieran John McCarthy

Kieran is a Senior Associate in the International Arbitration Group at Clifford Chance LLP in London, also specialising in International Trade Law and Public International Law. He has acted as counsel in numerous commercial and investment arbitrations concerning the energy, commodities, consumer goods and financial services sectors, as well as advising governments and international organisations in disputes before the World Trade Organisation and other international law tribunals. He has experience of arbitral proceedings governed under a variety of institutional rules seated in London, New York, Paris, Washington D.C., Hong Kong, Dubai, Stockholm and also Geneva, where he worked for several years. Kieran regularly advises on climate policy and related disputes issues and is a member of the firm's COP26 Working Group.

Ms Emily McMurtry

Emily is a lawyer and arbitrator with the Ottawa (Canada) office of Dentons Canada LLP. Her practice focuses on commercial litigation, where she acts on various arbitration matters (international and domestic), construction disputes, shareholder litigations, leasing matters, real estate development matters and professional negligence claims. In her arbitration practice, Emily has represented clients in domestic and international disputes involving product liability claims, mining industry agreements and construction disputes. She has experience under several institutional rulesets, including the ICC, ICDR, CIArb, JAMS, and ADRIC. An award-winning speaker, Emily won top honours at the Foreign Direct Investment Moot in Buenos Aires Argentina in November 2016. She then went on to compete in and win the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot in 2017 with the University of Ottawa. In 2018, she competed with the University of Ottawa’s Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition team, winning the national championship.

Emily was appointed to the Fruit and Vegetable Dispute Resolution Corporation’s (“DRC”) roster of arbitrators in January 2022, after having completed the DRC’s Arbitrator Training Course. As an arbitrator for the DRC, Emily decides international commercial disputes arising between DRC members in relation to transactions for fresh produce in North America.

Mr Sebastian Mejia

I am an arbitrator and lawyer. In 2021 I set up an independent practice (Mejia IDR), having previously worked in London and Madrid. I am dual qualified in Spain and NY.

Ms Nevin Meral

I graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Law after four-year study in 2008 and applied for a scholarship to study abroad. With my scholarship from the Ministry of Education of Turkey, I completed my LLM at Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London in 2012. Afterwards, upon return to Turkey, I was awarded a doctoral scholarship from I. D. Bilkent University for my PhD in Commercial Law in 2013. During my doctoral research, I received another scholarship from the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey and conducted my doctoral research at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany for a year. I completed my PhD at I. D. Bilkent University in January 2020. Though I have specialised in capital market law, I am as well interested in commercial law in general, business law, commercial enterprises law, corporate finance, company law, negotiable instruments law, unfair competition law, mediation. Since completing my PhD, I have taught several courses at Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Faculty of Law, Turkey. I am currently a licensed mediator in Turkey and an Assistant Prof. Dr., teaching commercial law and business law courses 2021-2022 semester.

Prof Dr Zlatan Meskic

Zlatan Meškić received his integrated bachelor-LL.M and his PhD from the University of Vienna, Faculty of Law. His mother tongue is Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, speaks and writes German and English fluently, basic skills in French.
He is practicing international commercial arbitration (construction, M&A under ICC Rules; Rules of the Arbitration Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina). He is on the list of arbitrators of the Foreign Trade Chamber Bosnia and Herzegovina. Since 2019 Full Professor at the College of Law, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh. Since 2008 professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Zenica. Judicial practice in court Bezirksgericht Floridsdorf and Research assistant at the LBI für Europarecht (Vienna), prof. dr. Gerte Reichelt (2007-2008).
Member of the editorial board of several law journals including "Zeitschrift für europarechtliche Studien (ZeuS) and editor-in-chief of the Balkan Yearbook of European and International Law (Springer). Scholarship holder from the MPI for foreign and private international law (Hamburg, 2011 and 2017). Visiting professor at the University of Saarbrücken, University of Pittsburgh. Author of six books and over 60 articles. Publication on Conflicts of Law, International Commercial Arbitration and EU Law. Head coach of the Vis moot team University of Zenica 2014-2019, now Prince Sultan University in Riyadh.

Dr Martin Metz

Martin Metz is a Senior Legal Counsel and Investment Manager of Omni Bridgeway, where he is responsible for providing legal analysis and advice on funding enquiries and will manage funded cases with a focus on Arbitration matters. Martin specializes in advising German and foreign clients on cross-border legal disputes in arbitration proceedings and commercial litigation. Prior to joining Omni Bridgeway, Martin worked over five years at DLA Piper, where he was a member of the arbitration and litigation group. In his academical path, Martin spent two years as a visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law where he conducted research for his Ph.D. on transnational human rights litigation. He is admitted to both the Cologne and California Bar and lectures on "Transnational Commercial Litigation" at the EBS (European Business School) University in Wiesbaden. He has also lectured at the University of Cologne and the China EU School of Law in Peking. Martin graduated with a law degree at the University of Cologne and holds an LL.M. from the French and German Masters-Programme of the University of Cologne and the Université de Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne).

Ms Maria Michael

Maria holds a dual law degree in English and German Law from University College London and the University of Cologne.

Having represented the University of Cologne in the 27th Vis Moot, she has since graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Science with an LLM in International Business Law and worked as Arbitrator's Clerk. She is currently interning at the LCIA before her training contract commences in the City of London.

Mr Stavros Michalopoulos

Stavros Michalopoulos is a Doctoral Candidate in International Law at the Kapodistrian University of Athens. He holds an undergraduate degree in law from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and two LLMs from the University of Cambridge and Georgetown University. He is a third-year associate at the arbitration department of Cleary Gottlieb in Paris. His written work includes articles on the issue of dual nationals in investment arbitration and third-party funding.

