| Joyce |
Aluoch EBS, CBS |
Retired Judge of International Criminal Court,at The Hague |
Kenya |
Kenya |
Justice Joyce Aluoch EBS, CBS
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Certified International Mediator(IMI)
Retired Judge of International Criminal Court,at The Hague
- Address
-
293 Azalea Close, Off Karen Road
PO Box 59032
Nairobi
Nairobi
Kenya
- Tel.
152
- E-mail
- Nationality
- Kenya
- Languages
- Dholuo, English, Kiswahili
- Short Bio
- Former Judge and First Vice-President, International Criminal Court at The Hague, The Nertherlands. Prior to that Judge of the Court of Appeal and High Court, Kenya, having been appointed the second woman in the Country to hold the positions.
Upon retirement from the Bench, moved her legal carrier to Alternative Dispute Resolution(ADR). Now a Certified International Mediator(IMI), Accredited Mediator, Chartered Mediator, Certified Advanced Mediator.
- Areas of specialisation
- Employment and pensions, Environmental law, Public international law, Sport
- Publications
- Ten Years of Trial Proceedings at the ICC
Other publications to be supplied upon request.
- Positions or offices held
- International Advisory Board, Office of the Ombudsman of the United Nations Funds and Programs, Board Member, African Arbitration Association, Board Member, Mediators Beyond Borders International, Patron, Kisumu Mediation Centre, Member, Nairobi Centre for International ArbitrationChair,Advisory Committee on Legal Texts, First Vice President, International Criminal Court
First Vice President, International Criminal Court since 12th March, 2015
External Member, Centre for Evidence and Criminal Justice Studies, Board of Northumberland College, UK
Member, LLM Advisory Council, Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA
Committee Member, Arbitral Women Organization
Member, Europe/Americas Regional Steering Committee, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
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| Sanaullah |
Aman |
Saarosh ADR Center |
Pakistan |
Pakistan |
Mr. Sanaullah Aman
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CEO/ Arbitratror
Saarosh ADR Center
- Address
-
House# 929, Street# 80, I-8/3
Islamabad
Federal Capital
Pakistan
- Tel.
8921
- E-mail
- Link (LinkedIn/website)
- https://pk.linkedin.com/in/sanaullah-aman-3baaa4b6
- Nationality
- Pakistan
- Languages
- Urdu, English, Punjabi
- Short Bio
- Well-experienced Arbitrator with a robust background in civil engineering, law, finance, and human resources, complemented by 44 years of professional experience. Currently in the final stages of a PhD in Management Sciences from Quaid e Azam University (QAU). As an adjunct lecturer in QAU, teach Business and Administrative Law to BBA students, bridging the gap between academic theory and practical application. Possess extensive experience in both public and private sectors. As an independent arbitrator, have successfully led and concluded over 15 major disputes between government organizations and contractors. My work involves conducting thorough analyses of disputes to identify key issues and underlying interests of parties, designing and facilitating fair and efficient adjudication.
- Areas of specialisation
- Construction and engineering
- Publications
- Book: “THE BASIC
PRINCIPLES OF ALTERNATE DISPUTE RESOLUTION "
(Arbitration-Conciliation-Mediation) (2023)
- Positions or offices held
- • Senior Partner, Saarosh Law Firm (2019-2022)
• CEO/ Arbitrator, Saarosh ADR Center. (2021-till present)
Experience in Public Sector:
a) Executive Director General (Capital Development Authority CDA 2014-2018).
b) Member Environment CDA (2014-2016)
c)Member Engineering (2012-2014)
d) Director General Water Management wings CDA (2009- 2013)
e) Deputy Director General Works, CDA (2007-2009)
f) Director Special Projects CDA (2005-2007)
g) Director Sport, Culture & Parks CDA (2003-2005)
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| Guilherme |
Amaral |
Souto Correa Advogados |
Brazil |
Brazil |
Mr. Guilherme Rizzo Amaral
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Partner
Souto Correa Advogados
- Address
-
700 Av. Carlos Gomes
13º andar - Ed. Platinum Tower
Porto Alegre
Rio Grande do Sul
Brazil
- Tel.
156
- E-mail
- Nationality
- Brazil
- Languages
- Portuguese, Mandarin, English
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| Ashwita |
Ambast |
Permanent Court of Arbitration |
India |
Netherlands |
Ms. Ashwita Ambast
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Legal Counsel
Permanent Court of Arbitration
- Address
-
2 Carnegieplein
Peace Palace
The Hague
Netherlands
- Tel.
1428
- E-mail
- Nationality
- India
- Languages
- English
|
| Koorosh |
Ameli |
Ameli International Arbitration |
Iran, Netherlands |
Netherlands |
Mr. Koorosh Ameli
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Director
Ameli International Arbitration
- Address
-
7 Jan Pietersz Coenstraat
The Bridge
The Hague
Netherlands
- Tel.
