| Peter |
Chow |
Acacia Arbitration Chambers |
Singapore |
Hong Kong |
Mr. Peter Chow
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International Arbitrator
Acacia Arbitration Chambers
- Address
-
Level 86
International Commerce Centre, No. 1 Austin Road West, West Kowloon
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
- Tel.
307
- E-mail
- Link (LinkedIn/website)
- https://pchowarbitration.com/
- Nationality
- Singapore
- Languages
- English, Chinese
- Short Bio
- Peter Chow is an international arbitrator and arbitration advocate. He has substantial experience with high-stakes, complex international disputes globally.
Prior to practising as an independent arbitrator and counsel, Peter was a partner at three US international law firms, namely, King & Spalding (Singapore), Squire Patton Boggs (Hong Kong), and Bryan Cave (Hong Kong). He has held various leadership roles, including global head of Greater China disputes practice, head of Asia disputes practice, and head of office.
He has been involved in arbitrations in Asia for over 30 years and is one of the most experienced arbitration lawyers in Asia. Peter has represented clients in some of the largest arbitrations in Asia, including five cases involving multi-billion US dollar claims.
- Areas of specialisation
- Communications, media and technology, Construction and engineering, Energy, Investment and investment treaties
- Publications
- Contributing author, Arbitration in Hong Kong – A Practical Guide (Sweet & Maxwell)
Contributing author, The Hong Kong Arbitration Ordinance: Commentary and Annotations (Sweet & Maxwell)
Contributing author, Commercial Litigation in Hong Kong – A Practical Guide (Sweet & Maxwell)
Contributing author, book chapters on “ICSID Arbitration,” “Costs” and “Interim Measures,” Practical Guidance on Arbitration (Lexis Nexis)
- Positions or offices held
- Peter is a Chartered Arbitrator and on the panel of the main international arbitration institutions in Asia.
Current and former positions:
Vice-chair of the IPBA International Construction Projects Committee
Chair of the IPBA Energy & Resources Committee
Council member of IPBA
Member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR
Member of the ICC Arbitrator Nomination Committee
Vice-president of the Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators
Member of the Editorial Board for LexisNexis online Practical Guidance (Arbitration).
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| Heidi |
Chui |
Stevenson, Wong & Co. |
Hong Kong |
Hong Kong |
Ms. Heidi Chui
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Partner
Stevenson, Wong & Co.
- Address
-
39th Floor, Gloucester Tower,
The Landmark, 15 Queen’s Road Central,
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
- Tel.
8624
- E-mail
- Nationality
- Hong Kong
- Languages
- Chinese, Cantonese, English, Mandarin
- Short Bio
- Heidi Chui is a partner at Stevenson, Wong & Co., heading the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department, and Banking and Finance Department. She is also co-head of the FinTech practice group. She passed The GBA Legal Professional Examination in 2021. She specializes in commercial litigation, international arbitration and dispute resolution, banking and finance, cross-border enforcement, insolvency, and regulatory enforcement. Heidi is an arbitrator of The Law Society of Hong Kong ("LSHK"), CIETAC, HKIAC, SHIAC, SCIA, HIAC and SHAC, and many other arbitration commissions. She is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (U.K.) and a committee member of WIA of HKIAC. Heidi is a Council Member of LSHK, a Member of LSHK's Arbitration Committee, International Legal Affairs Committee, and many other committees of LSHK.
- Areas of specialisation
- Antitrust, competition and trade, Banking and finance, Communications, media and technology, Employment and pensions, Energy, Information technology, Investment and investment treaties, Regulatory, Restructuring and insolvency
- Positions or offices held
- Partner
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| Tina |
Cicchetti |
Vancouver Arbitration Chambers |
Canada, Italy |
Canada |
Ms. Tina Cicchetti
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Independent Arbitrator
Vancouver Arbitration Chambers
- Address
-
c/o Arbitration Place
#900 - 333 Bay Street
Toronto
ON
Canada
- Tel.