Mr Anhad Miglani

I am an India-qualified advocate with more than four years' experience as a commercial lawyer and litigating counsel. I am currently pursuing a specialised Advanced Master's degree in International Disputes and Arbitration at Leiden University, the Netherlands, with a thesis focused on defences to international arbitral claims challenging climate change reforms. I have received a B.A., LL.B. (Honours) degree from the National Law School of India University. Apart from representing public sector undertakings and private clients in commercial arbitration proceedings, I have also conducted training sessions on arbitration law and practice for government officials. My research and writing projects have been published in the Indian Journal of Arbitration Law, ICA's Arbitration Quarterly and the Oxford Business Law Blog, among others.

Ms Parandzem Mikayelyan

Parandzem is currently working as Senior Specialist in International Arbitration and in other international disputes at the Prime Minister Office of the Republic of Armenia. She contributes to the representation of state interests in both commercial and investment treaty arbitration. Previously, she worked as Legal Adviser at Grant Thornton Armenia where she provided legal consulting to local and foreign businesses.
Parandzem holds an LL.M. with distinction in Investment Treaty Arbitration from Uppsala University, Sweden. She has also completed the double Master’s degree program in International Business Law of the French University of Armenia and Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3, France.
Parandzem has acted as Arbitrator at the 27th Annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot.

Judge Jim Miller

I served as a Colorado trial judge for twelve years. I have maintained an arbitration and mediation practice for eighteen years, first with JAMS and now with my own firm, Jim Miller Dispute Resolution. I am a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of arbitrators and I am available to arbitrate and mediate cases throughout the United States and internationally.

Dr Miquel Mirambell Fargas

Dr. Miquel Mirambell Fargas is international attorney at White&Case, Frankfurter Büro. He graduated in Law at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF, Barcelona), where he also obtained his Ph.D. degree titled: "the seller's right to cure under art. 48 CISG". He was research & teaching assistant at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra and visiting researched at Universität Basel, under the supervision of Prof. (em) Dr. Ingeborg Schwenzer, LL.M. and at the Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht in Hamburg. He completed the LL.M. with specialization in international commercial arbitration at Bucerius Law School (BLS, Hamburg) where he also coached the Vis Moot Team. He is admitted as lawyer to the Spanish Bar Association.

Dr Isabel MIRANDA

Isabel Alves de Melo Miranda holds a J.D. (2006), a LL.M. (2009) and a Dr. iur. (2014) from the University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), where she pursued postdoctoral studies (2014-2019) and lectured International Commercial Arbitration and Private International Law (2007-2019). Since 2010, Dr Miranda has been a Coach for the UERJ VisMoot team and, in 2013, she founded the Rio Pre-Moot. Dr Miranda is a lawyer qualified in Brazil and a member of the Arbitration Committee of the Brazilian Bar Association, Rio de Janeiro Section. Dr Miranda was an associate at Batista Martins Advogados, a law firm specialized in arbitration (2006-2010). Dr Miranda has participated in the internship program of the International Court of Arbitration at the ICC in Paris, France (2008); in the FIAA Workshop on questioning of fact witnesses in international arbitration in São Paulo, Brazil (2011); and in the LSE Summer School on International Commercial Litigation and Arbitration in London, UK (2011). Dr Miranda has received a scholarship to the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Law in Hamburg, Germany (2013) and to The Hague Academy of International Law Summer Course, Private International Law session (2017).

Mr Ruslan Mirzayev

I am an attorney qualified in the State of New York and the Republic of Azerbaijan, with experience in arbitration.

I have tailored my career to specialize in arbitration as a practitioner and an academician. I have advised and represented major local and foreign clients in multi-million arbitration cases as a local counsel. Along with my practical work experience I have also been teaching international arbitration at Baku State University and Judicial Academy in Azerbaijan, and I have published numerous articles on international arbitration. My articles have been published in local and international law journals, including in Kluwer Journal of International Arbitration.

Currently I am Managing Partner at Adrem Attorneys, a law firm offering its services in alternative dispute resolution, international arbitration and banking and finance law. I have also recently founded a dispute resolution centre called ARBME Dispute Resolution.

Ms Palak Mishra

Palak is an India qualified lawyer with over five years of experience in domestic and international arbitrations. Having previously worked in two leading disputes resolution firms in India, she is currently pursuing her LL.M in International Commercial Arbitration Law from Stockholm University as the Stockholm Arbitration Association Scholar.

Mrs ANGELA MITA - BACIU

ANGELA MITA – BACIU, PhD - academic and professional practitioner - Professor in Private International, International Commercial and Competition Law.

Studied law at the “Al.I.Cuza” University of IASI. After law school she was admitted for PhD degree. Research on the field of International Commercial Law, International Private Law. Visiting fellow at UNIDROIT Rome, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg, T.M.C. ASSER INSTITUTE, Swiss Institute of Comparative Law, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Doctoral thesis was on the law applicable on international contracts.
She’s a practicing lawyer, member of the Bar Association of Iasi, Romania, also arbitrator - Court of International Commercial Arbitration of Iasi, Romania.
She participated as legal academics and practitioners, arbitrating in the competition - Willem C Vis (East) International Commercial Arbitration Competition in Hong Kong, ample opportunities to discuss with her ideas and visions relating to teaching, research, and legal practice.

CV demonstrates an outstanding academic, with a level of expertise in international law. Fluent in four languages and sustaining an up-to-date knowledge in international law in general, and international commercial law and private international law in particular, her combined teaching, research and professional activities ensure a high-level, current expertise in a challenging and ever-changing field.

Mr Petar Mitreski

Petar is an attorney at law working in Skopje, specializing in arbitration, corporate and consumer protection law. He has a master's degree in International Law and Relations and Law of the European Union by the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Macedonia.

Being part of the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University team, he has participated twice in the Vis Moot (in 2018 and 2019), entering both times in the final rounds of 64.

