Arbitrator Listing for 32nd Vis Moot

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.

Dr iur Alissa Palumbo Högger

Dr. Palumbo Högger is the founder of Legal-ease (legal-ease.ch), aimed at providing high quality English editing and instruction to legal academics and lawyers. She currently teaches Legal English at the University of Basel, Switzerland. Previously, she worked as a research assistant and post-doctoral assistant at the University of Basel, where her areas of focus were international commercial law and Anglo-American tort and contract law.
She participated in the 15th and 16th Vis Moots for Pace University, and has had the privilege of coaching many of the University of Basel Vis Moot teams since 2009. She is a Swiss-based American attorney, admitted to the bar in New York.

Ms Wanyan Pan Jiang

Wanyan is a Spanish qualified lawyer based in Madrid, Spain, specialising in commercial and corporate dispute resolution. Having faced the exhilarating challenges of the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot , she is well-acquainted with the thrill of the competition. She's not afraid to bring a little of that intensity to the Moot sessions, though she promises to do so with a smile.

Over the past two years, Wanyan has focused on coaching the Vis Moot team from her former university, using her experience to enhance the performance and skills of aspiring mooties. Her passion for the Vis Moot Competition drives her commitment to advancing the field of international commercial arbitration and supporting the growth of future legal professionals.

Ms Darya Panamarova

- Experiened international lawyer speaking German, English, Polish, Russian, Belarusian;
- Magister Legum;
- Presiding arbitrator at the Boston International Innovation Moot (2025);
- Judge at the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, Belarus national rounds (2022);
- One of the Best Oralist in the Moot Court Competition on European Convention on Human Rights for students of legal faculties of universities of the Republic of Belarus organized by the Council of Europe and the Belarusian State University in cooperation with COE Info Point in Minsk (2020);
- Vice-President for Marketing in ELSA Belarus (2018-2019);
- Representative of ELSA Belarus in legal faculties of universities in Minsk, JOEC (JUS OMNES|ERGA COGENS) coordinator (2017-2019).

Ms Anastasiia Panchak

In 2024, I graduated from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law with an LL.M. degree in International Law. At Pittsburgh Law School, I focused on international arbitration, including investor-state arbitration.
I participated in the 11th LL.M. International Commercial & Investment Arbitration Moot Court Competition, held in Washington, D.C., where my co-counsel and I made it to the semi-final, and I was awarded the Second Runner-Up Best Oralist Award.
Between 2022 and 2023, I worked as a Foreign Antitrust Associate at E+H Attorneys-at-Law (formerly Eisenberger & Herzog), a Tier 1 Austrian law firm.
From 2019 to 2022, I worked as an Antitrust Associate at Arzinger, a Tier 1 Ukrainian law firm.
Between 2017 and 2019, I worked as an Antitrust and Corporate and M&A Associate at Vasil Kisil & Partners, a Tier 2 Ukrainian law firm.
In Ukraine, I obtained a master's degree in law from the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. I obtained a bachelor's degree in law from the National University of "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”. In addition to a law degree, I hold a bachelor's degree in accounting and audit from the Vadym Hetman Kyiv National Economic University.
I speak Ukrainian, Russian, English, and German.

Ms SURABHI PANDEY

I am an India-qualified lawyer with over 6+ years of experience in domestic disputes. My primary area of practice is in energy laws. I have regularly appeared across multiple forums in India including the Supreme Court of India, the High Courts, the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity and the Electricity Regulatory Commissions where I represented both State and non-state entities. Additionally, I represent clients in domestic arbitration before arbitration tribunals and before the courts for appropriate relief under the relevant laws. Before my career in litigation, I was a law faculty at Amity Law School Delhi where I taught Family Law and International Trade Law.
This year I was a scholar at the Paris Arbitration Academy and am pursuing my master's (LL.M.) in International Commercial Arbitration Law from Stockholm University. I am also part of the research assistant team to work on the arbitral award project conducted by Wolters Kluwer and the Institute for Transnational Arbitration.

Mr Andrey Panov

Andrey is a partner at Denuo Law Firm, based in Dubai. He has over 14 years of experience representing his clients before Russian and foreign courts, as well before arbitral tribunals. Andrey regularly acts as lead counsel in his cases, and has conducted his own advocacy in numerous commercial, construction and investment arbitration cases under the ICC, SCC, LCIA, SIAC and ICAC Rules.

He has also advised his clients on litigation conducted in jurisdictions including England and Wales, Switzerland, Cyprus, Jersey, the British Virgin Islands and the Marshall Islands. In addition, Andrey sits as an arbitrator in domestic and international cases under various sets of rules, including the ICC.

Andrey is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb), the only non-partner member of the LCIA European Users’ Council, Member of the VIAC International Advisory Board, Member of the Board of the Arbitration Institute of the Finland Chamber of Commerce (FAI), Member of the Board of the Russian Arbitration Center. He is recognised in all major legal directories and is highlighted as “one of the top next-generation arbitrators” and “one of the most prominent Russian practitioners” in the field of international arbitration.

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.

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 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).

Mr Pavel Pěčonka

Pavel is a Junior Associate at the leading Czech law firm Skils (formerly the Prague office of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP), where he specializes in litigation and international arbitration. During his Master's studies at Masaryk University he participated in the Vis Moot competition as a member of the team and is currently a coach of the university team.

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).

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.

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.

Ms Jurgita Petkutė

Jurgita Petkutė is a partner at KNOETZL in Vienna. Jurgita specializes in international commercial and investment arbitration and 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 Maria Petrosyan

I am a skilled legal expert and licensed attorney with over five years of experience in legal consulting, court representation, and legislative drafting. I hav gained advanced knowledge in mediation and arbitration, specializing in alternative dispute resolution mechanisms. As a legal expert at the Center for Legislation Development of the Ministry of Justice of Armenia, I lead arbitration and mediation initiatives, contributing to the modernization of the legal framework.

As a former participant in the 2022 Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, I have gained firsthand experience in the competition, honing my expertise in international arbitration and commercial law.

Given my legal background and practical experience I would be honored to serve as an arbitrator for the Vis Moot competition.

Ms Nadine Pfiffner

Nadine Pfiffner is a senior 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 serves as arbitrator.

Ms Hai Nhu Pham

Trainee Lawyer at Walder Wyss, Switzerland

Mr Ivan Philippov

Ivan is an associate in the London office of Three Crowns LLP. He has extensive experience in advising States, State-owned entities, private corporations, and individuals in complex investor-State and commercial arbitrations under ICSID, ICSID Additional Facility, UNCITRAL, LCIA, SIAC and ICC rules. His practice spans a diverse range of industry sectors, with particular focus on oil and gas, mining, construction, transport, and financial services.

Ivan has acted on matters involving clients and projects across Latin America, South and Southeast Asia, Central Asia, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East.

Ivan previously completed an internship at the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce and a secondment at the Public International Law & Policy Group, where he provided legal advice to States navigating conflict and post-conflict transitions. He is also a member of the Steering Committee of Young Investment Treaty Forum, organised under the patronage of British Institute of International and Comparative Law.

Ivan is admitted to practice in England & Wales. He holds degrees in international law from MGIMO University and in international dispute resolution from Queen Mary University of London. He also completed his legal studies at the University of Law and BPP.

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.

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.

Ms Alice Pileggi

Currently passionate italian law student near graduation interested in all areas of ADR, in particular international arbitration.
Two years ago my experience as a mootie has enriched me as a person before as a future professional, giving me the chance to deal with different international realities, in a context like that of Vis Moot which is a truly successful melting pot experiment. Moreover, I believe that the side of contamination of different cultures continues to fascinate me, it's a way to establish deep connections and to work with realities that are very far from our daily lives. I like to challenge myself and "raise the bar."
I can't wait to meet new mooties and contribute to the success of this new edition of the Vis Moot!

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.

Professor Felipe Pizarro

Felipe Pizarro Tapia. Lawyer. LL.B. Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez. LL.M. Candidate at Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg. Professor of Introduction to Law and International Law.

Mr Jiri Platovsky

I am a 2013 Masaryk University (Brno, CZ) graduate and 2011/12 Vis Moot participant. I have been interested in International Private Law & International Arbitration since then.

Ms Nune Poghosyan

Nune is an attorney who is a professional with a strong academic background and practical experience in the field of commercial law. She has completed her Bachelor's degree in Law from Yerevan State University, followed by a Master's degree in Procedural Law and Advocacy. She is also a Licensed Attorney practicing in the field of civil law and litigation. During her academic studies she was the head of Student Scientific Society organizing conferences and meetings for students, managing the publication of scientific journals. She has successfully participated in international competitions including Jean-Pictet Competition and Jessup. She currently works as an In-house Council in the Construction Company Artcompany LLC handling a range of contractual and construction - related disputes.

Mr Nikolay Pokryshkin

Nikolay is a KK&P Trial Lawyers partner, who specializes in international commercial arbitration, resolution of corporate and commercial disputes, interim measures, as well as cases related to the recognition and enforcement of decisions of foreign state courts and international commercial arbitration awards.
Nikolay represents clients in Russian state courts of all instances, including the Supreme Court of Russian Federation, as well as in commercial arbitration (the ICAC, the SCC, the ICC).
Nikolay is recognised by authoritative international and Russian legal directories such as The GAR 100, The Legal 500, Chambers Global, Best Lawyers, Kommersant, and Pravo-300.
Nikolay is a listed arbitrator at the International Arbitration Court at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Kyrgyz Republic and at the Russian Arbitration Centre at the Russian Institute of Modern Arbitration.
Nikolay represented a client before the SCC in a dispute over the termination of a premium hotel management agreement. The successful recovery of lost profits over the next 40 years of contract execution was especially valuable for the client in the context of parallel bankruptcy cases in Russia.

Yasin Yasin Polat

I am writing to express my strong interest in joining the Vis Moot Arbitrator Team. With over four years of legal practice in Turkey following my LL.B., I specialized in International Law and Legal Consultancy. My decision to move to Germany and pursue an LL.M. in International Dispute Resolution at Humboldt University has allowed me to deepen my expertise in arbitration and broaden my understanding of international legal frameworks.

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 and Team Lead at an international information technology company and fintech

Dr Kristijan Poljanec

Dr. Kristijan Poljanec is an assistant professor of EU market law, commercial and digital law at the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb. He has furthered his academic development at the Center for the Study of European Contract Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Amsterdam, the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Law at the Buchmann Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University, the Europa-Institut at Saarland University in Saarbrücken, the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg, the Center for Digital Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Geneva, and the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) in Rome. He is the author of a scientific monograph Legal Theory of Auction, Routledge, 2023. He is a member and president of the Commission for Commercial Law and Practice of the Croatian National Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce - ICC Croatia. He is national reporter for the Republic of Croatia on the project The Common Core of European Private Law: Contracts in the platform economy (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven). He is fluent in English, French, German, and Spanish.

Ms Lilian Pongrácz

I was born and raised in Hungary but I graduated law school in Munich, Germany in January 2023. I am also an internationally trained Mediator. At the moment I work in the Dispute Resolution/Arbitration Team of an international Law Firm in Düsseldorf.

Mr Vladimir Poshivalov

Mr. Vladimir Poshivalov is a legal professional specializing in international commercial arbitration and a Master’s candidate in the ICAL program at Stockholm University. Holding a legal qualification from Russia and fluent in English, he brings a cross-cultural perspective and over a year of practical experience in dispute resolution. He also participated in the 29th Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, further deepening his understanding of arbitration practice.

