Arbitrator Listing for 30th Vis Moot

Ms Monika Pacocha

I am both a lawyer and a headhunter. In 2018 I founded Pacocha Legal Recruitment. I specialise in the recruitment of lawyers for Polish and international law firms, consulting companies, as well as in-house legal departments. I also provide business advisory services for corporate clients and conduct individual career consultations for lawyers.

Before I founded my company, I used to work in one of the leading recruiting firms in Poland.

Prior to becoming a headhunter, I worked as a litigation lawyer in one of the Magic Circle law firms, as well as in a Polish law firm specialising in construction and infrastructure disputes.

After graduating from the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw (2012), I obtained my LL.M. at the London School of Economics and Political Science (2013, International Business Law). I also completed postgraduate studies in Job-Coaching – career counselling and coaching at SWPS University (2016). In 2020 I obtained a Ph.D. from the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw.

Mr Maximilian Pailhès

Mr. Pailhès works as a Tribunal Secretary for independent arbitrator Grant Hanessian in New York. Before joining Mr. Hanessian's practice, Mr. Pailhès completed several internships at arbitral institutions and in law firms. He speaks French, German and English and studied law at the University of Cologne, at Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne and at Fordham University School of Law in New York.
He participated in the 2021 edition of the Vis Moot with the Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne team.

Ms kathleen paisley

Ms Paisley is a recognised international arbitrator based in Brussels, New York, and Miami. She is triple qualified in law, accounting and finance - Yale Law School, MBA in Finance, and Certified Public Accountancy Exam in Florida. She has previously acted as counsel in arbitrations and mediations of commercial and investor-State disputes under all major international arbitration rules, as well as in complex technology and life sciences transactions, GDPR and antitrust matters. Kathleen has significant expertise in patent and other intellectual property and technology disputes, GDPR/cybersecurity and data related disputes, energy, investor-State conflicts, and complex damages, and is a CEDR-certified investor-State mediator. She is co-chair of the ICCA-IBA data protection task force and the AAA-ICDR task force on technology and life sciences disputes, and sits on the ICCA/CPR/NYC Bar cybersecurity task force, the ICCA/IBA damages task force, and the CCA/IMI/Straus Institute Mixed Mode task force. She started her career as a judicial clerk to Gilbert Merritt of the US Courts of Appeals and the US arbitrators at the Iran-US Claims Tribunal, where she specialised in complex damages in oil and gas cases. Kathleen is a member of the New York and DC bars in the US.

Dr Katerina Palkovska

Katerina is a junior lawyer in a boutique law firm focusing on International Commercial Arbitration as well as a Ph.D. student at the Department of International and European Law, Faculty of Law, Masaryk University. She participated in the 26th Vis Moot and also in the FDI Moot. Katerina studied in Israel, Norway and in Sydney, Australia where she also gained practical experience in an international arbitration center. She has been coaching the Vis Mot Team of Masaryk University, Czech Republic for two years.

Prof Dario Simone Palmiotti

Dario is a Ph.D. Candidate at HKU and a Visiting Professor at RULE.

He has an international background with legal education in civil law and common law jurisdictions. He holds degrees from the National University of Singapore (LL.M.), the University of Lucerne and the University of Neuchâtel (CAS), and the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (J.D. equivalent). He further specialised in arbitration by attending courses such as the widely recognised Arbitration Academy in Paris and the Hague Academy of International Law.

He has significant experience working at arbitral institutions such as HKIAC, AIAC, and THAC. He is admitted as a Fellow of CIArb, SIArb and several institutes of arbitrators in the Asia-Pacific region. He is an accredited HKMAAL General Mediator and is listed as Tribunal Secretary at HKIAC and TIAC.

Since 2017, he has actively advised and coached different universities. He also participates regularly as an arbitrator in competitions held each year in Vienna and Hong Kong.

Mr Gennaro Paone

Italian lawyer admitted to the Milan bar since 2018. Associate at De Berti Jacchia law firm in Milan. Practicing in the field of domestic and international commercial arbitration. Took part in the 23rd Vis Moot in 2016. Currently coaching the Vis Moot Team of Bocconi University, Milan

Mr Kristóf PAP

Hungarian lawyer (JD graduate from ELTE University, M2 graduate from Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne) based in Paris, former Vis Mootie (2018) and FDI Mootie (2020).

Professor RALUCA PAPADIMA

I am a law professor and a practicing attorney, member of the New York, Paris and Bucharest bars. I received my first law degree from Romania/France but I've been living in the United States for the past 15 years. I participated as a student in the 2003-2004 moot and have returned to the moot every year afterwards as an arbitrator and/or as a coach.

Mr Piotr Paprota

Piotr is a dispute resolution lawyer based in Warsaw, Poland, senior associate in the arbitration team of GESSEL. As an attorney-at-law, admitted to the Warsaw Bar, he advises on various contentious matters, with a focus on international arbitration and commercial litigation. He holds M.A. degrees in Law and in Philosophy from Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland and LL.M. from University of Heidelberg in Germany. Scholar of the International Arbitration Institute in Paris. Growth mindset, business-oriented, with relevant international experience. Speaks Polish, English, German and Spanish. Learns Italian. In his private life Piotr follows his passion for surfing and travelling.

Professor John JongSoo Park

I am former career prosecutor and corporate lawyer now turned academic at Handong International Law School in South Korea.

Dr Louise Parsons

Louise Parsons is an Associate Professor and Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Law at Bond University, Australia. She has completed a PhD in Law (Bond University) and a Master of Laws (University of South Africa). Before moving to Australia from South Africa in 2006, she gained extensive experience in international commercial transactions as in-house counsel for the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) and as Commercial Specialist at SASOL. As head of the Corporate, Commercial and Employment Law Division at SARB, she participated in numerous mediations and arbitrations. Louise is an admitted Advocate of the High Court of South Africa. Her academic interests include international arbitration and contracts, blockchain and cryptocurrencies, the regulation of central banks and the regulatory frameworks for financial stability, civil remedies, and legal education. Louise has coached moot teams for the William C Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Competition and the Vis (East) Competition every year since 2009. She has also acted as arbitrator and judge of written memoranda every year.

Ms Negar Pasbani

Negar Pasbani is a lawyer, researcher, legal advisor, mountaineer, dancer and trail runner from Iran. She is working in the field of international commercial arbitration in one of the International Iran-based law firms. Along with the arbitration profession, Negar has concentrated her studies in the field of Art Law, Entertainment Law, Music Law, Sports Law and Fashion Law and continues her higher education in these field. She has participated in Vis moot 2017 and 2018 as a pleader. She has coached and judged many universities in different moot courts.

Ms Petra Pataki

Petra Pataki is an Of Counsel at Queritius. She focuses her practise on high-stakes international and domestic commercial disputes and litigation with international elements before Hungarian courts. She has experience handling such cases before various arbitral forums, including the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the Vienna Arbitral Centre (VIAC), the Permanent Arbitration Court attached to the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MKIK), as well as ad hoc arbitration under the rules of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL).

Petra’s experience includes arbitration cases brought under various types of commercial and construction contracts. Her litigation experience extends to commercial, regulatory, and labour law disputes, at all levels of court. Petra has worked across a multitude of industry areas, including the transportation, manufacturing, retail, IT, and energy sectors and has advised clients with their disputes pre- and post-litigation.

Petra is completing her studies as a psychologist. Her main area of interest is how memory distortions occur and how to identify memory gaps and cognitive biases in judicial proceedings. She puts her knowledge to use in complex arbitration proceedings, where effective cross-examination of witnesses is key.

Mr Michael PATCHETT-JOYCE

I am an experienced arbitrator, barrister and mediator. I practise primarily from Chambers in London, UK. I have extensive international experience, particularly in the Gulf, Central Asia and the Caucasus. I am a long-standing supporter of the Vis Moot, notably through supporting and participating in regional Vis pre-moots for many years.

Prof Vladimir Pavic

Vladimir Pavic is a Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade, where he teaches Private International Law, Arbitration, Competition Law and International Business Law. He was a recurrent Visiting Professor at University of Graz and Central European University.
He currently serves as Vice-President of the Belgrade Arbitration Center and is a member of the State Council of the Republic of Serbia for Private International Law. He acted as arbitrator counsel and expert witness in a number of ad hoc arbitrations and arbitrations organized under various institutional rules, and is listed since 2013 in Global Arbitration Review The International Who’s Who Legal for Arbitration, as well as on the lists of arbitrators of institutional arbitrations attached to chambers of commerce in Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro and Macedonia, and on the list of GIAC. He has advised and acted in a number of cross-border litigations in both
civil and common law jurisdictions.

He holds his LL.B from the University of Belgrade, Faculty of Law (1994), and his LL.M. (1996) and S.J.D. (1998) from the Central European University, Budapest. He was a FCO Chevening/Soros Visiting Student at the Lincoln College, Oxford University (1996-7) and a researcher at the T.M.C. Asser Instituut, Den Haag (1996).

Dr Ana Pepeljugoska

Born on 04.01.1990 in Skopje Macedonia. Finished her master studies (LLM) in the field of intellectual property law at the Faculty of law Justinianus Primus Skopje in 2013, program with double degree with the University of Strasbourg. Obtained Ph.D. degree at the Faculty of law Justinianus Primus Skopje on 19/12/2017. Works in the Law office Pepeljugoski, Skopje as attorney at law. Has participated in the VIS MOOT in 2012 and won the Honorable Mention in the scope of the best oralist award. Since 2013 is involved in the VIS MOOT as coach of the team of University Ss. Cyril and Methodius Faculty of law Justinianus Primus Skopje and an arbitrator.Has taken part in various seminars and conferences, among which The Hague Academy of Private International Law, Vierte IRZ Sommerschule, Goethe Sprachkurse etc. Published several articles as author/co-author and is author of a book "Protection of intellectual property rights on the social media".

Dr Cesar Pereira

Chartered Arbitrator and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Brazil Branch). Senior partner at Justen, Pereira, Oliveira & Talamini (São Paulo) and co-head of the firm’s Infrastructure and Arbitration practices. Cesar's legal practice as counsel, arbitrator, legal expert or consultant focuses on government contracts, public procurement, PPPs, infrastructure projects, construction, regulated industries, international sale of goods (CISG), and related arbitration or litigation. JSD and LLM in Public Law (PUC-SP, Brazil). Visiting Scholar, Columbia University, University of Nottingham and George Washington University. Member of the Vis East Board of Directors and Fellow of the Public Procurement Research Group - PPRG (University of Nottingham).

Dr Natalia Perova

Dr Natalia Perova is a Russian-speaking English barrister and international arbitrator dealing with international commercial disputes in English courts and international arbitration. She acts as an advocate and as an arbitrator in matters involving commercial contracts, international trade, financing, loan agreements, international civil fraud, company and shareholder disputes, questions of jurisdiction and conflict of laws. Natalia is also Head of International Dispute Resolution Group at Lamb Chambers, London.

Natalia has experience of both civil and common law jurisdictions and is often instructed and appointed as an arbitrator in cases involving Russian-speaking parties or foreign law. She has a PhD in International Law and has previously been a university lecturer in law for 5 years.

Her extensive academic experience, coupled with multi-language skills and extensive cultural awareness, positions her well to deal with complex cross-border matters involving international parties or where foreign law experts are involved. She combines her deep theoretical knowledge and academic experience with a practical business mindset and is able to grasp complex areas where experts are called to give evidence.

In recent years, Natalia has developed a strong interest in science and technology and is keen to build her practice and arbitral tribunal appointments in this area, especially where the analysis of expert evidence is required. She is particularly interested in the legal and business issues arising in the life-science industries, such as pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, where she can add value through her deep legal insight and ability to understand business and science.

Natalia is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb), regularly speaking at events and conferences and providing training to international lawyers.

Dr iur Dr phil Adolf Peter

Dr. iur. Dr. phil. Adolf Peter is Associate Professor at the Shanghai University of Political Science and Law focusing on International Arbitration, Corporate Governance and Business Ethics. He is the President of the European-Chinese Belt and Road Initiative Association seated in Austria. Dr. Peter has gained extensive experience both in common and civil law working for several international law firms in Austria and Singapore. He is listed as arbitrator in many arbitration institutions worldwide (e.g. SIAC, SHIAC, VIAC, AIAC, etc.). Moreover, Dr. Peter is a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (SIArb), the Austrian-Chinese Legal Society (Vienna), the Asian Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution (FAIADR) and the Bali International Arbitration and Mediation Center (BIAMC). He is member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) and the Austrian Arbitration Association (ArbAut). Furthermore, he is a committee member of the SIArb Publications & Website Committee.

Mr RA Flavio Peter

Flavio Peter is a Partner with Peter&Kim Ltd, specializing in international and domestic arbitration in Switzerland. He primarily represents parties but also regularly acts as arbitrator in international (commercial) arbitration disputes under different sets of rules (ICC Arbitration and ADR Rules, Swiss Rules, UNCITRAL Rules, VIAC Rules, DIS Rules and ad hoc).
Flavio Peter graduated from the Universities of Lucerne and Geneva 2008. Before joining Peter&Kim Ltd., he worked in the arbitration team of a mid-sited firm Ltd. for more than ten years. Flavio was admitted to the Zurich bar in 2012, and he acquired his LL.M. from the renowned UC Berkeley in 2014.
Since his own participation in the Vis Moot in 2006 Flavio Peter has gained extensive coaching and arbitrator experience in the competition and is lecturer at the University of Zurich.

Ms Natasha Peter

I qualified as a Barrister, England & Wales in 2001 and practiced at the English Bar for 5 years, specialising in commercial, public law, planning and employment litigation. In 2006 I moved to France to join the arbitration department of the French law firm Gide Loyrette Nouel. I qualified as a avocat à la cour (2010) and am now counsel at Gide, as well as a member of Cornerstone Barristers, specialising in commercial and investment arbitration. I also teach French litigation and arbitration for the English language LLM at Cergy Pontoise University.

Ms Charlotte Peters

Professor Dr Niek Peters

Professor Dr Niek Peters is an expert in the field of (international) arbitration, both commercial and investment. He has been counsel in numerous arbitrations and court proceedings, governed by various procedural and substantive laws, relating to diverse legal issues (e.g. M&A, shareholder disputes, commercial contracts, investments, director’s liability and professional liability) and sectors (e.g. energy, construction, engineering and IT). In addition, he has acted as counsel in court proceedings relating to arbitration, including, but not limited to, proceedings regarding the enforcement and annulment of arbitral awards. Moreover, Niek has sat as arbitrator in national and international arbitrations, both institutional and ad hoc, having acted as chair, sole arbitrator and co-arbitrator.

Niek is professor of international commercial arbitration at the University of Groningen, at which university he has been teaching the course “international commercial disputes settlement law” since 2008. He obtained his PhD from this university in 2015. Subsequently, Niek published the book “The fundamentals of international commercial arbitration”. Niek regularly speaks at national and international conferences and publishes frequently in (international) journals.

Mr Anders Borg Petersen

I was part of the team that represented Aarhus University in the 2020-2021 edition of the Vis Moot. Our team won the Pieter Sanders award for best written memorandum for Claimant and we reached top 32 in the oral rounds. I am currently working as a junior associate at Bech-Bruun Law Firm in our department for M&A and corporate matters. Prior to this, I have worked with various types of law, including general business law, real estate and construction law.

Mr Peter Pethő

I am a Counsel at Barger Prekop Attorneys, Slovakia, and focus on international arbitration and litigation, construction law and general commercial matters. I am also a member of the Slovak Bar Association, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Fellow), International Bar Association, and the ‘below 40’ platforms of the ICC, LCIA, ICCA, Austrian Arbitration Association and Swiss Arbitration Association.

Ms Jurgita Petkutė

Jurgita Petkutė is a partner at KNOETZL in Vienna. Jurgita specializes in international commercial and investment arbitration where her experience spans over 15 years. Jurgita practices both as counsel and as arbitrator with a special focus on the Baltic, CEE and SEE region. She has handled arbitration disputes under various applicable substantive laws and arbitration rules. Her experience includes large disputes in the energy sector (electricity, oil, gas exploration, transport and supply agreements), disputes stemming from construction agreements (under the FIDIC Books and others), international sales disputes as well as disputes arising out of insurance, transportation, shipping and privatisation agreements. Jurgita is a registered European lawyer at the Vienna Bar (Austria) and a member of the Lithuanian Bar.