310
- E-mail
- Link (LinkedIn/website)
- https://cicchettiarbitration.com/
- Nationality
- Canada, Italy
- Languages
- English
- Areas of specialisation
- Energy, Investment and investment treaties
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| Massimo |
Coccia |
Coccia De Angelis & Associati |
Italy |
Italy |
Prof. Massimo Coccia
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Senior Partner
Coccia De Angelis & Associati
- Address
-
Piazza Adriana, 15
Rome
Italy
- Tel.
312
- E-mail
- Link (LinkedIn/website)
- https://www.cdaa.it/eng/; https://it.linkedin.com/in/massimo-coccia-65397b13/
- Nationality
- Italy
- Languages
- Italian, English, French, Spanish
- Short Bio
- Massimo Coccia is a tenured law professor, teaching International Law and EU Competition Law. He is also senior partner of Coccia De Angelis & Associati, where he specializes in international arbitration. He is regularly cited by Who’s Who Legal as a top arbitrator; Arbitrator Intelligence recently recognized him as "Distinguished Arbitrator". He is Vice-President of the Italian Arbitration Association and Honorary President of the Italian Chapter of the Spanish Arbitration Club
- Areas of specialisation
- Antitrust, competition and trade, Communications, media and technology, Construction and engineering, Energy, Public international law, Regulatory, Sport
- Publications
- Sports Arbitration: Which Features Can Be “Exported” to Other Fields of Arbitration?, in Sports Arbitration: A Coach for Other Players? (E. Geisinger, E. Trabaldo Eds.), ASA Special Series No. 41, Huntington, New York, 2015, 1-16;
The jurisprudence of the Swiss Federal Tribunal on challenges against CAS awards, in International Sports Law and CAS Jurisprudence (M. Bernasconi Ed.), Bern, 2014, 169-208.
International Sports Justice: The Court of Arbitration for Sport, in International and Comparative Sports Justice (M. Colucci & K. Jones Eds.), The European Sports Law and Policy Bulletin, Issue 1-2013, 23-76.
Applicable law in CAS proceedings: what to do with EU law?, in Sport Governance, Football Disputes, Doping and CAS Arbitration (M. Bernasconi-A. Rigozzi Eds.), Bern, 2009, 69-93.
- Positions or offices held
- Professor of European Competition Law and International Trade Law at University of Rome 1 (Italy); Professor of International Law at Tuscia University in Viterbo (Italy); Vice-President of the Italian Arbitration Association (AIA); Honorary President of the Italian Chapter of the Spanish Arbitration Club (CEA); Member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR; Arbitrator at the Court of Arbitration for Sport; Deputy Arbitrator at the America's Cup Arbitration Panel; Involved in more than 300 international arbitrations, mostly as arbitrator
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| Eleonora |
Coelho |
Eleonora Coelho Advogados |
Brazil |
Brazil |
Ms. Eleonora Coelho
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Partner
Eleonora Coelho Advogados
- Address
-
Rua Funchal, 263 cj 161 Vila Olimpia
São Paulo
São Paulo
Brazil
- Tel.
313
- E-mail
- Nationality
- Brazil
- Languages
- Portuguese, English, French, Italian, Spanish
- Short Bio
- Eleonora Coelho has a law degree from University of São Paulo Law School (USP) and has a Master in Litigation, Arbitration and Alternative Methods of Dispute Resolution (ADR) from Université Paris II – Panthéon-Assas.
Eleonora is founding partner of Eleonora Coelho Advogados and served as president of the Center for Arbitration and Mediation of the Chamber of Commerce Brazil-Canada (CAM-CCBC) from 2019 to 2023. She is also president of the Permanent Arbitration Commission of the São Paulo Lawyers Institute (IASP) (2022-2024).
She acts as counsel and arbitrator in national and international arbitrations and is listed in the roster of arbitrators of many arbitral institutions. She has authored several publications on arbitration and ADRs and frequently speaks at national and international events about arbitration.