158
- E-mail
- Link (LinkedIn/website)
- https://ameliarbitration.com
- Nationality
- Iran, Netherlands
- Languages
- Persian, English
- Short Bio
- See my Bio online at: https://ameliarbitration.com/biography/
- Areas of specialisation
- Communications, media and technology, Construction and engineering, Energy, Investment and investment treaties, Public international law, State contracts/PPP
- Publications
- Declaration of Judge Ameli in Barboni v. Argentina (SDNY 29 Feb. 2016): http://ameliarbitration.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/K.H.-Ameli-Declaration-29-2.-2016.pdf
EFILA Task Force Paper regarding the proposed International Court System: http://efila.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/EFILA_TASK_FORCE_on_ICS_proposal_1-2-2016.pdf;
Voting Record of Judge Ameli in the Cases before the Iran -US Claims Tribunal (9 Mar. 2016):http://ameliarbitration.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Voting-Record-of-Judge-Ameli-in-the-Cases-Before-the-Iran.pdf
Iranian Law of Loss of Profits in International Arbitration, 12 TDM, Issue 2 (March 2015);
Awards, decisions and orders, in Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal Reports, 1981-2009, Volumes 1-38, Grotius and Cambridge University Press.
The Iran-United States Claims Tribunal, in THE PERMANENT COURT OF ARBITRATION: INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION, 246-281 (P. Hamilton et al. eds., Kluwer, The Hague 1999).
The Application of the Rules of the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal, in INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THE HAGUE’S 750TH ANNIVERSARY, 263-279 (W.P. Heere, ed., T.M.C. Asser Press, The Hague, 1999).
Impartiality and Independence of International Arbitrators, in First International Conference on Arbitration, Revue de Recherche Juridique No. 27-28, pp. 89-109, (Tehran 1999).
Comments: Reconsidering a key tenet of international commercial arbitration: Is finality of awards what parties really need? Has the time of an international appellate arbitral body arrived? Journal of International Arbitration, Vol. 16, No.1, pp. 57, 101-104 (1999).
- Positions or offices held
- Director, Ameli International Arbitration, 2010--;
Judge, Iran-US Claims Tribunal, 1985-87 and 1990-2009;
Associate, Chadbourne & Parke, NYC, 1978-79;
Summer Associate, Baker & McKenzie, Chicago, 1977.
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| Catherine |
Amirfar |
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP |
United States of America |
United States of America |
Ms. Catherine M. Amirfar
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Partner
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
- Address
-
919 Third Avenue
New York
United States of America
- Tel.
159
- E-mail
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Languages
- English
- Short Bio
- Catherine Amirfar is Co-Chair of the International Disputes Resolution and Public International Law Groups at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP and sits as a member of the Firm’s Management Committee. She is the immediate Past President of the American Society of International Law (ASIL), the pre-eminent learned society in the United States dedicated to international law. With over twenty years of experience, Ms. Amirfar is recognized as a top practitioner in international disputes globally. Her practice focuses on international commercial and treaty arbitration, international litigation and public international law. She regularly appears in U.S. courts and before international courts and arbitration tribunals, including the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Ms. Amirfar serves as a Member of the U.S. Department of State’s Advisory Committee on International Law, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Advisory Committees of the American Law Institute for the Restatement (Fourth) of Foreign Relations Law of the United States and for the Restatement of the U.S. Law of International Commercial Arbitration. She is a member of the Governing Board of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA), the leading global organization of international arbitrators and arbitration practitioners, and serves as Co-Chair of the ICCA-ASIL Task Force on Damages in International Arbitration. She is also a member of the Court of Arbitration of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre and the International Centre for Dispute Resolution of the American Arbitration Association. From 2014 to 2016, Ms. Amirfar served as Counselor on International Law to the Legal Adviser at the U.S. Department of State in the Obama Administration, for which she received the State Department’s Superior Honor Award in recognition of her contributions to the Department.
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| Laura |
Andrade |
Permanent Court of Arbitration |
Canada |
Netherlands |
Ms. Laura Andrade
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Assistant Legal Counsel
Permanent Court of Arbitration
- Address
-
Noorderbeekdwarsstraat
The Hague
Netherlands
- Tel.
9131
- E-mail
- Nationality
- Canada
- Languages
- English, French
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| Jean |
Anishere SAN |
Ofianyi Chambers |
Nigeria |
Nigeria |
Chief (Mrs.) Jean Chiazor Anishere SAN
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Maritime Legal Practitioner
Ofianyi Chambers
- Address
-
Shippers' Tower (5th floor) B-Wing. 4, Otunba Ayodele Soyode Lane (Formerly Park Lane),
Shippers' Towers
Apapa, Lagos
Lagos State
Nigeria
- Tel.