Ms Nadine Pfiffner

Nadine Pfiffner is an associate at rothorn legal. She advises and represents companies and individuals in international and complex disputes, including in pre-trial negotiations, in arbitrations and before state courts. A special focus of her practice is on contract and commercial law, as well as on technology and engineering disputes. Before joining rothorn, Nadine was a lawyer in the litigation, arbitration and internal investigations department of a major Swiss law firm.
Nadine holds a Bachelor (BLaw) and a Master of Law (MLaw) from University of Zurich, and a Master of Laws in Business and Financial Law (LL.M.) from King’s College London. Before going into private practice, she worked as a teaching and research fellow at the University of Zurich and was a Visiting Research Associate at the University of Hong Kong. She currently writes a PhD thesis on international and Swiss commercial law and arbitration.
Nadine regularly publishes and lectures on Swiss contract law, arbitration and new developments in the field of legal technology. She also coaches the Willem C. Vis Moot team of the University of Zurich.

Dr Stefanie Pfisterer

Dr. Stefanie Pfisterer, LL.M. (Harvard) is a partner at Homburger AG in Zurich. Stefanie Pfisterer's practice focuses on international and domestic arbitration as well as litigation. She acts as arbitrator and counsel in complex proceedings before arbitral tribunals and state courts. Stefanie Pfisterer is a lecturer at the University of St. Gallen, a member of the Arbitration Court of the Swiss Arbitration Centre and a member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration & ADR for Switzerland. Before joining Homburger AG, she worked as a Senior Associate at WilmerHale, London. Prior to that, she had been an intern at the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, a regional court in Switzerland as well as the Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations in New York. Stefanie Pfisterer frequently publishes and speaks in the field of international commercial arbitration and related fields.

Mr Martin Phelan

Partner at international law firm Simmons & Simmons. Qualified arbitrator (MCIArb), barrister, chartered accountant and chartered tax advisor. Specialise in international tax law and dispute resolution.

Prof F. Peter Phillips

F. Peter Phillips is an arbitrator and mediator in the New York City area. He is Director of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Skills Program at New York Law School, where he is Distinguished Adjunct Professor. He is active in the American Bar Association (Dispute Resolution and Business Law Sections), the U.I.A., and other bar associations. He is author of several law review articles on cross-cultural dispute resolution and history of arbitration, and wrote four award-winning films on resolving conflicts arising from business and human rights. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College (cum laude), the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (Dipl.), and New York Law School (magna cum laude). He is a member of the bars of New York, New Jersey, California, and the United States Supreme Court.

Dr Vanessa Pickenpack

Vanessa Pickenpack is a Partner at Oppenhoff & Partner in Cologne. She is specializing in litigation and arbitration. She advises and represents national and international enterprises on issues of civil, mercantile and commercial law, inter alia purchase law, commercial tenancy law, commercial agency law and distribution rights.

Mr Felipe Pietrini

Felipe Pietrini is a Mexican lawyer with more than 10 years of professional experience on International, Administrative, Trade, Commercial and Intellectual Property Law. He participated as a student of Universidad Panamericana Mexico City in the 16th Willem C. Vis Moot (2008-2009). Later on, he qualified as a lawyer in 2010, completed an specialty in Financial Law Institutions in 2011 and worked for the Mexican Federal Government for a decade where, among other tasks he defended Mexico in some investor-State disputes and then in State-to-State disputes under the World Trade Organization's rules as a Geneva-based commercial diplomat and legal counsel.

In 2019 he left the Mexican Government and studied a full-time LLM in International Business Law at King's College London. In 2020 he participated in the Foreign Direct Investment Moot as part of the King's College team. After eight years living in Europe he came back to Mexico and started coaching the team of his university (Universidad Panamericana Mexico City) for the 28th and 29th Willem C. Vis Moots.

In late 2021 he joined the Latin American law firm BBGS Abogados, which has offices in Mexico, Colombia, Chile and Peru. He currently works there as a corporate and transactional lawyer.

Mr Claudius Pietzcker

Claudius Pietzcker is currently pursuing a PhD in the field of international arbitration at Bucerius Law School (Hamburg). He works in the Dispute Resolution team of the Berlin office of Hengeler Mueller, one of Germany's leading full-service law firms. Claudius Pietzcker studied law at Bucerius Law School and at the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings). In the past, he has participated in the Vis and Vis East Moots as speaker, coach and arbitrator.

Mr Douglas Pilawa

Douglas Pilawa is an associate in the International Dispute Resolution Practice Group at Squire Patton Boggs. He serves as counsel in both international commercial arbitrations and international investment treaty arbitrations. Douglas acts in disputes in a wide range of sectors, including construction, aerospace, telecoms and energy. He recently represented several LNG gas buyers in price review arbitrations under long-term, take-or-pay contracts.

Mr Tobias Pinkel

Tobias Pinkel is a lecturer (Lehrbeauftragter) at the University of Bremen and the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg and researcher at the Centre of European Law and Politics in the fields of conflicts of law, comparative private law and European and international contract law. He participated in the Vis Moot 2007/08 and is the coach of the Vis Moot team of the University of Bremen since 2017.

Dr Nikolaus Pitkowitz

Dr. Nikolaus Pitkowitz is Founding Partner and Head of Dispute Resolution at Pitkowitz & Partners, and President of the Vienna International Arbitral Centre (VIAC).
Nikolaus Pitkowitz is considered one of the leading Austrian arbitration practitioners having acted as arbitrator and party counsel in over 130 international disputes, in a range from smaller to multibillion cases seated across Europe, the Americas and Asia. He also regularly acts in high profile litigations, including class actions, and in front of the European Court of Justice. Industries and matters covered include energy, automotive, telecoms, arts, post M&A, real estate and construction.
Nikolaus Pitkowitz holds law degrees from University of Vienna (JD and PhD) and University of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland (MBL) and is also qualified and certified as a Mediator. He arbitrator and panel member of all leading arbitration institutions, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb), Vice-chair of the International Arbitration Committee of the ABA International Law Section and Court Member of CIMAC. He is a frequent speaker and author of over 50 publications.
Pitkowitz & Partners is a leading international law firm based in Vienna, with a distinct focus on international arbitration, ranked by GAR 100 among the world’s leading practices.

Mr James Plotkin

James Plotkin is a bilingual litigation and disputes partner in Gowling WLG's Ottawa office. He holds an LL.L., J.D. and LL.M. from the University of Ottawa and enjoys the distinct honour of having been an oralist on the winning team at the 22nd Vis Moot. James has been coaching the Ottawa Team ever since. With an academic background grounded primarily in commercial, intellectual property and technology law, James's practice includes international and domestic commercial arbitration and litigation, intellectual property, administrative law and insolvency law. James co-authored commentaries on Ontario and British Columbia's arbitration legislation (Thomson Reuters). He has also authored several peer-reviewed articles on arbitration and intellectual property-related topics. James is a rostered arbitrator and domain name dispute panelist with several institutions.

Ms Maria Podoksenova

Originally from Russia, I represented Lomonosov Moscow State University (LMSU) in FDI Moot (in 2019 and 2020) and FIAMC (in 2020). Also, in 2021 I was coaching LMSU FDI team which advanced to the round of 16, top-14 by cumulative score, one team member received an honorable mention as an outstanding speaker (out of 81 teams in the Global Rounds and 160 overall).

Mr Armani Pogosjan

As a lawyer at Ellex, the leading law firm in the Baltics, I have specialized in transactions and IT-law, advising and managing the business sector on the one hand and digitalization of legal services on the other. As a legal advisor in the Ministry of Education and Research of Republic of Estonia, I am working on creating the legal framework for the organization of contemporary and learner-centered personalized learning, as well as ensuring the legal organization and compliance of legal actions with the generally recognized principles of law, the constitution, European Union and international law and laws. Moreover, I have worked to ensure the state's cyber security in the legal sphere, mapping Estonia’s organization of cyber security and working to ensure that the current legislation of the state enables the institutions responsible for cyber security to fulfill their tasks and objectives. I specialize in cyber security from the perspective of constitutional law and help bring a new view of cyber security based on the architecture of the constitution and fundamental rights and freedoms.

Mr Sercan Polat

I am a dispute resolution lawyer since 2017 in Turkey. This year, I graduated from International Dispute Resolution LL.M. program of Humboldt University with my thesis on international investment law and I am currently writing another thesis on public procurement contracts in Turkey. I have especially experience on public-private sector disputes in Turkey.

Ms Pirkka-Marja Põldvere

Pirkka-Marja Põldvere is an attorney-at-law and a partner at LEADELL Pilv Law Office, Estonia. Her practice areas include general commercial counseling and dispute resolution. She has been acting as a counsel to a party in arbitration, as well as an arbitrator.
Pirkka holds a Master of Laws in International Commercial Arbitration Law (LL.M.) from Stockholm University (2004). She has been lecturing on arbitration and international civil procedure at the University of Tartu (2006 -2010). She has also contributed to several Estonian and international publications. E.g., she has compiled (with I. Nurmela) the ADR special edition of Juridica (I/2014), the law magazine of the University of Tartu, containing also her articles “Eight Years of Model Law: Does Arbitration in Estonia Comply with the Model?” and “Effective Alternative Dispute Resolution” (latter with I. Nurmela).
International publications have noted: “Pirkka-Marja Põldvere has a growing presence, winning praise from market commentators” and “Clients praise Pirkka-Marja Põldvere for her sharp negotiation skills”.
See more: http://leadell.ee/en/attorneys/pirkka-marja-poldvere/

Ms Kateryna Polishchuk

Kateryna has got a Master's degree in Legal Science from Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in Ukraine, as well as an advanced LL.M. in Legal Research from Utrecht University in the Netherlands.
Participant of the Utrecht University team in Willem C. Vis Moot in 2016/2017, Arbitrator in Willem C. Vis Moot since 2019.

Currently Kateryna is the Head of Legal Department, Senior In-House Legal Counsel at an international information technology company

Ms Anna Polubaryeva

Mrs Tatjana Popovski Buloski

Tatjana Popovski Buloski is the founding partner of Popovski & Partners. She is a legal expert with 20 years of experience in the legal sector in the Republic of North Macedonia. Her vast experience includes various projects focused on securities, energy, telecommunications, insurance, concessions and PPP.

Ms Charlotte Popp

Trainee Lawyer at the Higher Regional Court Frankfurt. Research associate at the international dispute resolution boutique Rothorn legal.
Former Coach and Participant of the University of Münster.

Ms Shreejala Prajapati

Shreejala is an arbitration specialist from Nepal. She is a senior associate at Reliance Corporate Advisors and served as an assistant editor for ITA Arbitration Report, kluwerarbitration.com. A common law lawyer from Nepal, she has been practicing commercial, investment, technology law and dispute resolution for the past seven years. A graduate of LLM International Commercial Arbitration Law at Stockholm University, she has served various national and international clients from diverse fields and needs.

Ms Olga Prokaeva

Associate at Denuo (ex. DLA Piper Rus Limited) - corporate, M&A, international arbitration.
LLM in civil and commercial law at Higher School of Economics (Saint Petersburg, Russia).
25th and 26th Willem C. Vis Moot participant, team Higher School of Economics - Saint Petersburg. Organizer and arbitrator of the DLA Piper Vis Pre-moot in Saint Petersburg (2019 and 2020).
Professional interests: M&A, international commercial and investment arbitration, venture capital, IT&IP.

Ms Dina Prokic

Dina Prokic is an associate at Woods LLP, a litigation, arbitration and insolvency boutique in Montreal, Canada. As a member of the Quebec and New York State bars, Dina acts primarily in the fields of litigation and international arbitration. Multilingual and trained in both common law and civil law, she has previously worked at the UN Commission on International Trade Law, as well as international law firms in London and Vienna, where she assisted in proceedings under the ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL and ICSID Arbitration Rules.

Dina is the coach of the McGill University's Vis Moot team, the Senior Assistant Editor of the Kluwer Arbitration Blog and VP Events of Young Canadian Arbitration Practitioners. She is the winner of the Pieter Sanders Award (20th Willem C. Vis Moot), the 2018 Nappert Prize in International Arbitration and the 2019 YSIAC Essay Competition. She was also the judge of the 5th Gary B. Born Essay Competition on International Arbitration organised by the Indian Journal of Arbitration Law and the Centre for Advanced Research and Training in Arbitration Law.

Dr Tom Christopher Pröstler

Tom Christopher Pröstler acts in international arbitration proceedings under all major arbitration rules, in particular ICC, HKIAC, DIS and UNCITRAL Rules. He has special expertise advising clients with regard to large infrastructure and plant construction projects and on technology related disputes. A further focus of his practice are conflicts between western and Asian parties. In this regard, he also has good expertise in distribution, corporate, white-collar crime and post-M&A matters. He moreover acts before state courts, in alternative dispute resolution proceedings and as arbitrator.

Tom joined CMS Munich in 2013 and helped open CMS’ new Hong Kong office in 2016. Since 2018, he divides his time between Berlin and Hong Kong and was made partner in 2021. Before starting with CMS, he worked for two years with another international law firm in Berlin and was a fellow at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin for over three years, where he is now a visiting lecturer.

Mrs Izabella Prusskaya

Izabella is an Associate in Monaco and specializes in international disputes. She is qualified in England&Wales, Russia, New York City and the BVI. Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law (with honors) and Higher School of Economics (Moscow) graduate. Izabella is experienced in commercial, investment and sports arbitration and commercial mediation. Izabella speaks English, Russian, German and French.

Mr Dragan Psodorov

Dragan Psodorov, born in 1978, graduated from Belgrade University School of Law in 2001 and was admitted to the Belgrade Bar Association in 2006. Mr. Psodorov obtained his LLM Degree in International Business Law at the Central European University (Budapest, Hungary), and specialization in the European Union Law at the Novi Sad University School of Law in 2002. At The Hague Academy of International Law he completed a course in Private International Law in 2002. Mr. Psodorov is pro bono regularly active as the arbitrator at the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot and Foreign Direct Investment International Moot Competition. He is a member of Serbian Arbitration Association, Young Arbitration Stockholm (YAS) of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce and Young & International of the International Centre for Dispute Resolution of the American Arbitration Association. He is also listed as the arbitrator on the list of the arbitrators of the Permanent Court of Arbitration of the Serbian Chamber of Trade and Commerce and Kuala Lumpur Regional Center for Arbitration.

He is currently senior partner at Joksovic, Stojanovic & Partners law firm, Belgrade, Serbia and specializes in private international law, commercial law, arbitration, competition law, intellectual property and pharmaceutical law.

Mr Edgars Pundurs

Edgars is a young professional specializing in dispute resolution, public procurement and aviation law. Having acquired a Masters in Law at the University of Latvia, worked in an international law office for more than 4 years, focusing on public procurement, international arbitration as well as dispute resolution at a national level. Worth mentioning, that Edgars is also an ex-mootie. He is currently practicing aviation law as a lawyer at international airline.

Mr Anastas Punev

Anastas has been coaching the Vis Moot team of the Sofia University since 2013 after participating in the 20th Vis Moot. He is a practicing lawyer in Sofia, Bulgaria, specialized in civil and commercial law, as well as dispute resolution. Anastas is also an Assistant Professor in civil procedure at the Sofia University.

Mr Hendrik Puschmann

I am a partner of Farrer & Co in London, where I am co-head of arbitration, a fellow of both Green Templeton College in the University of Oxford and Clare Hall in the University of Cambridge, and visiting lecturer in international law and commerce at Johannes Kepler University Linz (Austria). I am admitted to practice law in England and Wales, Germany, Ireland and Northern Ireland and certified as a legal translator for English and German.

My arbitration practice is broad-based, spanning a wide variety of financial, corporate, commercial, construction and shipping disputes. I represent clients in both commercial and investor-state arbitrations and (increasingly) sit as an arbitrator. I also assist clients with litigation in the English and (sometimes) German courts. In addition to my case work, I publish and speak frequently on dispute resolution topics. My book on challenges against arbitrators, awards and enforcement in England and Wales was published by Lexis Nexis Butterworths in 2019.

https://www.farrer.co.uk/people/hendrik-puschmann/

http://www.clarehall.cam.ac.uk/our-people/hendrik-puschmann

Mr Karl Peter Puszkajler

Appeal Court Judge in Munich till 2011
International Arbitrator since 1996
Projects: legal consultancies (Rwanda, Kurdistan, Ethiopia) since 1995
Teaching experience (courses in Russia, Syria, Tunesia etc) since 2000

Mr Stan Putter

Stan Putter is a partner in the International Litigation & Arbitration Practice Group. Most of his work involves acting as counsel or arbitrator in international arbitrations and as counsel in arbitration related litigation.

His practice focuses on arbitration and international litigation. Stan is involved in dispute resolution in various sectors, including energy, telecom, construction, offshore, petrochemical, financial services, transportation and distribution.

Stan has extensive experience with handling international arbitrations as counsel (which includes ICC, LCIA, SCC and NAI arbitrations). In addition to his counsel work, Stan also sits as international arbitrator.