- Areas of specialisation
- Banking and finance, Construction and engineering, Energy
- Positions or offices held
- CASTRO, BARROS, SOBRAL, GOMES ADVOGADOS
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| Julian |
cohen |
Resolution Chambers |
United Kingdom |
Hong Kong |
Mr. Julian cohen
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Barrister, Arbitrator
Resolution Chambers
- Address
-
Suite 1001, 10/F Far East FInance Centre
16 Harcourt Road
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
- Tel.
314
- E-mail
- Link (LinkedIn/website)
- https://www.resolution-international.com
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English, French
- Short Bio
- Julian Cohen is recognised as being one of Hong Kong’s leading construction barristers (Doyle’s Guide and The Legal 500) and a top arbitration practitioner (Who’s Who Legal: China and Hong Kong).
Julian has over 30 years’ specialist experience of heavyweight commercial disputes, commercial arbitration, construction and engineering disputes, and international arbitration. Sums in dispute in his cases vary from small to in excess of USD 2 billion.
He has been involved with disputes in: Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR, PRC Mainland, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Fiji, Guam, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait, Yemen, Egypt, Mali, Benin, Albania, Czech Republic, France, Belgium, Germany, Brazil, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.
- Areas of specialisation
- Construction and engineering, Energy, Transport
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| Paul |
Cohen |
4-5 Gray's Inn Square Chambers |
France, United Kingdom, United States |
United Kingdom |
Dr. Paul Cohen
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Barrister, Attorney-at-Law
4-5 Gray's Inn Square Chambers
- Address
-
4-5 Gray's Inn Square
London
United Kingdom
- Tel.
8658
- E-mail
- Nationality
- France, United Kingdom, United States
- Languages
- English, French, Russian, Spanish
- Areas of specialisation
- Energy, Intellectual property, Investment and investment treaties, Public international law
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| Abby |
Cohen Smutny |
White & Case LLP |
United States |
United States |
Ms. Abby Cohen Smutny
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Partner
White & Case LLP
- Address
-
701 Thirteenth Street, NW
Washington
District of Columbia
United States
- Tel.
1154
- E-mail
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Short Bio
- Abby Cohen Smutny is the Global Head of White & Case’s International Arbitration Practice. She is widely recognized as one of the leading international arbitration practitioners globally. Abby’s leadership positions have included: Chair of the Institute of Transnational Arbitration (ITA); Vice President of the American Society of International Law; President of LCIA North American Users Council; AAA Advisory Board Member; Vice Chair of IBA Arbitration Committee and Chair of IBA Investment Treaty Sub-Committee; ALI Adviser on US Restatement on International Arbitration; co-Chair of the ICCA Task Force on Standards of Practice in International Arbitration; and Chair International Law Section of Washington DC Bar. Abby is a member of the Court of Arbitration of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre and is a member of the Board of the Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration.
- Areas of specialisation
- Banking and finance, Energy, Investment and investment treaties, Public international law, State contracts/PPP
- Positions or offices held
- Chair, Institute for Transnational Arbitration;
former Vice-President, American Society of International Law;
former Co-Editor-in-Chief, World Arbitration and Mediation Review
Former Vice-Chair Arbitration Committee of International Bar Association;
Former Chair of the International Law Section of the District of Columbia Bar;
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| Robert |
Coles |
The Sugar Association of London, and Refined Sugar Association |
United Kingdom |
United Kingdom |
Mr. Robert Coles
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Secretary
The Sugar Association of London, and Refined Sugar Association
- Address
-
Sugar Association of London
154 Bishopsgate
London
United Kingdom
- Tel.
8570
- E-mail
- Link (LinkedIn/website)
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/bob-coles-97563925/
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Short Bio
- Over 20 years working in Soft Commodities, originally in Shipping Operations before moving to cover operational, and then credit and counterparty risk roles.
In 2022 I left the corporate world and took up the position Secretary to The Sugar Association of London, and The Refined Sugar Association.
30 plus years Army Reservist.
