| Niklaus |
Zaugg |
CMS von Erlach Poncet AG |
Switzerland |
Switzerland |
Dr. Niklaus Zaugg
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Partner
CMS von Erlach Poncet AG
- Address
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7 Dreikönigstrasse
PO Box
Zurich
Switzerland
- Tel.
1355
- E-mail
- Nationality
- Switzerland
- Languages
- German, English, French, Norwegian, Spanish
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| Pedro |
Zelaya |
ZELAYA ETCHEGARAY & Co. |
Chile, Spain |
Chile |
Mr. Pedro Zelaya
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Founding Partner
ZELAYA ETCHEGARAY & Co.
- Address
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200 Avda. Alcántara
Office N°407 - Las Condes
Santiago
Region Metropolitana
Chile
- Tel.
8654
- E-mail
- Link (LinkedIn/website)
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/pedro-zelaya-etchegaray-8a6b6764/
- Nationality
- Chile, Spain
- Languages
- Spanish, English
- Short Bio
- Pedro Zelaya received his JD in 1986 from the University of Chile and a Ph.D. in 1992 from the U. of Navarra, Spain. Since 1993, he has been a Professor of Civil Law at the University of Chile and in other relevant institutions. He was a visiting scholar at Oxford Law Faculty (1991) and at Fordham Law School at Lincoln Center (NYC) from 2012 to 2013.
After almost three decades as a partner of a large full-service law firm based in Santiago, Pedro Zelaya has decided to create his own boutique under the name or brand of "ZELAYA ETCHEGARAY & Co.", to work and serve mainly as an independent arbitrator, both in domestic and international arbitrations. He also works as an expert in Chilean Law and various other domestic and international arbitration issues.
- Areas of specialisation
- Construction and engineering, Maritime and shipping, Real estate, State contracts/PPP, Transport
- Publications
- * “Civil Liability for Defects or Failures in Buildings Subject to the General Law on Urban Development and Construction: Liable Parties and Criteria for Attribution of the Duty to Repair.” In Studies on Private Law. Homage to Professor Hernán Corral Talciani, Librería Librotecnia, Santiago, 2025, pp. 615–639.
* In the book Jurisprudential Criteria of the Higher Courts of Justice, Volume II, Thomson Reuters, 2024, Author of the introductory chapter to the Civil Law section.
* “Another Good News for International Commercial Arbitration in Chile: Short Comments on the Supreme Court Decision of January 24, 2024.” In the Kluwer Arbitration Blog, April 1, 2024.
* “The Extension of the Arbitration Agreement to Non-Signatories. Brief Commentary on the Supreme Court Judgment in Case No. 137.715-2022.” In El Mercurio Legal, January 24, 2024.
- Positions or offices held
- Professor of Civil Law at the University of Chile Law School in Santiago
Former member of the Ethics Tribunal of the Santiago Bar Association.
Member of (i) the Santiago de Chile Bar Association; (ii) the University of Chile Law School Alumni Network; (iii) Arbitration Intelligence; (iv) MIAMI International Arbitration Society (MIAS); (v) Campaign For Green Arbitrators; (vi) Asociación Latinoamericana de Arbitraje (ALArb); (vii) Latin America International Arbitration (LIA).
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| Haoliang |
Zhang |
Beijing Arbitration Commission |
China |
China |
Mr. Haoliang Zhang
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Division Chief (III)
Beijing Arbitration Commission
- Address
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118 Jianguo Road
16/F, Zhaoshangju Building, Chaoyang District
Beijing
China
- Tel.
1359
- E-mail
- Nationality
- China
- Languages
- Chinese, English
- Areas of specialisation
- Banking and finance, Investment and investment treaties, Maritime and shipping
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| Nassib |
Ziadé |
Ziadé Arbitration |
Lebanon, Chile |
Bahrain |
Prof. Nassib G. Ziadé
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International judge and arbitrator
Ziadé Arbitration
- Address
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Park Plaza, Suite 701
Building 247, Road 1704, Block 317, PO Box 20006
Diplomatic Area
Manama
Bahrain
- Tel.
1363
- E-mail
- Nationality
- Lebanon, Chile
- Languages
- Arabic, English, French, Spanish
- Short Bio
- Nassib G. Ziadé is the President of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Administrative Tribunal, the President of the United Nations Appeals Tribunal (UNAT), a Member of the World Bank Group Sanctions Board and a Member of the Sanctions Panel of the Geneva-based Global Fund. He regularly serves as tribunal chair or co-arbitrator in arbitrations relating to international investment and public international law, as well as international commerce (including oil and gas; energy; pharmaceuticals; construction, engineering, and infrastructure; real estate; taxation; media and broadcasting; and hospitality). He is an Associate Member of the Institut de droit international.