9074
- E-mail
- Link (LinkedIn/website)
- https://ofianyichambers.com
- Nationality
- Nigeria
- Languages
- English, Ibo, Yoruba
- Short Bio
- Jean Chiazor Anishere is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and one of Nigeria's most prominent Maritime lawyers and a successful author, having already written give volumes of Essays in Admiralty - a comprehensive collection of essays and learned papers focused on maritime law, published by one of UK's prominent publishers in Maritime books - Petrospot UK. Jean's books are also found in the British Council Libraries.
- Areas of specialisation
- Maritime and shipping, Public international law, Transport
- Publications
- - Editor-in-chief, Admiralty Law Reports of Nigeria, Volume 1-32 (A compendium of Judgements on Admiralty Matters in Nigeria, through the Federal High Court, to the Supreme Court of Nigeria) with a comprehensive index of cases published so far.
- Positions or offices held
- - Ofianyi Chambers
Jean Chiazor & Partners
- Vice Chairperson, Nigerian Ports Consultative Council (NPCC)
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| Claudia |
Annacker |
Annacker International Disputes |
Austria |
France |
Dr. Claudia Annacker
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Independent Arbitrator and Counsel
Annacker International Disputes
- Address
-
94 rue du Faubourg Saint Honoré
Paris
France
- Tel.
8961
- E-mail
- Link (LinkedIn/website)
- http://www.intldisputes.com
- Nationality
- Austria
- Languages
- German, English, French
- Short Bio
- Dr. Claudia Annacker is an independent arbitrator and counsel, specializing in international arbitration and public international law. Prior to 2024, she was a partner at Dechert and prior thereto a partner at Cleary Gottlieb. She has represented sovereign and private parties in more than 50 investment arbitrations, in inter-State arbitrations, in commercial arbitrations and before the European Court of Human Rights. She has served as an arbitrator in a number of ICSID and ICC arbitrations and is a member of the ICSID Panel of Arbitrators.
- Areas of specialisation
- Banking and finance, Energy, Investment and investment treaties, Public international law, Real estate, State contracts/PPP, Taxation and accountancy
- Positions or offices held
- Dechert LLP, partner (until January 2024); Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, partner (until September 2020), SIAC Court of Arbitration, member; VIAC Board, president of the investment arbitration committee; ICSID, AIAC, BVI IAC, MIAC, OAC and SIAC arbitrator panels; University of Vienna, adjunct professor.
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| Ricardo |
Aprigliano |
CAM-CCBC |
Brazil |
Brazil |
Mr. Ricardo Carvalho Aprigliano
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Vice President
CAM-CCBC
- Address
-
Rua do Rocio, 220 - 12º andar
São Paulo
São Paulo
Brazil
- Tel.
8679
- E-mail
- Nationality
- Brazil
- Languages
- Portuguese, English
- Areas of specialisation
- Antitrust, competition and trade, Banking and finance, Public international law, Real estate, State contracts/PPP, Taxation and accountancy
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| Tatevik |
Arshakyan |
AMCA |
Armenia |
Armenia |
|
| Ravi |
Aswani |
36 Stone, The 36 Group |
United Kingdom |
United Kingdom |
Mr. Ravi Aswani
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Barrister
36 Stone, The 36 Group
- Address
-
4 Field Court
Gray's Inn
London
United Kingdom
- Tel.
170
- E-mail
- Link (LinkedIn/website)
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/raviaswani
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English, Gujrati
- Areas of specialisation
- Banking and finance, Construction and engineering, Energy, Maritime and shipping, Transport
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| Dimitris |
Babiniotis |
Zepos & Yannopoulos |
Greece |
Greece |
Dr. Dimitris Babiniotis
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Partner | Head of Dispute Resolution Practice
Zepos & Yannopoulos
- Address
-
280 Kifissias
Halandri
Greece
- Tel.
8584
- E-mail
- Link (LinkedIn/website)
- https://gr.linkedin.com/in/babiniotis
- Nationality
- Greece
- Languages
- Greek, English, German, Greek
- Short Bio
- https://www.zeya.com/our-people/dimitris-babiniotis
- Areas of specialisation
- Antitrust, competition and trade, Banking and finance, Construction and engineering, Energy
- Publications
- Dimitris’ publications include a great number of articles and notes to case law published in peer-reviewed law journals and the following monographs:
• The positive requirements for the recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards under the NYC, Monograph, Sakkoulas Publications, 2022
• The devolutive effect of the appeal and the subject matter of the appellate trial, Sakkoulas Publications, Monograph, 2016
• The substitution of the appellate court's reasoning by the Supreme Court in the law of cassation, Ant. Sakkoulas, Monograph, 2009
• The concept of issues “necessarily determined” by the court under article 331 of the Greek Code of Civil Procedure, Ant. Sakkoulas, Monograph, 2008
- Positions or offices held
- Partner | Head of Dispute Resolution Practice at Zepos & Yannopoulos
Associate Professor at the Law School of Democritus University of Thrace Greece
Member & Special Secretary to the BoD of the Hellenic Arbitration Association
Member of the Hellenic Association for Procedural Law
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| Oyinkansola |
Badejo-Okusanya |
ALP (Africa Law Practice) NG & Co |
Nigeria, Canada |
Nigeria |
Mrs. Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya
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Legal Practitioner
ALP (Africa Law Practice) NG & Co
- Address
-
15 Military Street
Onikan
Lagos
Nigeria
- Tel.