- Areas of specialisation
- Antitrust, competition and trade, Maritime and shipping
- Positions or offices held
- 1)Secretary of The Sugar Association of London, and The Refined Sugar Association
2)Member British National Council, International Commission for Uniform Methods of Sugar Analysis ( ICUMSA)
3)Member, The Commercial Courts of England & Wales Users Committee
4) Council Member, The Federation of Commodity Associations
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| James |
Collins KC |
Essex Court Chambers |
United Kingdom |
United Kingdom |
Mr. James Collins KC
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-
Essex Court Chambers
- Address
-
24 Lincoln's Inn Fields
London
United Kingdom
- Tel.
317
- E-mail
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
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| Michael |
Collins KC |
Hanscom Collins & Rutter PA |
United Kingdom |
United States |
Mr. Michael Geoffrey Collins KC
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International Arbitrator
Hanscom Collins & Rutter PA
- Address
-
10 School Street
Rockland
Maine
United States
- Tel.
316
- E-mail
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Areas of specialisation
- Energy
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| Mark |
Colthart |
FortyEight Shortland Barristers |
New Zealand |
New Zealand |
Mr. Mark Robert Terrence Colthart
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Arbitrator & Adjudicator
FortyEight Shortland Barristers
- Address
-
Level 34, Vero Centre
48 Shortland Street
Auckland
Auckland
New Zealand
- Tel.
7739
- E-mail
- Link (LinkedIn/website)
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/markcolthart/
- Nationality
- New Zealand
- Languages
- English
- Short Bio
- Mark was admitted to the Bar in 1994, and has over 28 years’ experience as a commercial barrister and arbitrator.
Mark has particular expertise in building and construction, infrastructure, and property. He has acted as sole arbitrator and chair of an arbitral tribunal in a wide range of commercial disputes.
Mark graduated with a BA/LLB from the University of Canterbury in Christchurch in 1993, and an LLM(Hons) from the University of Auckland in 2001.
Mark is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), a Fellow and former Council Member the Arbitrators’ and Mediators’ Institute of New Zealand (AMINZ), and a Fellow of the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA).
Mark has published and presented widely on issues relating to arbitration, adjudication, and property and construction law.
- Areas of specialisation
- Antitrust, competition and trade, Construction and engineering, Energy, Real estate, State contracts/PPP, Transport
- Positions or offices held
- Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Fellow of the Arbitrators' & Mediators' Institute of New Zealand
Fellow of the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration
Executive Council Member of the Property Law Section of the New Zealand Law Society
Convenor of the Property Disputes Committee of the Law Association (formerly the Auckland District Law Society)
Council Member of the Arbitrators' & Mediators' Institute of New Zealand 2014-2018.
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| Nayla |
Comair-Obeid |
Obeid & Partners |
Lebanon, France |
United Arab Emirates |
Prof. Dr. Nayla Comair-Obeid
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Founding Partner
Obeid & Partners
- Address
-
Level 3, Offices 3, One Central, Dubai World Trade Center, Dubai, UAE
Dubai
United Arab Emirates
- Tel.
319
- E-mail
- Link (LinkedIn/website)
- https://obeidpartners.com/
- Nationality
- Lebanon, France
- Languages
- Arabic, English, French
- Short Bio
- Prof. Dr. Nayla Comair-Obeid is the Founding Partner of Obeid & Partners where she heads the firm’s dispute resolution practice. She is also an associate member of 3VB Chambers in London and a Professor of International Arbitration. She has been actively involved in over 170 domestic and international commercial and investment arbitrations conducted in Arabic, French and English-language whether ad hoc and or institutional (ICSID, ICC, LCIA, DIAC, CRCICA, BCDR, DIFC-LCIA, UNCITRAL, etc). Throughout her career, Professor Comair-Obeid has held and continues to hold pre-eminent positions. She has been elected the Vice Chair of the ICC Global (as of June 2022) and appointed the Chair of the Jury of the ICC Institute Prize (2023 edition). She sits, among others, as a member of the ICC Executive Board, former member of the LCIA Court, member of the CRCICA Board of Trustees, Companion of the CIArb, and member of the international commercial expert committee of China’s Supreme People’s Court. She has authored numerous publications, including the book “The Law of Business Contracts in the Middle East”, among others.