Miss Danah Mohamed

Danah is a junior lawyer who works in legal matters relating to civil and commercial laws. Danah is involved in drafting legal opinions and due diligence reports for international and local entities. Danah also has experience in drafting and reviewing different types of agreements. Danah assists in researching case laws, statutes and codes and developing and building case strategies in litigation and arbitration. Danah handles registrations and relationships with the official government entities and the Courts, prepares trial documents and assists in many legal responsibilities.

Ms Niloufar Mohammadi

Bachelor of Laws in the University of Tehran 2012-2016
LL.M. in International Trade and Economic Law in the University of Tehran 2016-2019
Participated in VIS Moot in 2018 and 2019
Current situation: Legal Expert at the Securities and Exchange Organization of I.R. Iran

Mr Hosein Mohebi

I have worked in Arbitration Center of Iran Chamber (ACIC) since 2008 to 2016 in two capacities; legal advisor and supervisor of education and research department.
I have been engaged in many arbitration case domestic and international. I am expert in ADR solutions commonly used in complex commercial disputes, namely arbitration, adjudication and mediation.
I have organised and managed many arbitration and dispute resolution seminars and workshops in Iran.
I am a member of young arbitrator of ACIC.
In July 2016, I have been appointed as Co-Registrar in IUSCT which is one the oldest investment arbitration Tribunal in The Hague.

Ms Dariia Mokhnachova

I'm an international arbitration lawyer based in Paris. Currently I'm working in the arbitration department of Winston & Strawn LLP. Originally from Ukraine, I’ve obtained a Master’s degree in Arbitration and International Business from Paris-Saclay University. My past professional experience includes working in several international law firms, as well in the legal department of a multinational company. I’ve participated in Vis Moot since it’s 23rd edition, as a participant, as an assistant coach and as an arbitrator.

Ms Simona Mokreva

I have participated in the 2021 Vis Moot where my team was awarded an Honourable Mention for the Claimant Memorandum. I have also been part of my University's teams for the Jessup and the Telders International Law Moot Court Competitions. Regarding my experience in judging in moot courts, I have participated as judge in this year's Deakin International Commercial Arbitration Moot and two workshops in Bulgaria which aim at promoting moot court competitions to Bulgarian students.

Professor Joe Morrissey

Professor Morrissey has been a law professor at Stetson University College of Law since 2004. He has taught and published in the areas of international private law, contracts more generally, corporate and securities law, and constitutional law. In 2008, Wolters/Kluwer published his first book, International Sales & Arbitration, which combines a focus on international contract law with the mechanism of dispute resolution most often used in those transactions, arbitration. That book is now in its second edition (2017) and is a terrific preparatory tool for the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot.

Before joining the legal academy, Professor Morrissey practiced business law at Mayer, Brown (Chicago, London, and Tashkent); and at Kirkland & Ellis (Chicago). He later was Counsel and Vice President at Unifund, an investment fund based in Geneva, Switzerland, where he oversaw investment into the Russian economy.

Professor Morrissey earned his J.D. at Columbia University, and his A.B. at Princeton University.

Professor Margaret Moses

Professor Moses is Professor of Law and Director of International Programs, Loyola University Chicago. A scholar in the field of international commercial arbitration, the third edition of her treatise on international commercial arbitration was published in March 2017 by Cambridge University Press. She has participated as an arbitrator or an advocate in arbitrations under the auspices of the ICC Court of Arbitration and the AAA International Centre for Dispute Resolution, as well as in ad hoc arbitrations. Additional areas of interest and research include international business transactions and international trade finance. Professor Moses heads Loyola Chicago’s Vis Moot program, which sends students to compete in both Vienna and Hong Kong. Professor Moses' articles can be found at https:www.ssrn.com/author=397500

Dr Olivier Mosimann

Olivier Mosimann is a partner at Kellerhals Carrard, one of the largest and leading law firms in Switzerland. He co-chairs the firm’s Arbitration Practice Group and specializes in international commercial arbitration and commercial litigation. He has acted as counsel in numerous arbitration proceedings conducted under institutional rules (including ICC and Swiss Rules) as well as in ad hoc proceedings, involving various sectors (including pharmaceutical, chemical, high-tech, energy, construction, consumer goods, financial-service, defense and sport sectors) and concerning diverse legal fields (including sales, joint ventures, construction, distribution, corporate, M&A, IP/IT, public procurement, competition and financing). Olivier has acted as counsel for parties from around the world in arbitrations involving companies, individuals, states and state-owned entities, and he is used to handling complex cases. He also sits as arbitrator (presiding, sole and co-arbitrator) and acts as legal expert.

Olivier is co-chair of Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA)'s Local Group Basel. From 2017-2020 he was co-chair of ASA below 40 and regional coordinator of DIS40 Zurich, a regional below-40 group of the German Arbitration Institution.

Professor Denis Mouralis

Denis Mouralis is full professor of law at Aix Marseille University (France). He holds a LL.B and a PhD in law from Paul Cézanne University (France) and a LL.M from McGill University (Canada). He specializes in arbitration law, international disputes resolution, international economic and business law, and international contracts. He publishes and teaches regularly in these fields, in France and abroad. Denis is also an attorney at the Paris Bar, and counsel of the Centre for Mediation and Arbitration of Paris (CMAP) and regularly takes part in international arbitral proceedings, as counsel, arbitrator or presiding arbitrator. He is a member of several professional and academic organisations, such as the Centre of Economic Law (Aix Marseille University), the ICC Institute of World Business Law, the Dutch Arbitration Association, the French Arbitration Committee, and the French Society of Air and Space Law. His mother tongue is French and he speaks English fluently.

Ms Ameneh Mozouni

Ameneh is an LL.M. student at the Allameh Tabatabaei University, Tehran. She completed a bachelor of law at Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran. Her chief interests are commercial and investment arbitration, and international business transactions. She has participated in the FDI Moot 2020 as a team member (1/16 Final). Furthermore, she has served as an arbitrator in FDI Moot 2021 and 4th TRAC Vis Pre-Moot.