177
- E-mail
- Link (LinkedIn/website)
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/oyinkansola-badejo-okusanya-fciarb-0ba5b455/
- Nationality
- Nigeria, Canada
- Languages
- Yoruba, English
- Areas of specialisation
- Communications, media and technology, Intellectual property, Investment and investment treaties, Real estate, Restructuring and insolvency, State contracts/PPP
- Positions or offices held
- Board Member, Lagos Court of Arbitration
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| Yun-Jae |
Baek |
Yulchon LLC |
Korea, Republic of |
Korea, Republic of |
Mr. Yun-Jae Baek
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Partner
Yulchon LLC
- Address
-
521 Teheran-ro
Parnas Tower 38F
Gangnam-gu
Seoul
Korea, Republic of
- Tel.
178
- E-mail
- Nationality
- Korea, Republic of
- Languages
- Korean, English, Japanese
- Areas of specialisation
- Construction and engineering, Investment and investment treaties
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| Flavius |
Baias |
Court of International Commercial Arbitration attached to the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania |
Romania |
Romania |
Mr. Flavius A. Baias
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Professor
Court of International Commercial Arbitration attached to the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania
- Address
-
Octavian Goga Blvd., No. 2, District 3
Bucharest
Romania
- Tel.
180
- E-mail
- Nationality
- Romania
- Languages
- Romanian, English, French
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| Domitille |
Baizeau |
LALIVE |
France, New Zealand |
Switzerland |
Ms. Domitille Baizeau
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Partner
LALIVE
- Address
-
35 Rue de la Mairie
Geneva
Switzerland
- Tel.
181
- E-mail
- Link (LinkedIn/website)
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/domitille-baizeau-8754028b/
- Nationality
- France, New Zealand
- Languages
- French, English
- Short Bio
- Domitille Baizeau is a partner at LALIVE, based in Geneva. She has been acting as counsel and arbitrator in arbitrations governed by civil law and common law and international law for nearly 25 years, with a focus on joint venture, M&A, shareholders, sales and investment disputes in the energy (oil & gas, renewables), mining, finance and pharmaceutical sectors. In 2018 she received the GAR ART award of the Best Prepared and Most Responsive Arbitrator. She has always been an active member of arbitral institutions and associations, most recently the ICC Court, the Swiss Arbitration Center, the HKIAC and the Mumbai Centre for International Arbitration. She has served as Managing Partner of LALIVE since 2015.
- Areas of specialisation
- Banking and finance, Communications, media and technology, Energy, Information technology, Investment and investment treaties, Public international law
- Publications
- See www.lalive.law
- Positions or offices held
- Partner at LALIVE - Member of the Council Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) - Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Swiss Arbitration Centre (Former Vice President of its Arbitration Court) - Member of the Council of the Mumbai Centre for International Arbitration -Immediate past member of International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), 2018-2024
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| Paula |
Baldini Miranda da Cruz |
ICCA |
Brazil, Italy |
Netherlands |
Ms. Paula Baldini Miranda da Cruz
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Dep Exec Director (Publications)
ICCA
- Address
-
2 Carnegieplein
Peace Palace
Den Haag
Netherlands
- Tel.
8607
- E-mail
- Nationality
- Brazil, Italy
- Languages
- Portuguese, English, Portuguese, Spanish
- Areas of specialisation
- Antitrust, competition and trade, Energy, Intellectual property, Investment and investment treaties, Public international law, Regulatory, State contracts/PPP
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| Crina |
Baltag |
Queen Mary University of London |
Romania |
United Kingdom |
Dr. Crina Baltag
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Professor Assoc in International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution / Arbitrator
Queen Mary University of London
- Address
-
CCLS 67-69 Lincoln's Inn Fields
London
United Kingdom
- Tel.