Passionate about arbitration involving sanctions, states and state entities, Vladimir Poshivalov is actively expanding his expertise and knowledge in the field

Mr Fabio Postiasi

Fabio Postiasi has been in DORDA's Dispute Resolution Team since January 2023. He specialises in international commercial arbitration and cross-border litigation as well as construction and plant engineering disputes. He has also published in these areas. During his time at DORDA, he has been involved in litigation and arbitration proceedings of all kinds as well as legal research and strategic thinking. He gained experience in arbitration both by working in arbitration proceedings on the plaintiff's and defendant's side and by assisting experienced arbitrators.
Before joining DORDA, Fabio Postiasi studied law at the University of Vienna, where he also took part in the Franz Zeiler Mootcourt for civil law. During his studies, he already gained practical experience at various renowned international law firms and the Vienna Startup Law Clinic. He also gained technical experience during his education in interior design and furniture construction as well as various internships with architects and structural engineering firms.

Mr Rutger Potter

Rutger Potter, participant of the Vis Moot with Erasmus University Rotterdam in 2010, was admitted to the Amsterdam Bar in 2011 and since 2011 Attorney at Law at De Breij Evers Boon, and specialises in Corporate-, Commercial Litigation and Arbitration (inquiry proceedings before the Enterprise Chamber of the Amsterdam Court of Appeal, proceedings concerning shareholders’ agreements, M&A transactions, and directors’ and officers’ liability, NAI and ICC Arbitrations) as well as in advising directors, shareholders and other stakeholders in situations of a deadlock, financial distress of a company.

Dr Jonas Prauß

Jonas works as an associate in the Corporate/M&A department of GLADE MICHEL WIRTZ in Düsseldorf. He advises German and international clients on M&A transactions and also represents them in post-M&A litigation proceedings.
Jonas participated in the Moot in 2013/14 for the University of Düsseldorf. Since then, he has regularly acted as an arbitrator during the annual moot court season.

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 is a partner with CMS Germany based in Berlin and Hong Kong. With over a decade of experience, Tom advises his clients in complex, multi-jurisdictional disputes involving a wide range of applicable laws. He primarily acts as counsel in international arbitration proceedings under all major arbitration rules. In addition, he advises on arbitration related court proceedings, transnational litigations and alternative dispute resolution proceedings and serves as arbitrator. Next to his private practice, Tom lectures and publishes on dispute resolution, international law, and legal tech subjects and is a director of the Humboldt Center for the Legal Profession.

Mrs Izabella Prusskaya-Bergougne

Izabella is an Arbitrator and disputes Counsel based in Monaco. She is qualified in England&Wales, Russia, State of New York and the BVI. Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law and Higher School of Economics 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 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 Karl Peter Puszkajler

Advocate (Rechtsanwalt in private pratice since 2023
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

Ms Ana Putkaradze

Dr Donikë Qerimi

Donikë Qerimi is a Professor of Private International Law at the University of Prishtina (Kosovo) . She has been coaching the University of Prishtina Vis Moot team for the last 13 years.
She has a PhD in Private International Law, with a specialty in jurisdiction in commercial matters, from Ghent University in Belgium. She earned her LLM degree at the University of Pittsburgh, USA, in the field international and comparative law.
She is an awardee of multiple international scholarships including the Basileus IV scholarship for her research at the Ghent University, the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law (Hamburg, Germany) scholarship for international researchers for her research at that Institute, University of Pittsburgh scholarship for her LLM studies and more.
Besides her academic work, she also serves as a legal expert and consultant for international and local organisations in policy making. She continuously serves as an external advisor to Kosovo institutions, including the President of the country and the Ministry of Justice.

Ms Lakshana R

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

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.

In 2022, I was awarded the LALIVE scholarship to pursue the LLM in international dispute settlement (MIDS) at Geneva, Switzerland. In 2023, I joined the international arbitration practice at Quinn Emanuel's London office.

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 Irena Radic Babic

Since 2018, I have been a Senior Teaching and Research Assistant at the University of Banja Luka, Faculty of Law. After graduating as the top student of my generation in 2013, I embarked on a two-year internship at the District Court of Banja Luka, later joining Addiko Bank Banja Luka as a debt collection associate for a few months. I am in the final year of my Ph.D. studies in Business and Economic Law at the University of Belgrade, where I previously earned my Master's in Business Law. In 2021, I enriched my research on "phoenix companies" and the abuse of limited liability during a 4-month research stay at Viena University of Economics and Business. I actively participated in international academic exchange programs, visiting the University of Cadiz and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 2022 through Erasmus+ teaching mobility programs. Besides my native Serbian, I am fluent in English and have a medium Spanish proficiency. Additionally, I have been training the University of Banja Luka's Vis Moot team for four years, managing international cooperation, and leading the Faculty of Law Debate team. In 2018, I launched my blog, rijecpravnika.org, a platform dedicated to analyzing legal issues and pertinent topics in Bosnia and Herzegovina's legal landscape.

Mr Maroof Rafique,

Maroof is a common-law qualified lawyer with a specialisation in commercial and investment arbitration and an LLM from the University of Cambridge.

Mr Rishabh Raj

Being Part of Vis 2024 in both regions as a participant, I truly admire and understand what it brings to students' lives. Since my initial College days, I have helped teams form arguments and understand research. I wish to share what I have learnt and learn more from all the amazing Minds at Vis 2025.

Regards,
Rishabh Raj
Email - adr.rishabh@gmail.com
Linkedin - www.linkedin.com/in/adrrishabh
Phone - (+91) 9480221165

Mr Sarthak Raj

Sarthak Raj was born in India and grew up bilingual. He is currently a Trade & Investment Lawyer with the Centre for Trade and Investment Law at the Department of Commerce, India. Previously he worked with the Construction Arbitration Team at MRP Advisory, Dubai, UAE. Prior to his journey as an arbitrator at VIS Moot he has participated and judged several moot court competitions, viz. Frankfurt, JESSUP, FDI Moot, STETSON IEMCC, etc.

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.

Mr Bautista Ramirez Giusti

Bautista is from Argentina. He works as a Case Manager at Arbat, A Law Corporation, a law firm based in California, US. He mostly handles business litigation and civil cases. He has also participated as a mootie in previous editions of the Vis and FDI Moot. Since 2024, he has participated as a coach of the National University of Rosario.

Mr Abhishek Rana

Abhishek is a practicing Advocate at the Supreme Court of India, and the High Court of Delhi, India. He has an avid interest and experience in Commercial disputes & Arbitration and has successfully represented Clients in various Commercial and Construction Arbitrations. Previous participations in the Twenty Fifth Vis Moot and Fourteenth Vis (East) Moot have positively influenced the area of practise undertaken by him. Abhishek has also received accreditation in International Commercial Arbitration during his first Law Degree.

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 Rekha Rangachari

https://nyiac.org/about/rekha-rangachari/

Mr Abdul Raouf

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

Ms Gayathri Manasa Rayaprolu

Ms. Gayathri is an Advocate enrolled with the Bar Council of India since 2015 and engaged as a Partner at Artha, Advocates and Legal Advisors. Since her enrollment with the Bar Council of India in 2015, she has been actively practicing core litigation before various Courts in India with expertise in handling contractual disputes, commercial disputes, arbitrations, insolvency and bankruptcy matters, mergers and acquisitions, administrative matters, consumer disputes, real estate disputes, data privacy violations, etc.

Mrs Katherine Raynal

I am the Executive Director of the soon-to-launch Chicago
International Arbitration Center (ChIAC). I also serve on
the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) roster
of arbitrators in Chicago. Prior to that, I was in-house
counsel for approximately 10 years, specialising in litigation
and arbitration management. I was also responsible for
employment policies and disputes, and I conducted internal
investigations resulting from alleged ethical violations.
I am currently enrolled in the ICC Advanced Arbitration
Academy in North America, 2023-2024. I hold an LLM in
Dispute Resolution from Pepperdine Straus Institute where I
participated in an international arbitration course in Geneva.
My JD degree was completed at Notre Dame Law School
where I spent one year in London studying international law. I
graduated with a BA in International Business Administration
from the American University of Paris.
I frequently participate in judging mediation and negotiation
competitions at the American Bar Association (ABA) in
Chicago. Most recently, in July of this year, I acted as an
Expert Assessor in the CDRC Vienna-IBA-VIAC Mediation
& Negotiation Competition and spoke on a panel about
the benefits of twinning arbitration and mediation as an
integrated approach to leverage the strengths of each
method to achieve a mutually beneficial outcome for
the parties.
This past September I took part in the Ciarb Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration. When I finish up in December, I will apply to the Fellowship (FCIArb).
I am a citizen of both the United States and Canada.
I currently practice in the common law jurisdiction in the
United States.

Mrs Katherine Raynal

I am the Executive Director of the soon-to-launch Chicago
International Arbitration Center (ChIAC). I also serve on
the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) roster
of arbitrators in Chicago. Prior to that, I was in-house
counsel for approximately 10 years, specialising in litigation
and arbitration management. I was also responsible for
employment policies and disputes, and I conducted internal
investigations resulting from alleged ethical violations.
I am currently enrolled in the ICC Advanced Arbitration
Academy in North America, 2023-2024. I hold an LLM in
Dispute Resolution from Pepperdine Straus Institute where I
participated in an international arbitration course in Geneva.
My JD degree was completed at Notre Dame Law School
where I spent one year in London studying international law. I
graduated with a BA in International Business Administration
from the American University of Paris.
I frequently participate in judging mediation and negotiation
competitions at the American Bar Association (ABA) in
Chicago. Most recently, in July of this year, I acted as an
Expert Assessor in the CDRC Vienna-IBA-VIAC Mediation
& Negotiation Competition and spoke on a panel about
the benefits of twinning arbitration and mediation as an
integrated approach to leverage the strengths of each
method to achieve a mutually beneficial outcome for
the parties.
I am a citizen of both the United States and Canada.

Ms Lucy Reed

Currently Independent Arbitrator, Arbitration Chambers; President, Singapore International Arbitration Centre Court; Member of the Board of the Register for Damages Caused by the Aggression of the Russian Federation Against Ukraine. Formerly partner and head of global international arbitration group, Freshfields (New York, Hong Kong, Singapore); Professor and Director, Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore; President, ICCA; Vice-President, ICC Court; Chair, Institute for Transnational Arbitration; Co-Director, Claims Resolution Tribunal for Dormant Swiss Bank Accounts in Switzerland; United States Agent to the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal; President, American Society of International Law.

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.

Mrs Christiane Reis

Christiane Reis is currently the Assistant Director for the International Graduate Law Programs at University of Miami School of Law. She is also a Brazilian lawyer and graduated from Pontifical Universidade Catolica de São Paulo, Class 2006. Christiane is also an alumna of Miami Law’s J.D./International Arbitration LL.M. Joint Degree Program, Class 2020.

Mr Guilherme Reisdorfer

Guilherme F. Dias Reisdorfer is an arbitrator and a lawyer with experience in advisory roles and in judicial and arbitral litigation involving public procurement and government contracts, infrastructure projects, and regulated sectors (highways, railways, ports, airports, and basic sanitation). Reisdorfer holds a doctorate in Public Law from Universidade de São Paulo (USP) and is a partner at Siqueira Castro Law Firm (São Paulo - Brazil).

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 Edward Rensmann

Edward Rensmann is a lawyer with Hanefeld Rechtsanwaelte in Hamburg, Germany. Hanefeld is a boutique law firm specialising in Dispute Resolution with a particular focus on International Arbitration and Litigation with offices in Hamburg and Paris.

Edward studied at the University of Muenster and holds a doctorate from the University of Cologne in the field of international commercial arbitration. He completed his legal traineeship working inter alia at the German Federal Ministry of Finance, the European Commission in Brussels and the German Embassy in Washington, D.C. Prior to joining Hanefeld, Edward worked as a research assistant at various reputable law firms in Hamburg and at the chair for international commercial law at the University of Muenster.