Ms Nour Mseddi

I have a bachelor degree in private Tunisian Law and a Master degree in Common law. On top of that, I am currently a PhD candidate.
I work as a junior Associate at Houerbi Law firm and I am also an adjunct professor at the Faculty of legal, political and social sciences of Tunis.
I have been involved in the Vis Moot for 4 years. I particiapted originally in 2019 and I even since I have been coaching the Université de Carthage Team for 3 years.

Ms Yulia Mullina

Yulia has been serving as the Executive Administrator of the Russian Arbitration Center since 2019. Prior to that, Yulia had worked on this project since its very beginning in 2016. Yulia is experienced in both organizing and arbitrating moot competitions, including Vis. Now she is heading the organizing committee of the Moscow Vis Pre-Moot. Besides, she has a master degree in private law and now works on the PhD project in the Lomonosov Moscow State University.

Ms Leli Mumladze

Leli Mumladze – Member of the IliaUni Moot Court Club Advisory Board and Coach of Ilia State University Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Court Team.
Ms Mumladze is the graduate of Tbilisi State University Law School and also has obtained the Master’s degree in Private (Business)Law at Ilia State University.
Currently, Leli is working as a Legal Counsellor in the framework of the project of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
She participated in Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot in 2018.

Mr Joaquim Muniz

LLM, University of Chicago. Partner, Baker McKenzie Rio de Janeiro. Author of arbitration books

Dr Artan Murati

Born in Prishtina, Republic of Kosovo. 30years old. Lives in Prishtina,Kosovo.

Education:
Bachelor of Law at University of Prishtina, Republic of Kosovo.
MA of European Union Studies at University of Salzburg, Austria.
PhD Candidate at University of Salzburg, Austria.
Erasmus mobility at Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic.

Work experience:
Associate at 'Januz Murati & Associates' Law Firm and Lecturer of EU Law at UBT University in Kosovo,
Long experience on working with international organizations (such as EU and UN).

Other information:
Participant in 22nd Willem C. Vis Moot with University of Salzburg.
Author of one book and eleven scientific papers and researches.
Loves traveling, meeting new people and mountain-biking.

Ms Monica Murayama

Partner at Huck Otranto Camargo, Sao Paulo, Brazil. LLM in Transnational Arbitration & Dispute Settlement from Sciences Po Law School, Paris. LLM in International Business & Economic Law from Georgetown University, Washington, DC. 10 years of experience in International Arbitration, both as a lawyer and as secretary to arbitral tribunals. Recognized by international guides on International Arbitration. Publications on International Arbitration.

Mr Quentin Muron

Quentin Muron is a lawyer registered in the Paris bar and focusing his practice on international arbitration, including both commercial disputes and investor-State arbitration, with a particular focus on matters involving States and State entities. He also acts in court proceedings on the enforcement or annulment of arbitral awards, in particular when sovereigns are involved. Mr. Muron was notably involved in disputes in the engineering, energy, and telecommunications sectors, as well as shareholder disputes and disputes arising out of joint ventures.

Ms Nusaybah Muti

Nusaybah Muti is a Philippine-qualified lawyer and has worked as a law clerk for several years in the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals of the Philippines. She has an LL.M. in Transnational Arbitration and Dispute Settlement degree at Sciences Po Paris. She has worked at the HCCH, ICSID, and Mayer Brown LLP (Paris). She is currently interning with the International Dispute Resolution Group of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP (London).

Prof (Dr) N.Kayalvizhi Nadimuthu

Prof.(Dr.)N.Kayalvizhi, a dynamic educationist and an eminent Scholar with 25 years of enriched academic experience, presently heading up as Principal of Government Law College, Villupuram, Tamil Nadu.

She holds Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Law and Masters in International and Constitutional Law. In her prolific academic stint, she vividly groomed many National and International mooters in wide-ranging subject areas, who indeed have attained highest echelons in versatile domains of law. In particular, she had been instrumental in organizing State selection rounds for VIS Moot which certainly paved the way for emergence of VIS mooters from the State of Tamil Nadu and her tireless efforts did unfolded the inherent skills of many international participants over the years.

Apart from being an unparalled coach for mooting, she held various responsibilities in the stretch of her academic arena including Syndicate & Ex-officio Senate member, TNDALU; Doctoral Committee Member, University of Madras; U.G.C Coordinator; Secretary – TN Legal Education Review Committee; Moot Committee Head (1998-2019); Editor, Year book of legal studies etc.,

Having inspired and transformed the minds of young students and erudite scholars across the globe, she demonstrates the quest of making a potential path-breaking contribution towards advancement of legal education as a whole.

Mr Brandon Nagy

Brandon Nagy is an attorney who practices Commercial Litigation, International Arbitration, and Dispute Resolution at Stinson LLP in the Washington DC office. Alumni of the 19th Moot, Brandon has helped coach Arizona State University's Vis teams since then and regularly arbitrates in the Vienna Moot.

Brandon has extensive experience managing protracted litigation in various industries including banking and financial services, telecommunications, transportation, hospitality, renewable energy, real estate, and the non-profit sector.

Brandon's scholarship on the CISG, Unreliable Excuses: How do Differing Persuasive Interpretations of CISG Article 79 Affect its Goal of Harmony, 26 N.Y. Int'l L. Rev., Summer 2013, at 61, won the New York Bar Association Int'l Section's 2012 Albert S. Pergam Int'l Law Writing Competition and was a finalist in Pace Law School's Institute of Int'l Commercial Law's 2012 Clive M. Schmittoff Essay Competition.

Prior to joining Stinson, Brandon served as a law clerk for the Honorable James Teilborg of the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona and as a full-time intern for the Office of the Solicitor General, U.S. Department of Justice, in Washington, DC. Brandon is a summa cum laude graduate of the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University.

