Arbitrator Listing for 30th Vis Moot

M Alexander v. Reden

Studied Law and Economics at the Universities of Göttingen, Geneva, Kiel and Hamburg. Received an MBA from Leipzig Graduate School of Management (HHL) and an LL.M. from Suffolk University, Boston (MA). Worked as an Academic Assistant at the University of Hamburg, Faculty of Law. Admitted to the German Bar since 1986. Has been an Associate with the law firm of CMS Hasche Sigle and its predecessor firms in Frankfurt (Germany) since 1987 and a Partner of the firm since 1993. Specialising in Corporate Law, Corporate Finance, M&A and Banking Transactions, Arbitration and Litigation.

Ms Simona Valkova

Simona Valkova works as an independent tribunal secretary specialising in international commercial and investment arbitration. She has over five years of experience in the international arbitration field gained as an arbitral assistant to a leading international arbitrator, as well as with the international arbitration team of a leading US firm based in London. Simona has worked on cases under a variety of institutional and ad hoc rules (including the ICC, HKIAC, LCIA, SIAC, SCC, ICSID and UNCITRAL Rules). In addition, she is a Teaching Fellow at the School of International Arbitration, Queen Mary University of London.

Simona participated in the 23rd edition of the Vis Moot as a member (oralist) of the LSE team. She is presently coaching the Queen Mary Vis Team (2022-2023).

Dr Faidon Varesis

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

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

Mr Edoardo Vassallo

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

Mr Ricardo Vergara

Associate at Claro & Cía., specialized in arbitration, litigation, and antitrust law. Civil Law Professor at Universidad Diego Portales, Chile. Coach of the Universidad de Chile's team.

Mrs Liliana Veru-Torres

Liliana is a specialist in commercial and investment disputes. She has more than 22 years of experience in international arbitration in a wide variety of industries acting as a party counsel or arbitrator. She is particularly recognised as an "elite" practitioner in all fields of dispute resolution for her prompt and efficient resolution of disputes and the effective conduct of arbitration.
Liliana is not only Globally recognised ("Ranked") as an Expert, but also listed as a "Notable Practitioner" by Chambers Global 2020 and The Legal 500 2021: Latin America-International Arbitration.
Her dual legal qualifications in England and Wales (Solicitor), and Colombia (Abogada), plus her extensive experience in private practice in the UK (where she has practiced law for 22 years) have provided her with not only a thorough understanding of the application and interpretation of different (and often conflicting) legal regimes, but also clarity on other important commercial and cultural nuances that impact business and the expectations of the contractual parties. This experience spans a wide diversity of jurisdictions, ranging from Latin America and Spain to the UK and Australia.
Liliana was a Partner at a Global law firm for over 10 years, before launching 2 years ago her own independent Arbitration practice.

Mr Lucas Viana

My name is Lucas Viana. I have a law degree from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, where I graduated in July, 2022. I currently work as a Lawyer within the dispute resolution, litigation and arbitration practice of Mattos Filho Advogados, in Brazil.

I had my first experience with the Vis Moot in 2019, when I participated as a competitor in the 26th Edition. I was an oralist in the 28th Edition of the Vis Moot and have been acting as a coach for my university since. This year I will be attending the Vis Moot once again as a coach.

In the 30th Vis Moot, I hope to provide valuable feedback to the students and contribute to the high level competition that the Vis Moot is acknowledged for.

Ms María Vicari

My name is María Vicari, I am 24 years old and I have a Law Degree. I have recently graduated from the National University of Rosario, Argentina. I have participated in many arbitration Moots, both as a mootie and as coach. Particularly, I was a UNR team mootie in the 28th edition of the Vis Moot, and coach in the 29th Vis edition. I am actually a Vis Moot coach for the UNR Team, and I really look forward to acting as an arbitrator besides being a team coach.

Ms Luciana Viganò

Mr Giovanni Viglino

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

Ms Antonia Vogt

Antonia Vogt is currently pursuing her PhD in the field of hate speech and internet law at the University of Osnabrück after completing her first state exam 2021 and studying law at the University of Bonn. Besides, she worked as a research assistant in the field of IT and privacy law at a German law firm for two years and at the Institute for German and International Civil Procedure Law at the University of Bonn for one year, where she coached the University of Bonn's Vis Moot team of 2020/21. The team also participated in the 18th Vis East Moot.
She herself participated in the 25th Vis Moot Court 2017/18 on behalf of the University of Bonn.