Ms Julia Richter

Julia Richter participated in the Vis Moot as a student and coached the second runner up winner of the 27. Vis Moot, the team from the University of Hamburg. She holds a degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science in International Business Law. Ms Richter worked for the litigation and arbitration team at Latham & Watkins Hamburg and for the arbitrators Jan Spangenberg and Simon Manner. Currently, she is working at the Kirkland & Ellis Mooting Center at Bucerius Law School and is pursuing her PhD.

Mr Tomáš Richter

Tomáš Richter practises law at JŠK, advokátní kancelář in Prague. He graduated from Charles University Law School in 1994, received his LL.M. from the Central European University in 1996, and Ph.D. (2002) from the Masaryk University Law School. Between 2011 and 2014, he held the Chair in Cross-Border Corporate Insolvency Law at the Radboud University Nijmegen Law School. In 2018, he completed habilitation proceedings at the Prague School of Economics.

He specializes in corporate distress and insolvency and in resolution of disputes arising from them, as well as in commercial arbitration. He served as the Chair of INSOL Europe's Academic Forum and member of the Board of Directors of the International Insolvency Institute. He also serves on the group of private experts with whom the EU Commission consulted on its proposals of the Recast European Insolvency Regulation 2015/848 and the EU Restructuring Directive 2019/1023.

He has taken seats as arbitrator since 2004.

Dr Petra Rihar

Petra Rihar is Arbitrator and Counsel at RIHAR & THOUVENIN DISPUTE RESOLUTION 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.

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 Ann Ryan Robertson

Ann Ryan Robertson C.Arb FCIArb, was the 2021 global President of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and served as the Chair of the ICDR Rules Revision Committee responsible for the 2021 ICDR Mediation and Arbitration Rules. Counsel in Troutman Pepper Locke’s Houston office, Ann is an experienced chair, party appointed, sole and emergency arbitrator and is listed on the rosters of the major arbitral institutions. A recipient of many awards and honors, the United States Department of Trade selected Ann as one of ten arbitrators appointed by the United States to serve as a dispute settlement panelist pursuant to Chapter 31 of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). Named to Global Arbitration Review’s “Who’s Who Legal: Arbitration” since 2015, in 2024, WWL has designated Ann as a “WWL Thought Leader: Arbitration,” individuals “worthy of special mention owing not only to their vast expertise and experience . . . but also their ability to innovate and inspire.” She has also been recognized by “The Best Lawyers in America, International Arbitration/Governmental” since 2014. Ann is frequent author and speaker on arbitration issues, an adjunct professor at the University of Houston Law Center and for eighteen years coached the Law Center’s Vis Moot team

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

Ms Gabriela Rodriguez

Gabriela Rodriguez is an associate at Gross Brown law firm and a Paraguayan qualified lawyer graduated from the LL.M. In International Dispute Settlement (MIDS), with more than five years of experience in domestic and international arbitration as well as in civil and administrative litigation. Before the MIDS, she was part of the International Law and Arbitration Unit of the State Attorney-General’s Office of Paraguay, where she was a member of the negotiation team regarding Bilateral Investment Treaties wherein Paraguay is a party, and part of the Paraguayan delegation before the UNCITRAL Working Group III ISDS Reform.

Ms Robin Rodriguez

I am a former Vis Moot participant (2023 and 2024), and a current LLM candidate studying international commercial arbitration law at Stockholm University. I am an attorney barred in Florida, USA, and currently work as a research assistant for Kluwer Arbitration.

Mr Narem Roel

Peruvian Bachelor in Laws with expertise in Administrative Law, Public Private Partnerships and Arbitrarion. Director of the Department of International Business and Commercial Law of the Chamber of Commerce and Culture of Belgium and Luxembourg in Perú. Member of the WAPPP Academic, Dispute Resolution, and Latin America chapters.

Mr Louis Roer

Since 2024
Research Assistant at the chair of Prof. Dr. Christian Koller, Department of Civil Procedure, University of Vienna
2021–2024
Research Assistant and Doctoral candidate at the chair of Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Thomas Pfeiffer, Institute for Comparative Law, the Conflict of Laws and International business law within the International Max Planck Research School for Successful Dispute Resolution in International Law (IMPRS-SDR), Vis Moot Coach (29th and 30th Vis Moot)
2021
First State Examination in Heidelberg
2017 - 2018
Participant in the 25. Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot for Heidelberg University
2017 - 2021
Student Assistant at the chair of Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Thomas Pfeiffer, Institute for Comparative Law, the Conflict of Laws and International business law
2016 - 2021
Law School, Heidelberg University

Professor Catherine Rogers

Catherine A. Rogers is a professor at Penn State Law and Queen Mary, University of London, where she is also Co-Director of the Institute on Ethics & Regulation. Her scholarship focuses on the convergence of the public and private in international adjudication, and on the reconceptualization of the attorney as a global actor. Professor Rogers is a Reporter for the American Law Institute’s Restatement of the U.S. Law (Third) of International Commercial Arbitration, one of the ICC Palestine’s delegated members of the Court of Arbitration for the Jerusalem Arbitration Center, and co-chair, together with William W. “Rusty” Park, of the ICCA-Queen Mary Task Force on Third-Party Funding in International Arbitration. She is the president and founder of Arbitrator Intelligence, a non-profit entity aiming to increase transparency, fairness, and accountability in the arbitrator selection process. Her book, Ethics in International Arbitration, was recently published by Oxford University Press.

MS Nazareth Romero, FCIArb

Partner Ovoli Frugoni Romero-Arbitration Litigation. FCIArb, Madrid Bar Lawyer and CCBE, 1990. Chair Iberian Chapter CIArb EU Branch, Member Committee Board European Branch CIArb. CIArb representative member at MCSN – EUIPO. Co-President Arbitration Section ICAM. ArbitralWomen. Director Arbitration at International Institute Mediation Arbitration on Transport - IIMAT.
She focuses her practice on international arbitration and litigation as well as International commercial and investment law. She acted as Arbitrator and Counsel in different domestic and international arbitrations involving commercial or investment disputes regarding: construction, distribution, energy, franchising, leasing, banking, telecommunications, sports, environmental liability disputes, life sciences, intellectual property rights on Spain Arbitration rules, ICC, UNCITRAL, TAS, PCA rules, other ad hoc appointments.
Arbitrator and TSD Expert European Commission and Civil Expert External European Commission: DG Justice and Home Affairs.
Arbitrator at: Arbitration Court ICAM. Spanish Arbitration Court Chamber Commerce. Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration (SCIA) . VIAC. AIAC. LCIA. Milan Chamber Commerce. Madrid Chamber Commerce. Barcelona Arbitration Court TAB. World Intellectual Property - WIPO also Mediator. Sports Entertainment Industry- AEADE. CAE Círculo Arbitraje Estado Perú. Expert ADR at Morocco – Spanish Legal Forum Association. Real – State Madrid Arbitration Court. Mediator AOH Mediadores, Mediation Chamber Madrid Spain. Fluent on Spanish, English, Italian and speaks German, French and Portuguese.

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

Mr Jurijs Georgs Rusakovs

For three years I have worked in the one of the biggest law firms in Baltics "COBALT", where I was Junior Associate in Banking and Finance and Dispute resolution team. After finishing my masters studies at University of Latvia, right now I am pursuing LL.M. degree at Stockholm University. Before studies at Stockholm University, I worked also as national law journal "Jurista Vārds" editor. Besides professional activities, I have been president of ELSA Latvia.

During studies, I have participated twice in Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot (2021-2022; 2023-2024), where our team demonstrated good performance in various pre-moots and rounds in Vienna. Also, I participated in Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition moot (2022-2023), and our team won Baltic rounds (received award as the best oralist) and proceeded to the General rounds in Washington D.C.

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

Mr Jiri Rydl

Jiri participated in the 28th and 29th Vis Moot, where he learned everything there is about viral vectors and palm oil. Together with his colleagues from the Charles University team, they earned several honorable mentions for their written memoranda, both for Claimant and Respondent. After completing his Vis Moot journey, Jiri transitioned to real-life arbitration, currently working as a junior associate at BBH Law Firm in Prague, Czechia specialising in both international and domestic arbitration, and litigation. Despite graduating, Jiri has never forgotten the wonderful experiences Vis Moot provided him. Thus, following a short gap year, he decided to return as a coach of his old team.

Mr Viktor Saavola

Viktor Saavola is a Senior Associate at Hannes Snellman Attorneys Ltd, focusing on both domestic and international commercial arbitration and litigation. He is a former mootie, having participated in the 25th Vis Moot with the team of the University of Helsinki.

Ms Sanjana Sachdev

Sanjana is an Indian-qualified lawyer having experience in dispute resolution and arbitration (domestic and international) and is currently an LLM Candidate at Sciences Po Law School, Paris. Before joining the TADS LLM at Sciences Po, she worked with a full-service law firm in New Delhi and independent arbitration practitioners and has handled various arbitrations and civil litigations for companies in different sectors. She has also represented clients in the construction and infrastructure sector in resolving high-stake disputes in ad-hoc and institutional arbitration. Sanjana has represented her university in various national and international moot court competitions including the IBA-ICC Moot 2021 and the 29th Vis Moot. Sanjana is actively involved with various global organizations like the Moot Alumni Association (MAA) of the Vis Moot as a Co-Chair for the Conferences (Hong Kong) and as a Podcast Host with the Paris Baby Arbitration (PBA). She frequently coaches teams for various domestic and international moots, trial advocacy competitions, mediation and negotiation competitions, client counselling competitions and is now actively associated with the Vis Moot community as an arbitrator and coach. This year, Sanjana is coaching the team representing SciencesPo Law School, Paris for the 32nd Edition of the Vis Moot.

Mr Rakesh Kumar Sahu

I am currently pursuing my Master’s in International Commercial Arbitration Law (ICAL) at Stockholm University. Prior to this, I worked as a disputes lawyer in India, focusing on arbitration and insolvency matters before various courts. After a year of practice, I transitioned to an in-house counsel role at a coal mining company, where I managed contract interpretation, commercial leasing, compliance, and dispute resolution for high-value Government mining projects. During my undergraduate studies, I competed in prominent moot court competitions, including the 59th Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition 2018 and the Herbert Smith Freehills Competition Law Moot 2020. I also volunteered as a judge in the National rounds of the Philip C. Jessup Moot Court Competition in 2022 and 2023. My academic contributions include research articles published in international journals such as the Trinity College Law Review, Young Arbitration Review, and the Russian Arbitration Association Journal, addressing complex issues in international arbitration. Furthermore, I have contributed to the European Competition Law Review and various Indian journals on corporate and commercial law.

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 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 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.

Ms Sofiia Saltynska

Sofiia is an LLM candidate in International Commercial Arbitration at Stockholm University, building upon her LLB from Taras Shevchenko University Kyiv with a focus on international law. Her practical experience includes participation in the 2024 Frankfurt Investment Arbitration Moot Court and FDI Moot, where she developed extensive knowledge of investor-state dispute resolution and public international law.

Mr Yashraj Samant

Yashraj Samant is a practicing advocate from India specializing in dispute resolution, international arbitration and mediation. He is former Chair of the Conferences & Events Team ofthe Moot Alumni Association (MAA) [2020-2024] 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, including the Willem C. Vis Moot since 2019.

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.

Prof Praveen Sandhu

Praveen is a distinguished professional in the field of arbitration and mediation. She is the founder of Ekaas Resolve, where she currently serves as an arbitrator and mediator. While her primary base is in Canada, her practice extends internationally.

In addition to her work in alternative dispute resolution, Praveen is a dedicated educator. She imparts her expertise as a Professor of Business Law at the University of British Columbia, Sauder School of Business.