184
- E-mail
- Link (LinkedIn/website)
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-crina-baltag-fciarb-44139266/?originalSubdomain=uk
- Nationality
- Romania
- Languages
- Romanian, English, Portuguese
- Short Bio
- Dr Crina Baltag is Professor Assoc. (Docent) in International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution at Queen Mary University of London. Previously she was Assoc. Professor in International Arbitration at Stockholm University. Crina is qualified attorney-at-law, with over twenty years of extensive practice in various aspects on international dispute resolution, private and public international law. Crina is a member of the Board of the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce. Crina has been appointed as arbitrator in numerous arbitrations under the rules of the ICC, LCIA, SIAC, SCC, FAI, VIAC etc., and has acted as expert in various international commercial and investment arbitrations.
- Areas of specialisation
- Communications, media and technology, Construction and engineering, Energy, Intellectual property, Investment and investment treaties, Public international law, Real estate, State contracts/PPP
- Publications
- Reforming Arbitration Reform: Emerging Voices, New Strategies and Evolving Values, co-editor [Wolters Kluwer, 2025]
International Investment Law and Investor-State Disputes in Central Asia: Emerging Issues, co-ed, [Wolters Kluwer, 2022]
Investors, States, and Arbitrators in the Crosshairs of International Investment Law and Environmental Protection, co-author [BRILL, 2020]
ICSID Convention after Fifty Years: Unsettled Issues, editor, [Wolters Kluwer, 2017]
The Energy Charter Treaty: The Notion of Investor, author, [Wolters Kluwer, 2012]
Construction Arbitration in Central and Eastern Europe: Contemporary Issues, co-editor [Wolters Kluwer, 2019]
Finances in International Arbitration, co-editor [Wolters Kluwer, 2019]
- Positions or offices held
- Chair, ITA Academic Council
Course Director of the Global Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Managing Editor, Kluwer Arbitration Blog (www.kluwerarbitrationblog.com)
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| Richard |
Bamforth |
CMS UK |
United Kingdom |
United Kingdom |
Mr. Richard Bamforth
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Partner
CMS UK
- Address
-
78 Cannon Street
London
North America
United Kingdom
- Tel.
185
- E-mail
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
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| James |
Banda |
AMW and Company Legal Practitioners |
Zambia |
Zambia |
Mr. James Banda
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Partner
AMW and Company Legal Practitioners
- Address
-
Zenera Office Park Plot 2287
Corner of Lagos and Lubuto Rd Rhodes Park
Lusaka
Zambia
- Tel.
8818
- E-mail
- Link (LinkedIn/website)
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-banda-2716a435?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_profile_view_base_contact_details%3BMnaXrB4WRt6RYgo9OmLjHw%3D%3D
- Nationality
- Zambia
- Languages
- English
- Short Bio
- James is the Past-President of the Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) and Past-President of the Southern Africa Development Community Lawyers Association (SADC-LA). He is also a former Council member of the International Bar Association. He holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Zambia, a post-graduate certificate at the Zambia Institute of Advanced Legal Education and Master of Laws Degree in Construction Law and Dispute Resolution from Leeds Beckett University. He is an advocate of all the Superior Courts in Zambia. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIARB) and former Chairman of the CIARB Zambia Branch. He also serves as a Commissioner of the Small Claims Court in Zambia. He is member of the Disputes Resolution Board Foundation (DRBF) and The Society of Construction Lawyers (SCL). He also
- Areas of specialisation
- Antitrust, competition and trade, Banking and finance, Construction and engineering, Energy, Investment and investment treaties, Real estate, Regulatory, State contracts/PPP
- Publications
- "FIDIC Contracts in Africa and Middle East"- Authored Chapter on Zambia
- Positions or offices held
- President, Law Association of Zambia
President, Southern Africa Development Community Lawyers Association (SADC-LA)
Chairman, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Branch
Chairman, Energy Regulation Board, Zambia
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| Nakasamba |
Banda-Chanda |
AMW & Co Legal Practitioners |
Zambia |
Zambia |
Ms. Nakasamba Tikambenji Banda-Chanda
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Partner
AMW & Co Legal Practitioners
- Address
-
Zepre Business Park Alick Nkhata Road
7th Floor, Mass Media
Lusaka
Lusaka
Zambia
- Tel.
9071
- E-mail
- Nationality
- Zambia
- Languages
- English
- Areas of specialisation
- Antitrust, competition and trade, Banking and finance, Construction and engineering, Energy
- Positions or offices held
- Chairperson, Chartered Institute of Arbitrations Zambian Branch ( 2024-2025)
Secretary General, Lusaka International Arbitration Centre
Director, Kigali’s International Arbitration Centre
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| Gourab |
Banerji SA |
Overseas Associate, Essex Court Chambers |
India |
India |
Mr. Gourab Banerji SA
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Senior Advocate
Overseas Associate, Essex Court Chambers
- Address
-
19, F Road, Maharani Bagh
New Delhi
Delhi
India
- Tel.