Mr Ali Naimi Zaker

The Chair to ZakVocates, a boutique firm based in Tehran.
President at Ray Arbitration, the first Iranian Inst. of health tourism arbitration.
I have been a member to the first Iranian Vis Moot team and now, I do arbitration and coaching teams to Vis Moot in Vienna.

Ms Elia Naranjo

Director at BLP Abogados (Costa Rica). Law degree from the University of Costa Rica (2013), an LLM in International Business Regulation, Litigation and Arbitration from New York University (2015) and an MBA from the Politecnico de Milano (2017).

Specialized in the practices of Business Law, with emphasis in M&A, Competition & Antitrust and Dispute Resolution, including commercial litigation and arbitration.

Experience includes advising clients in domestic and international arbitration proceedings at the ICDR, the Costa Rican Chamber of Commerce (CCA), and the International Center for Conciliation and Arbitration (CICA).

Furthermore, she has advised clients in mergers and acquisitions, due diligence processes, restructurings, corporate governance, the negotiation and execution of contracts, and in day-to-day legal issues of commercial nature, including the establishment of operations of multiple companies in Costa Rica. She has been involved in multijurisdictional transactions in a wide range of industries including telecommunications, technology, transportation, manufacturing, retail, education, and hospitality.

Ms Salma NASRELDINE

Salma Nasreldine is currently an International Arbitration and Disputes Associate at Shahid Law firm, one of the most renowned law firms established in Cairo, Egypt. She was previously occupying the position of Associate within the Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Department at Baker McKenzie Cairo Office since 2018. Salma has obtained her LLB with honors from the Faculty of Law of both Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne (France) in 2016 and Cairo University (Egypt) in 2017. She has received a Maitrise degree in International Business Law from Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne in 2017, as well as, a Masters degree in Arbitration and International Trade Law from the University of Versailles in 2018. Salma has always shown a huge interest and support to arbitration moot competitions, either by participating (representing Cairo University in the 14th Vis East Moot; representing University of Versailles in Frankfurt Investment Arbitration Moot) or by coaching (coached the Cairo University team participating in the 26th Vis Moot). She also seated as an arbitrator in the national rounds of Vis Moot competitions organized by the Egyptian Universities.

Mr Nikola Naydenov

I am a law graduate from the University of National and Word Economy from Bulgaria. I have also participated twice in Willem C. Vis back in 2019 and 2020, and as an arbitrator in 2021. I have also participated in other international law competitions like Frankfurt Investment Arbitration Moot Court in 2018 and Central and Eastern Europe Moot Court Competition in 2017.

Mr Tinyiko Ndlovu

I am a disputes lawyer at Pinsent Masons based in the Johannesburg office. I have gained experience across various types of dispute resolution processes such as mediations, adjudications and arbitrations. I have assisted clients across a broad range of sectors such as banking, telecoms, energy, healthcare and construction.

Dr Maryam Krystyna Nechaieva

Lawyer and Counsel in Arbitration and DIFC courts and legal consultant and advisor in local UAE litigation, specialized both in civil and common jurisdiction. I have been involved in number of cases as an advisor and consultant as well I have successfully attended arbitration proceedings as a counsel in commercial, real estate matters and attended in the DIFC Courts as a counsel in commercial disputes in common law jurisdiction. Area of practice include corporate transactions (joint ventures, acquisitions and divestitures, dispute management and resolution, contracts and intellectual property management) as well as consultancy in employment, immigration, family and criminal matters. Worked in Ukraine and familiar with the legal system of civil law counties.
During Phd have been practicing as a tutor and lecturer in the National University in civil law and civil procedure.

Ms Fernanda Nemr

Arbitration associate at Muriel Advogados in São Paulo, Brazil. Graduated from the University of São Paulo (2019) and specialized in energy disputes at the Brazilian Institute of Energy Law (2022). Participated in the 26th and 27th Vis Moots as a speaker, and is currently a coach for the University of São Paulo's Vis Moot team. Researcher at the University of São Paulo's Arbitration Research Center. Head coordinator and founder of the Arbitation Research and Studies Group at the University of São Paulo. Participated in the Brazilian Arbitration Competition as a mootie and a coach. Participated in international public law and human rights moot court competitions (Price Media Law, Nelson Mandela World Human Rights, Jessup).

Mr Duc Tam Nguyen The

Nguyen The Duc Tam is a Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Economics and Law (UEL), Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh City (VNU-HCM). He earned his LL.B. and B.B.A. from the Ho Chi Minh City University of Law (Vietnam) and his LL.M. from the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas (France). In 2020, he received the National Outstanding Young Teacher Award from the Ministry of Education and Training (Vietnam). His research focuses on commercial dispute resolution, including arbitration and mediation.

Mr John Nicolson

I am Chartered Quantity Surveyor, a Chartered Arbitrator, registered Adjudicator and recognised Quantum Expert with over 40 years’ experience in construction within building, civil, petrochemical, structural, rail, utilities, mechanical, and M&E environments.
I Chartered with the RICS in 1984 and became a Fellow of the RICS in 1996, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in 2006 and a Charterer Arbitrator in 2009.
I am a practising Arbitrator, Adjudicator and Quantum Expert.
I work extensively throughout Europe (UK, Spain, Portugal, Germany & Gibraltar) and the Middle East (UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait and Libya)

Mr Friedrich Niggemann

Dr jur admittd to the french and german bar, practicing in Paris, over 30 years arbitration experience

Miss Dragana Nikolic

Dragana Nikolić is an attorney at law at MVP in cooperation with Schoenherr (Serbia). She has helped with representing states, corporations and individuals in ICSID, ICC, UNCITRAL, LCIA and VIAC arbitrations, as well as before the ICJ, IACtHR and various English courts. Dragana graduated from the University of Belgrade (BA, LL.M) and University of Cambridge (LL.M) specializing in international law. As a member of the University of Belgrade team, she won the Pieter Sanders Award for the Best Memorandum for Claimant (2013) at the Vis Moot Court as well as the Third Prize for the Best Memorandum for Claimant at the FDI Moot Court (2013).