Stan also has significant experience with international litigation before the Netherlands courts. His experience includes acting in cases relating to international arbitrations, such as enforcement and setting aside proceedings as well as obtaining interim relief in support of arbitrations. Other international disputes he deals with mainly involve interim measures, attachments and enforcement.

Ms Lakshana R

I am an Associate at Quinn Emanuel's London office. I am an India-qualified lawyer with expertise in international arbitration (commercial and investment treaty matters), complex multi-jurisdictional litigation and white-collar investigation.

I worked as an Associate of Dr Rishab Gupta (Barrister, Twenty Essex and former Equity Partner, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co) for 3 years, representing clients in ad-hoc and institutional arbitrations (including under UNCITRAL, ICSID, ICC, LCIA and SIAC Rules) seated in both common law and civil jurisdictions around the world. In addition, I advised on litigation in the UK and regulatory investigations in Singapore, Mauritius and India and assisted in evaluating the potential impact of Russian sanctions for our client’s business.

In 2022, I was awarded the LALIVE scholarship to pursue the LLM in international dispute settlement (MIDS) at Geneva, Switzerland.

Dr Ajar Rab

Prof. (Dr.) Ajar Rab is the founding partner at ANR LAW LLP, Dehradun, and an arbitrator. His practice areas include international arbitration, corporate transactions, and commercial litigation. He handles several arbitrations and commercial litigations relating to energy disputes, EPC contracts, infrastructure disputes, amongst others. He has previously worked with ministries, government bodies, and policy institutes.
Dr. Rab is a ‘Professor of Practice’ at the School of Law, University of Petroleum & Energy Studies, Dehradun, Distinguished Visiting Professor at National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS), Kolkata, Visiting Professor at National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore, and visiting faculty in other law schools of the country. He frequently trains executives and legal teams of multi-national corporations, civil servants, and teaches courses on Negotiation and Drafting of Commercial Documents, Litigation Strategy, and International Commercial Arbitration at various law universities in India.
He has authored books on ‘Interim Measures in International Commercial Arbitration: A Comparative Review’ (Kluwer Law International) and ‘Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016’ (EBC) and Drafting of Contracts (EBC). He has published several academic papers in leading national and international journals and was cited by a Full Bench of the Supreme Court of India.

Ms Anna Katharina Radschek

In 2010/2011 I participated in the Willem C Vis Moot as a member of the Vienna Team . After I finished law school I started working in a small law firm that specialises in criminal and civil law. From 2014 to 2017 I worked for one of the leading commercial law firms in Vienna as an associate in the Practice area "Dispute Resolution", with my main focus on commercial litigation. For over 10 years I have been practising in the fields of litigation and arbitration focussing on corporate and commercial disputes.

Dr Mohamed Raffa

Dr Mohamed Raffa is an accomplished national and international dispute resolution professional. He is prominently recognized and respected for his broad range of professional experience involving complex financial and banking international arbitration, oil & gas, telecommunications, travel and hospitality disputes involving cross border multi- jurisdictional and highly complex contractual transactions. He is also a distinguished academic member of economic and law faculties in the United States, UK and Middle East. Dr Raffa holds a PhD in Economics from Pittsburgh University and a second PhD in Arbitration Law from University of London. He is a sought-after speaker and frequent lecturer on complex financial and commercial disputes resolution.
Served as Sole Arbitrator, Co-Arbitrator, Chair of the Tribunal, Secretary to the Tribunal, and counsel in a number of cases under different institutional rules, including LCIA, UNCITRAL, ICC, PRIME Finance, and Ad-Hoc proceedings.
Dr. Raffa is the Chair of Private International Law at Raffa & Obeid. He lectures International Arbitration at Chartered Institute of Arbitrators UK and European Branches; Member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration; Court Member of the LCIA; Member of LCIA’s Arab Users’ Council; Court member of the CIMAC, IBA Arbitration Committee; Chartered Arbitrator and member of the Regional Education Committee of the CIArb’s; Member of AAA-ICDR International Advisory Committee; and Member of the SIAC African Users’ Council’s Committee.
Dr. Raffa served as ‘Sole Arbitrator’, ‘Presiding Arbitrator’, ‘Party Appointed Arbitrator’, and ‘Counsel’ in more than 172 cases involving parties from the Middle East, Europe, Asia, Canada, and the United States. He appeared in cases under the auspices of the AAA, AAA-BCDR, CRCICA, DIAC, DIFC-LCIA, ICC, ICSID, LCIA, LMAA, SCC,SIAC, and UNCITRAL proceedings.

Ms Annalisa G. Raho

I am an undergraduate law student at the University of Pavia, specializing in International Tax Law. Over the course of my studies I took part in a few Editions of the Vis Moot: first as Team Member and Oralist for the University of Pavia in the 27th Edition, then as Coach in the 28th, 29th and 30th Editions. I also acted as Arbitrator in several Pre-Moots, both online and in person, and in the Virtual General Rounds of the 29th and 30th Edition.
I am very passionate about the Vis Moot, as I consider it the best opportunity for law students to learn practical skills that will serve them for the rest of their lives, no matter what career they choose to pursue.

Ms Lucia Raimanova

Lucia is a solicitor-advocate of England & Wales specialising in international commercial and investment treaty arbitration. Before relocating to Bratislava in June 2016 to head the firm’s arbitration practice within the CEE, Lucia practised with the firm for over ten years in London and Hong Kong. Lucia has been named a Global Thought Leader in Arbitration by Who's Who Legal 2023 as the only lawyer from Slovakia. Lucia is also a Member of the Board of the Vienna International Arbitral Centre and of the British Chamber of Commerce in Slovakia.

Mrs Abirami Rajan

I am R Abirami MBA B L as a practicing advocate here in India . I have been a part of various panels and councils in the field of arbitration . I have travelled across various parts of sub continents going through various arbitration competitions and also taken sometime dedicatedly practcing the respective field . My interests vary upon various fields in the subject of law but i confidently say that my keen attention to the field of arbotration and being an arbitrator .Thank you .

Datuk Professor Sundra Rajoo

Datuk Professor Sundra Rajoo is the Director of the Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration (KLRCA). He is also the President of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) 2016. Sundra’s roll of honour includes being Founding President of the Society of Construction Law, Malaysia and the Past President of the Asia Pacific Regional Arbitration Grouping (APRAG), which is a federation of nearly 40 arbitral institutions in the Asia Pacific region. Sundra is a Chartered Arbitrator with extensive arbitration experience that includes over 225 appointments locally and internationally. Sundra is also an Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya (non-practising), a Professional Architect and a Registered Town Planner. He is a visiting professor at the Faculty of Built Environment, University of Technology Malaysia and a visiting professor and external examiner at the Faculty of Law, National University of Malaysia. He serves on the panel of numerous international arbitral institutions and organisations. He has authored and co-authored a number of authoritative books on construction law and arbitration. In July 2015, Sundra was conferred an Honorary Doctorate in Laws from the Leeds Beckett University in England.

Ms Rose Rameau

Rose Rameau is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Georgia State University College of Law (GSU) in Atlanta Georgia. She has taught law in Paris, France at the Université Panthéon Assas (Paris II) and at the Université Paris-Est Créteil (Paris 12). Professor Rameau also taught law in Ghana, West Africa as a Fulbright Scholar/Visiting Professor from 2014-2016. Professor Rameau’s scholarly research focusses on investment law in Africa. She is primarily interested in West Africa and the implementation of the African Continetal Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).

Prior to joining GSU, she founded and managed RAMEAU INTERNATIONAL LAW, a boutique firm specializing in public and private international law and white-collar defence investigations. Professor Rameau has been a leading practitioner with over 20 years experiences in international arbitration, mediation, investor-state treaty-based dispute, cross border disputes. She has advised and represented sovereign states and companies on cross-border disputes. She has been appointed Sole Arbitrator, Co-Arbitrator and President of Tribunal by investors and sovereign states.

Professor Rameau is licensed to practice law in Paris- France as an Avocat à la Cour, in Ghana as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Ghana and in many jurisdictions in the United States including the District of Columbia. Ms. Rameau is a Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague, representing the Republic of Haiti. She is an Advisor to the American Bar Association for the Uniform Law Commission Study Committee on the U.N. Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation, also known as the Singapore Convention on Mediation. In July 2022 she was appointed ABA Representative and Observer to the United Nations Economic and Social Council. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in the UK, Member of the International Arbitration Institute, Paris, France. She is listed as International Arbitrator at the Shanghai Arbitration Commission (SHAC), the Shenzhen Court of Arbitration (SCIA), Arbitration Foundation of Southern Africa (AFSA), the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration in Egypt (CRCICA), the Common Court of Justice and Arbitration of OHADA, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (CCJA), the Chambre de Conciliation et D’Arbitrage d’Haiti (CCAH), the British Virgin Islands International Arbitration Centre (BVI-IAC), the American Arbitration Association-International for Dispute Resolution (AAA-ICDR) and CPR Panels of Distinguished Neutrals for cross-border, Energy, Oil. She is a Former Vice-Chair of the ABA International Law Section Africa Committee and the International Energy and /natural Resources Committee.
Professor Rameau has been awarded the 2020 ABA Mayre Rasmusen Award for the Advancement of Women in International Law. This award is bestowed upon individuals who have achieved professional excellence in international law, encouraged women to engage in international law careers, enabled women lawyers to attain international law job positions from which they were excluded historically, or advanced opportunities for women in international law.

Mr Juan Manuel Ramírez Cirera

I am a Ph. D. researcher and professor of Commercial Law at the Private Law Department of Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Nov. 2022 - Present). My research, which is supervised by Prof. Pilar Perales Viscasillas, focuses on International Trade Law (currently working on international turnkey contracts and the CISG). I have completed research stays at both UNCITRAL in Vienna and UNIDROIT in Rome. My work is financially supported by the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities of Spain.

Prior to joining academia, I worked as a lawyer at Uría Menéndez in Madrid (Sept. 2021 - Nov. 2022), where I specialised in international commercial arbitration and Commercial Law.

My relation with the Vis Moot started in November 2022. Since then, I have been enthusiastically coaching Universidad Carlos III de Madrid's team and yearly acted as an arbitrator in the oral rounds in Vienna.

Ms Camille Ramos-Klee

Camille Ramos-Klee is an independent tribunal secretary and a New York qualified attorney who focuses her practice on international commercial and investor-state arbitration. She works closely with several arbitrators based in the US. Previously, Camille worked as a legal fellow at New York University’s Office of the General Counsel. Camille is a native English speaker and a fluent heritage speaker of Spanish. She holds a JD from Boston University School of Law and a BA from Amherst College.

Mr Julian Ranetunge

Julian works in international arbitration at King & Spalding. His practice involves investor-State and commercial arbitration, as well as enforcement and cross-border litigation. He has variously represented investors and States in oil & gas, mining, media, and shareholder disputes under the ICC, ICSID, LCIA, UNCITRAL, and AAA Rules. Julian took part in the 2015-16 Vis Moot.

Ms Nika Rassadina

Nika Rassadina is a senior associate at CMS Germany. She focuses her practice on international arbitration and public international law, acting both as party representative and secretary to the arbitral tribunal. Nika works on energy, financial services, oil and gas, and telecommunications matters involving a multitude of applicable treaties, arbitral rules (ICSID, ICC, ICDR, SCC, and UNCITRAL), and national laws.

Mr Philip Ray

Philip Ray. FCIArb, retired as senior corporate counsel at Siemens AG Legal in 2012, after 20+ years in Germany, working with civil- and common-law colleagues and outside counsel. As founder of PhilRay-IDR in 2013, Philip now offers international dispute resolution services of arbitrator, mediator, expert determination and dispute board and primarily focuses on disputes involving at least 1 German-language-based party.

Vis Moot history
2009-2012, Coordinator, Siemens AG Legal's Vis Moot coaching team for University of Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany).
2013-14, Coach, University of Georgia (USA) 21 Vis Moot team, who advanced to Elimination Round of 16 and had an Honorable Mention Oralist .
2014-16, Coach, Iran's Vis Moot pioneers at Allameh Tabatabai University (ATU) in 22 and 23 Vis Moots, with ATU's 23 Vis Moot team, who advanced to Elimination Round of 64 and had an Honorable Mention Oralist.
2013-2022 20-30 Vis Moot/10-20 Vis East, Arbitrator,
2016-2024 24-32 Vis Moot/14-22 Vis East, Author, Vis Moot Resources-Shortlist; LinkedIn Version 1.3 (18 Feb 2024) of 31 Vis Moot/21 Vis East Resources-Shortlist

Prof Pierre-Alain RECORDON

Born 1944 Geneva. Licence en droit Lyon (France) 1965. Visiting Scholar Yale University 1971-1973. Doctorat Geneva 1974. Attorney at law Geneva since 1973. Professor of Contracts, Torts, Company and commercial laws, Geneva University 1982-2009. Em. Professor since 2009. Founding Partner, now of counsel, BRS Berger Recordon de Saugy Geneva. Experience as counsel and arbitrator in construction and commercial matters.

Mr Terrance Reed

Terrance (“Terry”) Reed is a member of the Virginia law firm of Lankford & Reed PLLC. In May, 2015, Mr. Reed obtained a jury acquittal of the pricing director of a maritime company in Puerto Rico federal court in what the Justice Department claimed was “one of the largest domestic price fixing conspiracies ever investigated by the United States.” In August, 2015, Mr. Reed co-authored the American Bar Association’s Supreme Court brief supporting the right to use legal assets for criminal defense counsel. In November, 2015, Mr. Reed obtained the voluntary dismissal of a bribery conspiracy indictment allegedly involving $59 million in Iraq reconstruction contracts. Mr. Reed has long represented the claims of the American diplomats taken hostage by Iran for which Congress enacted compensation in December, 2015. Mr. Reed has represented countries, companies, and individuals in numerous commercial disputes. An American Law Institute member since 2003, Mr. Reed served as a law clerk to Judges John Sirica of the District of Columbia, and Warren Ferguson of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in California. Mr. Reed graduated from McGill University and Georgetown Law School.

Mr Ryan Reetz

Ryan Reetz, the managing partner of Bryan Cave's Miami (USA) office, represents clients as trial counsel in international and domestic commercial and regulatory disputes. In addition to acting as counsel, he serves as an arbitrator in international commercial disputes. Mr. Reetz teaches international commercial arbitration as an adjunct professor at Emory University School of Law, and taught at the University of Miami School of Law from 2003 to 2010. He has been involved with the Vis Moot for a number of years, including serving as coach to the team from the University of Navarra (Pamplona, Spain).

Mr Iuri Reis

I have obtained my Law Degree in 2011 at PUC-SP, in São Paulo. Six months later, I commenced an 18-month postgraduate course in Business Law at FGV-SP. I then undertook a 2.5-year Master’s degree in Civil Law at PUC-SP. I can proudly say that my master’s dissertation, on the topic of material damages, was published as a book. In 2018, following the approval of a new Procedure Code in Brazil, I completed another 18-month postgraduate course in Civil Procedural Law at FGV-SP. My latest academic achievement happened in 2022 when I concluded an LLM in Comparative International Disputes Resolution at the Queen Mary University of London with Distinction in my dissertation and Merits overall.

Unfortunately, I did not have a chance to compete in the Vis Moot during law school, but I have been an arbitrator in pre-moots since 2015 and was also an arbitrator in the 29th Vis Moot, in 2022.

Alongside my academic studies, I currently work as a Visiting Foreign Lawyer at WilmerHale’s International Arbitration practice in London.

Before that, I worked with International Arbitration and Commercial Litigation at Enyo Law, in London, for 3 months, at Machado Meyer Attorneys for 5 years and at TozziniFreire Attorneys for 6 years, both in São Paulo.

Mr Raphael Reiss

I participated in the Vis Moot for the University of Tübingen in 2018/2019 and stayed on as a student coach for the Tübingen team in 2019/2020. I finished my German first state exam (JD equivalent) in 2022 as the first of 810 graduates in the state of Baden-Württemberg and completed an MJur at the University of Oxford. I am currently pursuing a PhD at the University of Cologne with Professor Berger. In my thesis, I aim to delineate the rights and duties of the participants to a mediation proceeding (parties and mediator) under German law while also keeping a legal comparative perspective. For that, I occasionally make forays into English law.

My research interests lie in corporate law, conflict of laws and ADR. I have given lectures on the CISG at the University of Tübingen.