Praveen's journey into the world of arbitration and mediation was inspired by years of experience in commercial litigation. While she cherished the excitement of the courtroom, she made a deliberate shift. Praveen pursued advanced education at the University of California, Berkeley, obtained several affiliations on a global scale, and established Ekaas Resolve.

Recognized for her entrepreneurial spirit, exceptional negotiation skills, and keen business acumen, Praveen is fluent in English, French, and Punjabi, and has a working knowledge of Hindi.

On a personal note, she finds immense joy in meditation and yoga, is an avid fitness enthusiast, and embraces the wonders of travel. India holds a special place in her heart, and living in Paris, France for three years was one of her most enriching life experiences.

Mr Ankit Sanghvi

Ankit Sanghvi completed his LLB (Hons) at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth in 2009 and is a Barrister-At-Law, having qualified from The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn, London. He also holds a Master of Science (MSc) in Construction Law and Dispute Resolution from King’s College London. Ankit has been in active legal practice as an advocate and solicitor in Malaysia with more than 10 years of experience. He is currently a partner of Halim Hong & Quek, a leading law firm in Malaysia and a member firm of Andersen Global, where he heads the construction disputes sub-practice group. He regularly handles significant briefs involving energy projects, engineering projects and infrastructure projects for both domestic and multinational clients across various jurisdictions as lead counsel at all levels of the Malaysian Courts. Ankit’s experience also includes, mediation, adjudication, arbitration, expert determination and early neutral evaluation, amongst others.

Ankit is an empaneled adjudicator with the Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC) where he is regularly appointed as an adjudicator to determine construction disputes under the Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act 2012 in Malaysia. Ankit is also a Member of the Society of Construction Law (SCL), Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), former committee member of the IT, Innovation and Future in Technology Committee of the Malaysian Bar, Member of the AIAC’s, Young Practitioner’s Group, Member of the ASEAN Law Association and a Member of EUROCHAM Malaysia (formerly known as the EU-Malaysia Chamber of Commerce and Industry), Fellow of the Asian Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution (AIADR) and the former chairperson of the Membership Development Committee of the AIADR.

Ankit is also a Contributing Author and on the Editorial Board of the recently published book titled “Standard Form of Building Contracts Compared” a Lexis Nexis publication authored by Prof. Sundra Rajoo, the current serving director of the AIAC. The book ventures into a detailed comparative analysis of the PAM Standard Form 2018 with the AIAC (2019), IEM (2017), CIDB (2000), PWD 203A as well as other standard forms such as the FIDIC Red Book (2017) and JCT (2016).

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.

Ms Angela Santuliana

Angela is a recent law graduate from the University of Trieste. She specialises in private comparative law, particularly in comparative tort law. As a former mootie from the 30th edition, she has since been involved as a coach and arbitrator. She has attended numerous conferences and courses in international arbitration ever since.
Other than her master’s degree in law, Angela also holds a bachelor’s degree in legal translation and interpreting.

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.

Engr Mohsin Sardar

Engr. Mohsin Sardar is a Professional Engineer and Arbitrator at 92 Lex Pakistan. He has a vast experience of around 10 years in project management and dispute resolution specifically Arbitration and Negotiation.

Ms Bengi Sargin

In 2016, she graduated from Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Faculty of Law with degree (3,01/4,00). In September 2016, she was accepted to Master of Laws programme at Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Institute of Social Sciences, Department of Private Law. She graduated in 2019, with distinction (3,94/4,00). As master dissertation, she wrote “Protection of Television Programme Formats with Foreign Element” supervised by Prof. Dr. Musa AYGÜL. Between June 2019-July 2019 she got a scholarship from German Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst- DAAD) and she participated intensive German language courses at Humboldt University of Berlin. In September 2019, she was accepted to PhD programme Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Institute of Social Sciences, Department of Private Law. She is PhD candidate She conducted her doctoral researches as visiting scholar at Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich within the scholarship provided by Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey. Since 2018, she is working as Research Assistant at Yozgat Bozok University, Faculty of Law, Department of Private International Law. She speaks Turkish, English, German, Greek and Hungarian.

Prof Geneviève Saumier

Geneviève Saumier is Dean and Full Professor at the Faculty of Law of the Université de Montréal. Prior to that appointment in 2024, she was 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 acted as an arbitrator at the Vis Moot in Vienna since 2011.

Ms Miranda Saunamäki

Miranda Saunamäki is admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales and currently practices at Busse Disputes, a boutique international arbitration firm in Frankfurt, Germany. She completed her undergraduate studies at King’s College London as a Dickson Poon scholar, during which she participated in the 27th Vis Moot in April 2020. Afterwards, she obtained the BCL at Lincoln College, University of Oxford, during which she continued coaching the Vis Moot team at King's College London. As part of her legal training, Miranda Saunamäki worked in the international disputes, finance and technology practices of a “Magic-Circle” firm, dividing her time between the London and Munich offices. She also completed an additional LL.M. in business law as part of her English qualification process.

Miranda Saunamäki speaks English, German, Swedish and Finnish (as well as conversational French). Her legal practice focuses on contractual disputes in the energy, technology and construction sectors, as well as on international investment arbitration.

Mr Pierre-Olivier Savoie

Pierre-Olivier is the founding partner of Savoie Arbitration, a boutique dispute resolution firm based in Paris and established in 2016. He has acted as counsel in over 30 investment treaty disputes, both for states and investors, and over the past eight years has acted as lead counsel in 9 such cases. He often sits as arbitrator in commercial cases, notably at the ICC, and has also sat as panelist in international state-to-state trade disputes. He acts as counsel in commercial arbitrations and also has extensive experience in enforcement proceedings of international arbitral awards before French courts. He is called to the bars of Paris, Ontario and New York, and was educated in civil and common law at McGill. Pierre-Olivier also clerked at the Supreme Court of Canada and at the ICJ.

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 Daniel Schellenberg

Daniel participated in the 26th Vis Moot (2018/2019) in both Vienna and Hong Kong as a member of the Frankfurt Team. He is currently pursuing his PhD and working as a Research Assistant at Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany. Daniel graduated from Goethe University in 2022 with a specialization in commercial and corporate law. During his studies, he interned in the Department of International Procedural Law and Arbitration at the German Federal Ministry of Justice in Berlin. Additionally, Daniel has gained arbitration expertise by serving as an arbitrator for the 30th and 31st Vis Moot competitions and the Berlin Pre-Moot for the 27th Vis Moot.

Dr Niels Schiersing

Dr Niels Schiersing (born in 1960 and a national of the Kingdom of Denmark) is dual qualified and admitted to practice law in Denmark (advocate) and in England & Wales (solicitor), giving him profound and in-depth knowledge of civil law and common law principles alike.
He holds the degree of Dr. Jur. (Doctor Juris), which is, inter alia, equivalent to Dr. Habil. (Doctor Habilitatus).
Dr Schiersing specialises in (comparative) contract law, i.e. the formation, construction/interpretation, adaption, performance, termination and breach of contract, including the principles for calculation and determination of damages, with a wide application regarding industries and sectors and in both a common law and a civil law context.
Dr Schiersing has been appointed as arbitrator, often sole arbitrator or presiding arbitrator/chairperson, as well as emergency arbitrator, by e.g. ICC, LCIA, SIAC, SCC, DIAC, KCAB, HKIAC, AFSA, FAI and DIA. Also, he is sitting arbitrator in various ad hoc arbitrations, including under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules.
As an arbitrator, Dr Schiersing mostly divides his time between Europe, Asia (including the Middle East) and Africa, with offices in London, Dubai, Hong Kong and Singapore. He resides in the UAE.

Mr Michael A. Schifferli

Michael is a partner with Wenger Plattner Attorneys in Zurich, Switzerland. He mainly represents small to mid-size firms and individuals in commercial disputes before state courts and arbitral tribunals. In addition, Michael advises Private Clients on estate planning and dealing with banks. In this context, Michael has experience dealing with foundation structures and the law of associations. In his fields of expertise, Michael has acted as tribunal secretary and sits as arbitrator.

Michael participated in the 22nd Vis Moot and has coached the University of Berne's Vis Moot team for the 23rd, 24th, 25th and 26th Moot. He has continued his involvement with the Vis Moot as a volunteer arbitrator. He regularly speaks and publishes in his fields of expertise and is an active member of the international association of young lawyers (AIJA).

MLaw Marzia Schilleci

Marzia Schilleci is a Swiss-trained attorney. Her practice focuses on dispute resolution. She specializes in advising and representing both companies and private individuals in complex national and cross-border commercial arbitration and litigation.

Marzia Schilleci holds a Bachelor degree from the University of Zurich and a Master degree in the bilingual Joint-Degree Programme of the Universities of Lausanne and Zurich (French and German). After graduating summa cum laude, Marzia Schilleci worked as law clerk for the president of the trial court of Meilen (Zurich). She was admitted to the Swiss bar in 2019. Since then, she is an associate in the dispute resolution team of CMS Zurich.

Marzia Schilleci is currently on unpaid leave, pursuing an LL.M. degree at Georgetown University as an International Arbitration Scholar, a Merit Scholar and a Kronstein Scholar that she will complete in summer '23.

Mr Jan Schiprowski

Jan Schiprowski completed his studies in July 2022 and is qualified to practice law since November 2024. Since August 2022, he works as a research assistant at the
Chair of Civil Law, Private International Law and Comparative Law at the University
of Passau, preparing to do his PhD.
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, expanded his expertise in the field of
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.

Ms Sabrine Schnyder

Sabrine Schnyder is an independent arbitrator and solo practitioner in Zurich and Geneva, Switzerland. With 10 years experience in the field of international dispute resolution (both as counsel and arbitrator), she represents clients before major arbitral institutions and national courts. Her focus lies in finding pragmatic solutions for her clients and resolve disputes in the most efficient manner. She has a vast experience in complex cross-border contractual disputes and gained additional knowledge in data protection, art law, patent law, IP and technology law over the years. She regularly advises clients from the pharma, MedTech, FemTech, art, technology, renewable energy, semi-conductor and luxury sector. She is Swiss qualified and fluent in English, German and French.

After participating in the Vis Moot for the Team of the University of Lucerne in 2007/2008 and coaching the Team of the University of Geneva in 2008/2009, Sabrine is regularly returning to Vienna as an arbitrator .

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.

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).

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.

Ms Margaretha Schulz

Margaretha Schulz is one of the Coaches of the University of Bern Team. She is working as a junior associate at Pestalozzi Attorneys at Law in Zurich, Switzerland, where she is a member of the Corporate / M&A and Litigation & Arbitration practice groups.

Ms Silke Schusser

Silke Schusser is a PhD Research Fellow at the Department of Civil Procedure Law at the University of Vienna. She holds an Austrian Law Degree (Mag.iur.) and has participated in the 29th edition of the Vis Moot and the 19th Vis East Moot. Throughout her law studies, she has put a focus on all fields of Dispute Resolution, especially Arbitration and has worked in several law firms focusing on Litigation and Arbitration.

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 Sophie Schwarz

I am a German trained lawyer. After graduating from Martin-Luther University of Halle (Wittenberg) in 2019, I worked in several law firms as a trainee and research assistant. In 2021, I obtained my LL.M. from University of Miami in International Arbitration. From 2022 to 2024, I did my legal clerkship and Second State Exam in Düsseldorf, North-Rhine Westphalia. Since 2024, I am working as an attorney in the litigation and arbitration department of RSM Ebner Stolz in Hamburg.