- Areas of specialisation
- Communications, media and technology, Construction and engineering, Employment and pensions, Energy, Investment and investment treaties, Maritime and shipping, Public international law, Real estate, State contracts/PPP
- Publications
- • Keeping an Eye on Potential Conflicts of Interest of Personnel of Arbitral Institutions and Tribunal Secretaries, 7 BCDR International Arbitration Review 453 (2020)
• Institutional Arbitration in the Region: Challenges and Prospects, in Liber Amicorum Samir Saleh: Reflections on Dispute Resolution with Particular Emphasis on the Arab World 289 (Nassib G. Ziadé ed., Wolters Kluwer Publishers, 2020)
• Do We Need a Permanent Investment Court?, Global Arbitration Review, 13 February 2019
• The Secretary of the Arbitral Tribunal, 5 BCDR International Arbitration Review 147 (2018)
• Curing the Illness without Killing the Patient: Prescribing Appropriate Remedies for Findings of Illegality in International Arbitration, 19 ICCA Congress Series 746 (Albert Jan van den Berg ed., 2017)
• Accountability for Corruption in Investment Arbitration: Equitable Remedies for Findings of Illegality, 3 BCDR International Arbitration Review 423 (2016)
• Protection and Processes of Arbitration under MENA Regional Investment Treaties, in Proceedings of the Second Conference for a Euro-Mediterranean Community of International Arbitration 63 (UNCITRAL Publications 2016); 83 Arbitration 47 (2017)
• Taking of Evidence in Arbitration: The Arab Experience, in International Arbitration Under Review: Essays in Honor of John Beechey 435 (A. Carlevaris, L. Lévy, A. Mourre & E. A. Schwartz eds., ICC Publications 2015)
• Addressing Allegations and Findings of Corruption: The Arbitrator’s Investigative and Reporting Rights and Duties, in Addressing Issues of Corruption in Commercial and Investment Arbitration 114 (Dossiers of the ICC Institute of World Business Law 2015)
• The New Bahraini Legislation on Arbitration, 28 Majallat Al-Tahkim Al-‘Alamiyya 27 (October 2015); 25 Majallat Al-Tahkim Al-‘Arabi 9 (December 2015) (in Arabic)
• How Should Arbitral Institutions Address Issues of Conflicts of Interest?, in Festschrift Ahmed Sadek El-Kosheri: From the Arab World to the Globalization of International Law and Arbitration 211 (Mohamed Abdel Raouf, Philippe Leboulanger & Nassib G. Ziadé eds., Wolters Kluwer Publishers 2015)
• Is ICSID Heading in the Wrong Direction?, Global Arbitration Review, 24 February 2015
• Arbitration Institutions Can Do More to Foster Legitimacy. True or False?, 18 ICCA Congress Series 667 (Albert Jan van den Berg ed., 2015)
• Conflicts of Interest in International Arbitration Between Reality and Expectations, 20 Majallat Al-Tahkim Al-‘Alamiyya 71 (October 2013) (in Arabic)
• The “Arab Spring” and Arab Approaches to International Arbitration, 30 Journal of International Arbitration 591 (2013)
• Commentary on the First Arbitral Award Rendered Pursuant to the Unified Agreement for the Investment of Arab Capital in the Arab Countries, 20 Majallat Al-Tahkim Al-‘Arabi 47 (June 2013); 19 Majallat Al-Tahkim Al-‘Alamiyya 531 (July 2013) (in Arabic)
• The 2000 Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes in the Arab Countries: A Comparative Approach, 14 Majallat Al-Tahkim Al-‘Alamiyya 97 (April 2012) (in Arabic)
• L’éthique et l’arbitrage en matière d’investissement : Grandeur et misère de la fonction d’arbitre, Revue de l’arbitrage 2012.307 (in French)
• Conflicts of Interest in International Administrative Law, in The Development and Effectiveness of International Administrative Law 387 (O. Elias ed., Martinus Nijhoff Publishers 2012)
• Introductory Remarks to the Panel “Recent Trends in Investment Arbitration,” in Proceedings of the 105th Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law 325 (2012)
• Introductory Note to Judgment of November 3, 2010 of the UK Supreme Court in Dallah v. Government of Pakistan, 51 International Legal Materials 288 (2012)
• Introductory Remarks to the Panel “State Court Intervention in Arbitration,” 26 ICSID Review—Foreign Investment Law Journal 91 (2011)
• Discours d’ouverture, in CIRDI, 45 ans après : Bilan d’un système 5 (sous la direction de Ferhat Horchani, éditions Pedone 2011) (in French)
• Les frais et dépens dans l’arbitrage CIRDI, in CIRDI, 45 ans après : Bilan d’un système 263, et discussion aux pages 277, 288-289 (sous la direction de Ferhat Horchani, éditions Pedone 2011) (in French)
• Challenges and Prospects Facing the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, in The Evolving International Investment Regime: Expectations, Realities, Options 120 (J. Alvarez & K. Sauvant eds., Oxford University Press 2011)