Ms Maria Vittoria Voltarelli Regini

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

Mr Petr Vošahlík

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

Dr Solvejg Sonja Voss

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

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

Ms Tessa Voswinkel

I am a former Mootie myself, competed for the Team of the University Muenster (Germany) in 2020/2021, where we reached the final in Hongkong and coached the following Team during last years season (2021/2022). Currently, I am finishing my studies in Muenster while working at a law firm part time. I would be delighted to assist in this year's season as an arbitrator.

Mr Miro Vuille

Studied at University of Fribourg (BLaw) and University of Berne (MLaw) with courses in the field of sports law at the University of Neuchâtel. I then worked part time for a CAS (Court of Arbitration of Sport) arbitrator in Berne and after that completed my internships as clerk at a regional court in Berne and a law firm in Berne, again with a CAS arbitrator. Currently preparing for the bar exam in Berne, Switzerland. I was a Mootie myself at the 27th Vis Moot with the University of Berne.

Mr SHUBHAM WALI GANJU

Shubham Wali Ganju is an advocate practicing in India. His expertise includes matters pertaining to Taxation and Labour Laws.

Professor Dr Janet Walker

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

Mr Mark Walter

Mark Walter is a lawyer specializing in commercial dispute resolution, trade policy reform and assessment, and drafting and implementation of commercial law. Prior to joining DAI, Mark was Singapore Director of the U.S.-APEC Technical Assistance to Advance Regional Integration Project, leading legal and regulatory reform work across the region, and to help develop policy priorities for upcoming APEC hosts, Papua New Guinea, Chile, and Malaysia. Prior to the APEC program, Mark was Managing Director for Nathan Associates’ Legal and Regulatory Practice in Washington, D.C., where he directed U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) reform programs. Previously, Mark was Chief of Party on the USAID-funded Doha Project for World Trade Organization Accession in Ethiopia, and on its redesigned successor project, the Ethiopia WTO Accession Plus Program from 2006 and 2008. From 2008 to 2011, he led the business-enabling environment component of a USAID private sector development program in Kosovo. He has also served as Assistant Director for the Center for International Legal Education at the University of Pittsburgh, Adjunct Professor of Law, and as an international legal consultant. He has worked with trade law reform, lectured, and developed commercial law and legal education reform programs across Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe.

Ms Gretta Walters

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

Dr Ahmed Waly

With dual degree in Engineering and Law, Dr. Waly has more than 25 years of experience in Construction contract management and dispute resolution. Dr. Waly acted as Arbitrator, Mediator, Adjudicator, Expert or Counsel in several ad-hoc and institutional Disputes under the rules of ICC, Paris, CRCICA, Cairo, and DIFC/LCIA, Dubai.
Dr. Waly is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), London, member of the International Court of Arbitration (Arab Arbitration Group), ICC, Paris, member of the International Council of Commercial Arbitration (ICCA), A FIDIC Interim Accredited Trainer, a FIDIC Friendly Reviewer of the FIDIC 2017 Contracts, a Certified Mediator and Trainer by CEDR, London, a Certified Expert at the Center of disputes resolution at the General Authority of Investment (GAFI), Egypt, and a Certified Arbitrator at the Ministry of Justice, Egypt, and a member of CRCICA DB committee who drafted the CRCICA DB Rules in force as of August 1st 2021.
Dr. Waly holds a BSc in Engineering and an LLB from Cairo University; an MSc in Construction Management from Stevens Institute of Technology, USA, and a PhD in Project Management from Virginia Tech, USA, and Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration from CIArb, London.

Professor Linda Maria Wayner

Linda Maria Wayner is an attorney, professor, and diversity specialist. She specializes in commercial litigation, employment disputes, and international arbitration. Linda is a foreign government practice expert in areas such as diplomatic immunity and sovereign litigation. She began her career at Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP in its litigation and arbitration group, and then served New York City's Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg as General Counsel for International Affairs for seven years. Linda has since worked with organizations including NYU School of Law, Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft, Lateral Link, and the New York City Bar Association. She has taught international arbitration, international business transactions, and corporations at the Elizabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University for more than a decade, where she also oversees the Willem Vis Moot International Arbitration Team. A fierce advocate for diversity in the legal industry, Linda is a former Deputy President of the Hispanic National Bar Association of New York and is a board member of Pipeline to Practice. Linda earned her JD at the University of Michigan Law School, where she served on the Michigan Law Review. She also has a BA and MA in International Politics from Baylor University and is licensed to practice in New York.