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 Mariana Scofano Martins

My name is Mariana Scofano and I am a Brazilian lawyer. I hold a law degree from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, where I graduated in July 2023. I work as a lawyer in the dispute resolution practice (litigation and arbitration) at Mattos Filho in Rio de Janeiro. I first joined the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro's Willem C. Vis Moot team in 2022 for the 30th Vis Moot, where I performed as an oralist in both general and elimination rounds. Since 2023, I have been coaching the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro's team.

Mr Jakob Secklehner

I have a rich background in international law, starting with my active participation in the 24th Vis Moot and later as coach of the University of Graz team for the 25th and 26th Vis Moot. My professional background includes a stint at a leading law firm in Vienna, where I deepened my expertise in arbitration. Academically, I hold a Mag. Iur. and an MSc in International Economics and I am pursuing a PhD in Law at the University of Vienna, where I also gained extensive teaching and research experience.

I currently work as in-house counsel at FINcredible GmbH, an Austrian AISP fintech company, specializing in data protection, regulatory and IT law. I also work as an administrative secretary in international commercial arbitration 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.

Ms Lisa Seeger

Lisa Seeger studied law with additional qualifications in economics at the University of Bayreuth. After graduating in 2022, she started working as a research assistant at the Chair of Civil Law, German and International Civil Procedure Law. Besides, she is currently working on her doctoral thesis in the field of arbitration law. She coached the teams of the University of Bayreuth for the 30th and 31st Vis Moot.

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).

Mr Vladyslav Semerynskyi

Vladyslav Semerynskyi is an associate in the International Dispute Resolution Practice Group. He specialises in international commercial arbitration, investment treaty arbitration and domestic litigation in Poland. Vlad represents clients in disputes across various sectors, including construction, aerospace, commodities, energy, transportation and sports.
Vlad advises Ukrainian- and Russian-speaking clients on a variety of matters related to their business activities in Europe, with a particular focus on operations in Poland. His multilingual proficiency and understanding of the region enable him to provide tailored and effective legal solutions.

Mr Marco Seregni

I am an Italian and New York qualified lawyer practising international arbitration (commercial and investment), public international law and human rights law at Withers in London. Before joining Withers, I spent some time working at arbitral institutions (the ICC in Paris and the Milan Chamber of Arbitration) and four years working in commercial arbitration in an Italian firm. I have a degree in law from Bocconi University (cum laude) and an LLM in International Legal Studies from New York University. I was a mootie in the 25th VIS Moot representing Bocconi University, have coached Bocconi University for a few years after that and still am a big mootie enthusiast!

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 Mohammad Ismail Shahid

Mr. Ismail Shahid is Partner Global Affairs of Lex Ferghana. He holds LLM and LLB (Hons.) degrees from International Islamic University, Islamabad. His areas of expertise are Corporate, Banking, Financial Institution, Insurance, Employment and Aviation. Mr. Shahid advises different multinational companies in Afghanistan.
Mr. Ismail is a licensed advocate from Afghanistan Independent Bar Association and Bar of other Countries beside membership of International Bar Association in London.
Mr. Ismail is lecturer at faculty of Law in Salam University Kabul, he has been teaching different law subjects since 2014.
Mr. Ismail participated in many international legal conferences on commercial, corporate, Alternative Dispute Resolution and Commercial Arbitration in Turkey, UAE, Georgia, Russia, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Bahrain, Srilanka, Maldives and Cyprus.
Mr. Ismail is member of ADR Commission of ICC- Afghanistan, and Arbitrator in Afghanistan Center for Commercial Dispute Resolution. Further Mr. Shahid is Member of Charter Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb).
Mr. Ismail is arbitrating national Vis moots in Afghanistan and he was as arbitrator in Pre-Moot Bahrian for two years and Malaysia and East Moot Hong Kong and national moot in Sri Lanka.
Mr Shahid is member of Chartered Institute of Arbitators

Ms Ernesa Shala

Ernesa Shala is an LL.M student at the Human Rights Program- University of Vienna as a Young Cell Scheme scholar and completed her bachelors from University of Prishtina. She has participated in the Willem C. Vis Moot on 2022.

Ms Sophia Shang

Sophia Shang is currently a law student at the University of Münster with a specialization in European Law and the interface between law and economics.
She participated in the Vis Moot in 2020/2021 and advanced to the finals of the Vis East Moot with her team. Moreover, she was an intern at several international law firms and the European Parliament.

Dr Eunice Shang-Simpson

Dual qualified in Ghana and the UK, Eunice is a Solicitor-Advocate, and an International Arbitrator and Mediator. She is a Lecturer/Practitioner in Law at Canterbury Christ Church University. Eunice is a former Specialist Crown Prosecutor and Seconded National Expert to the UK Desk at Eurojust in the Hague, and a frequent Arbitrator at the annual Vis Moot in Vienna. She is also the Chair of the International Committee of the Law Society of England & Wales and Vice President of the Kent Law Society.

A Member of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Africa Commission representing Ghana, Eunice was recently appointed as a Member to the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR.

Passionate about helping women and girls reach their full potential, Eunice is an Alumni Mentor of the Cherie Blair Foundation Mentoring Women in Business Programme, which matches women in middle income countries with mentors around the world, a Trustee of the Arbitration Fund for African Students and a Director of Golden Age School, a Junior High School in Ghana. She has recently completed a PhD which focused on International Investment Agreements and ISDS, using Ghana as a Case Study

Ms Roxana A. P. Sharifi

Dear Vis Moot Team.

I am an arbitration practitioner in Switzerland and have participated myself in the moot court in 2015/2016. Since then I have supported the Frankfurt team. I have also said as arbitrator in pre-mood at CMS Switzerland and look forward to Vienna! Below is my bio:

Roxana Sharifi is a lawyer and member of the Artificial Intelligence Task Force at CMS Zurich. Her practice focuses on litigation before state courts and international arbitration tribunals as well as insolvency, bankruptcy and restructuring law. She also advises on corporate matters. Her knowledge of Swiss and German law gives her particular expertise in handling cross-border cases.

She completed her traineeship at CMS Zurich, having previously gained over five years' experience at one of the leading commercial law firms in Germany. She spent several months at the World Bank in Washington D.C. and at the Chamber of Commerce in Copenhagen, where she developed a keen interest in entrepreneurial solutions.

Her strong interest in artificial intelligence and technology drives her work. She develops use cases and workflows for AI-based solutions and conducts training sessions. She also applies her expertise in negotiating according to the Harvard Method in her work.

She graduated with distinction and regularly publishes on various legal topics. She is a member of the Frankfurt Bar and is authorised to represent clients in Switzerland under her original professional title pursuant to Art. 28 BGFA.

In addition to my practical experience, I have authored a few publications, including an article for Kluwer Arbitration Blog. I hope that my commitment to the field of arbitration and my experience make me a qualified candidate to serve as an arbitrator for the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot.

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.

Ms Susanna Shepherd

Future Trainee Solicitor at Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP (London). One and a half years of experience working in international arbitration within the Paris office of an international law firm.

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'.

Ms Daria Shliapnikova

Daria Shliapnikova is an attorney at law admitted to the Moscow City Bar, Russia, currently based in Vienna, Austria. She specialises in ADR and holds a master's degree in Private International Law from the National Research University Higher School of Economics, as well as an LLM in Public International Law from the University of Vienna. With extensive experience, Daria has successfully represented clients in domestic courts and international commercial arbitrations.

Mr Nima Shojaei Derow

My name is Nima Shojaei. I hold an LLB in law from Allameh Tabatabai University and an LLM in International Trade Law from Shahid Beheshti University. I was a participant in the Vis Moot in 2019 and have been following Vis Moot problems since then. I am currently an associate at Nami Associates law firm.

Mr Shubhit Shokeen

Mr Mark L. Shope

Mark L. Shope J.D., LL.M., MCIArb, is an Associate Professor of Law at the National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University School of Law in Hsinchu, Taiwan. Mark was a practicing attorney for more than seven years before embarking on a career in academia. Mark has a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law (USA) and a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree from the National Taiwan University College of Law (Taiwan).

Ms Trushita Shrivastava

Trushita is a dispute resolution lawyer from India with over three years of experience in domestic and international arbitration. Having worked on complex disputes, particularly in the oil and gas sector, she has represented clients in Indian courts and provided corporate advisory. Trushita also contributed to a significant international arbitration at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague, Netherlands. Currently pursuing a Master’s in International Arbitration at Stockholm University, Trushita combines practical experience with academic expertise in cross-border dispute resolution.

Mr Robert Shu

Robert Shu is an Associate in the International Arbitration team at Clifford Chance in London. Robert has advised clients on a broad range of disputes, including in the construction, power, banking and telecommunications sectors. He has experience with arbitrations conducted under the ICC, LCIA, DIAC and UNCITRAL rules.

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 International Trainee with LALIVE in Geneva, and the head of the international liaisons team for the Moot Alumni Association (MAA). She has previously interned at the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) in Vienna and Volterra Fietta in London.

Ms Shivreena Sidhu

Shivreena is qualified as a Barrister-at-law with the UK bar, and has been practicing in various legal firms and multinational corporate entities in Malaysia. She has robust experience with the UNCITRAL Model Law, the ICC Arbitration Rules, and the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards as she initiated her career in the Malaysian Attorney General Chambers wherein her role was to draft and review domestic laws which enabled Parliament to ratify the international laws. She has also been a state negotiator for various free trade agreements, and her primary focus has been on the Dispute Resolution chapters. Shivreena also has experience as counsel for the Malaysian government and as an in-house legal counsel in arbitrations under the auspices of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA).

Shivreena is a Chevening scholar who has recently completed her LLM in Corporate Law at University College London (2021) with her dissertation topic delving into investment state arbitrations, and harms against developing States. She was an ardent mooter in while at University, and is an active member of the ASEAN Law Association and Middle Temple Alumni Association.

Languages : English, Malay, Hindi

Dr Christof Siefarth

Christof Siefarth is a partner in BODENHEIMER, an international dispute resolution law firm since October 2020.

He graduated from the University of Cologne, School of Law in 1984 (first exam) and 1989 (second state exam) and obtained a doctors degree (summa cum laude, with high honors) in 1990 with a doctoral thesis on “US Motion Picture Copyright Law”. In addition, Christof spent a year studying international and comparative law at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1980/81 and obtained a Master of Laws degree from the University of Georgia, School of Law in 1985/1986. In 1991, Christof worked as an associate with Kilpatrick Townsend in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, mainly dealing with copyright and trademark matters.

He was admitted to the bar in Cologne, Germany, in 1989 and the New York State bar in 1992.

Since joining BODENHEIMER in 2020, he acts predominantly as an arbitrator as well as counsel in arbitration, litigation and mediation matters, almost exclusively internationally.

Christof Siefarth is the current president of the Atlanta International Arbitration Society (AtlAS – www.arbitrateatlanta.org). Starting in 2024, for a term of 5 years, he is one of the 12 members of the ICANN Independent Review (IRP) Standing Panel ( https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/icann-announces-standing-panel-for-independent-review-process-23-09-2024-en).

Mr Raoul J. Sievers

Relevant previous experience:
- Former mootie for Humboldt University
- Law school graduate from Humboldt University
- Former coach for Humboldt University
- Experience with arbitrating at numerous premoots as well as in the final rounds in Hong Kong
- Research associate with the international arbitration team at Freshfields in Berlin/Frankfurt

Current engagements:
- PhD candidate at Humboldt University focusing on international arbitration
- LL.M. candidate at Stockholm University in international commercial arbitration law
- Visiting professional at the SCC Arbitration Institute

Publications and research projects to date cover i.a.:
- law governing the arbitration agreement in German and UK jurisprudence
- arbitrability and public policy concerns with regard to sanctions-related claims
- security for costs in international arbitration
- history of class arbitrations in the US

Dr Nino Sievi

Nino Sievi is a partner with Nater Dallafior in Zurich. He represents clients in complex commercial disputes before arbitral tribunals (ICC, Swiss Rules, DIS, ad hoc, etc.) and Swiss courts, particularly in the fields of contracts, banking, post M&A, commodities, construction, crypto/blockchain, tech and asset recovery. He also serves as arbitrator in international arbitration proceedings.