- Areas of specialisation
- Banking and finance, Communications, media and technology, Construction and engineering, Energy, Information technology, Investment and investment treaties, Real estate, State contracts/PPP, Transport
- Publications
- Arbitration in Lebanese Law-A Comparative Study (Delta, 1999); The Law of Business Contracts in the Arab Middle East (Kluwer, 1996); Les contrats en droit musulman des affaires (Economica, 1995). Professor Comair-Obeid is also the author of numerous articles on international arbitration, including: "How to Draft a Valid Arbitration Clause," Rev. lib. arb. arabe & int. No. 56 (2011) (in Arabic); "Mediation in the Arab World: Challenges and Prospects," in Liber Amicorum dedicated to Serge Lazareff (L. Levy & Y. Derains eds., Pedone, 2011); "Recovery of Damages for breach of an obligation of payment," in Evaluation of Damages in International Arbitration (ICC Pub. No. 668E, 2006); "Due Process as a Limit to Discretion in International Commercial Arbitration”, Kluwer Law, 2020; "Lebanon Chapter: Law and Practice", Chambers Global, 2022
- Positions or offices held
- Professor of international commercial arbitration; Vice Chair of ICC, Member of the ICC Executive Board; Companion of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators ; Past President of the CIArb; Member of the LCIA Court; Trustee in the CRCICA Board of Trustees; member of the ICSID panel of arbitrators the ICSID panel of conciliators, member of the council of the Institute of World Business Law of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in Paris; member of the legal committee of the board of directors of the Lebanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry; member of the board of trustees of the Cairo Regional Centre; former vice chair of the arbitration committee in the International Bar Association; and former commissioner of the United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC) in Geneva
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| Robert |
Connal KC |
RCCKC Arbitration |
United Kingdom |
United Kingdom |
Mr. Robert Craig Connal KC
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Arbitrator
RCCKC Arbitration
- Address
-
Lethendy, 170 East Kilbride Road
Busby
Glasgow
South Lanarkshire
United Kingdom
- Tel.
8196
- E-mail
- Link (LinkedIn/website)
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/r-craig-connal-kc-8465b143/
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Short Bio
- Over 40 years as a partner in a major firm handling an enormous variety of cases at many levels of hearings, tribunals Inquiries and Courts (including the UK Supreme Court) and sitting as an arbitrator from time to time, now focusing solely on arbitration
- Areas of specialisation
- Communications, media and technology, Construction and engineering, Employment and pensions, Energy, Environmental law, Intellectual property, Real estate, Regulatory, Restructuring and insolvency, Sport
- Publications
- Articles in many publications including IBA Arbitration Committee Newsletter
- Positions or offices held
- Chairman British-Irish Commercial Bar Association 2019-2022; Convenor Rights of Audience Course, Law Society of Scotland 2004-2022; Litigation Partner Pinsent Masons 1980-2020; Previously External Examiner, Aberdeen University, currently guest lecturer Robert Gordons University
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| Roderick |
Cordara KC |
Essex Court Chambers |
United Kingdom |
United Kingdom |
Mr. Roderick Cordara KC
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-
Essex Court Chambers
- Address
-
24 Lincoln's Inn Fields
London
United Kingdom
- Tel.
321
- E-mail
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English, Italian
- Areas of specialisation
- Energy, Investment and investment treaties, Maritime and shipping, Public international law, Taxation and accountancy, Transport
- Publications
- Investor State & Taxation chapter in Plucking the Goose: Essays Lexis Nexis 2016
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| Fábio |
Correa |
Tauil & Chequer Advogados associado a Mayer Brown |
Brazil |
Brazil |
Mr. Fábio Peixinho Gomes Correa
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Partner
Tauil & Chequer Advogados associado a Mayer Brown
- Address
-
Av. Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek, 1455 - 6º andar
São Paulo
SP
Brazil
- Tel.