Dr Petra Rihar

Petra Rihar is Partner with LANTER Attorneys & Tax Advisors in Zurich. Petra has acted as counsel, sole arbitrator, party-appointed arbitrator, chairperson, legal expert and secretary to the tribunal in numerous institutional (including ICC, VIAC, UNCITRAL, LCIA, LAC and Swiss Rules) and ad-hoc arbitrations, under a variety of substantive and procedural laws. Petra’s practice covers a wide range of industries and includes foreign investments in state infrastructure. She is regularly involved in complex two- and multi-party arbitrations, with a focus on shareholder and post-M&A disputes, joint venture and consortium disputes, construction and engineering, and disputes arising out of international sales, licensing, agency and distribution agreements. Petra has authored and co-authored various articles on arbitration topics and she regularly speaks at arbitration conferences. Prior to founding her own law practice in 2013, Petra gained professional experience in leading international law firms in Zurich and London. She holds an LLM from Columbia Law School (2006), a PhD (Dr iur) from the University of Lucerne (2006) and a law degree from the University of Zurich (2000). She has been admitted to practice before all Swiss courts since 2004. Petra’s working languages are German, English, Slovenian, Croatian, Bosnian and Serbian.

Dr Heinz Rindler

Heinz Rindler (Mag.iur., Dr.iur., Salzburg 1993/1997; LL.M., Georgetown 1995) has been working as an attorney and inhouse lawyer since 1997, specializing in international banking and finance law, project finance, energy and securities clearing & settlement as well as company and energy law . Beside his legal training as an Austrian lawyer and his admission as an attorney in the state of New York as well as a solicitor in England and Wales, he is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in London in the field of international arbitration. He speaks German and English.

Ms Pauline Rinke

I recently finished my second state exam and started working for a german law firm specialized in litigation/arbitration. I participated myself in the 21st Vis Moot in 2013/14 and since then am fascinated by arbitration and private international law related topics. After completing my first state exam at the University of Jena, I worked as a research assistant at the chair for civil law, civil procedure, comparatice law and private international law (Prof. Dr. Giesela Rühl, LL.M. Berkeley) besides working on my PhD thesis in an arbitration related topic. Working for the University of Jena I had the pleasure to coach several Vis Moot teams and return to Vienna over and over again for the Vis!

Ms Mariana Ristic

Mr Peter Rižnik

Senior Associate and arbitrator, Konrad & Partners, Vienna
Host of #ViennaArbitrationTalks
Listed by GAR's Who’s Who Legal among 13 most highly regarded arbitral arbitration practitioners under 45 (non-partners) in the EMEA region

Peter regularly serves as arbitrator and party representative in international arbitration proceedings at the ICC and other arbitral institutions. He is a member of the Commission on Arbitration and ADR at the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and its Task force on addressing issues of corruption in international arbitration.

Ms Najma Rizwan

Mr Tim Robben

Tim Robben participated in the 20th Vis Moot as a team member and the 21st Vis Moot as a coach for the University of Osnabrück. He now works as an associate lawyer for the dispute resolution practice group of Baker McKenzie in Düsseldorf.

Mr Tim Robbins

Tim Robbins is an independent arbitrator with 15 years of experience in commercial disputes. Qualified in England & Wales, New York and Ontario, Tim has acted as arbitrator, tribunal secretary or counsel in over 60 international arbitrations. He has been involved in arbitrations across North America, Europe, Middle East and Asia, under the rules of most of the leading arbitral institutes. With a keen focus on procedural efficiency, Tim provides a wide breadth of experience, knowledge and perspective from his work with tribunals, in private practice and at arbitral institutions.

Ms Maria Fernanda Roca

Fernanda is a international arbitration lawyer in the Clyde&Co's Global Arbitration Group based in London. Fernanda has over seven years of experience in international arbitration, both in Latin America and in the UK and practices in both Spanish and English. She has represented clients in disputes under ICC, ICSID, UNCITRAL, PCA and Uruguayan Chamber of Arbitration rules as well as in cross-borders litigation and has acted in matters involving mining, oil&gas, renewable energies, aviation,
insurance and reinsurance, shipping and corporate disputes and involving diverse countries and applicable laws within the Americans, Europe and Africa.

She is a Uruguayan qualified lawyer (University of Montevideo, Uruguay) and has obtained an LL.M. with Distinction in Comparative and International Dispute Resolution at Queen Mary University of London, UK. Fernanda is also a published author on arbitration and procedural law, member of legal reviews an was also an assistant professor in procedural law at Universidad de la República (Uruguay).

Ms Katrina Annija Rocane

Katrina Annija Rocane is an associate at COBALT Legal specializing in dispute resolution, and she is admitted to the Latvian Bar Association. Katrina lectures on Private International Law and International Trade Law at the University of Latvia. She participated in the 27th Vis Moot, and since 2021 she coaches the team of the University of Latvia.

Mr Artem Rodin

More than 10 years of experience in international arbitration, currently PhD student focused on international arbitration at the University of Salzburg

Mr Vladislav Rodionov

Vladislav is an international arbitration practitioner in Paris.
Vladislav worked with Derains & Gharavi, Aceris Law in Geneva, KK&P and Squire Patton Boggs in Moscow . Vladislav's main spheres of activity are investment treaty arbitration and international commercial arbitration. Vladislav represents clients in high-profile arbitrations, conducted under the rules of ICC, ICSID, SCC, LCIA, UNCITRAL, and ICAC.
Besides, he had significant experience in Russian courts of all levels, including the Supreme Court.

Ms Jemima Roe

Jemima is a junior lawyer from Australia, having completed a BA/LLB (Honours) at Monash University in Melbourne. She is currently practising in London and has recently returned from a secondment in Singapore. She has a keen interest in international dispute resolution and has previously interned at the International Court of Arbitration at the International Chamber of Commerce.

Ms Stephanie Rohmann

Stephanie Rohmann is currently an Associate in the Dispute Resolution team at Baker McKenzie in Vienna and Advisory Board Member of YAAP (Young Austrian Arbitration Pracitioners). Prior to her current position, Stephanie worked as Legal Counsel to the Executive Board of one of Austria’s largest business development banks where she focused on corporate disputes. Until February 2021 she was a Research and Teaching Assistant at the Department of Civil Procedural Law of the University Innsbruck where she wrote her PhD thesis on the withdrawal of claims in domestic court and international arbitration proceedings. In addition, she gained valuable experience at WilmerHale in London and the ICC International Court of Arbitration in Paris. Stephanie is a native German and Hungarian speaker as well as fluent in English.

Mr Peter Rosen

Peter K. Rosen, Esq. affiliated with JAMS as of January 1, 2019 following his prestigious legal career handling high-profile insurance matters
covering a wide range of commercial issues and policies, including directors and officers (D&O) liability, general liability, property, cyber, employment, professional liability, construction, fidelity, environmental, representations and warranties insurance, and reinsurance. Mr. Rosen has deep expertise in handling coverage issues arising out of mass disasters. His role in the World Trade Center insurance coverage litigation gained him worldwide recognition. He received accolades from The Legal 500 and Chambers USA, which noted, “He is recognized for his ‘wealth of expertise’ and is described as ‘someone you would bring in as a big hitter.’”
Throughout the course of his career, Mr. Rosen has driven hundreds of matters to a mediated resolution and has been involved in numerous high-stakes domestic and international arbitrations. Mr. Rosen is the author of leading texts on D&O liability and business interruption claims. He teaches International Commercial Arbitration and Advocacy at UCLA. He has taught insurance law at USC Gould School of Law and Pepperdine University School of Law. He has also taught corporate governance at USC Gould School of Law.

Mr Ruggero Rubino-Sammartano

In spite of being active for two decades in the field of arbitration in various roles, such as counsel, arbitrator, case manager, lecturer and publisher, passion for arbitration never rests. Coach for the Milano Bicocca University since 2017. Admitted to the Bar of Milan and Paris. Worked on Construction, Post M&A, Sports, Distribution sale of goods arbitration. Published in 2019 Italian part of Practitioner's Handbook on International Commercial Arbitration, 3rd Ed., Gen. Ed. Frank-Bernd Weigand, OUP

Professor emeritus Helmut Rüßmann

Born 1943
Professor emeritus, Saarland University
Professor honoris causa, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest
Adjunct professor, Murdoch University, Perth
Former judge, Court of Appeals in Bremen and Saarbrücken
Arbitrator in domestic and international commercial arbitration

Ms Elena Sadat Saadatmandi

I started practicing law as an in-house counsel in 2008 and have been called to the Tehran bar in 2014. I mainly practice in real estate and construction. I sit as arbitrator and counsel in arbitration and litigation.

Mr Benjamin SABBAGH ZADEH

Benjamin is an associate at Quinn Emanuel's Paris office in the international arbitration team. He acts as counsel in both commercial and investment arbitration cases. He holds an LLM from UCLA and a Master's Degree from Université Paris II Panthéon Assas.

Mr Mahammad Safarli

I am a qualified lawyer in Azerbaijan, currently working as Legal Associate at BHM Law Firm and as Secondee at Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix. I hold an LL.M. in International Business Law degree from Central European University and an LL.B. degree from Baku State University. My main interest areas are sports, arbitration, corporate and securities law. I have one and a half years of experience at the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan, where I was also Secretary to the Committee on the Status and Transfer of Players. In addition, I was engaged in the organization of the 4 matches of UEFA EURO 2020 in Baku.

I was a member of the Baku State University team for the 2020 Vis Moot, as well as 2019 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition. I have also served as a coordinator and then a chief coordinator of the Topchubashov Arbitration Moot - the first and only arbitration moot in Azerbaijan.

My LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mahammad-safarli-04ba4313a/

Ms Stephanie Saidy

Stephanie Saidy is an international arbitration and international dispute resolution lawyer from Lebanon. She has represented, acted for, and advised clients under the UNCITRAL, ICC, NAI, and CIETAC Rules of Arbitration. She has worked on disputes governed by the laws of the Netherlands, Kazakhstan, Yemen, Iraq, UAE, and England and Wales. She has also been involved in international arbitrations seated in France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and China.

Stephanie regularly provides strategic advice on dispute avoidance in areas of conflict. She also advises on the strategic coordination of claims and defenses in interrelated enforcement and annulment proceedings with elements of Public International Law and Economic Sanctions, including UN, US, and EU sanctions. Her practice mainly entails international arbitration and disputes against States and sovereign entities. The main industry sectors of her practice are Energy, Oil and Gas, Air Industry, Industrial Projects, and Consultancy.

Before joining Conway in Rotterdam, Stephanie worked at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague as Assistant Legal Counsel where she was involved in several commercial and investor-State arbitrations. Stephanie holds an Advanced LL.M. in International Dispute Settlement and Arbitration and a bachelor’s degree in Lebanese and French Law. She is admitted to the Bar in Beirut.

Mr Sebastian Salazar

Lawyer from the National University of Colombia and LLM in International Law, Arbitration and Trade from Heidelberg University. Partner at Rincon Cuellar & Asociados, and arbitrator in both national and international Tribunals. Professor of Arbitration and Contracts in several Universities in Colombia and Latinamerica. Ample expertise in international arbitration litigation.

Mr K-Arash Salehi

Kiarash Salehi is an associate at Sabeti & Khatami. He has recently joined the firm and assists on various corporate, contractual, and dispute matters. His main areas of interest are media, IT, and air and space law. In 2015 he received his bachelor of laws degree and then in 2022 his master of laws in international law from Beheshti University. He has participated in various moot court competitions namely, Vismoot, Price Media Law moot court, and Manfred Lach’s space law moot court. He was a mooter in the first Price media law team of Beheshti University which has succeeded to rank third in the middle east and participate in international rounds in oxford. Since then, he has coached several university teams in Price media law and Manfred Lach’s space law moot. He also acted as an arbitrator in Vismoot competitions and as a judge in international rounds of Price Media Law moot court. Kiarash has recently contributed a chapter in the Global Encyclopedia of International Territorial Rights, Springer Publications on the Potsdam Agreement, and the Potsdam Conference. Prior to joining the firm, He had completed an internship at Gide-Loyrette-Nouel, a French law firm that used to have an office in Tehran. He also had two internships at United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC) - one at Iran’s country program and the other at the regional program – during which he worked on legal challenges of drug trafficking, rehabilitation process, and facilities. He has also worked with a domestic oil and gas drilling company and drafted contracts and advised the company on various projects and corporate matters. He participated in the 27th national literature Olympiad and was ranked first.

Ms Saeede Salehi Najafabadi

Iam a legal manager and work as a contract manager in a Gas industry company active in production and industry. During my career I challenge with many disputes mainly contractual. I find ADR as a great mechanism to deal with the disputes and believe in Arbitration as an instrument for dispute settlement.

Mr Illia Salei

Illia Salei is a lawyer at the Office of the General Counsel at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development based in London, UK.

He holds a Bachelor of Laws from Belarusian State University (summa cum laude) and a Master of Laws from Duke University School of Law, North Carolina, USA.

After graduation, Illia gained practical training at Marks & Sokolov, an American-Russian international boutique firm in Philadelphia and at the international arbitration teams of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr in London and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP in Dubai. As well as training with some of the leading global teams, Illia has obtained extensive experience in the CIS market working as an associate / advocate at Borovtsov & Salei, an internationally-recognized Belarusian law firm.

Illia is recognized as an Associate-to-watch by Chambers Europe (2019) and as a Rising star by Legal500 (2021) and IFLR1000 (2021).

Ms Bonita Saliu

Mr Reza Sallakhniknezhad

I have double-majored in law and mechanical engineering. Currently, I work as an investment and legal consultant. Previously, I had the opportunity to serve as an arbitrator at AIAC and IAC Pre-moots and TRAC moots. I was also chosen for last year's competition.

Ms Katrina Salmgrieze

Katrina Salmgrieze has received the Bachelor`s degree in law from the University of Latvia in 2013 and the Master`s degree in law from the same university in 2015. During the last year of studies Katrina joined in the team of the University of Latvia and participated in the 22nd Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot. Finishing the university Katrina has defended the master thesis on subject “The Role of Courts Applying Interim Measures in International Commercial Arbitration Proceeding”.
Since 2014 Katrina has worked at law office “ECOVIS CONVENTS”. She has started as a legal adviser and now she works as an assistant of attorney at law. Since December 2015, she is a member of Latvian Bar Association. Her main working areas are commercial law, international and domestic arbitration, administrative law and competition law. Apart from the work Katrina continues to improve her professional knowledge in various legal courses and summer schools, as well as she advises students participating in domestic and international moot courts.

Mr Yashraj Samant

Yashraj Samant is a practicing advocate from India specializing in dispute resolution, international arbitration and mediation. He is a member of the Core Team of the Moot Alumni Association (MAA) and the Founding General Secretary of the Centre for Arbitration & Research, MNLU Mumbai. An attendee of the prestigious Cologne Academy on International Commercial Arbitration, Germany; he has been mentoring students and law schools both nationally and internationally for various ADR & mooting competitions.

A frequent judge and assessor at various international and national moots, negotiation and mediation competitions, he has himself been an avid mooter during his law school days, having represented his University at the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, Vienna, Stetson International Environmental Law Moot Court Competition (India Rounds), etc. He was also the 2nd Best Mediator at VMSCL-WMO International Dispute Resolution Competition, Lex Infinitum and the 3rd Best Mediator at IBA-VIAC CDRC Negotiation and Mediation Competition in Vienna. A national level badminton player and a sports enthusiast, he has worked extensively in the field of sports and gaming laws. Yashraj is an alum of the renowned Maharashtra National Law University Mumbai.

Mr Harout J. Samra

Harout Jack Samra focuses his practice on international dispute resolution and arbitration matters. He has represented clients from both the public and private sectors, including foreign governments and clients from the insurance, banking, finance, manufacturing, aviation and hospitality industries.

He has experience in international arbitrations administered under the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR), United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) and International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) arbitration rules.

Harout actively publishes and serves as a speaker on subjects relating to international arbitration and dispute resolution. He is a graduate of the University of Miami School of Law (magna cum laude) and remains active in the University's international arbitration graduate program.

Mr Mohamed Samy

An Associate at the Arbitration Department Matouk Bassiouny law firm, with 4 years’ experience.
A Teaching Assistant of Public Finance at Cairo University.
Graduated from the Faculty of Law, Cairo University, with a first class honors.
Obtained an LLM from the University of Cambridge.
Previously participated as arbitrator in the Egyptian rounds of Vis Moot, Jessup and FDI Moot.

Ms Karin Sandgren

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My name is Karin Sandgren and I am a Scandinavian business owner with a passion for the relationship between law, sustainability and business development. Previously, I have worked many years within retail and have extended experience within risk management and compliance systems as well as some board experience. In academia, I have studied business law and management, summed up in two master degrees. One Master of Laws from Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, where I studied International Business Law: climate change and sustainability, and one Master in Management from Norwegian Business School in Oslo. Besides studied international arbitration as part of my legal studies, I was an oralist in the 27th Vis Moot representing Vrije Universiteit and an alumni mentor for the team in the 28th Vis Moot. Today, I consult businesses within climate law compliance and how to strategically and sustainably develop businesses.