Mr Matteo Silicato

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 Amauri Silvestre Pavão

Bachelor of Law in Fundação Getulio Vargas - São Paulo, Arbitration Certified Lawyer in Brazil, Secretary of Arbitral Tribunals, Director of Inovarb-Amcham, Director of ABEARB, Coordinator of GVEARB

Mr Madhav Singal

After graduating from high school, I choose to pursue mechanical engineering at a premier engineering institute which enabled me to sharpen my problem solving and analytical skills. As I started working with a petrochemical company in India, I missed the personal connect with people and wanted to be actively involved with society and make a visible change to someone’s life. Fortunately, I got an opportunity to pursue LL.B. (2019 - 2022) at Panjab University, one of the best universities in North India.

I started my legal career as an independent counsel in the Indian judicial courts of appeal. My area of practice revolved around commercial and land disputes, criminal law I further got an opportunity to work with a senior arbitration lawyer where I realised the importance of alternate dispute resolution mechanisms and the shortcomings of traditional litigation. My subsequent internship at India International Arbitration Centre introduced me to the world of institutional arbitration so I decided to enhance my skills with a master’s degree and currently I am pursuing LL.M. in International Commercial Arbitration (ICAL '2025) at Stockholm University.

Ms Arti Singh

I am an Advocate-on-record practising in the Supreme Court of India for last 20 years and more. I am dealing exclusively into arbitrations, corporate laws, commercial contracts, Construction adjudication, mercantile laws, banking and finance. I am pursuing my Specialisation in International Arbitration from Swiss Arbitration Academy and the 3 Modules have been completed. I am member of LCIA, ICC, ICA etc. I am handling mostly Construction Contracts and mercantile contracts adjudication.

Mr Harp Singh

Harprabdeep was called to the Hong Kong Bar in 2015. Since then he has developed a predominantly civil practice with a focus on general civil, commercial, company and arbitration. He has appeared in all levels of Court in a wide range of commercial litigation. In one of his most recent cases, he is acting for one of the largest bitcoin exchange platforms globally (worth over US$100 billion) in the High Court over allegations of hacking.

Harprabdeep is also routinely instructed in arbitrations (domestic and international) as counsel and tribunal secretary. His arbitration practice regularly covers issues concerning laws across several jurisdictions. Recently, he acted for a major Chinese printing and packaging manufacturer in an international arbitration lead by a London QC in relation to claims made against a leading German financial institution in excess of US$20 million following the non-disbursement of certain senior and convertible loans. He is also one of several counsels assisting a South Asian Government in an ICSID claim against allegations of expropriation of private property.

He is currently serving as a member in the Arbitration Committee of the Hong Kong Bar Association. Additionally, he is a legal advisor to the US Department of Commerce's Common Law Development Program (CLDP) to teach and advise foreign governments and universities on international commercial law.

Mr Rajarshi Singh

Rajarshi is an LLM candidate at Stockholm University, Sweden [2024-25]. He was called to the Bar in India in 2021 and has an extensive commercial litigation and arbitration practice. Prior to his master's degree, he attended the Latin American International Arbitration Course offered by MIDS Geneva in 2020. He holds a deep interest in the field of international dispute resolution and contributes regularly to various national and international journals and forums. In addition to dispute resolution, he is particularly interested in public international law, international trade law, and international maritime law. Rajarshi serves as the Senior Editor of The Competition and Commercial Law Review (India) and regularly guides students from his home university in preparing for various national and international moot court competitions. He possesses extensive mooting experience and has previously represented his home university in several reputed moot court competitions including the 59th Philip C. Jessup International Moot Court Competition, 2018 and the KCL-HSF Competition Law Moot in 2020, among others.

AsstProfDr tidarat sinlapapiromsuk

Dr. Tidarat Sinlapapiromsuk is a law professor at Chulalongkorn University and Director of the Chulalongkorn Centre for Dispute Resolution. She serves as a presiding, sole, and co-arbitrator, as well as a party-appointed expert in cases involving government construction contracts, telecommunications, international and domestic commercial disputes, and an ICSID award concerning a foreign government. In 2024, she was appointed to the Board of Directors of CIArb Thailand, the committee for FIDIC contracts and infrastructure projects in neighboring countries, and several committees for domestic and international arbitration centers.

As a speaker, she has moderated the SIAC’s public lecture on Due Process in International Arbitration; and presented at UNCITRAL Asia Pacific Day; the CIArb Hottest Seat Debate; and the ICC YAAF: Hot Topics in Construction & Infrastructure Arbitration. At Thailand ADR Week 2023 opening ceremony, she delivered the inaugural lecture on Energy Transition and ESG-related disputes. In 2024, she was invited to lecture on Arbitration and Infrastructure Project for the Office of the Attorney General (under a U.S. Department of State-funded program), on Climate Change and ISDS at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and on Recent Developments in International Arbitration at the Judicial Training Institute under the President of the Supreme Court of Thailand.

Ms Lorna Sleave

Lorna Sleave is a senior associate at Stevens & Bolton specialising in commercial dispute resolution. Lorna qualified as a solicitor in England & Wales in 2016, and has experience of a wide range of contentious work as well as undertaking general commercial advisory work. She has a strong interest in arbitration and, since qualifying in 2016, has acted for clients in both institutional and ad hoc international arbitration. She qualified as a solicitor-advocate in England & Wales in 2020 and became a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in 2023. Lorna has also participated in a mock arbitration organised for the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, mentored a mooting team at a UK university, and spoken at webinars and seminars on developments in arbitral law.

Ms Patricia Snell

Patricia Snell completed a B.A. (Hons) in Law at the University of Cambridge in 2012 and an LL.M at the University of Toronto in 2013. Ms Snell is currently working as a Senior Associate with the London office of Covington & Burling LLP. She is qualified to practice in New York, Ontario, and England & Wales.

Ms Madeline Snider

Madeline Snider, FCIArb, is an independent counsel and arbitrator with over a decade of experience in international arbitration and dispute resolution, focusing on complex, cross-border cases. Before founding Snider Dispute Resolution PLLC, Madeline practiced at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, a top international law firm, in New York and Madrid. Madeline has been involved in over 25 commercial and investment disputes under various arbitration rules (including the ICC, UNCITRAL, LCIA, ICSID, and AAA/ICDR Rules), managing high-stakes cases spanning industries and regions around the globe. She has particular expertise in disputes related to Latin America and the energy and natural resources sector. Madeline holds a J.D. with honors from New York University School of Law and a B.A. with honors in Government from Cornell University. She is admitted to practice law in New York State. A US national, Madeline is a native English speaker and is fluent in Spanish.

Ms Minni Sonck

I competed in the 29th Vis Moot and have coached the team of University of Turku since and travelled to Vienna with the team for the 29th and the 30th Moot. I have worked in the private law field since 2018. I have acted as an arbitrator in several Pre-Moots both online worldwide and in person here in Finland. Acting as an arbitrator in the Moot will most certainly complete the unique experience of the Vis.

Mr Ajay Sondhi

Ajay currently is the Co-Chairman and Member of the prestigious Bar Council of Delhi (BCD). He has been part of various prominent BCD committees including the Committee on Entry of Foreign Law Firms in India and Committee on Advocates Protection Act . He is a dual qualified lawyer with the Bar Council of Delhi, India and the New York State Bar. He has a work experience of appx. 20 years in corporate, commercial litigation and arbitration. He has worked with prominent law firms like White & Case LLP, New York, United States; Luthra & Luthra, Delhi, India; Sondhi Narula Dalal & Associates, Delhi, India and Sondhi Law Chambers, Delhi, India. He is also recipient of many awards including, by Hon'ble Law Minister of India for "Rendering Exceptional Services" and recognition by Economic Times and Lex Falcon.

Ms Ramona Sorgenfrei

Ramona Sorgenfrei is an Associate at the Orrick International Arbitration team in Dusseldorf, 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.

Mr Yunus Emre Soygenis

I have been practising as a lawyer since July 2021, and I am a member of the Istanbul Bar Association. Following the completion of my bachelor's degree at Marmara University in Istanbul/Türkiye, I obtained a master's degree with a 100% scholarship (Stipendium Hungaricum Scholarship, powered by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary) from the European and International Business Law department at Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church ("KRE") in Budapest/Hungary. I graduated in July 2023, having completed a master's thesis on "Alternative Dispute Resolutions for International Joint Ventures". Additionally, I was a team member of KRE in the 30th VisMoot.
Presently, I am pursuing my PhD at KRE with a 100% scholarship. My PhD research focuses on the "Legal Protection of International Investments in Hungary-Türkiye Trade Relations".
I have been residing in Budapest since 2022.

Ms Fani Spalevic

Ms Fani Spalevic is a PhD candidate as well as a teaching fellow at the University of Belgrade, Faculty of Law, where she holds practical lectures in Private International Law. Fani is also a member of the editorial board of Eudaimonia, a journal of legal, political and social theory and philosophy. She participated in the 30th Vis Moot as a member of Univeristy of Belgrade’s team. Fani represented the team as an oralist, throughout various pre-moots and in Vienna, culminating in the very finals of the competition. This year, as well as the previous one, saw her return to Vis Moot in the capacity of a junior coach.

Dr Frank Spohnheimer

Frank gradutated from Saarland University in 2007 and is a Senior Lecturer at the FernUniversität in Hagen. He teaches Private and Commercical Law, Civil Procedure and Business Transactions. In his research he focuses on Properties, Brokerage contracts, Enforcement Proceedings, Arbitration and the CISG.

Mr Mathias Sponholtz

Assistant attorney at Kromann Reumert, teacher of private law at Aarhus University and previous participant in the Vis Moot (29th edition)

Mr Sunny Srivastava

Mr. Sunny Srivastava is currently practising as an Advocate in Honourable Allahabad High Court, District Court and in Various Tribunal. He has more than 6 years of experience in Litigation specifically in Criminal law, Service matters, Civil law and Family Matters. In these 6 years he has appeared in many cases where he got orders in his favour. A graduate of LL.B. from C.S.J.M. University and LL.M. from Nehru Gram Bharati University, he holds a prestigious role of District Vice President in the Legal Cell Department of Nari Shakti Ek Nayi Pahal Foundation. This Foundation focuses on women's empowerment, offering free legal services to those in need. He has appeared before the Honourable High Court, District Court, DRT, DRAT, CAT, Consumer Forum. His legal prowess extends Internationally as a Young Member of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration, Netherland, International Arbitration and Mediation Centre, Hyderabad, Singapore International Arbitration Centre, Singapore, Istanbul Arbitration Centre, Istanbul, Turkey, Mumbai Centre for International Arbitration, Mumbai, Institute of Transnational Arbitration, Texas, USA, Thailand Arbitration Centre, Thailand, The Law Society, London, United Kingdom, Mediate Guru, International Trade Council, International Mediation Institute, International Centre for Energy Arbitration, American Intellectual Property Law Association and recognition as the "EMERGING LAWYER OF THE YEAR AWARD" By "LEX FALCON GLOBAL AWARD" For the year of 2024 and "India's 40 UNDER 40 2023 AWARD" by "FOX STORY INDIA".

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.

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.

Prof Dr Kasper Steensgaard

Professor of law at Aarhus University, Denmark.

Mr Lukas Stefanik

I am an attorney based in Slovak Republic, providing legal advice as a managing partner of the largest Slovak law firm SOUKENÍK – ŠTRPKA.