4246
- E-mail
- Link (LinkedIn/website)
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/fabio-peixinho-gomes-correa-b2970837/
- Nationality
- Brazil
- Languages
- Portuguese, English
- Short Bio
- Fabio Peixinho is a partner in the Litigation & Arbitration practice of Tauil & Chequer Advogados in association with Mayer Brown in the São Paulo office.
Fabio is a dispute resolution specialist with a solid academic background, and over 20 years’ experience in high profile cases in Brazil and abroad. Fabio specialized in national and international arbitrations, and also has a solid litigation practice in the Brazilian Federal and State Courts. Likewise, Fabio conquered a wide recognition as a civil procedure scholar and as a visiting professor at the post graduate courses of University of Sao Paulo. As a result of his distinguished litigation skills, Fabio has been involved in a variety of disputes, with focus on energy, construction, M&A, oil & gas, transport, maritime, education and food industries.
- Areas of specialisation
- Banking and finance, Communications, media and technology, Construction and engineering, Energy, Intellectual property, Real estate, Regulatory, Restructuring and insolvency, State contracts/PPP, Transport
- Publications
- - Due Process Paranoia e art. V, 1, (b) da Convenção de Nova Iorque. In: Selma Ferreira Lemes; e Christian Sahb Batista Lopes. (Org.).
Arbitragem Comercial Internacional e os 60 Anos da Convenção de Nova Iorque. 1ed.São Paulo: Quartier Latin, v. 1, 2019, p. 477-495.
- Pedido de Indenização no Juízo Penal e Eficácia da Sentença Penal
Absolutória Penal no Processo Civil. In: Bedaque, José Roberto dos
Santos; Yarshell, Flávio Luiz; Sica, Heitor Vitor Mendonça (Org.). Estudos de Direito Processual Civil em Homenagem ao Professor José Rogério Cruz e Tucci. 1ed.Salvador: JUSPODIVM, v. 1, 2018, p. 1-789.
- Fungibilidade entre tutela de urgência e tutela de evidência: intersecção entre processos sumários com função cautelar e decisória. Revista de Processo, v. 270, 2017, p. 141-169.
- Positions or offices held
- Accolades:
- Chambers & Partners – Global – Arbitration - Brazil.
- Chambers & Partners – Latin America – Arbitration – Brazil.
- Legal 500 – Latin America – Dispute Resolution - Brazil.
- Leaders League – Arbitration - Brazil.
- Who’s Who Legal – Future Leaders – Partners - Arbitration.
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| Utku |
Cosar |
Arbitration Chambers |
Turkey |
Turkey |
Ms. Utku Cosar
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Member
Arbitration Chambers
- Address
-
Inonu Cad No: 59/17
Gumussuyu
Beyoglu
Istanbul
Turkey
- Tel.
322
- E-mail
- Nationality
- Turkey
- Languages
- Turkish, English
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| Bernardo |
Cremades |
B. Cremades y Asociados |
Spain |
Spain |
Prof. Bernardo Cremades
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Senior Partner
B. Cremades y Asociados
- Address
-
Goya 18, segunda planta
Madrid
Spain
- Tel.
323
- E-mail
- Link (LinkedIn/website)
- https://www.cremades.com/en/
- Nationality
- Spain
- Languages
- Spanish, English, French, German
- Short Bio
- Prof. Bernardo Cremades is a lawyer, arbitrator and senior partner of B. Cremades y Asociados. He is a Professor of International Business Law at Universidad de Madrid and is a member of the Institute of World Business Law of the ICC. He is the leading Spanish international arbitration practitioner (“number one practitioner in Spain for commercial arbitration legal expertise” and “one of the top names in the industry”, Who’s Who legal, July 2005). His international recognition includes Germany’s distinguished Verdienstkreuz award, and the French distinction of Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mérite.