Ms Vitória Emilia Santiago Pastro

Lawyer in Brazil since 2021. Graduated at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (2021). Participated at the XXVIII Willem C. Vis Moot as a member of the Federal University of Santa Catarina team, currently coaches the team for the second year.

Profr Pablo Santos

Mootie in 1999 & 2000.
Coach of the teams of Universidad Panamericana (Mexico City) and Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), currently Professor of Private International Law and Arbitration and ADR at Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (CEM), where he also coaches the Moot teams. Professor of Legal English at Universidad Panamericana (Mexico City).
Obtained LLB in Law from Universidad Panamericana (Mexico City), LLM in International Commercial Law from Univeristy of Nottingham and PhD in a joint programme from Universidad Anáhuac and Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Has attended several Universities such as Julius-Maximilians Universität Würzburg and Alexander von Humboldt Universität zu Berlin.

Mr Jurij Santschi

Jurij Santschi is a Prosecutor in the Canton Appenzell Ausserrhoden. After his graduation in law at the University of Fribourg and various professional experiences, Jurij Santschi was admitted to the bar in Switzerland in 2016. Until beeing elected as a Prosecutor he has been working as an attorney-at-law representing clients in national and international arbitration proceedings and acted as secretary and arbitrator of national and international arbitration panels. He advised and litigated, in particular in matters of contract and corporate law as well as in debt enforcement and bankruptcy law.
Jurij Santschi participated in the 15th Willem C. Vis Moot Court and is coach of the Team of the University of St. Gallen.

Mr Arijit Sanyal

Arijit is an India Qualified Lawyer and an Associate with the International Disputes and Arbitration team at Skywards Law, New Delhi in India. His work focusses on matters concerning international arbitration proceedings under institutional rules such as ICC and SIAC; challenge and enforcement proceedings and domestic ad hoc arbitrations in India. Arijit has done the Vis Moot twice before in 2021 and 2022 where his team received an Honourable Mention for the Claimant Memoranda. Ever since then Arijit has been coaching teams for the Vis Moot.
Arijit has attended the Arbitration Academy in Paris, where his essay, "Investment arbitration & Climate Change: Critical Look" received the laureate of the academy award for being the best submitted essay.

Mr Akshay Sapre

Professionally, practicing as Counsel in the fields of Domestic and International Arbitration, Corporate, Writ, Civil, and Taxation before the Supreme Court of India, various High Courts and tribunals. Author and Editor for LexisNexis Group, having worked on titles such as the Sale of Goods, Law of Torts, Information Technology and Advocates Act (prescribed in the syllabus for the Advocate-on-Record Examination conducted by the Supreme Court of India).
On the academic side, associated with Willem C Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, Vienna, and Center for International Legal Studies, Salzburg, Austria as Arbitrator. Graduate in B.A. LLB (Hons) from the National Law Institute University, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.

Mr Janis Sarans-Reneslacis

Janis Sarans (LL.M Dispute Resolution) is a Senior Associate in COBALT Riga office specializing in EU and competition law, patent litigations and complex regulatory dispute resolution. Janis acted as a coach of the Vis Moot team of University of Latvia from 2017 to 2023. Janis is also acting president of the Latvian Moot Association, an NGO that organizes Riga Pre-Moot in Latvia, Riga.

Mr Giorgio Sassine

Expertise
Giorgio Sassine’s legal practice focuses on international arbitration and large-scale, complex construction disputes. Having worked in Paris, Beirut, and New York City prior to joining Stein Ray LLP, Mr. Sassine has a breadth of international experience. His international arbitration experience includes proceedings administered under the rules of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC), and the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).

Giorgio received his J.D. from the University of San Diego School of Law in 2013, with an emphasis in International Law. Upon graduating from San Diego, Mr. Sassine pursued an LL.M. in International Commercial Arbitration Law from Stockholm University. During law school, Mr. Sassine participated in a summer course through Cornell Law School at the Sorbonne at the Université Paris I Panthéon, where he was first introduced to international arbitration.

Giorgio participated in the Vis Moot twice as a student with the University of San Diego School of Law and is now co-coaching Northwestern Pritzker School of Law's team.

Prof Geneviève Saumier

Geneviève Saumier has been a professor at the Faculty of Law at McGill University since 1996. She holds degrees in management, civil and common law from McGill University and obtained her PhD at the University of Cambridge. Prof. Saumier teaches and conducts research in the fields of international dispute resolution, mediation, private international law, civil procedure, consumer law and civil liability. She has been a coach and arbitrator at the Vis Moot in Vienna since 2011.

Mr Benjamin Saunier

LLB in German Law (Cologne University); Master's degree in Private International law (Paris I University). Currently a PhD candidate in the fields of Conflict of Laws and International Litigation at Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne) University.
Admitted to the French Bar Schools exam.

Ms Evgeniya Saveleva

I participated in Vis East Moot in 2019 as a part of the team of the Higher School of Economics, Moscow. That year my team was honored to get prize-winning places in several pre-moot rounds and was ranked high worldwide. I have experience as an arbitrator including in FIAMC Moscow Pre-Moot, and Vis Moot Moscow Pre-Moot as well as in the domestic moot courts.
I hold bachelor's and master’s degrees from the Higher School of Economics. Both my master’s and bachelor’s theses were dedicated to issues of international commercial arbitration and international private law. Currently, I am an LL.M. Candidate at the University of Stockholm, Sweden (International Commercial Arbitration).
I hold more than three years of post-graduate experience as an associate in the sphere of dispute resolution, for which I am professionally recognized by the international legal rating “Best Lawyers”. I am now working as a Secretariat intern at the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) where I assist with cases under the HKIAC and UNCITRAL Arbitration rules.

Prof Alessandro Scarso

I am tenured Professor of Civil law at Bocconi University in Milan (as from 2007).
At Bocconi, I have been teaching – among others - “Law – Module I” - in English - for over 15 years.
I have given lectures at a plurality of both Italian and foreign Universities (including ESADE Barcelona, Freie Universität Berlin, Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Uniwersytet Jagielloński Krakow, Wake Forest University, The Catholic University of America - Washington D.C. and the University of Zurich, where I have been co-teaching Comparative Private Law at the Faculty of Law for over 5 years.
I am admitted to practice as a lawyer both in Italy (including the Suprema Corte di Cassazione) and Germany and registered both with the bar of Milan (“Avvocato”) and of Frankfurt am Main (“Europäischer Anwalt”), besides being registered as a “Chartered Accountant” (“Dottore Commercialista”) in Italy.
I have extensive experience as a practicing lawyer in Italy, including having worked for a major international law firm.

Mr Jan K. Schaefer

Rechtsanwalt, Partner, King & Spalding LLP, International Arbitration Practice Group, resident in the Frankfurt office. Legal studies in Passau, London (Cert. Comp. Law, SOAS), Freiburg (First State Exam.), Utrecht (Erasmus) and Singapore (LL.M., NUS). He did his practical training in Dortmund and Paris and was research fellow at the Asser Institute in The Hague. Mr. Schaefer acts as counsel in domestic and international arbitration proceedings, including ICSID, and was appointed as sole and party-appointed arbitrator as well as chairman in more than 45 ICC, including as ICC Emergency Arbitrator, DIS, including under the DIS Supplementary Rules for Corporate Law Disputes, DIAC, NAI, SCC and SIAC matters. He has published widely on arbitration topics and regularly speaks at conferences.

Mr Lukas Scheidl

Lukas Scheidl is an associate in the dispute resolution team of Binder Grösswang in Vienna. He holds a law degree from the University of Vienna, where he also worked as a Research Assistant at the Institute for Constitutional and Administrative Law. He was part of the University of Vienna's team that won the Werner Melis Award for Best Respondent Memorandum at the 27th edition of the Vis Moot.

Mr Daniel Schellenberg

Daniel participated in the 26th Vis Moot (2018/2019) both in Vienna and Hong Kong as a member of the Frankfurt Team and is currently working as a Research Assistant at Skadden Arps in their Private Equity Team in Frankfurt, Germany. He graduated from the University of Frankfurt in 2022 after completing a specialization in commercial and corporate law. During his studies he i.a. worked as an intern at the German Federal Ministry of Justice in Berlin in the department for International Procedural Law and Arbitration. Furthermore, Daniel gained arbitration experience as an arbitrator for the Berlin Pre-Moot for the 27th Vis Moot in 2020.

“The Vis Moot is a wonderful experience and one of my favorite university memories.”

Mr Jan Schiprowski

Jan Schiprowski completed his studies in July 2022 and started his legal traineeship
in October 2022. Since August 2022, he also works as a research assistant at the
Chair of Civil Law, Private International Law and Comparative Law at the University
of Passau.
During his studies, he spent a year at the Université Toulouse I Capitole where he
obtained his “licence en droit”.
He participated in the Vis Moot 2019/20, coached the Team of Passau 2022/23 and expanded his expertise in the field of
arbitration by completing various internships in the field of litigation and arbitration.

Ms Roxane Schmidgall

Roxane Schmidgall participated in the 18th Vis Moot for the University of Lucerne and is now one of the Lucerne Team's coaches. She works in a boutique law firm in Zurich where she specializes in arbitration.

Prof Martin B.J. Schmidt-Kessel

Martin Schmidt-Kessel (Doctorate Freiburg 2001; Habilitation Freiburg 2003) is full Professor for German and European Consumer Law, Private Law and Comparative Law and Director of the Centre for Consumer Law at the University of Bayreuth. He serves as Secretary General and Chair of the Private Law Section of the German Association of Comparative Law. He is Member of the European Law Institute and Associate Member to the International Academy of Comparative Law. Martin Schmidt-Kessel serves as speaker of the Joint Doctorate Verona-Bayreuth in European Legal Studies. He is i.a. co-author in the Schlechtriem-Schwenzer-Commentary, founding Editor of the GPR – Zeitschrift für das Privatrecht der Europäischen Union and involved in supervising Vis Moot Teams since 1994.

Ms Dr Annekathrin Schmoll

Annekathrin Schmoll is an associate in the Frankfurt office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She is a member of the firm’s Litigation and International Arbitration, Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), White Collar Defense and Investigations as well as the Antitrust and Competition Practices.

Ms. Schmoll has a wide experience in the field of complex arbitration and commercial litigation, both domestic and cross-border. She represents German and international clients in commercial, corporate and civil disputes in institutional and ad hoc arbitration proceedings as well as before German courts, including representing clients in German model declaratory actions. Her further focus area is court- and out-of-court representation in antitrust disputes.

Handelsblatt / The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2022/2023 have again recognized Ms. Schmoll in their list “Ones to Watch” for Litigation, International Arbitration and Arbitration & Mediation.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Ms. Schmoll was an associate and member of the litigation, arbitration & ADR and antitrust law practice groups in the Frankfurt office of a renowned international law firm. She has represented a company in matters involving the US Department of Justice (DOJ), companies in antitrust damage claims and was frequently involved in arbitral proceedings.

She studied law at the Universities of Gießen and Kiel, Germany, and earned her doctor’s degree from the University of Göttingen in 2014. Before completing her second bar examination at the Higher Regional Court of Braunschweig in 2016, Ms. Schmoll was a research associate and trainee in the Frankfurt office of other international law firms. Ms. Schmoll has been admitted as a German lawyer (Rechtsanwältin) since 2016.

In addition to her native German, she is fluent in English.

Ms. Schmoll is a member of the German Arbitration Institute (DIS) and of DIS40, a German initiative of young arbitrators; of the Young ICCA, a world-wide arbitration knowledge network for young practitioners and students; of ArbitralWomen – the International Network of Women in Dispute Resolution; of the Kartellrechtsforum Frankfurt am Main e.V., a panel in the field of German and European antitrust law; and of the German-American Lawyers Association (Deutsch-Amerikanische Juristen-Vereinigung e.V.).

Dr Laurids Schommers

Associate at Hengeler Mueller. PhD (Münster), LLM (Columbia). Former participant and coach of the team of the University of Münster.

Mr Dario Schönbächler

Dario Schönbächler participated as a Mootie in the 28th Vis Moot for the University of Lucerne. He has been coaching the team of the University of Lucerne since the 29th Vis Moot. Dario Schönbächler has worked at Wenger Vieli Ltd., a Swiss full service business law firm as a junior lawyer. He primarily practices law in the areas of dispute resolution as well as corporate / M&A.

Ms Isabella Nathalie Schønbeck

Attorney at Gorrissen Federspiel focusing on litigation and arbitration, including in particular corporate law disputes. Participated in the 26th Vis Moot (University of Copenhagen).

Mr Maurice André Schöpfer

I participated in the 27th Vis Moot for the university of Mannheim, Germany. Currently, I am a legal trainee in Germany, finalising my legal studies, and participating in the Themis Competition for Germany held by the European Union. I studied a semester abroad in Nijmegen, The Netherlands, and completed an internship at a law firm in São Paulo, Brazil.

Dr Dorothee Schramm

Dorothee is an independent arbitrator who combines Swiss neutrality and pragmatism with a global outlook and hands-on experience with high-value disputes around the world. A Swiss lawyer by qualification and former partner at Sidley Austin LLP, she feels at home in both civil law and common law contexts, having been part of a common law team for over a decade. Dorothee Schramm is one of few arbitrators of her generation who have hands-on advocacy experience in billion-dollar cases but are fully independent with few conflicts of interest.
While Dorothee’s experience spans many industries, she has particular interest in technology, engineering and life sciences. As former Head of Europe of Sidley’s Global Life Sciences team and member of Sidley’s Technology Committee, her insights into the life sciences and technology industries go far beyond contract disputes. Dorothee Schramm is recognized as a thought leader both globally and within Switzerland, and she helps further the development of international arbitration as a member of the Executive Committee of the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA).

Mr Andreas Schregenberger

Dr Lukas Schultze-Moderow

Lukas is an attorney in the Dispute Resolution Practice Group at Gleiss Lutz, Frankfurt.

After studying at Bucerius Law School, Hamburg, and Boston College Law School, he obtained an M.Jur. from Oxford University (University College) and recently obtained his PhD with a thesis in international arbitration from the University of Passau.

Lukas joined Gleiss Lutz in 2013. His practice includes international commercial arbitration - with a focus on post M&A-disputes - as well as state court litigation, in particular corporate and financial litigation.

A participant in the 11th Moot, Lukas has since enjoyed coming back to Vienna as an assistant coach of Team Bucerius and as an arbitrator.

Dr Joseph Schwartz

Joseph is a German Attorney and Partner of the firm WAGNER Arbitration. Before joining the firm, he worked for various domestic and international law firms, i.a. as an Attorney focusing on dispute resolution, litigation and arbitration as well as corporate law. He acts both as party counsel and as arbitrator. Best Lawyers / Handelsblatt recognizes him as "Lawyer of the Year 2023" for International Arbitration in Berlin.

His professional experience and expertise in dispute resolution and arbitration include numerous proceedings administered by the ICC, DIS, GMAA and other institutions, inter alia as arbitrator, lead counsel and secretary to the arbitral tribunal.

In addition to his involvement in arbitral and court disputes, his experience includes the negotiation and consultation in several extrajudicial (contractual- and shareholder-) disputes, the drafting and negotiating of commercial contracts and corporate advice. Because of his interest in technology and his experience with corporate matters, he regularly advises technology and engineering companies. He holds a doctorate degree from Berlin Humboldt University and coordinates - together with Manuela Kreuzeder - the German Institution of Arbitration's below 40 chapter (DIS40) in Berlin.

Ms Julia Schwarz

Originally from Graz, Austria but now living and working in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Currently working in the legal department of Palo Alto Networks, an international cybersecurity company. Participated in the 28th Vis Moot Court as a team member of the Vrije University Amsterdam.

Mr Elmar Schweers

Elmar Schweers is a well-known expert in energy law issues and international arbitration. For several years he has headed the continental European division of the legal department of RWE Supply & Trading GmbH. He started working for the Group in 2001 as a corporate lawyer at RWE Net AG. He took up his new position as Head of Legal at RWE Power AG on April 1, 2019.

Prof Dr Ingeborg Schwenzer

curriculum vitae

Ingeborg Schwenzer is Dean of Swiss International Law School and Professor emerita of Private Law at the University of Basel, Switzerland. Additionally, she is an adjunct professor at Bond University, Gold Coast, Australia, and has been an adjunct professor at City University, Hong Kong, and at Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia. She has published numerous books and more than 200 articles in the fields of law of obligations (contracts, tort law and unjust enrichment, sales law both domestic and international), commercial arbitration as well as family law. In particular, she is the editor and main contributor of the world's leading Commentary on the Convention on the International Sale of Goods (CISG) (4th edition, Oxford, OUP: 2016) and its German, Spanish, Portuguese and Turkish counterparts. Ingeborg Schwenzer is the chair of the CISG Advisory Council. She is also active in all areas of legal practice. In particular, she regularly acts as arbitrator, counsel and legal expert in international disputes.