Since 2018 I head the firm’s arbitration and litigation practice, representing clients in high profile commercial disputes and international commercial arbitrations involving disputes from FIDIC construction contracts.

Notable projects including International Arbitration Experience
• successfully defending Ministry of Transport of the Slovak Republic against ICC claims made under FIDIC contract for construction of motorway bypass around Bratislava, total value of the case (including non-monetary claims) over €1,7 bln;
• currently representing Slovak National Highway Company in one of the largest construction disputes in Slovakia (ICC Rules);
• representing State-owned Enterprise in disputes involving unjust enrichment claims exceeding €2 bln;
• successfully defending a position of Slovak Republic in respect to void contract resulting in return of possession of largest water powerplant in Central Europe;
• successfully defending Slovak Republic against €34 mil claim under the contract for the sale of AAUs.

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

Ms Renata Steiner

Renata Steiner is a Brazilian Private Law professor in Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV) in São Paulo, independent arbitrator, and legal expert. She holds a PhD Degree from the University of São Paulo (2016) and was a visiting Scholar during her PhD studies in Ludwig-Maximilians Universität, in Munich, Germany. Before starting her own practice, Mrs. Steiner worked as counsel in two full-service law firms in São Paulo and Curitiba and as a partner of a boutique law firm in São Paulo, whose main focus lies on arbitral disputes and legal reports in Private Law matters. Mrs. Steiner’s major area of expertise relates to commercial disputes, especially commercial contracts (domestic and international), construction contracts, corporate dispute and also englobes real estate disputes and Succession Law. Within these areas, Mrs. Steiner focuses her practice in questions related to damages quantification. Mrs. Steiner has been acting constantly as chair, co-arbitrator and sole arbitrator in several arbitral proceedings seated in Brazil, either as party-appointed arbitrator, by appointment of her fellow arbitrators or by the administering institution.

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 Chris Stomo

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

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 Lukas Strickler

Career:
2022 Legal Counsel, Beyond Gravity AG
2021 Associate, Prager Dreifuss AG, Attorneys at Law
2018 Junior Associate, Wenger Plattner, Attorneys at Law
2017 Legal Trainee, Bayer Consumer Care AG
2016 Summer Trainee, Wenger Plattner, Attorneys at Law
2016 Internship at District Court Andelfingen, Zurich

Education:
2021 Bar Exam, Supreme Court of Zurich
2018 MLaw, Universtiy of Zurich
2017 Exchange Year, University of Oslo
2015 BLaw, University of Geneva

Political Career:
2010-2012 Elected Residents' Council of the municipality of Riehen (Basel, Switzerland)


Military Service:
2014-2018 Assistant to the Attorney General of the Swiss Armed Forces

Mr Dominik Ströbel

I participated in the 29th Vis Moot and coached the team of Bucerius Law School in the 30th and 31st Vis Moot. I focused my studies on international trade and dispute resolution.

Mr Loïc Stucki

Loïc is a Swiss-qualified attorney, currently working as an Associate in the arbitration team of Lenz & Staehelin in Zurich, Switzerland. In addition, he is pursuing his PhD in the area of international arbitration and private international law at the University of Bern. He has experience in domestic and international arbitration as well as national and cross-border litigation. After having competed in the 27th Vis Moot, he has been a coach for the University of Bern ever since.

Dr Thiago Stüssi

Thiago Stüssi is dedicated to the field of Dispute Resolution, offering legal counsel and representing clients before State and Federal Courts in Brazil, as well as in arbitral proceedings in both domestic and international spheres. He holds a Ph.D. in Civil Law from the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) and an LL.M. in International Dispute Resolution from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany, where he also served as a Visiting Professional at a boutique law firm specializing in commercial arbitration.

Ms Sarah Suci

Sarah Suci Alicia recently graduated Magna Cum Laude at the University of Indonesia. With a passion for international law and arbitration, she has gained valuable experience through her time at the Multilateral Affairs department at the Embassy of Indonesia in Vienna and as a Case Team Assistant at the Boston Consulting Group.

Sarah previously participated in the 29th Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, where her team ranked Top 32 and received the Eric E. Bergsten Award for best team orals, the highest accolade achieved by an Indonesian team in the past 9 years. Her leadership skills were demonstrated as the Secretary-General of Jakarta International Model United Nations 2023 and Vice President of Digital Media in her university’s International Law Moot Court Society.

Sarah is also an entrepreneur and a digital creator. With a blend of academic, professional, and creative experience, Sarah is committed to pursuing opportunities that align with her aspirations in international law and global advocacy.

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

Mr Taimoor Raza Sultan

A licensed lawyer in Pakistan, I bring over two years of extensive experience in corporate matters, legislative reform, litigation, legal consultations, and drafting across constitutional and commercial law. My work includes substantial legislative drafting and collaboration with the Government of Pakistan, alongside running Lawfare, a think tank dedicated to critical legal analysis and policy development. Currently, I am pursuing a Master’s in International Commercial Arbitration at Stockholm University, seeking to broaden my expertise in diverse legal environments. Combining practical legal acumen, academic rigor, and a commitment to impactful legal initiatives, I am enthusiastic about contributing to forward-thinking projects and fostering meaningful reform.

Ms Veera Sundberg

I am a Senior Associate in the dispute resolution team in Helsinki-based law firm Castrén & Snellman. Our market-leading team advises clients on a range of complex and high-value disputes. My focus is in both international and domestic arbitrations stemming from e.g. construction and energy sectors. I have represented our clients in arbitrations under the FAI, SCC and ICC rules. I took part in the 14th Willem C. Vis (East) Moot in Hong Kong where my team (University of Helsinki) was awarded the Fali Nariman Award for the best memorandum for respondent.

Dr Sertuğ Sürenoğlu

- Working as a Lecturer with a doctorate at Piri Reis University, Istanbul/Türkiye.
- Ph.D. in Private Law: Galatasaray University, Istanbul/Türkiye - Ph.D. Topic: The Obligations of the Buyer to Pay the Price and Take Delivery of the Goods according to the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sales of Goods (CISG).
-LL.M. in International Trade Law: University of East Anglia, Norwich / UK
-LL.B. in Law: Yeditepe University, Istanbul/Türkiye

Mr Tihomir Svilanovic

Tihomir is an associate at Herbert Smith Freehills in London, with particular expertise in the energy, infrastructure and mining sectors. He has acted for clients in commercial disputes across a range of sectors, including in LCIA, SIAC, SCC and ICC proceedings. He is an alumni of the Vis moot, having attended the Vis East and Vienna moots in 2017.

Mr Pavan Swamy

Pavan is the current Deakin Law School Vis coach; casual academic at Deakin Law School; Competition, Climate and Technology lawyer at MinterEllison and a pro bono lawyer with Justice Connect Homeless Law Clinic.

Pavan is an ex-Vis mootie, having represented Deakin Law School at the 25th Vis Moot in Vienna. He has volunteered with multiple Vis teams, and returned as an arbitrator at the 20th Vis (East) Moot in Hong Kong.

Pavan holds a first-class Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from Deakin University and a Bachelor of Biomedicine (Neuroscience) from The University of Melbourne.

Mr Art Sylaj

Art Sylaj works as a legal associate at RPHS Law, in Prishtina. Previously he participated in the 29th edition of the Vis Moot, and currently, he's coaching the University of Prishtina team for the 31st edition.

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 Nicolás Szlajen

Nicolás Szlajen is a Semi-senior associate at Marval O’farrell & Mairal in the Litigation and Arbitration team. His practice focuses on complex commercial litigation and international arbitration.


Nicolás graduated from the University of Buenos Aires with honors, with a grade point average of 9.76/10. During his time as a student, he was a member of the representative team of the School of Law (UBA) in the thirtieth edition of the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, placing among the top 16 teams of such competition.


He is also an assistant professor of Public International Law at the School of Law (UBA). He has written articles on International Commercial Arbitration in Argentina.

Mr Maximilian Szymanski

Maximilian Szymanski is an associate in Herbert Smith Freehills' international arbitration practice in London. He was admitted as a Solicitor in England and Wales in September 2014 after completing his training at the firm, which included two six month secondments to the firm's Singapore office and Man Group plc.

Maximilian specialises in dispute resolution with a focus on international arbitration in the energy, mining, banking and infrastructure sectors. He has been involved in advising and representing clients from a range of sectors and jurisdictions in international arbitrations under the LCIA, ICC and ICSID Rules, and in domestic Nigerian arbitration proceedings, as well as in court actions in England, Hong Kong and Turkey.

Maximilian holds a degree in Jurisprudence from the University of Oxford. Prior to joining Herbert Smith Freehills, he worked at the consulting firm McKinsey & Company in Austria and briefly spent time with law firms in Austria, Poland and Spain.

He has taught at Queen Mary University and speaks English and German fluently.

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.

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 have arbitrated in Vienna since 2023. I obtained my LL.B. degree from Maastricht University and my LL.M. from the University of Helsinki. I also completed an exchange year at the University of Edinburgh.

Ms Anna-Maria Tamminen

Anna-Maria is a Partner at Hannes Snellman with 20 years of experience in international arbitration. She specialises in dispute resolution, with a special focus on complex, international disputes. She
currently represents parties in mediations, national and international arbitrations, as well as administrative
and civil litigations both in Finland and Sweden. She has worked with clients active in many industries,
including telecoms, energy and renewables, forestry, construction, pharmaceuticals, logistics, technology and
financial services.
Anna-Maria also acts as arbitrator in both international and domestic disputes. She has acted as sole arbitrator,
co-arbitrator and chairperson in over 30 international arbitrations with a value in dispute up to 60 million euros. Anna-Maria is trained in both common and civil law legal
systems and is admitted to practice as an attorney both in Finland and the State of New York. Due to her
training and work experience in Finland, Sweden, Austria, United Kingdom and the United States, Anna-Maria
has an in-depth understanding of both common and civil law legal systems.

Anna-Maria is a past member of the ICC Court (2018-2024), and currently serves on the Board of the SCC Arbitration Institute and the LCIA Court. She is a former chair of the ESG Subcommittee of the IBA Arbitration Committee.

Mr Ervin Tan

I enjoy resolving disputes. I have seven years of arbitration experience both as tribunal secretary and as counsel. This experience includes arbitrations under a variety of institutional rules (SIAC, ICC, LCIA, HKIAC) relating to various industries including: aviation, banking, construction, energy, FMCGs, food and agribusiness, gaming, oil and gas, and pharmaceuticals. I also have acted in two investment treaty arbitrations (ICSID, PCA) against Asian states. I also enjoy learning - not only because of the short (or shortening) half-life of knowledge, but also because it's quite a joy to have one's prior worldview challenged every now and then and to be able to form connections across disciplines. Understanding the quirks, risks, incentives, and interests of each player in each of the industries I have worked on has been illuminating, and the process of sense-making when presented with a new industry is thrilling.

Ms Luana Taragan

Luana is a lawyer graduated from the University of Buenos Aires.

She coaches the UBA team in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot and in the Concours d’arbitrage International de Paris.

Mr Ata Meriç Tarhan

Ata Meriç Tarhan was born in 2000 in Istanbul, Turkey. He earned his Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree from Istanbul Aydın University, where he specialized in international arbitration and dispute resolution. During his studies, he represented his university in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot for two consecutive years, gaining practical experience in arbitration and international commercial law.

He currently works as a Compliance Specialist at Mercedes-Benz Türk A.Ş., focusing on legal and regulatory compliance in a corporate environment. In addition to his professional role, Ata Meriç is deeply engaged in the field of legal design, which merges creativity with the law to improve accessibility and understanding.

Ata Meriç has participated in various international projects and conferences, reflecting his passion for innovation and collaboration. His commitment to exploring intersections between law, design, and technology has shaped his career path and future aspirations.