- Areas of specialisation
- Communications, media and technology, Construction and engineering, Energy, Intellectual property, Investment and investment treaties, Real estate, Sport, Transport
- Publications
- - Arbitration in Spain, Butterworths, 1991
- Litigating in Spain: considerations for foreign practitioners, including judicial assistance, enforcement of foreign judgments, bankruptcy, arbitration and other civil proceedings, Kluwer Law, 1989
- Business Law in Spain (General Editor), Butterworths, 1992
- numerous articles in arbitration-related law reviews.
- Positions or offices held
- - Former President of the Spanish Court of Arbitration
- Member of the International Council of Commercial Arbitration (ICCA)
- Member of the Institute of World Business Law of the ICC
- Member of the Spanish Arbitration Club
- Member of CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution
- Member of the Association Suisse de l’Arbitrage
- Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
- Member of the International Arbitration Club
- Member of DIS (Deutsche Institution für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit)
- Co-President Foro Hispano-Alemán (Madrid)
- Member and former Vice President of the London Court of International Arbitration
- Former President of the Arbitration Committee of the International Bar Association
- Permanent Member of the Spanish Royal Academy of Jurisprudence and Legislation
- Medal of Honour of the Master in Law of the European Union, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 2015
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| Antoine |
Cremona FCIArb |
GANADO Advocates |
Malta |
Malta |
Dr. Antoine George Cremona FCIArb
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Partner
GANADO Advocates
- Address
-
171 Old Bakery Street
Valletta
Malta
- Tel.
325
- E-mail
- Link (LinkedIn/website)
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/antoine-cremona/?originalSubdomain=mt
- Nationality
- Malta
- Languages
- English, French, Italian
- Short Bio
- Antoine Cremona is a Partner at Ganado Advocates, regularly representing clients in civil and commercial litigation and arbitration proceedings particularly in corporate disputes with a special focus on shareholder disputes, construction contracts and cross-border proceedings.
Antoine also has significant experience in public procurement and construction law and regularly assists employers, engineers and contractors in the drafting and negotiation of construction contracts modelled on FIDIC and other main industry forms of contract.
He is a senior lecturer in international commercial arbitration at the University of Malta and participates regularly in practice groups relating to dispute resolution, construction and public procurement law. Antoine is a member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution.
- Areas of specialisation
- Antitrust, competition and trade, Construction and engineering, Investment and investment treaties, Real estate, Sport, State contracts/PPP
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| John |
Crook |
George Washington University School of Law |
United States |
United States |
Prof. John Robert Crook
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Professorial lecturer
George Washington University School of Law
- Address
-
10610 Belfast Place
Potomac
Maryland
United States
- Tel.
329
- E-mail
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Areas of specialisation
- Investment and investment treaties, Public international law
- Positions or offices held
- Co-Author, ICCA-ASIL Report on Issue Conflict in International Arbitration, 2016;
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| Douglas |
Cunningham KC |
Arbitration Place |
Canada, Canada |
Canada |
Hon. Douglas Cunningham KC
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Arbitrator, Mediator
Arbitration Place
- Address
-
2 ST. CLAIR AVENUE WEST
SUITE 12A
Toronto
Ontario
Canada
- Tel.
330
- E-mail
- Nationality
- Canada, Canada
- Languages
- English
- Areas of specialisation
- Employment and pensions, Information technology, Investment and investment treaties, Maritime and shipping, Public international law, Restructuring and insolvency, Sport, Transport
- Positions or offices held
- Advocates Society, Past Director, former Associate Chief Justice
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| Justin |
D'Agostino MH |
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP |
United Kingdom |
Hong Kong |
Mr. Justin D'Agostino MH
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Chief Executive Officer
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
- Address
-
23/F Gloucester Tower
15 Queen’s Road, Central
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
- Tel.