• Opening Remarks, Proceedings of the Joint Conference on the Revision of the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules in Light of Thirty Years of Experience, Supplement to 8 Majallat Al-Tahkim 66 (October 2010) (in Arabic)
• Challenge of the Arbitrator under the UNCITRAL and the ICSID Arbitration Rules, Proceedings of the Joint Conference on the Revision of the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules in Light of Thirty Years of Experience, Supplement to 8 Majallat Al-Tahkim 713 (October 2010) (in Arabic)
• How Many Hats Can a Player Wear: Arbitrator, Counsel and Expert?, 24 ICSID Review—Foreign Investment Law Journal 49 (2009)
• Reflections on the Role of Institutional Arbitration between the Present and the Future, 25 Arbitration International 427 (2009)
• ICSID’s Contribution to the Development of Investment Arbitration in the Arab World, 23 ICSID Review—Foreign Investment Law Journal 233 (2008)
• Recent Developments at ICSID, 25 News from ICSID, No. 2, at 3 (2008)
• Achieving Efficiency in Arbitration: The Role of the Institutions, 25 News from ICSID, No. 1, at 3 (2008)
• Some Practical Issues Arising in International Administrative Tribunals, in Problems of International Administrative Law: On the Occasion of the Twentieth Anniversary of the World Bank Administrative Tribunal 73, and discussion at 187 (Nassib G. Ziadé ed., Martinus Nijhoff Publishers 2008)
• Introduction, in Problems of International Administrative Law: On the Occasion of the Twentieth Anniversary of the World Bank Administrative Tribunal ix (Nassib G. Ziadé ed., Martinus Nijhoff Publishers 2008)
• Introductory Remarks to the Panel “Is There a Role for International Law in the Middle East Peace Process?,” in Proceedings of the 99th Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law 213 (2005)
• The Jurisprudence of the World Bank Administrative Tribunal in 2002, 3 The Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals 189 (2004)
• The World Bank’s Internal Conflict Resolution System, 2 The Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals 333 (2003)
• ICSID Conciliation, 13 News from ICSID, No. 2, at 3 (1996)
• Some Recent Decisions in ICSID Cases, 6 ICSID Review—Foreign Investment Law Journal 514 (1991)
• Introductory Note to the SOABI v. Senegal Award, 6 ICSID Review—Foreign Investment Law Journal 119 (1991)
• Introductory Note to the Agreement on the Establishment of the Republic of Yemen and to the Provisional Constitution of Yemen, 30 International Legal Materials 820 (1991)
• Comment [on December 5, 1989 Cour d’appel decision in SOABI v. State of Senegal], Revue critique de droit international privé 1991.124 (in French)
• ICSID Clauses in the Subrogation Context, 7 News from ICSID, No. 2, at 4 (1990)
• ICSID and Arab Countries, 5 News from ICSID, No. 2, at 5 (1988)
• Introductory Note to the International Arbitration Provisions of the 1983 Lebanese Code of Civil Procedure, 27 International Legal Materials 1022 (1988)
- Positions or offices held
- International judge and arbitrator; President of the IMF Administrative Tribunal; President of the United Nations Appeals Tribunal; Member of the World Bank Group Sanctions Board; Member of the Sanctions Panel of the Geneva-based Global Fund; Visiting Professor at the University of Miami School of Law and at the Faculties of Law of Saint-Joseph University in Lebanon and Dubai; Associate Member of the Institut de droit international; Founder and General Editor of the BCDR International Arbitration Review; Vice-President of the Board of Trustees of the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration; Member of the International Advisory Committee of the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR/AAA); Member of the Board of Trustees of the Lebanese Arbitration and Mediation Center; Member of the Court of the Permanent Court of Arbitration; Member of the ICSID Panels of Arbitrators and Conciliators; former CEO of the Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution (BCDR); former Director of the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC); former Deputy Secretary-General (and Acting Secretary-General) of the International Centre for Settlement of investment Disputes (ICSID); former Executive Secretary of the World Bank Administrative Tribunal; former Member of the Court of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA); former Editor-in-Chief of the ICSID Review — Foreign Investment Law Journal; former Vice-President of the International Federation of Commercial Arbitration Institutions.