Ms Lucia Scripcari

Lucia Scripcari is a Moldovan citizen who obtained a law degree in Istanbul. Currently she is working in the arbitration department in a law firm and pursuing her LLM degree in Private Law at Koc University in Istanbul. She already holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and International Relations. Her area of interest is international commercial and investment arbitration. She also publishes articles on arbitration and co-authors articles on geopolitics in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Her recent article was translated into Spanish as well. She has participated in both investment arbitration and commercial arbitration moot court competitions in Stockholm, Vienna, Brussels and Paris and she is fluent in Romanian, Russian, English, French and Turkish.

Mr Jakob Secklehner

I have a rich background in international law, starting with my active participation in the 24th Vis Moot and later coaching the University of Graz's team for the 25th and 26th editions. My professional journey includes a significant stint at a leading law firm in Vienna, where I deepened my expertise in arbitration. Academically, I pursue a PhD in Law and an MSc in International Economics at the University of Vienna, contributing as a research and teaching assistant during my studies, gaining extensive teaching experience.

Currently, I serve as In-house Counsel at FINcredible GmbH, an Austrian AISP-fintech company, focusing on data protection, supervisory, and IT-law. Alongside my professional role, I teach corporate and securities law at the University of Vienna and engage in the arbitration community as an administrative secretary in proceedings.

Mrs Jana Sedláková

Founder of SEDLAKOVA LEGAL. Based in Brno and serving clients all over the world, the company is regularly ranked among top law firms in the Czech Republic in IT and IP. A technology believer, so focusing on the IT segment was a clear choice for Jana. And because IT is dynamic and software companies grow fast, she gets to help clients not only with IT/IP but also with corporate law, investments, employment, data protection, consumers...you name it :) Lately her focus is on international investmens. And together with almost 30 other Czech law firms she is se to standardize the Czech VC market through a set of model legal documents.

In 2019 she started Ochrana nápadu, a non-profit company helping people protect their ideas and new inventions.

And because not only are there not enough good tech lawyers, but there are even fewer tax advisors and accountants that really know their way in taxing intellectual property, in 2020, TaxCounting was born.

Co-author of the Hanbook on Software Agreements - their specifics and contractual process, C.H.Beck, 2021. Co-author of Commentary of the Czech Civil Code, to be published 2023. Co-author of a Commentary of the Czech Copyright Act - currently in preparation.

Mr Sebastian Seidel

Sebastian specialises in international commercial arbitration and commercial litigation. In 2019 he joined De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Before joining De Brauw, Sebastian gained experience at Hengeler Mueller in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Sebastian is a reasearch assistant at the Chair of Prof. Moritz Renner (University of Mannheim). Sebastian supervises the team of the University of Mannheim participating in the Willem C. Vis Moot competition.

Dr Jernej Sekolec

Dr Ismail Selim

Dr. Ismail Selim
Director of the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA)
President of the International Federation of Commercial Arbitration Institutions (IFCAI)
Vice Chairman of the Egypt Branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)

Academics and Teaching History

Dr Selim graduated from Cairo University in 1997 with an LL.B., where he also obtained an LL.M in International Business Law from the I.D.A.I in 1999. He then earned his Master’s degree in Public Administration from the E.N.A, in Paris in 2001. He also graduated of a Certificate in International Commercial Arbitration from Queen Mary University of London in 2005. In 2007, he accomplished an internship program at the ICC Court of International Arbitration, and earned his PhD from Burgundy University (France), entitled “International Public Order in favorem arbitrandum”, published at the Éditions Universitaires Européennes.

Dr Selim is also a Member and an accredited lecturer of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), and an accredited mediator of the London School of Mediation (LSE). He has published numerous research papers and articles for international, Egyptian and foreign revues in law, business and arbitration in English, Arabic and French. He regularly intervenes in international conferences and seminars related to Arbitration, Investment, International Trade Law and Dispute Resolution. Dr Selim has taught Private International Law and Alternative Means of Dispute Settlement at the Institute for International Business Law in Cairo since 2011, and Commercial Arbitration in Arab Countries at the Sorbonne University in Paris. He also teaches International Trade Law and Arbitration at the British University in Egypt.

Professional Experience

Dr. Selim started his career as a Legal Associate at Shalakany Law Firm, followed by a career in the judiciary as Prosecutor for the Cabinet of the Attorney General in Egypt before he became Judge in the Civil and Commercial Courts. He joined private practice again in 2009, at Zulficar & Partners, where he was a Leading member of the International Arbitration Department before being promoted to Partner in 2013. In 2015, Dr. Selim co-founded Nour and Selim in association with Al Tamimi and Company as Partner and Head of Dispute Resolution for the institution of an Al Tamimi Office in Cairo. Dr Selim has parallelly acted as Legal Advisor for the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA) until 2007, and became member of CRCICA’s Advisory Committee in 2016. In January 2017, following his appointment as Director by CRCICA’s Board of Trustees, Dr. Selim left Al Tamimi and Company for the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration to undertake his mandate.

Dr Selim is consistently appointed as Presiding arbitrator, Sole Arbitrator and Co-Arbitrator and has acted as Counsel in various ad hoc and institutional cases under various International institutional rules in the fields of tourism, hotels, construction, telecommunications, natural gas, sales contracts, company contracts, leases, commercial contracts, maritime transport, supply contracts, technical work contracts and shareholder disputes; arbitrated under the auspices of the “Cairo Regional Center for International Commercial Arbitration” CRCICA, the “Paris International Chamber of Commerce” ICC, the “Zurich Chamber of Commerce” in accordance with the Swiss rules and the “London Court of International Arbitration”, the “Center Dubai Financial International“ DIFC-LCIA and the “Abu Dhabi Center for Conciliation and Commercial Arbitration” ADCCAC, the “Dubai International Arbitration Centre” DIAC, the “Court of Arbitration for Sports” CAS as well as non-institutional arbitrations in accordance with the provisions of the Egyptian Arbitration Law and the UNCITRAL Rules. Dr. Selim speaks fluent Arabic, English and French, in addition to his knowledge of Chinese language (Basic).

Ms Jinyoung Seok

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

Ms JÚLIA SERAFIM

I'm a Lawyer under the Brazilian Bar, currently working as legal assistant at a law firm in Lisbon. I'm a Master Degree candidate at NOVA School of Law, in Lisbon, where I study Litigation and Arbitration (arbitration classes taught by Professors Franco Ferrari and Mariana França Gouveia). I've participant on the 27.º and 28.º editions as oralist, representing the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianópolis/Brazil. Since the last edition, I'm one of the Team's coaches. I've already participated as arbitrator in the Rio and São Paulo online Pre Moots. My Bachelor thesis at UFSC was the analysis of the theoretical and jurisprudential application of art. 25 CISG, namely the fundamental breach of the contract. I've participated in a few summer courses/courses about international arbitration, international private law and the CISG. I speak fluent English and advanced French.

Mr Riccardo Serafin

I graduated 'summa cum laude' in Law at the University of Turin (2021) and I later obtained the degree of 'Magister Juris' from the University of Oxford (2022). Currently, I am a final-year PhD candidate in Law at the University of Turin. Previously I have been part of the University of Turin's team during the 26th edition of the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot and I have served as coach and arbitrator ever since. I specialise in comparative private law, with a particular focus on contract law.

Mr Jalal Seyedabadi

Jalal Seyedabadi is a young international arbitration practitioner. He has been involved in several proceedings under ICC, SCIA, VIAC UNCITRAL, ACIC, and SIAC as counsel and advisor which involved the law of England, France and Iran as the applicable law to the substance. Jalal also has experience in delivering corporate and transactional legal services to several major companies, mainly for arrangements in infrastructure, construction, and energy (ICE) as well as commerce and investment. Jalal's academic focus is the impact of recent technology developments on international dispute resolution, and currently, AI and international arbitration form the core of his attention. He is a moot alumnus and has coached a number of teams from different countries in arbitration-related competitions.

Mr Vivek Sharma

Dr Patricia Shaughnessy

Dr. Patricia Shaughnessy, an associate professor at Stockholm University, specialises in interational dispute resolution and commercial law. Until 2019, Patricia was the Vice-Chair of the Board of the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC), having served on the Board since 2006, and was a member of the committees drafting the SCC Rules. She was a government-appointed expert on the legislative committee that proposed the recent revisions to the Swedish Arbitration Act. She serves as arbitrator and expert in international disputes and as consultant in legal development projects. She practiced law law for ten years in the US and has served as a US Supreme Court fellow. She is a member of the international boards of the Georgian International Arbitration Centre and the Tehran Regional Arbitration Centre.

Mr Iain Sheridan,

Iain Sheridan is a barrister and legal consultant focused on financial services regulation, especially MiFID. He has been a Vis Moot arbitrator for over 10 years.

Before becoming a consultant, he was head of legal Europe and Asia for the financial sector dedicated investment bank Fox-Pitt, Kelton. His consulting projects have included advising ABN AMRO, Bank of America, Bank of China, Barclays, BlackRock, Citadel, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Fidelity International, and Société Générale. In the context of arbitration, he has been instructed by the OECD and the United Nations, training high court judges in Beirut and Kharkiv on the New York Convention.

His law and technology articles have been published by Butterworths, Kluwer, Oxford University Press, Sweet & Maxwell, and the Royal Society. His first book, Financial Regulation and Technology (Edward Elgar), is relied on by many legal practitioners, and has been purchased globally by over 100 universities worldwide. Iain’s second book, to be published in March 2025, is entitled 'Semiconductors – Law, Strategy and Tax'.

Dr Andrey Shirvindt

Since August 2022, Andrey Shirvindt has been a senior research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg.
He studied law at the Russian State University for the Humanities in Moscow (1998–2004), including two semesters abroad at the Humboldt University of Berlin (2002–2003). Two master’s degrees followed, one from the University of Manchester (2005) and another from the Russian School of Private Law (2008). He completed his doctoral studies in 2011 at the Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences with a dissertation on Roman law. After working as a paralegal at a law firm (2003–2006) and as chief consultant to the Supreme Commercial Court of Russia (2006–2008), Shirvindt has been an associate professor at the Civil Law Chair, Lomonosov Moscow State University (2008–2022) and a professor, department chair, and dean at the Russian School of Private Law (2011–2022).
Shirvindt is a member of the European Law Institute (ELI) and of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) and an associate member of the International Academy of Comparative Law.
He has a considerable experience as arbitrator in international and domestic disputes (ICC, SCC, ICAC, RAC).

Ms Daria Shliapnikova

Daria Shliapnikova is an attorney at law admitted to the Moscow City Bar, Russia, currently based in Vienna, Austria. Daria specializes in ADR. Daria graduated from the National Research University Higher School of Economics (master's program in Private international law) and is an LLM student at the University of Vienna (program in Public international law). She successfully represented clients in domestic courts and international commercial arbitration.

Mr Akshay Shreedhar

Akshay Shreedhar is an associate at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, Paris. He represents clients before tribunals in international commercial and investment disputes.

Mr Dzmitry Siamashka

Mr. Dzmitry Siamashka is the experienced trial lawyer from Belarus, MA in Jurisprudence, 2017-2018 Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow at American University Washington College of Law and the University of California, Davis, Extension, ranked by Chambers Europe (2015-2021), Chambers Global (2020-2021), Legal500 Arbitration Power List, CIS & Caucasus (2020), UNDP Expert in Tax disputes (2015-2016), WJP Expert, Legal Clinics Enthusiast, Creator of the Young ADR Belarus Mentoring Program (2018-2019) and the Young Advocate Mentoring Course Founder (2019-2020), CEE Regional Arbitrator Intelligence Ambassador in Belarus and Poland. Currently working for the Court of Eurasian Economic Union as a counselor.

Ms Karina Sibilska

Karina Sibilska holds an LL.B. from The Hague University and an LL.M. from the University of Vienna and is a former VIS mootie. Karina is currently an assistant legal officer at the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), regularly working on commercial and investment arbitration reforms. She has spoken at various international conferences on ISDS reforms and commercial arbitration topics. Karina will make the transition to private practice joining Volterra Fietta as an intern in April 2024.

Mr Kyle Sill

Kyle Sill is a Senior Law Clerk to Judge Susan L. Kelsey at Florida's First District Court of Appeal in the United States, and is licensed to practice law in the State of Florida. He is the coach of the Florida State University College of Law Vis team, and he teaches International Sales & Arbitration at the College of Law. Kyle spent two years in Clermont-Ferrand, France, teaching International Sales and United States Constitutional Law, among other courses. He has also taught courses on appellate law and practice as well as legal research and writing. Kyle has published articles and presented on the CISG, non-compete agreements, legal research, drafting, advocacy, and a variety of other substantive topics. He is a 2010 summa cum laude graduate of Florida Coastal School of Law in Jacksonville, Florida.

Mr Vishal Singhal

Mr. Vishal Singhal is an independent practitioner based out in New Delhi, India practising before the Supreme Court of India, the High Court of Delhi, District Courts and Tribunals in Delhi. His interest lies in Criminal Laws, Constitutional Laws, White Collar Crimes and Arbitration Laws.

He has contributed research articles in various journals and also presented them. He was an ardent mooter and had participated in various National and International Moot Court Competitions including the South Asia Rounds of FDI International Arbitration Moot Court Competition. He also coaches/mentors students for national and international moots. Further, he has also adjudicated some of the prestigious domestic and international moot court, Negotiation, Arbitration, and Mediation competitions.

He is an alumnus of the Institute of Law, Nirma University, Ahmedabad, and also the Alumni Board Member of the Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Institute of Law, Nirma University. He is also associated with YIAG, Young ICCA, and LCIA.

Mr David Smallbone

Mr Smallbone is a senior barrister and international disputes lawyer who is sought after to appear in complex and difficult cases. He has been in practice for 34 years.

Mr Christer Söderlund

Christer Söderlund is Senior Counsel at Morssing & Nycander. He joined the firm in January 2017 after four decades at Vinge as Partner and Senior Counsel. Christer is a respected practitioner in the field of international arbitration. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the SCC Arbitration Institute (2007-2009) and was appointed by the Swedish Government to the ICSID Panel of Arbitrators for the period 2006 - 2018. He is included on the Panels of Arbitrators of several arbitration institutions, such as the Cairo Regional Center for International Commercial Arbitration, the Kazakhstani International Arbitrage, the Beijing Arbitration Commission, the Polish Chamber of Commerce and the ICDR Energy Arbitrators’ List (the sole appointee from Sweden). Christer’s practice has a global breadth and encompasses in particular Russia and CIS and the energy practice. He has served as arbitrator under different arbitral regimes, such as SCC, ICC, LCIA, HKIAC and ICSID. He is also a frequent lecturer in the field of international arbitration.

Ms Hanna Soltanowich

Former member of Vis Moot Team of Belarusian State University. Coach of BSU Vis Moot Team 2021-2022 and 2022-2023. Head of Legal at SWAG42 (Warsaw, Poland).

Ms Natasha Sood

Natasha has been a disputes attorney for nearly 7 years and is presently Counsel and Tribunal Secretary with Motei and Associates which is a Dubai-based law firm. She holds an LL.M. from the Queen Mary University of London in Comparative International Disputes Resolution.
Previously she was working as a Senior Associate with India's premier law firm Luthra and Luthra Law Offices.
She is a member of Young CiArb, Young ICC, the International Jurists Council, and the Indian Council of Arbitration She is also a member and enrolled with the Bar Council of India.

Ms Ramona Sorgenfrei

Ramona Sorgenfrei is an Associate at the Clifford Chance Litigation & Dispute Resolution team in Dusseldorf focusing on IP related disputes, and a doctoral candidate at the chair of Prof. Dr. Schmidt-Kessel at the University of Bayreuth. She studied law with additional training in economics at the University of Bayreuth and passed the first state examination in July 2017 and her second state examination in August 2022.

As a former assistant of Prof. Dr. Schmidt-Kessel, she became interested in the CISG quite early and has worked and researched in this field in depth. Ramona is a former Vis Moot participant (22nd Vis Moot) and has been coaching the team of the University of Bayreuth ever since. Accordingly, she now is a lecturer at the University of Bayreuth and imparts knowledge on the CISG and arbitration laws and supports the drafting phase of the memoranda.
Prior to joining Clifford Chance, Ramona worked as a research assistant and law clerk for the dispute resolution and arbitration departments of McDermott Will & Emery and Baker McKenzie in Duesseldorf.