Mr Guillaume Tattevin

Guillaume Tattevin is a Geneva-based arbitration practitioner and a partner of Archipel, a Swiss and French law firm specialising in international dispute resolution.
Guillaume has acted as counsel and arbitrator in more than eighty arbitration proceedings under various arbitration rules (ICC, Swiss Rules, UNCITRAL, PCA, Court of Arbitration for Sport, etc.) in matters including transnational sales contracts, post-acquisition disputes, construction projects, aviation, and energy. He is a member of the Court of Arbitration of the Swiss Arbitration Centre and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
He took part in the Vis Moot in 2001.

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.

Mr Matias Temonen

Mr Temonen is a Helsinki-based arbitration practitioner with a particular focus on international commercial and investment arbitration. He has experience in complex, high-stakes arbitration proceedings governed by a variety of procedural and substantive laws under, for example, the FAI, ICC, LCIA, SCC, Swiss, and UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules. In the past, he has served as deputy counsel at the Finland Arbitration Institute (FAI).

Mr Marco Teran

I'm a international litigation lawyer working at Procuraduria General del Estado (Ecuador) at the Department of International Affairs and Arbitration. Prior to that I did my LL.M at Georgetown University Law Center where I did my Masters on International Business and Economic Law, with a certificate on Legal English and W.T.O. studies. I've been working on international commercial and investment arbitration representating the State on claims based on contractual matter or BIT related.

Mr Christian M. Theissen

Based in Frankfurt, Christian is a Local Partner in White & Case's global international arbitration practice. Christian focusses on technology-based industries, including the automotive and oil & gas sector. He specializes in disputes relating to supply contracts, liability issues, post M&A matters, and sports law.

Since 2012, one of Christian's particular topics of interest is "autonomous driving". He regularly speaks about this topic at conferences and client events and he is advising clients from several industries on liability issues related to it.

Christian studied law at the universities of Bonn and Helsinki. Before joining White & Case in 2010, he worked in the legal department of a national sports organization for two years.

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.

Ms Caroline Thomas

An arbitrator and a common lawyer based in Hong Kong I have now participated as mock arbitrator in Vis East twice (in 2023 and 2024) and during Vis Vienna once (2024). For a longer bio please see: https://hauzen.hk/people/caroline-thomas-2

Mr Omololu Thomas

Counsel and Arbitrator

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 Mariana Tique Álvarez

Lawyer from Universidad Nacional de Colombia. I currently work as a Mid-Level Associate in the Dispute Resolution group in Baker McKenzie offices in Bogota. I have more than six years of experience in domestic and international arbitration, commercial and administrative litigation, civil and commercial law and intellectual property. My professional practice is focused on dispute resolution, particularly in private law, commercial law and administrative law disputes under Colombian law, as well as in domestic and international arbitration.

Dr iur Refik Tiryaki

I am currently pursuing arbitration studies at Paris Panthéon University, taking advantage of a gap year from my profession. I am an energy expert at the Turkish National Energy Market Regulatory Authority and a qualified lawyer in Turkey, with the right to register with the Ankara Bar.

In 2007, I completed my PhD in law, focusing on economic liberties. After several years in the public sector, I decided to transition to private practice and began specializing in arbitration. I have authored several publications, primarily on economic liberties, administrative law, energy policy, and regulation.

Mr Aishwary Kumar Tiwari

I am an India and England & Wales Qualified lawyer with seven years of experience in arbitration, commercial litigation and dispute board proceedings. I focus on complex energy, infrastructure and engineering disputes. I have advised on Change in Law, Delay, Force Majeure, Variation, Termination, etc., based on FIDIC and other standard contract forms. I have strategised the life cycle of disputes, drafted pleadings, guided witnesses, worked with experts and been the second counsel.

Mr Yves Tjon-A-Meeuw

Yves Tjon-A-Meeuw is an Associate in the Litigation and Arbitration Practice Group of Bär & Karrer, a leading Swiss full-service law firm. He is part of the firm's Zurich office. His practice focuses on international and domestic arbitration as well as domestic and cross-border litigation. He advises and represents individuals and entities at all stages of the dispute resolution process.

Ms Jelena TODIC

Associate at Bredin Prat (Paris)

Mr Ahmet TOKAT

Ahmet TOKAT has been working as a research and teaching assistant at the Department of Private International Law at Istanbul University Faculty of Law since 2018. He is currently pursuing a PhD with a dissertation on international arbitration. He holds an LLM degree with a thesis on the recognition of foreign divorce decisions and serves as the Turkey contributor for Young ITA. He has also been involved in the organization of Istanbul Vis Pre-Moots and various arbitration events such as Young ISTAW.

Ms Allison Torline

Allison Torline is a Counsel at Busse Disputes. Based in Frankfurt, Germany, Allison is a US-trained attorney who practices international commercial and investor-state arbitration. She has extensive experience in various forms of arbitration, including proceedings conducted under the ICC, ICSID, DIS and HKIAC rules in addition to UNCITRAL and other ad hoc proceedings. Allison represents and advises clients from inter alia the trade, shipbuilding, construction, energy and pharmaceutical sectors. A particular focus of her practice is on the representation of States and investors in public international law disputes arising out of investment treaties. Furthermore, she is frequently involved in post-M&A disputes. She is a member the YAWP Steering Committee and has been recognised as a "future leader" in international arbitration by WWL/Lexology.

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 currently works as court clerk at an appellate court and substitute judge at a district court. Michael has been a coach of the University of Zurich Vis Moot team for the years 2022/23 and 2023/24.

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 Vinícius Trajano

Lawyer focused on domestic and international commercial litigation and arbitration, with experience before leading arbitral institutions.
Master’s student in Law, Regulation, and Economic Development at Centro Universitário de João Pessoa (Unipê).
Coordinator of the Arbitration and International Trade Study Group at Unipê, dedicated to academic research and participation in national and international arbitration moot competitions.

Mr Evaristo Treviño Berlanga

Evaristo Treviño Berlanga graduated from law school from Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City (2005). He holds a Certificate in Negotiation, Mediation and Arbitration from Humboldt Universität zu Berlin (2004) and a Master of Laws in Chinese and Comparative Law from City University of Hong Kong (2007).

In Mexico he practiced litigation and arbitration for over four years. In Hong Kong he worked for two years in a law firm in the China Practice area. In 2009 he founded La Nao Group, a firm based in Hong Kong integrated by Chinese, Mexican, Argentine, Spanish and Colombian lawyers servicing Latin-American companies dealing in China and Chinese companies dealing with Latin America. He is constantly involved in international disputes and potential disputes between Chinese and Latin American firms.

He is an associate member at the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He has participated in 2015 UNCITRAL Asia Pacific Conferences and 2016 UNCITRAL Trade Law Forum in Incheon, Korea as well as several arbitration events in Hong Kong.

In 2008 he founded The Mexican Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, the first Latin American chamber of commerce in Hong Kong.

Mr Matia Trosic

Matia Trosic is a Legal Counsel at the Swiss Arbitration Centre in Geneva, where he is involved in the administration of arbitration proceedings conducted under the Swiss Rules.

Before joining the Swiss Arbitration Centre, he worked as an associate at Homburger in Zurich, where he represented multinational corporations and sovereign states in disputes arising out of commercial agreements or involving claims in tort, both in arbitration and litigation.

He is a qualified attorney in Switzerland. He holds a Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration from the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a Master of Law from the Universities of Zurich and Lausanne, as well as a Bachelor of Law from the University of Lausanne.

Mr Jascha Trubowitz

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

Ms Sona Tsaturyan

Sona Tsaturyan is an associate at Schoenherr Attorneys at Law, a leading international law firm in Central and Eastern Europe. She is a registered attorney at the Armenian Bar Association (Chamber of Advocates). She specializes in international arbitration and currently supports Schoenherr's dispute resolution practice group in both investor-state disputes, under ICSID and UNCITRAL Rules, as well as in commercial arbitration proceedings under the ICC, Swiss, DIS, and VIAC rules. Sona studied business law at the Vienna University of Economics and Business - with a focus on international commercial law (LL.B. 2018, LL.M. 2020). During her studies she worked as a legal trainee in a renowned national law firm, focusing on dispute resolution, in Vienna. In addition, she gained international work experience in one of the Big Four tax and accounting firms, in the Tax department, in Vienna and Yerevan.

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.

Dr Johan Tufte-Kristensen

Johan Tufte-Kristensen is an associate professor in private law and civil procedure at the University of Copenhagen. Johan has taught courses and published books or papers on arbitration, civil procedure, contracts, torts, property, and private international law. He has passed the Danish bar and gained practical experience from legal practice, and he is a frequently appointed arbitrator. Johan has represented the Danish government in UNCITRAL's Working Group II during Denmark's most recent membership, and he is a member of several boards. Johan has been involved in the Vis Moot as a participant, coach, arbitrator, and university organizer.

Mr Sergelen Tumurbagana

Mr. Sergelen is the managing partner of the firm, with over 12 years of experience advising on complex transactions involving multinational parties. His practice focuses on key areas such as Minerals and Energy projects, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Debt Financing, where he regularly advises clients on a wide range of legal and commercial matters. In addition to his transactional work, Mr. Sergelen serves as an arbitrator at the Mongolian International Arbitration Center, overseeing domestic and international arbitration disputes.

mrs SHELLINAH TUMUSIIME

I am a twenty year old Tumusiime Shellinah from the beautiful Pearl of Africa, Uganda. I am a graduate of Law from Uganda Christian University. Ever since i finished school on 2019 i have always wanted to be an international commercial arbirator in the world and since then i have been participating in different training programs. I am a member of the center for arbitration and dispute resolution in Uganda. I have participated in various programs that train individuals on how to write arbitral award and behave during in an arbitration session.
I learnt about the vis moot last year and have wanted to participate in the program as an arbitrator so as to learn from colleagues that have been in field for a long time and i will be very glad once i am given the opportunity
thank you

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.

Mr Mehmet Cemil Türk

I graduated with honors from Gazi University Faculty of Law in 2014 and soon after began my academic career as a research assistant in the Chair of Commercial Law at Selçuk University Faculty of Law, where I am still working. In 2019, I completed my master’s degree in private law at Selçuk University Institute of Social Sciences, with a thesis focusing on company law, and I am currently pursuing my PhD in Private Law at the same Institute, with a focus on advanced topics in commercial and company law.

Throughout my time at Selçuk University, I have taught courses such as Commercial Enterprise Law, Company Law, Negotiable Instruments Law, and the Law of Obligations. I have also coached Selçuk University students in moot court competitions organized by the Istanbul Arbitration Centre (ISTAC) and ELSA. My academic contributions include authored books, peer-reviewed articles, and conference papers, primarily concentrating on Commercial Enterprise Law, Company Law, and Negotiable Instruments Law. In addition to my academic role, I have served as an editor for the Selçuk Law Review and the Journal of Selçuk University Vocational School of Justice.

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).

Mr Mikhail Tyagusov

Participant of the HSE Moscow team in 2019-2020, when we reached elimination rounds (world top 64 teams), 2nd place at Düsseldorf pre-moot, 2nd place at CIArb London pre-moot, 3rd place at Moscow pre-moot. Next year was engaged in the training of the HSE Moscow team.

After gaining initial legal experience during my studies in an in-house department of the Belgian development firm, a Russian-German law firm and an arbitration boutique, started career in the Trade Representation of the Russian Federation in Germany, Berlin. Acting as a sole lawyer I combine both in-house and consulting matters to handle.

Academic experience includes LL.B. and LL.M. in HSE Moscow in International private law and commercial arbitration as well as LL.M. in European and International economic law in LMU München.