187
- E-mail
- Link (LinkedIn/website)
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/gourab-banerji-941aaa23/
- Nationality
- India
- Languages
- English, Bengali, Hindi
- Short Bio
- Gourab was designated a Senior Advocate in 2003 and specialises in arbitration and commercial litigation. He read law at Cambridge University, graduating with First Class Honours, and was called to the Bar at Lincoln’s Inn in 1990. He was appointed Additional Solicitor General of India in 2009.
He acts as an arbitrator in domestic and international commercial arbitrations, as well as investment treaty-arbitrations. He has served as a co-arbitrator, as well as the Presiding Arbitrator of multi-member tribunals, administered under rules of ICSID, ICC, LCIA and SIAC, among others.
He is a member of the Expert Group on the Future Development of the Permanent Court of Arbitration. He is also the President of the Arbitration Bar of India, and the Chairman of the UNCITRAL National Coordination Committee for India.
- Areas of specialisation
- Banking and finance, Communications, media and technology, Construction and engineering, Employment and pensions, Energy, Environmental law, Information technology, Intellectual property, Investment and investment treaties, Public international law, Restructuring and insolvency, State contracts/PPP, Taxation and accountancy
- Publications
- Authored an article titled 'Doctrine of Komptenz-Komptenz- Determining the jurisdictional challenge', Arbitrator's Handbook, Lexis Nexis (2022).
Author of the India chapter of the Encyclopaedia of International Commercial Litigation, published by Wolters Kluwer (2022).
Editor, ‘International Arbitration and the Rule of Law: Essays in Honour of Fali Nariman’, a PCA publication (2021).
Authored an article on 'Third Party Funding in International Arbitration in India for International Arbitration and the Rule of Law: Essays in Honour of Mr. Fali Nariman', a PCA publication.
Author of the ‘India Investment Treaty Know-How’ chapter in the Global Arbitration Review in 2016 and 2017.
Author of "Halsbury’s Laws of India, Business Associations".
- Positions or offices held
- President, Arbitation Bar of India.
Fellow, CiArb.
Chairperson, UNCITRAL National Coordination Committee for India.
Former Additional Solicitor General of India, the Supreme Court of India.
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| Jan |
Bangert |
boeckli buehler partners |
Germany, Switzerland |
Switzerland |
Mr. Jan Fritz Bangert
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Attorney at Law
boeckli buehler partners
- Address
-
41 St. Jakobs-Strasse
PO Box 2348
Basel
Switzerland
- Tel.
188
- E-mail
- Nationality
- Germany, Switzerland
- Languages
- German, English, French
- Areas of specialisation
- Antitrust, competition and trade, Banking and finance, Construction and engineering, Public international law
- Publications
- Commentary to Art. 85, 85a and 86 SchKG (with Dr. Bernhard Bodmer) Staehelin/Bauer/Staehelin (Hrsg.), Basler Kommentar zum Bundesgesetz fuer Schuldbetreibung und Konkurs, Band I, Basel 2010.
Die Bindung privater Schiedsgerichte an Art. 6 Abs. 1 EMRK, in: Breitenmoser/Ehrenzel-ler/Sassoli/Stoffel/Wagner Pfeifer (Hrsg.), Menschenrechte, Demokratie und Rechtsstaat, Liber amicorum Luzius Wildhaber, Zuerich 2007.
Was muuessen bestehende GmbH beim neuen Recht beachten?, Tribune, 2/2007.
Revision des GmbH Rechts: Ein Aschenputtel will das Parkett des Wirtschaftslebens erobern, Tribune, 1/2007.
Kommentierung des Art. 25 DSG, in: Maurer-Lambrou/Vogt (Hrsg.), Basler Kommentar zum Datenschutzgesetz, 2. Auflage, Basel/Genf/Muenchen 2006.
Some Thoughts on the Limitations to the Guarantees enshrined in the European Convention of Human Rights, Co-Autor mit lic. iur. Marc Steiner, in: Iain Cameron (Hrsg.), Dealing with Integration, Vol. 2, Uppsala 1998.
Auskunftsperson und Wahrheitserforschung im schweizerischen Strafprozess, in recht 2 (1997), 65 ff.
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| Chiann |
Bao |
Bao Arbitration Services Pte Ltd. |
United States of America |
Singapore |
Ms. Chiann Bao
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independent Arbitrator
Bao Arbitration Services Pte Ltd.
- Address
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1 Wallich Street, #14-01 Guoco Tower
Singapore
Singapore
- Tel.