Mr Marcus Weiler

Marcus Weiler is a Counsel in the Dispute Resolution team at CMS Germany and specializes in national and international arbitration and complex court proceedings, with particular expertise in post-M&A and shareholder disputes and disputes in the technology sector. He has successfully represented clients from the automotive, energy, infrastructure, life sciences sector in a wide range of disputes.

Hon Prof Dr Irene Welser

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

Mr Tobias Wetlitzky

Tobias Wetlitzky is an Associate in the Munich office of Hogan Lovells International LLP and handles commercial and corporate disputes for national and international clients. He received an LL.M. degree from Duke University School of Law and coached Duke's team for the XXVII. Willem C. Vis Moot. He graduated from the University of Munich in 2018 and coached the University of Munich's team for the XXVI. Vis Moot while working as a research assistant. He participated in the Vis Moot as a student in 2015/2016 for Heidelberg University.

Mr Friedrich Weyland

Friedrich Weyland studied at the University of Tübingen, Germany. He has been with Gleiss Lutz since the beginning of 2022. Friedrich advises on international commercial and investment arbitration, transnational disputes and transactions, as well as domestic arbitration and court proceedings.

Mr Martin Wiebecke

Martin Wiebecke has been practising in international arbitration for more than 30 years.
He has acted as counsel, sole arbitrator, party-appointed arbitrator or chairman in more than 220 international arbitrations under all major institutional rules and in ad-hoc proceedings. As counsel, Mr Wiebecke has represented Swiss and foreign companies as well as public entities in international arbitration proceedings in Switzerland and elsewhere.
As arbitrator, he has recently acted primarily as chairman, including in a number of multi-billion USD disputes. He also has an arbitration-related court practice (annulment and execution proceedings) and mediation experience.
His arbitration experience spans a broad spectrum of industries, often involving complex subject matters such as infrastructure and development projects, energy and natural resources, oil and gas, pharmaceuticals, life sciences, biotechnology, IT/telecommunications, IP/technology transfer and patents, shareholders' agreements, M&A, and generally commercial contracts and international trade.
Martin Wiebecke was Chairman of the International Sales Law Commission of the UIA (1998-2004) and published articles on international arbitration and international sales law. He was a member of the EU Commission's Expert Group on the Interface between the Brussels I Regulation (Regulation 44/2001) and Arbitration.

Dr Dirk Wiegandt

Dr. Dirk Wiegandt is Counsel at HANEFELD in Hamburg, Germany. He primarily acts as counsel in arbitration and state court proceedings. In addition, he acts as arbitrator as well as secretary to arbitral tribunals. Dirk studied law at the universities of Freiburg, Geneva and Cambridge (LL.M.). After his studies he worked as a research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law and earned a Doctor of Laws (Dr. iur.). Before joining HANEFELD, he worked in the litigation department of a major international law firm. Dirk lectures on international sales law (CISG) at the European Business School (EBS).

Dr Johannes Willheim

Dr. Johannes P. Willheim is a Partner at Global Disputes Practice Group of Jones Day. He is working globally from the Jones Day offices in Frankfurt and Paris.

Johannes has over 20 years of experience international arbitration. as party representative and arbitrator. He is specialized in aviation, energy, life sciences, post M&A, construction and engineering disputes , IP and pricing disputes as well as in disputed the outcome of which turns on the resolution of antitrust and competition law issues.

Johannes teaches international arbitration as well as integrated dispute management at leading academic institutions like the Law School of the University of Chicago, the Caruso Law School of Pepperdine University and Peking University. He is a frequent speaker at arbitration, antitrust, and energy conferences and is author of numerous publications on these subjects.

Prof Dr Stephan Wilske

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

Professor Dr Therese Wilson

Therese Wilson is the Dean and Head of School at Griffith Law School. Therese teaches International Arbitration at Undergraduate and Masters level . Therese has coached Griffith's Vis moot team since 2003.