Ms Natalia Nincevic

Natalia Nincevic is an attorney based in the USA. She is currently practicing in-house with expertise in global privacy, platform safety & integrity, and cybersecurity. Natalia holds an LLM in International Commercial Arbitration and Dispute Resolution from Queen Mary University of London and a Juris Doctorate from Florida State University. She is a former mootie, having represented FSU at the 24th and 25th Vis Moots in Vienna. For the last 3 years, she has served as an arbitrator in Vienna and at various pre-moots internationally.

Mr Henry Chukwunonso Nkamuke

1. My Arbitration encounter:
a. Lord Denning Master of Rolls drew my attention to Arbitration in early 2008 through his opinion in Bremer Vulkan v South Indian Shipping [1981] AC 909 where he said:

b. “When I was young, a sandwich-man wearing a top-hat used to parade outside these courts with his boards back and front, proclaiming ‘Arbitrate, don’t litigate.’ It was very good advice so long as arbitrations were conducted speedily: as many still are in the City of London. But it is not so good when arbitrations drag on for ever.”

3. My interest in Arbitration:
a. My interest in Arbitration burns like a raging fire. This includes Customary Arbitration, National Aritration, Regional Arbitration and International Arbitration. I have been involved in three live Arbitrations and four Moot Arbitrations. This total of seven experiences entail National, Regional and Internation Arbitrations. It also tasked me as an Arbitration Advocate and Registrar Support for live Arbitrations and Organizer, Coach and Arbitrator for Moot Arbitration Competitions.

b. For Customary Arbitration, I am currently drafting the Bill for Law to establish an Alternative Dispute Resolution ADR Centre for Imo State of Nigeria. Customary Arbitration in Imo State Nigeria appears to be an uncharted waters. In our hypothesis, my team found out that there are a lot of Arbitrations going on at the customary local level of adjudication. We also found out that Arbitrators here delivery hundreds of decision each year and very few of these decisions are challenged. Once my team access needed resources, we are able to do a deeper research here and develop a fit for purpose ADR for improved and better practice at that level.

c. I have learnt a lot in these small Arbitration experiences. I particularly learn a great deal when I review Memorials and will like to continue to volunteer.

3. In the webpage of the law firm where I work three things are said of me.
a. Armed with experience in dispute prevention and resolution, Chukwunonso advocates for our clients in commercial dispute resolution and general litigation matters. He is inclined to creative problem solving that expands the repertoire of techniques by which lawyers and judges attempt to resolve business and social problems.

b. He is at his best when turning strategy sessions from clients’ instructions into inspiring concepts, solving problems and pushing boundaries to create unique clients’ experiences with business advantage.

c. Team members and clients find in Chukwunonso an Associate who combines legal knowledge with a unique gift for communicating his understanding of clients’ goals and transforming them into results.
http://primeraal.com/team/chukwunonso-nkamuke/

Mr Patrick Noonan

Patrick Noonan was General Counsel and Secretary General for 18 years of Nexans (French multinational listed on the Paris Stock Exchange), as well as General Counsel of Soitec (Paris Stock Exchange) in 2021/2022.He began his career as an attorney at Patton, Boggs in Washington D.C. and Wilson, Sonsini in Palo Alto, before moving on to Texas Instruments in Dallas and Nice, and Alcatel in Brussels, Paris, and Toronto. He brings first-hand transaction experience and a business point of view to dispute resolution. He has participated in international arbitrations and mediations as arbitrator, mediator, counsel, party, strategist, and witness, in Europe, North America, South America, and Asia. He is included on the American Arbitration Association-ICDR Panel of Arbitrators; the CPR Panel of Distinguished Neutrals; the arbitrator rosters of the Saudi SCCA and the Qatar QICCA; the European Union Commission Pool of Arbitrators and of Trade and Sustainable Development Experts for Bilateral Trade Agreement Disputes; and the panel of Tiers Conciliateurs, Paris Place de Droit (dispositif COVID19). He is a CIArb Fellow and CEDR Accredited Mediator. He has a J.D. and B.S.(Engineering) from Stanford University, studied law in France and Italy, and has worked in common law and civil law environments.

Ms Olha Nosenko

Olha is an Associate in Vasil Kisil law firm (Kyiv, Ukraine), specializing in commercial dispute resolution, acting for clients before international commercial arbitration, cross border litigation and national courts. Participated in Vis Moot as part of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy Team, after acted as a team coach and arbitrator during international rounds in Vienna.
Member of the organizer team of the Ukrainian Vis Pre-Moot.
Ex-president of Kyiv Mohyla Moot Court Society (2017 to 2018) and a member of the Society's Supervisory Board.

Mr Sam Noshadha

www.noshadha.com

Dr Zoltan Novak

Career
Since 2018 Partner at TaylorWessing Budapest
2010-2018 Associate at TaylorWessing Budapest
2008-2009 Consultant at Ygomi Group
2007 Trainee at the German Federal Parliament in Berlin, Germany

Education
2017 Hague Academy of Private International Law
2016 Arbitration Academy, Paris
2014 Bar exam
2011 PhD (University of Debrecen, Faculty of Arts)
2009 Doctor of Laws (University of Debrecen, Faculty of Law)
2007 Research fellowship at the University of Leuven in Belgium
2005 Research fellowship at the University of Tübingen in Germany
2002 University degree (University of Debrecen, Faculty of Arts)

Languages: Hungarian, English, French, German

Selected publications:
"New Arbitration Act in Hungary", Kluwer Arbitration Blog, 15 October 2017
“Kétélű kard: A res iudicata a gyakorlatban” (Double-Edged Sword: Res Iudicata in Practice). Gazdaság és Jog, 2017/5.
"ICSID Complaint As Alternative to Supplemental Filing", EFILA Blog, 26 April 2016
“Das Recht als Form und Symbol”, in: Tektonik der Systeme. Neulektüren von Oswald Spengler. Hrsg. Bart Philipsen, Sientje Maes und Arne De Winde. Heidelberg: Synchron - Wissenschaftsverlag der Autoren, 2016.
"A komfortlevél nálunk és más nemzeteknél” (Comfort Letter in Hungary and in Other Nations). Gazdaság és Jog, 2015/1.