5685
- E-mail
- Link (LinkedIn/website)
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/chiann-bao-80261b4/
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Languages
- English, Chinese, Mandarin
- Short Bio
- Chiann Bao is a Chartered arbitrator and CEDR-Accredited mediator. Tri-qualified in New York, England and Wales and Hong Kong, she has been appointed in nearly 100 ad hoc and institutional arbitrations totalling several USD billions in dispute. She is the Co-Chair of the IBA Arbitration Committee and has held institutional leadership positions including as a vice president of the ICC Court of Arbitration and as Secretary General of the HKIAC. Chiann has practiced in international law firms in New York and Hong Kong. She is one of the most highly ranked arbitrators in publications such as Who's Who Legal Arbitration's Global Elite Thought Leaders and Chambers and Partners' Most in Demand arbitrators (globally and regionally). A regular speaker and lecturer, Chiann was awarded the GAR "best lecture" for her Proskauer Rose lecture in 2022.
- Areas of specialisation
- Banking and finance, Communications, media and technology, Information technology, Intellectual property
- Publications
- "So, Now you are an arbitrator" (With Neil Kaplan)
Managing “Belt and Road” Business Disputes: A Case Study of Legal Problems and Solutions (With Michael Moser, Ed)
International Arbitration: Where East meets West (Liber Amicorum for Michael Moser) (with Michael Pryles and Neil Kaplan, Eds)
A Guide to the HKIAC Rules (with Michael Moser)
Arbitrator Insights - Liber Amicorum for Neil Kaplan (with Felix Lautenschlager, Ed)
- Positions or offices held
- Co-Chair, IBA Arbitration Committee
Vice President, ICC Court of Arbitration (past)
Member, Board of Directors, Maxwell Chambers
Trustee and Honorary Senior Fellow, British Institute of International Comparative a law
Member, Global Advisory Board, NY International Arbitration Center
Member, Board of Directors, Silicon Valley Arbitration and Mediation Centre (past)
Co-Chair, ICC Commission Task Force on ADR and Arbitration (past)
Secretary General, HKIAC (past)
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| John |
Barkett |
Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP |
United States of America, Syria, Mexico |
United States of America |
Mr. John Barkett
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Partner
Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP
- Address
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201 South Biscayne Boulevard
Suite 3200
Miami
Florida
United States of America
- Tel.
191
- E-mail
- Nationality
- United States of America, Syria, Mexico
- Languages
- English
- Areas of specialisation
- Antitrust, competition and trade, Banking and finance, Communications, media and technology, Construction and engineering, Employment and pensions, Energy, Environmental law, Information technology, Intellectual property, Investment and investment treaties, Real estate, Regulatory
- Publications
- Arbitration and the Unauthorized Practice of Law, 36 Alternatives 83 (June 2018)
Practice Focus: The Duty of Candor, Inadvertent Production of Documents, and Your Arbitration Work, 36 Alternatives 51 (April 2018)
Arbitration Ethics: The Duty of Candor, the Unauthorized Practice of Law, and Inadvertent Production of Privileged or Protected Documents (CPR Annual Meeting, Miami, March 3, 2017);
Do Arbitrators Have Sanctions Authority in Domestic Arbitrations? Daily Business Review, November 17, 2016.
Ethics in ADR: A Sampling of Issues (ABA Webinar, September 30, 2015)
Arbitration: Hot Questions, Cool Answers (ABA Section of Litigation Annual Conference, New Orleans, April 2015) (which includes an analysis of the IBA Rules on Party Representation as well as the LCIA”s annex on the same subject, and a discussion of ways to control the costs of domestic or international arbitration)
Chess Anyone? Selection of International Commercial Arbitration Tribunals (Miami-Dade County Bench and Bar Conference, February 8, 2013 updated for Shook, Hardy & Bacon Annual Update on the Law, June 25, 2014, Kansas City)
Perspectives on the New York Convention Under the Laws of the United States (co-authored with F. Cruz-Alvarez; M. Paulsson, and S. Pagliery) (International Council For Commercial Arbitration 22nd Biennial Congress, April 8, 2014, Miami, Florida)
Avoiding the Cost of International Commercial Arbitration: Is Mediation the Solution? in Contemporary Issues in International Arbitration and Mediation – The Fordham Papers (Martinus Nijhoff, New York. 2011)
The Myth of Culture Clash in International Commercial Arbitration (co-authored with Jan Paulsson), 5 Florida International University Law Review 1 (June 2010)
Production of Electronically Stored Information in Arbitration: Sufficiency of the IBA Rules in Electronic Disclosure in International Arbitration (JurisNet LLC, New York, September 2008)
The Roberts Court 2018-19: Avoiding the Limelight after the Kavanaugh-Kennedy Trade (ABA Webinar, August 2019)
The Roberts Court 2017-18: A Return to the Norm Before Wading Into a New Era (ABA Webinar, August 2018)
The Roberts Court 2016-17: A Quiet Term, or the Calm Before the Storm? (ABA Webinar, August 16, 2017)
The Roberts Court 2015-16: An Untimely Death and Its Impacts (ABA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, August 5, 2016)
The Roberts Court 2014-15: Individual Rights, Voting Rights, Fair Housing, and the Importance of (Con)Text (ABA Annual Meeting, Chicago, July 31, 2015)
The Roberts Court 2013-14: First Amendment, Equal Protection, Privacy, and More (or Less) Unanimity (ABA Annual Meeting, Boston, August 7, 2014)
The Roberts Court 2012-13, DOMA, Voting Rights, Affirmative Action, More Consensus, More Dissent (ABA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, August 10, 2013)
The Roberts Court 2011-12: The Affordable Care Act and More (ABA Annual Meeting, Chicago, August 3, 2012)
The Roberts Court 2010-11: Three Women Justices! (ABA Annual Meeting, Toronto, August 2011)
The Roberts Court: Year Four, Welcome Justice Sotomayor (ABA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, August 2010)
The Robert’s Court: Three’s a Charm (ABA Annual Meeting, Chicago, August 2009)
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| David |
Barnes |
Atkin Chambers |
United Kingdom |
United Kingdom |
Mr. David Barnes
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Chief Executive, Director of Clerking
Atkin Chambers
- Address
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1 Atkin Building
Gray's Inn
London
United Kingdom
- Tel.