Ms Katharina Winkler

Katharina was a member of the first Vis Moot Team from the University of Leipzig and participated in the 26th Vis Moot. Afterwards she coached the Leipzig Team of the 27th Vis Moot. Katharina graduated from law school at the beginning of 2022 and is currently working as a research assistant in the field of civil law and civil procedure law at the University of Leipzig.

Mrs Almira Wissenberg

Almira Wissenberg graduated from St. Petersburg University in 2015 and obtained her LL.M. degree from McGeorge School of Law in 2016. During her studies, she participated in the Vis Moot and other moot court competitions as a team member and a coach. After completing her studies, she has been working as a lawyer at Baker McKenzie. Currently, she is working as a research assistant for Prof. Dr. Stefan Kröll.

Ms Tanja Wohlgemuth

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

Mr Hannes Wolff

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

Dr Reinmar Wolff

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

Dr Venus Valentina Wong

Venus Valentina Wong is partner and attorney at-law with Wolf Theiss, Vienna, Austria. Having studied law and sinology in Vienna, Amsterdam and Taipei and being fluent in German, English, and Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin), Valentina has practised international arbitration for almost 20 years. She has work experience from the ICC International Court of Arbitration in Paris and CIETAC in Beijing. Valentina has acted as counsel, arbitrator and administrative secretary in more than 80 arbitration and ADR cases under numerous institutional rules and in ad hoc proceedings. Her regional focus is CEE/SEE and (East) Asia.
Valentina is a frequent speaker at international conferences and teaches international arbitration at the Juridicum of the University of Vienna and at the Austrian Attorneys' Academy. Her list of publications include, amongst others, her co-editorship of a handbook on arbitration covering the jurisdictions of Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Mr Jonathan Wood

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

Ms Sophie Wotschke

Sophie Wotschke has studied law at the University of Vienna from 2016 to 2020. In the year of 2018/19 she participated at the Vis Moot as part of the Team of the University of Vienna. She currently works as an associate at KNOETZ, specialising on international law and arbitration.

Mr Florian Wundrich

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

Mr Julien Josef Wylenzek

Vis Moot Participant in 2017/2018 (Mainz) / Coach 2019/2020 (University of Glasgow). Fully qualified to practice law in Germany. Currently, pursuing a PhD in Arbitration.

Ms Rabab YASSEEN

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

Dr Alireza Yavari

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

Ms Caroline Yersin

Caroline Yersin studied law at the University of Passau and in Michigan, US. With the team of the University of Passau she reached the quarterfinals in the 25th Vis Moot and coached the team in the 26th Vis Moot. She is working as lawyer and research assistant at an international law firm in Munich.

Ms Ece Nur YILDIZ

Ece Nur Yıldız worked as an associate in the top-tier dispute resolution department of Kolcuoglu Demirkan Kocakli Attorneys at Law. She is handled international arbitration and litigation matters as well as domestic commercial, employment, and criminal disputes.

Ms. Yıldız is a Fulbright Master’s Grant awardee in the international dispute resolution area and is prospected to complete her LL.M degree at Cornell Law School in the 2022-2023 academic year.

Ms. Yıldız has participated in the 27th Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Court Competition as an oralist on behalf of her Alma Mater, Bilkent University Faculty of Law. She has acted as an arbitrator in several pre-moots in the 28th Vis Moot Competition.

Ms Deniz Yilmaz

I have currently finished my LLM in the course of Information Technologies and Intellectual Property Law in University of East Anglia(UEA). After completing my undergraduate degree in Law in Turkey, I did my 1-year legal mandatory training working as a legal intern in a law firm specialising in personal data protection and contracts law. After finishing my legal training I started practising as a licensed lawyer in Turkey. I am currently working in Fairwearther Law in the UK as a conveyancing assistant. During my studies in UEA, I was in the Vis Moot team as a participant in the 29th Vis Moot. As a team we have attended several pre-moots alongside the official moot. I was an oralist for the claimant in my team. I had a great experience last year and I have decided to participate as an arbitrator this year.