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| Roland |
Ziadé |
Linklaters LLP |
Lebanon, France, Ecuador |
France |
Mr. Roland Ziadé
- Address
-
25 rue de Marignan
Paris
France
- Tel.
1362
- E-mail
- Nationality
- Lebanon, France, Ecuador
- Languages
- French, Arabic, English
- Positions or offices held
- Paris and Abu Dhabi
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| Richard |
Ziegler |
AcumenADR LLC |
United States of America |
United States of America |
Mr. Richard F Ziegler
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Principal, AcumenADR LLC
AcumenADR LLC
- Address
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41 Madison Avenue
25th Floor
New York
United States of America
- Tel.
1364
- E-mail
- Link (LinkedIn/website)
- http://www.acumenadr.com
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Languages
- English
- Short Bio
- Mr. Ziegler has served on more than 80 arbitration tribunals as presiding, sole and co-arbitrator. Before becoming a full-time arbitrator and mediator, Mr. Ziegler had been a partner at Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton from 1984-2002 and at Jenner & Block in New York from 2007-2019. Mr. Ziegler was Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs, and General Counsel of the 3M Company in St. Paul, Minnesota from 2003-07, where he led a department of more than 150 lawyers in 24 countries. In 2019 he co-founded AcumenADR LLC.
He is recognized in the Chambers Global (Band 1) and USA guides. He is a Fellow of the CIArb and of the College of Commercial Arbitrators and a member of the Board of Directors of the College of Commercial Arbitrators and of CPR Dispute Resolution Services. He is a member of the SVAMC’s “Tech List” of arbitrators.
- Areas of specialisation
- Banking and finance, Communications, media and technology, Energy, Intellectual property
- Publications
- • Co-Chair, Drafting Subcommittee, “The Functus Officio Problem in Modern Arbitration and a Proposed Solution,” NY City Bar Arbitration Committee, April 2021
• Task Force Chair, “CPR’s Annotated Model Procedural Order for Remote Video Arbitration Proceedings,” CPR, April 21, 2020 and Aug. 26, 2021
• Co-Author, “Commercial Arbitration: United States,” Global Arbitration Review, 2018 and 2019
• Co-Author, “Challenges to Arbitral Awards Based on Arbitrator Bias,” New York Law Journal, Feb. 3, 2017
• Co-Author, “The Complications of Attaching Assets in the US in Aid of an Arbitral Award," Dispute Resolution International, April 2016
• Author, “Where Are the Risks? An Assessment of Recent Developments in Mediation Confidentiality,” Alternatives, December 2016
- Positions or offices held
- Member, Board of Directors, International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution ("CPR") 2016-22; Member, Board of Directors, CPR Dispute Resolution Services, LLC, 2022 -; Chair, Education Committee, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, New York Branch; Former Co-Chair, International Arbitration Practice, Jenner & Block LLP (2008-19); Former Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs & General Counsel, 3M Company, St. Paul, MN (2003-07); Member, arbitrator panels maintained by ICDR, CPR, LCIA and AAA, including AAA/ICDR panel on Aerospace, Aviation and National Security, and SVAMC's "Tech List;" Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and College of Commercial Arbitrators
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| Galina |
ZUKOVA |
ZUKOVA Legal |
Latvia |
France |
Dr. Galina ZUKOVA
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Founding Partner
ZUKOVA Legal
- Address
-
16 rue de Passy
16 rue de Passy
Paris
Roma
France
- Tel.
2114
- E-mail
- Link (LinkedIn/website)
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/galina-zukova-46b8793/
- Nationality
- Latvia
- Languages
- Russian, English, French, Spanish
- Short Bio
- Dually qualified in Paris and Latvia, Dr. Galina Zukova is a leading arbitration practitioner with twenty years of legal experience. She has served as an arbitrator (president, sole arbitrator, co-arbitrator and emergency arbitrator alike) in cases conducted under the most major institutional rules.