Mr Krzysztof Nowak

Dr. Krzysztof Nowak, LL.M. (Heidelberg) is legal counsel at Borealis AG, a petrochemical company which is the world's eighth largest producer of polyethylene and polypropylene, headquartered in Vienna.
In his daily practice Krzysztof focuses on M&A transactions, financings, circular economy solutions as well as corporate and commercial law.
Krzysztof graduated from the Jagiellonian University in Cracow, the University of Vienna (Dr. iur.), the Heidelberg University (LL.M.) and University of Economics in Cracow (finance and accounting).
During his studies, Krzysztof participated in XX Willem C. Vis Moot Court and served as arbitrator in Vis Moots since then.

Mr Brian Obama

Mr.Obama is a law graduate from the Catholic University of Eastern Africa. He has been admitted to the Bar as an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya and is currently the Legal Officer at KUSCCO Limited. His main role includes providing legal input in the formulation of organization strategy including investment policies. He ensure all operations are in line with relevant regulations by ensuring legal and regulatory compliance including monitoring and reporting changes to applicable statutes and regulations and conducting policy audits. He also prepares legal opinions and report on technical legal matters to the Board and Departmental managers. Brian has held several leadership positions.

Mr Klaus Oblin

www.oblin.at

Ms Sara Ochs

Sara L. Ochs is an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Louisville, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law. Her scholarly research focuses predominantly on the prosecution of mass atrocities before international and hybrid courts and the use of transitional justice mechanisms in post-conflict and settler societies. She has presented her work on these topics at numerous conferences throughout the United States and the United Kingdom.

Sara serves as the Co-Chair of the ABA Section of International Law’s International Courts & Judicial Affairs Committee, as well as an advisory board member of the American Society of International Law’s International Courts & Tribunals Interest Group. She is a volunteer International Humanitarian Law Instructor for the American Red Cross and a certified Trial Monitor with the Clooney Foundation for Justice.

Sara competed in the Vis Moot in 2013 and 2014 as part of the Loyola University New Orleans team.

Ms Vivien Oduah

Vivien Oduah is a Solicitor-Advocate qualified in England, United Kingdom. Vivien is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and she has acted as a sole arbitrator in over 60 consumer disputes. Vivien is multilingual with effective oral and writing communication skills. Vivien has acted as an arbitrator for the Fox William Vis Pre-Moot (in Person) and the Middle East MENA Chambers eVis Pre-Moot . Vivien is a civil litigator and acts as an international arbitrator alongside her litigation work.

Dr Reinhard Oertli

Position : Partner with Meyerlustenberger Lachenal AG
Bar Admissions : Zurich, New York
Arbitration Experience : Extensive experience as chairman of arbitration panels, sole arbitrator, party-appointed arbitrator and counsel ; experience in BIT arbitration, also intra-EU, ECT and ad hoc; wrote or co-wrote awards on jurisdiction, distribution and licencing contracts involving patent and life science, telecom and trademark issues, shareholdings, quantum of damages, complex financial instruments.
Panels : ICC Swiss Chapter, Zurich Chamber of Commerce, Panel of Arbitrators for Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield matters (5 members appointed by the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Swiss Authorities)
I have acted as VIS Pre-Moot Arbitrator for several years by invitation of the LCIA
Professional Experience : Foreign Associate with Pepper Hamilton, Philadelphia, PA, USA ; Associate and Partner with EY, Zurich, Ordinary Judge at the Supreme Court of the Canton of Zurich ; court appointed expert by the courts of the Principality of Liechtenstein, special experience in copyright, patents, trademarks, information and communication law, data protection
Professional Associations: ASA, LCIA, Zurich and Swiss Bar Associations. INGRES; AIPPI ; ABA (International Law and Intellectual Property Sections), Swiss American Chamber of Commerce (legal chapter), Camera di Commercio Italiana per la Svizzera

Dr Leonardo Ohlrogge

I am a senior associate in the dispute resolution team at Meyerlustenberger Lachenal and I advise and represent clients in domestic and international arbitration proceedings.

Prior to joining MLL, I worked in the arbitration departments of top-tier law firms and gained solid experience in commercial and investment arbitration.

I also have experience in international contracts and M&A. Before moving to Switzerland, I specialized as a corporate lawyer in Germany and Brazil.

Regarding my education, I hold a Ph.D. from the University of St. Gallen and an LL.M. from the University of Frankfurt. During my undergraduate studies in Brazil, I spent three semesters as an exchange student at the University of Freiburg (Germany).

In June 2020, I published the book Multi-Party and Multi-Contract Arbitration in Brazil.

I was admitted to the Brazilian bar in 2011 and to the Portuguese bar in 2019. I hold both Brazilian and German citizenships.

Mr Orcan Ok

I am currently a PhD student in Koc University Law School in Turkey. I graduated from Koc University Law School with a double major in economics in 2019. I did my LLM at the University of Chicago Law School and graduated in 2020. I participated in 25th Vis Moot.