Mr Timo Ylikantola

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

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

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

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

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

Mr Abdelmoniem YOUSIF

I am a fourth year associate practicing international arbitration at a law firm in Vienna.
As a former participant of the Vis Moot, I look forward to meeting this year's participating students as an arbitrator. I am well acquainted with the competition and will do my best to ensure that the oral rounds are conducted fairly.

Ms RAPHAL YOUSIF

Raphal Yousif Jafaar , 24 years old. Participated as a team member and coach for the Iraqi International Commercial Arbitration team since 2017 to 2022.
Working as CO-FOUNDER SCORP GROUP is a company established in IRAQ and UK its online reputation management company and ADS.

Mr Ivan Yurevich

Ivan has about 3 years of experience in commercial and investment treaty arbitration and is currently pursuing his Master’s degree in International Dispute Resolution at Humboldt University of Berlin.

Mr Oleksandr Zablotskyi

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

Mr Jordan Zafirow

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

Dr Avi Zamir

Avi joined the Israel Bar Association in 1989. As a lawyer he engaged in various fields of Civil Law. He was appointed as a judge in 1998. He served at the Magistrate´s Court and the Tel Aviv District Court until his retirement in 2015, after 17 years on the bench. On both tribunals, he engaged in criminal and civil cases. Avi joined A. Gabrieli law firm in 2015 and has been involved in hundreds of civil mediation and arbitration proceedings since. He was a member of the International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA). Avi is currently a member of the International Bar Association (IBA) (mediation and arbitration committees). He holds LL.M (cum laude) from Tel Aviv University, Isreal - Northwestern University, USA joint public law program for senior executives and PhD (cum laude) from Pécs University, Hungary. Avi also teaches Constitutional and Administrative Law at Tel Aviv University.

Ms Agnieszka Zarowna

Agnieszka is an Associate in Hogan Lovells' International Arbitration Group in London, where she focuses her work on investment arbitration. Prior to joining Hogan Lovells, Agnieszka was an associate in a Warsaw-based law firm, representing clients in both international and domestic arbitrations, and serving as secretary to arbitral tribunals.
Agnieszka obtained her law degrees from the University of Warsaw, University of Poitiers and Harvard Law School. She is admitted to the New York bar and has completed her bar training in Poland.
While preparing her Ph.D. in public international law, she has been awarded scholarships and participated in various arbitration and public international law programs, including in The Hague, Paris, Düsseldorf and Milan. She has been successfully instructing student teams for the Willem C. Vis and FDI moot courts and she often serves as an arbitrator at these and various other competitions.

Mr Jonas Zaugg

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

Mr Moritz Zegowitz

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

Ms Eglė Zemlytė

Dr. Eglė Zemlytė is a lecturer at Private Law Department of the Law Faculty of Vilnius University. She teaches international commercial arbitration (in both Lithuanian and English) as well as law on civil procedure. Her research focuses on international arbitration, alternative dispute resolution and law on civil procedure. She is a co-author of the Commentary to the Law on Commercial Arbitration of the Republic of Lithuania and an author or co-author of various publications on arbitration and other dispute resolution methods. She has also been admitted to the bar of the Republic of Lithuania and has been practicing as the counsel in various arbitration and litigation cases for almost 15 years. She has represented Lithuanian and foreign companies in arbitration cases under various arbitration rules (SCC, ICC, LCIA, VCCA, UNCITRAL Rules) as well as in Lithuanian courts. Before joining a boutique law firm to focus on her career as an arbitrator she was an attorney-at-law at one of the biggest law firms in Lithuania. She regularly sits as arbitrator or chairs arbitrations under the rules of the Vilnius Court of Commercial Arbitration.

Mr Andrej Zerjal

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

Dr Tietie "Frank" Zhang

Dr Tietie “Frank” Zhang is a Senior Lecturer at the City Law School. Prior to joining City, he held the post of Lecturer in Corporate and Commercial Law at the University of Sheffield School of Law. Dr Zhang’s main research areas include international commercial arbitration, international trade law, and the Chinese legal system. He teaches on both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Dr Zhang received his law degrees from both China and the US. Before joining academia, he worked in a leading Chinese law firm in Beijing, practicing in the field of international commercial dispute resolution. Dr Zhang is a member of the Bars of the PRC and the State of New York.