She is a Founding Partner of ZUKOVA Legal, based in Paris. She is also She is an Associate Professor at the University of Versailles Saint-Quentin (Paris-Saclay) and the Riga Graduate School of Law.
A Latvian lawyer by training , Galina has a PhD from the European University Institute (Florence, Italy) and an LLM from the University of Exeter (UK). She was also a Visiting Scholar at the Yale University .
Dr. Zukova is fluent in English, French, Italian, Latvian, Russian and Spanish.
See https://zukova.legal/
- Areas of specialisation
- Construction and engineering, Energy, Information technology, Intellectual property, Investment and investment treaties, Maritime and shipping, Public international law, State contracts/PPP, Transport
- Publications
- see https://zukova.legal/publications/
- Positions or offices held
- Present:
PCA, Member
AMCA (Armenian Arbitration Centre), Council Member
ICC Institute of World Business Law, Council Member
Past:
ICC Court, Member
Finnish Arbitration Institute, Board Member
Georgian International Arbitration Court, Council Vice-Chair
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| Eduardo |
Zuleta |
Arbitration Chambers |
Colombia |
United States of America |
Prof. Eduardo Zuleta
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Member
Arbitration Chambers
- Address
-
45 Rockefeller Plaza
20th Floor
New York
New York
United States of America
- Tel.
1365
- E-mail
- Link (LinkedIn/website)
- https://arbchambers.com/arbitrators/eduardo-zuleta-j?lang=en
- Nationality
- Colombia
- Languages
- Spanish, English
- Short Bio
- Prof. Eduardo Zuleta is an independent arbitrator. He has acted as chair and co-arbitrator in a vast number commercial and investment cases under, inter alia, ICC, ICDR, ICSID, UNCITRAL, LCIA, OIC and IACAC as well as in ICSID annulment committees. Disputes in which Prof Zuleta has acted include infrastructure, M&A, energy, financial products and distribution and involves parties, including state parties from Latam, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Prof. Zuleta is a member of the Sanctions Board of the World Bank and Adjunct Professor at Georgetown Law.
- Areas of specialisation
- Banking and finance, Construction and engineering, Energy, Investment and investment treaties, Public international law
- Publications
- Co-editor (with Mohamed S. Abdel Wahab, Chiann Bao, Alexander G. Fessas, Mark Friedman and Claudia Salomon), Leadership, Legitimacy Legacy. A Tribute to Alexis Mourre, ICC Library (2022)
Co-editor (with Guido Tawil), International Commercial Arbitration – Study of the New York Convention – Tirant LoBlanch 2022 – Tirant LoBlanch 2022)
The Map Is Not the Territory – But We Do Need Maps: How Helpful Are Guidelines on What Constitutes a Conflict of Interest, and on the Circumstances under Which Disclosure Is Required?, in BCDR International Arbitration Review, Vol 7, No.2 (December 2020) (with Maria Marulanda)
Chapter 40: Security for Costs: Authority of the Tribunal and Third-Party Funding, in Building International International Investment Law – The First 50 Years of ICSID
- Positions or offices held
- Past Vice President ICC Court of Arbitration; Member World Bank Sanctions Board; Past Chair IBA Arbitration Committee; Past member LCIA Court; Founder and Past- President Latin American Arbitration Association; Member ICCA Advisory Board; Adjunt Professor Georgetown Law School.
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| Alberto |
Zuleta-Londoño |
Cuatrecasas |
Colombia |
Colombia |
Mr. Alberto Zuleta-Londoño
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Partner
Cuatrecasas
- Address
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79-35 Cra. 11
Piso 7
Bogotá
Bogotá
Colombia
- Tel.
1366
- E-mail
- Link (LinkedIn/website)
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/alberto-zuleta-londo%C3%B1o-1127a813/
- Nationality
- Colombia
- Languages
- Spanish, English
- Short Bio
- With more than three decades of experience in dispute resolution, Alberto Zuleta-Londoño has extensive, hands-on arbitration expertise across both domestic and cross‑border matters. He has served as arbitrator and as counsel under ICC, UNCITRAL, ICDR, and ICSID rules, as well as in proceedings before Colombia’s leading arbitration centers. Beyond arbitration, Alberto has represented clients at all levels of the Colombian judiciary and before administrative and oversight authorities. He also advises on competition law, including investigations led by the competition authority and merger control filings and clearances.
- Areas of specialisation
- Antitrust, competition and trade, Construction and engineering, Investment and investment treaties
- Positions or offices held
- ICC Colombian National Committee- Chair
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