Mr Akinbobola Olugbemi

Akinbobola Olukayode Olugbemi is a Nigerian qualified legal practitioner, who is also currently studying to become an England & Wales qualified legal practitioner (through the QLTS) and a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, UK. He has prior experience advising parties on complex corporate-commercial matters in Banking and Finance, International Trade, Project Finance and Construction, Deep Seaports, Compliance and Investigations, Energy and Natural Resources and Dispute Resolution, all from a Nigerian law perspective.

He has just completed coursework and assessments in a Masters of Law in International Commercial Law with Professional (International Arbitration) Skills at the University of Aberdeen, UK. He has in-depth understanding of International Investment and International Commercial Arbitration.

He is also billed to commence a Research Masters in Energy and Natural Resources Law at the University of Calgary, Canada in January 2021.

Mr Jasmin Omerdić

I am working as an associate at the law firm Wolf Theiss, Sarajevo office. My primary fields of work are related to banking and finance, tax and arbitration.
I participated in the 21st Moot in 2014/15 as a student at University of Sarajevo. Prior to joining Wolf Theiss, I was active with the NGO sector for several years and served as a Vice President of the European Youth Parliament Initiative in BiH and member of the Executive Board of the US Alumni Association in BiH.

Mrs Beatrice Onica Jarka

My name is Beatrice Onica Jarka and I graduated law in 1993 from Bucharest University, Romania.
I hold a 1994 master degree in comparative constitutional law from Central European University and University of State of New York and another one dated 1995, from Catholic University of Leuven in international law, granted cum laude. I hold also a Ph. D in International law from the Romanian Academy, Institute for Juridical Research. I have been practicing as an attorney at law in international business law and international arbitration since 1993 and since 1996, as a partner in Cunescu, Balaciu & Asociatii (www.cunescu.ro), advising and representing many national and international clients in national and international arbitrations. I am also listed on several arbitrators lists with UDRP on domain names with National Arbitration Forum, file:///Users/beatrice/Downloads/Resume.pdf , WIPO http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/amc/en/domains/panel/profiles/jarka-beatriceo.pdf and Czech Arbitration Court – Arbitration Center for Internet Disputes – ADR.eu, being involved as arbitrator or chair arbitrator in more than 150 disputes over the past 14 years. I hold the title of associate professor of international law and delivered in such capacity ADR classes for law students. I have been also coordinating the teams of University Nicolae Titulescu for this competition (23rd and 24th editions). I have been also recently appointed as Vice President of the Bucharest Ilfov Court of Arbitration - caib-biac.ro. I am a MCiarb.

Dr Emilia Onyema

Dr Emilia Onyema is a Professor in International Commercial Law at SOAS University of London; and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Dr Onyema’s teaching and research covers international sales law, law and development in Africa, international commercial arbitration and international investment law. She is an independent arbitrator and she is qualified to practice law in Nigeria and as a solicitor in England & Wales. She advises companies in these fields. She holds a PhD in international commercial arbitration and is widely published in this area. She is one of the authors of The African Promise: https://researcharbitrationafrica.com/the-african-promise/

Mr Jan Ortgies

Jan Ortgies is the Legal Adviser to H.E. Judge Bruno Simma at the Iran-US Claims Tribunal in The Hague and an arbitrator and Tribunal Assistant/Secretary in several (Investment) arbitrations (ICSID, ICC et al). Prior to that, he was a sixth year associate in the International Arbitration Group of Clifford Chance in Paris, France, which he had joined from Allen & Overy in Amsterdam. He was awarded the Amsterdam Order of Lawyer's prize for the best young litigator in 2013 and was named the Best Young Professional Law of the Netherlands in 2015. He holds LLMs from Stanford Law School and the University of Amsterdam.

Ms Tamari Ortoidze

Ms Ortoidze is a Corporate Lawyer/Compliance Officer at Insurance Company GPI Holding and a candidate of Master of Law and Business at Bucerius Law School. She has a demonstrated history of providing legal support and consultancy.

Ms Ortoidze participated at the 27th Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot from Ilia State University. She was a Research Assistant for the second edition of the world renowned book ‘Global Sales and Contract Law’ (GSCL), published by the Oxford University Press, with Prof. Dr. Ingeborg Schwenzer and Prof. Dr. Edgardo Muñoz.

Her main areas of interest include International Business Law, International Commercial Arbitration, International Private Law, Corporate Law, M&A, Banking and Finance, Capital Markets, Compliance and Corporate Governance.

Ms Zoe O'Sullivan

Zoe O'Sullivan KC is an experienced barrister and arbitrator practising from Serle Court Chambers, Lincoln's Inn, London UK. She was called to the English Bar in 1993 and appointed King's Counsel in 2015. She specialises in international dispute resolution and is frequently appointed as presiding, sole and co-arbitrator in arbitrations under the ICC, LCIA and UNCITRAL rules and in ad hoc arbitrations. She is recommended as Leading Counsel in International Commercial Arbitration by the Legal 500. She is also the coach of the Middle Temple Vis Moot team

Ms Natalia Otlinger

I am an impact-oriented ADR enthusiast, with a specific interest in international arbitration. Having obtained a Master's degree in law from the University of Silesia in Poland, my passion for international law led me to London where I began working with a barrister specialising in international arbitration. I also completed the Graduate Diploma in Law together with a Master of Arts in Law course at the University of Law in London Bloomsbury and graduated with Distinction. Subsequently I worked in PR positions at CIArb and DLA Piper and studied LPC LLM at BPP University.

In September 2021 I started my training contract at HFW LLP and I am currently in my first seat - Ship Finance.

In my previous role as a PR & Engagement Executive at the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in London, I was promoting alternative dispute resolution and helping people and organisations to avoid, manage and resolve disputes.

I became interested in alternative dispute resolution and international law during my legal studies by participation in the Willem C. Vis International Arbitration Moot in Vienna in 2014 and have coached and arbitrated on various Pre-Moots since then.