Ms Valeria Zibareva

Participant of 27th and 28th Willem Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot from Higher School of Economics. Acting as a counsel in complex international commercial arbitration disputes in Tomashevskaya & Partners.

Mr Dominik Zilsdorf

After having participated in the 26th Vis Moot in 2018/2019 for the University of Bonn, Dominik Zilsdorf stayed involved in the moot community by becoming board member of the Bonn Moot Association. He then further expanded his knowledge in private international law and arbitration law by being student assistant at the Institute for Private International and Comparative Law in Bonn. In 2021/2022, Dominik Zilsdorf returned to the 29th Vis Moot as coach for the University of Bonn and worked as research assistant for litigation and arbitration at a law firm in Cologne from 2021-2023. He is currently writing his PhD thesis in the field of international commercial arbitration and is employed as research assistant at the Insititute of German and International Civil Procedure Law at the University of Bonn.

Ms Vanessa Zimmermann de Meireles

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

Ms Olga Zlotya

My name is Zlotya Olga.
I am a lawyer, managing partner of the law firm LCI Partner.
I successfully graduated from the Moscow Law Academy (Russia).

For more than 22 years I have been practicing law.
I'm strongly focusing on such areas such as: litigation, insurance law, construction law, transportation law, corporate law.

Mr Alessio Zolpi

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

Ms Mariana Zonari

Mrs Iva Zothova

Iva Zothova is an experienced Czech lawyer with more than 20 years of expertise. She has been advising international as well as domestic clients and investors on all aspects of M&A, such as due diligence, negotiations, transaction documentation drafting, acquisition financing, restructurings as well as corporate law in general.
Iva is currently a partner at Pierstone, Prague office, and previously practiced at Linklaters. Iva is focused primarily on Pierstone´s M&A practice, corporate law and governance, litigation, arbitration and administrative law.
Iva also teaches corporate compliance at an MBA program and participates as arbitrator at VIS Prague pre-moot.

Mr Tobias Zuberbühler

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

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

Mr Adly Zulfadhly Zulkefly

Adly graduated with a LLB (Hons) and Diploma in Syarie Legal Practice (DSLP) from International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). He was called to the Malaysian Bar and admitted to the roll of Advocates and Solicitors in March 2020. During these times, he was involved with mainly litigation and arbitration work. Adly subsequently undertook his pupilage at Azmi & Associates where he was trained to handle complex files. Furthermore, he has also acted as counsel for banks and government bodies in relation to construction disputes and other commercial claims. Adly was a member of, i.e., the IIUM Jessup Mooting Competition (2014), Novice Arbitration Mooting Competition (2015), 1st Pre-Moot Vis Arbitration Mooting Competition (2015) and Linklater’s Hong Kong Competition Law Mooting Competition (2018). His passion in advocacy led him to obtain a membership in the Moot Alumni Association of the Vis Moot which he has since served as Volunteering Arbitrator for the KL Pre-Moot , Vis East Moot and Vis Vienna Moot and Coach for university teams partaking in the Vis Moot Competition.
He is currently a working committee member of the Young Society for Construction Law Malaysia (YSCL) since 2020, a registered member of the Society for Construction Law Malaysia, a registered member of the Young Practitioners Group Asian International Arbitration Centre (YPG AIAC) since 2018, and a member (since November 2019) Asia Pacific representative (since January 2021) of the Young Practitioners Group of The Institute for Transnational Arbitration (Young ITA).

Mr Filippo Zuti Giachetti

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

Mr David Zwier

David Zwier is an associate attorney at Yoder Ainlay Ulmer & Buckingham, LLP. His diverse professional and personal backgrounds allow him to nimbly address both the legal and practical needs of clients. Before joining Yoder Ainlay, David was an attorney with Marcus & Shapira, LLP, a boutique litigation firm in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Prior to becoming an attorney, David served as an AmeriCorps fellow in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania through the Pittsburgh Urban Leadership Service Experience. In that capacity, he worked with the Oakland Planning and Development Corporation, a community-based nonprofit serving four Pittsburgh neighborhoods. He continued there for several years as a program manager before attending law school, gaining creative problem-solving skills ranging from emergency plumbing repairs to testimony at public hearings before City of Pittsburgh commissions, and donor engagement.

A native of the Dominican Republic, David has studied French and Arabic, and is fluent in Spanish.