Mr Pedro Sousa

Lawyer registered with the Brazilian Bar Association and the Portuguese Bar Association. Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators - CIArb. Member of the National Commission on Sports Law of the Brazilian Bar Association. Member of the Arbitration and Sports Law Committees of the Brazilian Bar Association, Santa Catarina State Section. Master in Transactional Law from Católica Global School of Law of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon/Portugal. Coordinator of the Sports Arbitration Course of the Brazilian Center for Mediation and Arbitration (Centro Brasileiro de Mediação e Arbitragem - CBMA). Former Vice-President of the 1st Disciplinary Committee of the Sports Court of Justice of the State of Santa Catarina. Professor of sports arbitration in university courses. Academic author on Arbitration and Sports Law, with emphasis on Sports Arbitration. Partner at Bichara e Motta Advogados. Arbitrator.

Dr Lisa Spagnolo

Associate Professor Spagnolo teaches and researches in domestic and comparative contract law, uniform commercial law instruments, choice of law, Islamic finance, geographical indications, property law and advocacy. She was educated at Deakin University (BCom [Dean’s List, Bowater Prize] and LLB [Supreme Court Prize & Supreme Court Exhibition Prize] and Monash University (PhD [Mollie Holman Medalist]).


Prior to joining Macquarie, Assoc. Prof. Spagnolo taught at Monash University and practiced in banking and insolvency litigation at Minter Ellison. She was expert advisor to the New York State Bar Association, Rapporteur for CISG Advisory Council Opinion No 16, is a Founder, Director and Fellow of UN Coordination Committee for Australia (UNCCA), has consulted for law firms and is a Chief Investigator on an ARC Linkage Grant.


Her research often takes an interdisciplinary approach, ranging from impacts of socio-political trends in development of law, law and economics, behavioural economics and statistical analysis, to utilizing historical, scientific and technical material to shed light on the impacts of law in the real world, and to suggest new interpretations of law. Her work has been cited by the Swiss Federal Court, England and Wales Law Commission, numerous judges and government reports.

Mr Alexander Später

Vis Moot Participant 2019/20
Coach of Bonn Vis Moot Team 2022/23

Mr Ovidijus Speičys

I have master's degrees from Vilnius University (Commercial Law) and Stockholm University (International Commercial Arbitration Law). My international experience is also complemented by an exchange semester in Ghent University. I currently work as a senior associate in litigation and arbitration in the law firm Glimstedt Lithuania. I have extensive experience as a counsel in commercial, corporate and construction disputes. In addition to my main professional commitments, I also regularly publish articles on various legal topics, including arbitration, in the country's premier business news website.

Ms Kriti Srivastava

Kriti Srivastava is an India-qualified dispute resolution lawyer with over four years of experience handling commercial arbitrations and complex litigations at India's top dispute firms, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas and Bharucha & Partners, Mumbai. She has gained experience from numerous arbitration proceedings involving telecommunication infrastructure, enforcement of a foreign award, licensing of a movie etc. Having been admitted to the Bar in 2018, her experience also extends to appearances before various forums, including the Bombay High Court, Telangana High Court, Tribunals etc. She has also co-authored several publications on crucial topics in arbitration, white-collar crimes, and litigation. Currently, Kriti is pursuing an LL.M. in International Commercial Arbitration Law at Stockholm University, Sweden and is a legal intern with HKIAC, cementing her interest in arbitration.

PD Dr Marco Stacher

Marco Stacher is counsel in the Litigation and Arbitration of Walder Wyss, Zurich. He represents clients in international arbitrations as well as before state courts, and sits as arbitrator in both institutional and ad hoc matters. Marco Stacher is registered on the ICC National Committee’s (Switzerland) list. He also is a lecturer for international commercial arbitration, contracts and conflict of laws at St. Gallen University, and regularly publishes and speaks on topics related to arbitration.
Marco Stacher was educated at St. Gallen University (lic. iur. 1999, Dr. iur. 2007, PD 2019) and obtained an LL.M. degree from Cornell Law School (LL.M. 2005, Fulbright Fellow). He was admitted to the bar in 2001.

Mr Dan Stampe-Terkildsen

Practice Area Litigation and Arbitration hereunder international cases conducted in English. Dan is in addition to his work as counsel frequently acting as arbitrator in domestic and international arbitrations. Furthermore, he has been an expert witness on the subject of Danish Law in foreign proceedings especially in the US. Dan has for many years been Assistant Professor at the University of Copenhagen among others in International Commercial Arbitration and in Copenhagen Business School in International Commercial Law (combination between CISG and International Arbitration).

Ms Ana Stanič

Ana Stanič, an English Solicitor Advocate, has over 25 years of experience of advising states, companies and international institutions on matters of energy law, EU law and international law with specific emphasis on dispute resolution.

She has been appointed as an arbitrator in ICC and SCC arbitrations and regularly represents states and companies in international commercial arbitrations and investment treaty arbitrations with a particular focus on energy (including price review arbitrations), infrastructure, maritime border disputes, and shareholder disputes. She also advises states on inter-state disputes including before Court of Justice of the European Union. As a member of the Slovenian government she negotiated 10 Bilateral Investment Treaties and Free Trade Agreements. Since August 2019 she is a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague.

Ana is Slovenian, Australian and British national who has worked in numerous countries around the world and has particular expertise in CEE and CIS countries. She speaks 5 languages fluently.

Ms Marjana Staninova

Marjana Staninova works as a lawyer at Popovski & Partners, a Law Firm based in Skopje. She obtained her LL.M degree in the field of contract law in September 2017 at the Unviersity Ss.Cyril and Methodius in Skopje, and is now a PhD student researching in the same field. Marjana participated in the 22nd Vis Moot.

Mr Danijel Stanković

Work experience
2019-2022: Court of Justice of the EU, Luxembourg, legal secretary (référendaire), currently on sabbatical
2013-2019: Court of Justice of the EU, Luxembourg, lawyer linguist
2011-2013: Madirazza & Partners, Zagreb, Croatia, attorney at law
2010-2011: Šavorić & Partners, Zagreb, Croatia, attorney at law
2007-2010: Wolf Theiss, Zagreb, Croatia, associate

Education:
2012-ongoing, EU Law doctoral student, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Law
2009-2010 LL.M. Finance, Institute for Law and Finance, Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main
2005-2006 LL.M. de droit français et de droit européen, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
1999-2005 mag. iur., University of Zagreb, Faculty of Law

Memberships:
Permanent Arbitration Court of the Croatian Chamber of Economy, Zagreb (Croatia)
Ljubljana Arbitration Centre, Ljubljana (Slovenia)
Arbitration Association, Belgrade (Serbia)

Mr Alexander Statsenko

Alexander Statsenko is an associate at Voskhod Law Firm, a Russian law firm set up by former White & Case, Debevoise & Plimpton and Baker Botts lawyers. Alexander focuses on international commercial arbitration as well as cross-border litigation. He has graduated with honours from Lomonosov Moscow State University and is a PhD student at the moment. Alexander participated in the 26th and 27th Vis Moot as a student and has been coaching the team of Lomonosov Moscow State University since 28th Vis Moot.

Prof Dr Kasper Steensgaard

Professor of law at Aarhus University, Denmark.

Mr Florian Stefan

Florian Stefan is an attorney at law at Vavrovsky Heine Marth. He represents clients in international arbitration proceedings according to the rules of leading arbitral institutions such as ICC, VIAC, HKIAC and DIS as well as in investor-state arbitrations according to the ICSID and UNCITRAL Rules. In addition, he regularly serves as arbitrator and administrative secretary to arbitral tribunals.

Florian frequently gives lectures and publishes in the field of international arbitration. He holds degrees from the University of Vienna (Mag iur, 2012) and the London School of Economics and Political Science (LL.M. with merit, 2014). During his studies at the University of Vienna he participated at the 19th Willem Vis Moot (Honorable Mentions as Best Individual Oralist and Best Memorandum for Claimant). He acts as Regional Representative of the Young International Arbitration Group (YIAG) of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) for the Willem C. Vis Moot.

Dr Christian Steger

Dr Christian Steger is German-qualified attorney and an associate at Latham & Watkins. He is a member of the firm’s International Arbitration Practice. Christian was a Research Associate at the Max Planck Institute for International Private Law in Hamburg, Germany.
His Vis Moot-journey started in 2008/09 as a Mootie. He was a Coach for the University of Hamburg in 2009/10, 2012/13 and for the China-EU School of Law Beijing in 2013/14 and 2014/15

Mr Christian T. Stempfle

Christian T. Stempfle is a litigator and arbitrator with PSP Munich. He regularily represents clients in national and international litigation and arbitration and also acts as arbitrator. His main area of expertise is industry related disputes (e.g. automotive), insurance, insolvency and product/professional liability. Additionally, he defends clients in white collar crime matters.

Mr Peter Stewart

Peter qualified as a barrister in 2017. He is a specialist commercial disputes lawyer, having represented clients in proceedings before the English High Court and Court of Appeal, as well as in arbitrations under the ICSID, LCIA, ICC, SIAC and HKIAC rules. He has specific expertise in the fields of civil fraud, financial services and shareholder cases. He also regularly acts in private client and cross-border contentious trust matters. Peter is a ‘Recommend Lawyer’ in the International Arbitration category in The Legal 500 UK 2023.

Mr Georg Stigelbauer

Arbitration associate at Covington & Burling in London; qualified in England & Wales. King's College London and Humboldt University Alumnus. Participant in the 23rd/13th Vis/Vis East Moot and winner of an honourable mention for best individual oralist in the 13th Vis East Moot.

Mr Dimitar Stoimenov

After graduating in law from the Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridsky" and accomplishing L.LM. programm in German law Dimitar spent five years (from 2003 to 2009) at the European Legal Studies Institute in Osnabrueck as reasearch assistant at the European Legal Studies Institute, chaired by Prof. Dr. Christian von Bar, and has been working for the Study Group on an Europen Civil Code (contributing to the academic DCFR).
At the end of 2009 Dimitar started as a senior lawyer at one of the internation and reputable law firms in CEE - Peterka and Partners and has been appointed lecturer in law of obligations/civil law at the University of Sofia. Within the time period between 2012- 2017 he was co-leading the Bulgarian branch of Peterka and Partners covering the area of civil and commercial law and arbitration.
2017 I have established my own law firm focussed on commercial disputes and arbitration.
In 2016 he has established the law firm Punev and Stoimenov and was elected as arbitrator and member of the Presidium of the Permanent Arbitration Court at the German-Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry alongside Prof. Broedermann and Prof. Paschke from the Hamburg University.

Ms Eugenia Stolyar

Mr Chris Stomo

B.Sc (UNSW)
LLM (UNSW):
Practicing Barrister and Arbitrator in commercial matters Sydney Australia.

Mr Harry Stratton

Barrister in One Essex Court Chambers, London. Jessup World Champion 2017. IMLAM World Champion 2016. Oxford University Jessup coach 2020.

Mr Tobias A. Strecker

Tobias is a lecturer and programme director at King's College London and a practicing attorney with the German law firm BODENHEIMER where he advises clients on matters of contract law, company law and national and international disputes. He is also a visiting lecturer at Humboldt University Berlin and a visiting professor at Universidad de Puerto Rico.
He is co-founder of the website LexMea (www.lexmea.de), which features online law books and knowledge management for German law, European law and international law, including rules and regulations for international arbitration.
As a student he participated in the Willem C. Vis Moot and later coached several teams for the Vis Moot and the Philip C. Jessup Moot for Humboldt University and Hokkaido University, Japan. He regularly teaches at the annual Frankfurt Drafting School.

Mr Aliaksandr Struzhko

Struzhko Aliaksandr is an associate at Dentons arbitration team in Warsaw.

Aliaksandr holds a bachelor’s degree from the Belarusian State University, Faculty of Law. His experience also includes more than 3 years in dispute resolution and IP practice of the Belarusian largest and internationally recognized law firm REVERA, where he gained extensive experience in cross-border consulting in the CIS region.

His arbitration record now includes more than 10 high-profile international disputes in such institutions as ICC, LCIA, CIETAC, SIAC, IAC at the BelCCI.

Mr Loïc Stucki

Loïc is a Junior Associate at Bratschi Ltd, with previous experience at law firms specialising in international arbitration. He is currently pursuing a doctorate in the area of international arbitration and private international law at the University of Bern, Switzerland. After having participated in the 27th edition of the Vis Moot, he has been coaching the team from the University of Bern ever since.

Mr Thiago Stüssi

Thiago Stüssi holds a Law degree from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (2015) and a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree in International Disputes Resolution, with focus on Arbitration, from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Germany, 2018). He studied law for 06 (six) months at the Universität zu Köln (Cologne, Germany) – 2014/2015. He is a Ph.D Candidate in Civil Law from the University of the State of Rio de Janeiro and author of articles and chapters of books, mainly related to Civil, Civil Procedural law and Arbitration.

Mr Matthew Suen

Matthew is a barrister in Hong Kong SAR, China. He has received both common law and civil law education in Hong Kong SAR and Mainland China. Matthew has developed, through practice, experiences in international (cross-border) commercial and investment arbitration and matters involving PRC (Mainland) Law. He has been instructed as Counsel to advise and represent individuals of high net worth and corporate clients in arbitrations administered by major arbitral institutions in Asia, e.g. HKIAC, SIAC, and CIETAC (HK).

Before joining the Hong Kong Bar, Matthew has previously worked with an industry-leading team of international arbitration counsel at a Red Circle law firm in Beijing. He has also marshalled at the Supreme People’s Court and an Intermediate People’s Court in Shanghai, and acted as assistant to international arbitrators.

www.linkedin.com/in/matthewhbsuen

Ms Malgorzata Surdek-Janicka

Małgorzata Surdek-Janicka is an independent arbitrator, founder of SURDEK ARBITRATION and Vice-President of the ICC International Court of Arbitration in Paris. Before establishing her own independent arbitrator’s practice in autumn 2022, Małgorzata was a dispute resolution partner at CMS with 25 years of experience in the field, and a member of its global International Arbitration Group as well as its global Insurance & Reinsurance Group. She has regularly acted as counsel and arbitrator in infrastructure and construction, post-M&A and commercial disputes in the energy, mining, transportation, insurance & reinsurance, technology, retail and manufacturing sectors under various arbitration rules. As counsel she has also represented parties in investment arbitrations in the energy and mining industries. Małgorzata has an international business expertise having served for 10 years as a Board member of CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP in London.

Ms Sofia Svinkovskaya

Sofia Svinkovskaya is an associate in the International Arbitration Group and Global Projects Disputes Practice of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. Prior to joining Freshfields, Sofia worked for several years as an associate in the arbitration team of a renowned Austrian dispute resolution boutique and externed at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) in Washington DC. She specialises in international commercial and investment treaty arbitration and has particular experience with disputes involving investment protection under bilateral investment treaties, major projects, construction and engineering, infrastructure, energy, gaming, telecommunications, and international sale of goods.

Sofia is a graduate of the University of Vienna (Mag.iur.) with a specialization in international dispute settlement, public international law and alternative dispute resolution. She also received an LL.M. degree in International Business and Economic Law from Georgetown La, which she attended as Georgetown's International Arbitration Scholar.

Sofia is admitted to practice in Austria (Rechtsanwältin) and New York, USA (Attorney at law). She is fluent in English, German, Russian, Slovak, Ukrainian and Czech.

Ms Sima Sweidat

Ms Sima Sweidat (LLB is a trainee lawyer, currently working with Ali Sharif Al Zubi Advocates & Legal Consultants, a globally recognized top-tier Jordanian Law Firm. Her areas of expertise cover corporate and commercial law. She has been a keen mooter and has been part of the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot representing the University of Jordan for the past four years as a participant, as well as a coach, collecting various accolades over the years.

Mr Ali imran shah Syed

Dr Péter Szaka

I am a junior associate in the Litigation and Dispute resolution and the Corporate practice groups of one of Hungary's market-leading law firms, Lakatos, Köves and Partners. I graduated from the Faculty of Law of Eötvös Loránd University and was a member of Bibó István College for Advanced Studies, where in addition to dispute resolution, I also dealt with contract law and European Union law and was a member of the Executive Committe and the Admissions Committee. I took part in the 2021 National Scientific Students' Associations Conference in the Department of Civil Procedure. During my university years, I have gained professional experience at international law firms, including CMS and KPMG Hungary and was teaching international and EU business law for foreign students at Budapest Business School. Further, I have volunteered as a student mentor for three years at my University, where I was tasked with mentoring 20 first-year law students each year in cooperation with a team of two students and two teachers. I have also attended the University of Lisbon for one semester through the Erasmus Programme.

Mr Davit Tabatadze

In 2013, I graduated from Tbilisi State University, and later in 2016, I completed the master's program at the same university. Currently, I am pursuing a Ph.D. at New Vision University.