194
- E-mail
- Link (LinkedIn/website)
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-barnes-21a027a/
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Short Bio
- David has primary responsibility for managing the practice of each member of Atkin Chambers and for delivering a high-quality service to members’ clients globally. His detailed knowledge of each member’s respective practice ensures he is well-placed to advise clients on the most appropriate counsel for their case.
David was named Chambers CEO of the Year in 2022 for the second time in The Legal 500 UK Bar Awards (he also won in 2015). In 2011 he was named in The Lawyer’s Hot 100.
David was chairman of the Institute of Barristers’ Clerks between 2010 and 2013, and is a current member of Counsel magazine’s editorial board. He is also a vice-president of the Institute of Barristers’ Clerks and he sits on the Technology and Construction Courts Users Committee. David is a former advisory board member of the IBA Law Firm Management Committee.
- Areas of specialisation
- Communications, media and technology, Construction and engineering, Energy, Information technology, Maritime and shipping, State contracts/PPP, Transport
- Positions or offices held
- Chief Executive & Director of Clerking
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| Rajendra |
Barot |
AZB & Partners |
India |
India |
Mr. Rajendra Barot
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Senior Partner
AZB & Partners
- Address
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4th Floor, Sakhar Bhavan, Nariman Point
Mumbai
India
- Tel.
195
- E-mail
- Nationality
- India
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| Philippe |
Bärtsch |
Schellenberg Wittmer |
Switzerland |
Switzerland |
Mr. Philippe Bärtsch
- Address
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15bis rue des Alpes
PO Box 2088
Geneva
Switzerland
- Tel.
198
- E-mail
- Nationality
- Switzerland
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| Thayananthan |
Baskaran |
Baskaran |
Malaysia |
Malaysia |
Mr. Thayananthan Baskaran
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Partner
Baskaran
- Address
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50-11-7 Wisma UOA Damansara
Jalan Dungun, Damansara Heights
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
- Tel.
199
- E-mail
- Link (LinkedIn/website)
- https://www.baskaranlaw.com/
- Nationality
- Malaysia
- Languages
- English, Indonesian, Malaysian, Tamil
- Short Bio
- Mr Baskaran is on the panel of several international arbitration centres and has been appointed as arbitrator in a variety of commercial disputes. Mr Baskaran is the author of Arbitration in Malaysia: A Commentary on the Malaysian Arbitration Act (Wolters Kluwer 2019). Mr Baskaran is a Regional Pathway Leader of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and is a past Chair of the CIArb Malaysia Branch (2017-19). Mr Baskaran has been recognized by Who’s Who Legal as Arbitration Future Leader since 2017. Mr Baskaran has also been recognized in the Legal 500 Arbitration Private Practice Powerlist 2022. Mr Baskaran is described ‘as the best example of the new wave of Asian practitioners who offer great talent and fresh ideas’ in Global Arbitration Review.
- Areas of specialisation
- Communications, media and technology, Construction and engineering, Energy, Information technology, Investment and investment treaties, State contracts/PPP
- Publications
- Arbitration in Malaysia: A Commentary on the Malaysian Arbitration Act (Kluwer Law International 2019)
- Positions or offices held
- - Regional Pathway Leader, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
- Past Chair, CIArb Malaysia
- Commission Member, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Commission on
Arbitration and ADR
- Advisory Board Member, Centre for Arbitration and Research, Maharashtra National
Law University, Mumbai
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