I have been employed at BLC Law Office, a top-tier law firm, since 2013, and currently hold the position of Head of Litigation. In this role, I manage the largest litigation team in the Georgian market and represent clients before local and international courts and arbitration tribunals, among other responsibilities. I also earned an LLM degree from Wake Forest University School of Law in Winston-Salem, USA, in 2018. Additionally, I have been teaching Private International Law and International Civil Procedure at Tbilisi State University since 2021.

Regarding my Vis-Moot experience, I often served as an arbitrator at Tbilisi Pre-Moot (including this year). Please also note that I received the Best Speaker award at the National Moot Court Competition organized by the National Center of Commercial Law and the Free University of Georgia. For further information, please refer to my profile on the BLC Law Office website: https://www.blc.ge/?view=team-full&ursId=57&lang_id=en

MR Admire Takawira

LLB Hons ((University of Zimbabwe, LLM International Trade Law(Stellenbosch). Saved as a Magistarte in Zimbabwe . Later saaved as Legal Advisor for the Ziscosteel Group for the period 2009 to 2017. Has been teaching Commercial Law and International Business Transactions in the Facultu of Law at Midlands State Univerity since 2006. Actively involved in capital intensive mining investments in Zimbabwe mainly focusing onn drfating of agrements ,deal negotiations and advisory services to investors and governments. Other key areas of practice are Innternational Sales,Arbitration,,Corporate law, Meagers and Acquisations. Admire is a Member of the Chartered institute of Arbitrators and has been actively involved in ICC arbitration and local Arbitration in Zimbabwe. He is registered as a Legal Practitioner and Notary public in Zimbabwe practising as such since 2004.

Dr Satya Talwar Mouland

Satya is a barrister at 36 Stone (the 36 Group), a leading barristers' chambers in Gray's Inn, London. She works across all of Chambers’ practice areas, including international arbitration, shipping, conflicts of laws, energy, property and international commercial disputes. Satya holds a PhD in International Arbitration and has particular expertise in conflicts of laws as well as arbitration (both commercial and investor-State). She speaks fluent German and advanced French, and her native tongue is English. Satya participated in the Vis moot as part of the Free University of Berlin's team in 2013/14 and has fond memories of the competition. During that year, her team reached the final 16 in Hong Kong and achieved awards for its written memoranda. Since then, she has been a keen participant and supporter of the moot, arbitrating at pre-moots in London and Edinburgh as well as attending the Vienna Vis moot for the first time last year as arbitrator.

Ms Taru-Tuulia Tammi

I work as an Associate in the Dispute Resolution team of Roschier Attorneys Ltd. at the Helsinki office. During my time working at Roschier, I have acted as counsel in several domestic and international arbitrations and I have organized the Helsinki Pre-Moot for three consecutive years. I obtained my LL.B. degree from Maastricht University (2017) and my LL.M. from the University of Helsinki (2020). I also completed an exchange year at the University of Edinburgh.

Ms Tishta Tandon

Tishta is an India qualified lawyer specialising in civil litigation, arbitration and pre-dispute advisory and is currently pursuing the Master of Law (LLM) program at the University of Cambridge. She has previously worked as a key member of the dispute resolution practice at Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) where she regularly advised companies on commercial disputes involving high stakes and appeared before the the Supreme Court of India, High Courts, company law tribunals and institutional and ad-hoc arbitral tribunals. Tishta participated in the 24th Vis Moot where she was awarded Honourable Mention as an Oralist and her team was adjudged to be the best team of the preliminary rounds in Vienna. Since then, she has coached several teams, including the team from National Law University, Delhi which was a semi-finalist in the 28th Vis Moot. Tishta is also coaching the team representing University of Cambridge in the 30th Vis Moot.

Mr Mehmet Ali TANRIKULU

Mehmet Ali is a research/teaching assistant at the Private International Law department of Galatasaray University. He assists courses of Private International Law, International Arbitration Law, International Investment Law and International Commercial Law at bachelors degree. He also pursue general LLM programme at the same University and is currently working on his master thesis titled "Abuse of Right in Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards & Court Judgments".

Graduated from Galatasaray University Law School, Mehmet Ali participated in the 27th Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot as an oralist. He has been coaching teams of Galatasaray University in 28th, 29th and 30th Vis Moot editions. He also acted as arbitrator in the 29th Vis Moot and several local pre-moots for the 30th edition.

Dr Maria Tatsiou

Dr. Maria Tatsiou is a Lecturer in Corporate and Financial Law at the University of Central Lancashire in Cyprus (UCLan Cyprus). She holds a PhD in Law, an LLM in Corporate Governance, and an LLB (Hons) from the University of Manchester, UK.
She has been an associate lecturer in University of Salford (2015-2019) and held the position of Teaching Fellow in Commercial Law at University of Edinburgh (2019-2020). Her PhD focused on Resilience and Corporate Governance in banks and assesses the post-Crisis organisational and regulatory failure.
She supervises LLM dissertations in fields related to her own research interests, including Corporate Governance, company law, financial regulation, and Corporate Social Responsibility.
She teaches on both the LLB and LLM programmes. The modules she teaches, include among others, International Corporate Governance, and Banking and Financial Services Regulation, and International Commercial Arbitration.
She has successfully completed the UCLan Civil and Commercial Mediation training Course in February 2021 to become a certified Commercial Mediator. Maria is an IMI Certified Mediator.
She has also undertaken training on International Arbitration and Construction Adjudication with CIArb.

Ms Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth (Liz) Taylor is an Associate at Reed Smith LLP in Pittsburgh, PA focusing her practice on complex commercial litigation and arbitration. Liz works primarily on commercial policyholder coverage disputes, assisting clients in obtaining insurance coverage for catastrophic losses in domestic and international forums. Liz also assists with government investigations, financial services and securities disputes, and commercial contract disputes. Liz is a former mootie (2018 - Round of 32) and coaches the University of Pittsburgh Vis Moot team (2019 - Round of 64; 2020 - Quarterfinals; 2021 - Round of 32; and 2022 - Round of 64) . Liz works pro bono with the U.S. Department of Commerce organizing and conducting Vis Moot training sessions and pre-moots in the Middle East, North Africa, and the Balkan region.

Dr David Tebel

David TEBEL is co-founder and partner at international dispute resolution boutique rothorn legal. He advises and represents clients in complex proceedings before arbitral tribunals and state courts, both domestic and international. He has broad experience with industrial product liability cases – particularly governed by international sales law, large-scale infrastructure projects and corporate disputes.
Prior to co-founding rothorn legal, David was a member of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s International Arbitration Group for several years. At Freshfields, David was also member of the innovation think-tank Freshfields Lab and interfaced between legal operations and the practice group dispute resolution.
David teaches as founder and Director of the Moot Academy and before that as lecturer at the Swiss International Law School and at the University of Basel international sales law and introduces young jurists to advocacy. He publishes regularly on topical issues if arbitration and international sales law. David holds a Ph.D. in international sales law (supervised by Professor Ingeborg SCHWENZER). He has been involved with the Willem C. Vis Moot for more than a decade. David participated for the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg and coached teams from Freiburg and Basel.

Ms Giorgiana Tecuci

Construction lawyer and DB member with over 25 year experience. She is also trained in project management. She is a co-author of two FIDIC accredited modules (‘FIDIC Basic’ and ‘FIDIC in Public’) and a friendly reviewer of the FIDIC 2017 Yellow and 2019 Emerald books. Giorgiana is also a FIDIC internationally accredited trainer.
She is a founding partner of the first Romanian construction law firm SCPA Tecuci Păltineanu (2001) providing integrated advice: construction law, related public procurement or EU / MDB financing. She is a member of several professional associations (DRBF, ArbitralWomen, IBA, ARIC a.s.o.), Giorgiana is a DRBF R2 Board Member representing Europe and Romania Country Reprsentative . She sits as an arbitrator and FIDIC national list adjudicator.

Ms Maria Teder

A former 'mootie' who had the pleasure of taking home the Pieter Sanders Award in 2011 while studying International Commercial Arbitration Law at the University of Stockholm. Currently, Counsel at Ellex Raidla law firm in Tallinn , Estonia, focusing mainly on international arbitration and cross-border dispute resolution.

Mr Oleg TEMNIKOV

Oleg is a practising lawyer/attorney-at-law at Wolf Theiss law firm office in Sofia, Bulgaria. He graduated in 2009 from Universite Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne and was admitted to Sofia Bar in 2012.

Oleg is regularly involved in both domestic and international arbitrations, as well as court litigations. His experience includes providing advice and representing clients in complex multi-jurisdictional disputes in various sectors, such as energy, construction, transport, finance, insurance and others. Apart from litigation works, Oleg is also regularly provides legal advice in the field of regulatory matters, energy law, telecommunications etc.

Oleg is the author of several articles in the field of commercial and investment arbitration in Bulgarian and International journals, including ICSID Review, Journal of International Dispute Settlement, Kluwer Arbitration Blog, The In-House Lawyer, Lexology etc.

He is highly involved with the VIS Moot for the ninth consecutive year. Oleg has served as arbitrator in Vienna and on multiple pre-moots. Also, since 2011 he is one of the coaches of the Sofia University VIS Moot Team and one of the organizers of Sofia Pre Moot.

Professor Louis Thibierge

Professor Louis Thibierge is a full professor at Aix-Marseille University. He is the head of the department of private law in his university and the director of two diplomas. He specialises in the law of contract, international business law and arbitration law. He is also a member of the Paris bar. He frequently acts as a counsel in arbitrations and provides legal opinions before French or foreign courts.

Mrs Mary Thomson

Chartered Arbitrator, Barrister, Mediator, Adjudicator, Former Solicitor. Practices at Pacific Chambers, Hong Kong and Associate member of 36 Stone Chambers, London & Singapore. Qualified as a barrister in London in 1983, worked in industry and requalified as a solicitor in London. Moved to Hong Kong in 1992 where she practised as a solicitor/partner at Hong Kong and international law firms, last being Dentons. In 2013, joined the Hong Kong Bar and rejoined the English Bar focusing on her Arbitrator and Mediator practice. Specialises in international commercial dispute resolution including maritime, commodities, energy, insurance, commodities, banking and corporate disputes. Appointed arbitrator since 1996 and regularly sits as arbitrator in Hong Kong, Singapore and London. Mediates large international commercial disputes. Past Chair of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (East Asia Branch), Immediate Past Chair and Founder of ARIAS Asia, Board member ArbitralWomen and Scottish Arbitration Centre, Member of ICC Commission on Arbitration, LCIA, LMAA, and many other arbitral associations. She is on many arbitrator panels including CIArb, LCIA, LMAA, HKIAC, SIAC, CIETAC, KCAB, CAAI, JCAA, RAC, AIAC, HKMAG etc

Ms Maija Tipaine

Maija is a Senior Associate in the Baltic law office COBALT. She primarily works with arbitration-related matters both in front of national courts and arbitral tribunals. Maija has participated in Willem C.Vis moot as a student twice and after obtaining LL.M. in international commercial arbitration law at Stockholm University, she has been returning to Vienna as an arbitrator almost every year.

Ms Alice Tita

Trainee Lawyer in Intellectual Property law at Italy’s leading law firm
Graduated summa cum laude and honorable mention in law
Former Willem C. Vis mootie and team coach

Dr Balint Tóásó

Dr Bálint Tóásó MSC LLM (Vienna) is a Hungarian qualified attorney-at-law. He is the managing partner of KPMG Legal in Hungary.
Before founding KPMG Legal in 2016, he worked for Clifford Chance and Wolf Theiss in Budapest, as well acted as in house legal director at a multinational company. He has gained significant experience in disputes settlement and he regularly represents clients in numerous domestic and international arbitrations and disputes.
Dr. Tóásó completed his legal studies at the University of Pécs, Hungary, University of Regensburg, Germany, Korea University in South-Korea, and he also completed an LL.M in International and European Business Law at the University of Vienna, Austria with a special program in IP/IT Litigation at the Stanford University in California, USA. His main focus areas are arbitration and litigation, M&A related matters and data protection and privacy.

Ms Jelena TODIC

Associate at Bredin Prat (Paris)

Prof Marco Torsello

JD cum laude (Bologna, 1994), LLM in European Business Law (Nijmegen, NL, 1998), Marco Torsello is Partner at ARBLIT – Radicati di Brozolo Sabatini Benedettelli Torsello, Full Professor of Comparative Private Law at Verona Law School, and Global Professor of Law at New York University, School of Law – Law-Abroad Program in Paris. His past Visiting Professorships include those at Bucerius Law School, Hamburg (Fall 2017), NYU, School of Law (Fall 2011 and Fall 2015); Sciences Po, Paris (Spring 2015), Fordham Law School (Fall 2012); University of Pittsburgh, School of Law (Fall 2010); Columbia Law School (2004/05) and many others.
He is the author of several articles and books in English and Italian dealing with comparative law, contract law, international business transactions and other legal issues, including a major monograph in Italian on International Contracts (co-authored with Aldo Frignani) and the Nutshell on International Sales Law-CISG (co-authored with Franco Ferrari).

Mr Michael Toscanelli

Michael Toscanelli works as a research assistant at the chairs of Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Helmut Heiss, LL.M., and Prof. Dr. Leander D. Loacker, M.Phil., at the University of Zurich. He is a coach of the Willem C. Vis Moot team of the University of Zurich.

Before joining the University of Zurich, Michael worked as a trainee lawyer at a major Swiss law firm and as a court clerk at a district court in Switzerland.

Michael is a Swiss qualified lawyer. He holds a Bachelor and Master of Law and Economics and a Master in International Management. During his studies, Michael spent exchange terms at the University of Texas in Austin, Bocconi University and the University of Geneva.

Mr Jascha Trubowitz

Jascha Trubowitz is an Associate at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan in Switzerland specialising in international arbitration and litigation.

Ms Dimitra A. Tsakiri

Dimitra A. Tsakiri is Deputy Counsel at the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), where she is involved in the case management of commercial and investment arbitration cases conducted under the ICC Rules of Arbitration.

Before joining the ICC, Dimitra worked in international arbitration groups of law firms in Austria, Switzerland and Greece. Dimitra has experience in construction, sale of goods, energy and gaming sectors. She has advised private companies and States in proceedings under the ICC, ICSID, VIAC, DIS, DIA and UNCITRAL rules.

Dimitra is qualified in Greece. She obtained her Law Degree from the Faculty of Law of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and her LL.M. from the Graduate Institute and the University of Geneva (MIDS).

Ms Ioulia Tsoukanova

Former student of the Arbitration and International Business Law Master Program ( University of Versailles Saint Quentin, France). Ioulia is currently completing French Bar School program ( HEDAC).
Ioulia has been also a student coach for the Unifersity of Paris Saclay Vis Moot Team for 3 years.

Mr Eric Tuchmann

Eric P. Tuchmann is Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for the American Arbitration Association (AAA) and its international division, the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR). In that capacity, he oversees the ICDR’s operations, strategy and policies. In addition, he manages the organization’s legal and governance affairs, including litigation and regulatory matters involving the AAA-ICDR and its arbitrators and mediators.

Ms Sherlin Tung

Sherlin is a Partner in the International Arbitration and Litigation team of Withersworldwide and based in the Hong Kong office. She specializes in international commercial arbitration and advises clients in Asia, North America, and Europe on all aspects of cross-border disputes. Sherlin is also the Director, CEO of the Vis East Moot Competition as well as the Past President of the Moot Alumni Association.

Prior to joining Withers Worldwide, Sherlin worked with a leading international law firm in Hong Kong where she was a member of the international disputes practice group. Sherlin started her international arbitration career working under the direct supervision of a leading independent arbitrator in Switzerland. Thereafter, she worked for the Secretariat of the ICC International Court of Arbitration in Hong Kong and New York, where she was a founding member of the ICC's New York case management team. Following her time at the ICC, Sherlin worked in Vienna, Austria as the litigation and arbitration counsel for an international rubber conglomerate.

Sherlin is a qualified attorney in California and New York and a Registered Foreign Lawyer in Hong Kong. She is a native Mandarin Chinese and English speaker, proficient in Spanish, and knows basic German.

Ms Lane Turkle

Twice competing Vis advocate with the FSU College of Law. Twice Vis coach with the Center of Transnational Legal Studies, London . Juris Doctor FSU college of Law (cum laude). LLM Dickson Poon School of Law, King's College London (summa cum laude). 4 years as an IP disputes Legal Manager at the Arbitration and Mediation Center of the World Intellectual Property Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. Current Legal Counsel for Mediterranean Shipping Company.

Mr Santtu Turunen

Santtu Turunen is an experienced arbitration professional. He serves as an arbitrator in domestic and international disputes. In addition, Santtu advises companies on conflict management and dispute resolution, emphasizing client mindset and a proactive approach. Santtu has published several articles and edited several publications in the field of arbitration, among others he is the co-author of the book Due Process in International Commercial Arbitration (OUP, 2nd ed. 2010).