333
- E-mail
- Link (LinkedIn/website)
- https://www.herbertsmithfreehills.com/our-people/justin-dagostino
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Areas of specialisation
- Banking and finance, Communications, media and technology, Energy, Investment and investment treaties, Public international law, Sport
- Positions or offices held
- (1) Member of the Executive Board of the International Chamber of Commerce
(2) Co-chair of the Host Committee of ICCA 2024 in Hong Kong
(3) Co-chair, Global Steering Committee of the Arbitration Pledge, which seeks to increase, on an equal opportunity basis, the number of women appointed as arbitrators to achieve fairer representation
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| Rodrigo |
da Fonseca |
Fonseca e Salles Lima Advogados Associados |
Brazil |
Brazil |
Mr. Rodrigo Garcia da Fonseca
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Partner
Fonseca e Salles Lima Advogados Associados
- Address
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Rua Visconde de Piraja no 142 salas 201/203
Ipanema
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
- Tel.
331
- E-mail
- Link (LinkedIn/website)
- http://www.fsla.com.br
- Nationality
- Brazil
- Languages
- Portuguese, English, French, Spanish
- Areas of specialisation
- Banking and finance, Construction and engineering, Energy, Regulatory, Sport
- Positions or offices held
- Secretary-General of the Arbitration Commission of the Brazilian Bar Association - Rio de Janeiro Section
President of the Center for Arbitration and Mediation of the Brazil-Canada Chamber of Commerce (CAM-CCBC)
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| Joel |
Dahlquist |
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP |
Sweden |
United Kingdom |
Dr. Joel Dahlquist
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International Arbitration Advisor
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
- Address
-
25 Old Broad Street
London
United Kingdom
- Tel.
8605
- E-mail
- Nationality
- Sweden
- Languages
- Swedish, English
- Areas of specialisation
- Investment and investment treaties, Public international law
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| Pascale |
Dahrouj |
Willminds LLC |
Lebanon |
Lebanon |
Mrs. Pascale Dahrouj
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Founder & CEO
Willminds LLC
- Address
-
Dbayeh, Le Mall Street
209 Building, 3rd floor
Dbayeh
None
Lebanon
- Tel.
8683
- E-mail
- Link (LinkedIn/website)
- https://www.willminds.com
- Nationality
- Lebanon
- Languages
- Arabic, English, French, Spanish
- Short Bio
- Pascale Dahrouj is the Founder and CEO of Willminds LLC, with its three service-branches being Willminds Mediation and Arbitration Center (WMAC), Willminds Consulting Services (WCS), and Willminds Academy. She is an arbitrator, mediator, negotiator, dispute resolution expert and justice innovator. She is accredited by international dispute resolution bodies and has won several awards.
She also focuses her work on Anti-Corruption, policy design and implementation, and stakeholder consultation and engagement. She is the President of the Lebanese Diaspora Energy (LDE) and a strategic advisor in various Ministries with an extensive international experience in the public and private sectors.
Pascale is member of International Bar Association and holds degrees in International Law, Political Management, and Public Policy.
- Areas of specialisation
- Energy, Environmental law, Information technology, Intellectual property, Public international law, Regulatory, Restructuring and insolvency, Sport, State contracts/PPP
- Positions or offices held
- - Founder & CEO, Willminds LLC (Willminds Mediation and Arbitration Center WMAC, Willminds Consulting Services WCS, and Willminds Academy).
- Senior Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants, Lebanon
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| Brooks |
Daly |
Permanent Court of Arbitration |
United States |
Netherlands |
Mr. Brooks W. Daly
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Deputy Secretary-General
Permanent Court of Arbitration
- Address
-
Peace Palace
Carnegieplein 2
The Hague
Netherlands
- Tel.
337
- E-mail
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English, Spanish, Dutch, French
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| Gabor |
Damjanovic |
Forgó, Damjanovic & Partners Law Firm |
Hungary, Israel |
Hungary |
Dr. Gabor Damjanovic
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Arbitrator, Managing Partner
Forgó, Damjanovic & Partners Law Firm
- Address
-
17-19 Alkotas street
Budapest
Hungary
- Tel.
338
- E-mail
- Link (LinkedIn/website)
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabordamjanovic/
- Nationality
- Hungary, Israel
- Languages
- Hungarian, English
- Short Bio
- Disputes/transactional lawyer with over 20 years of experience in both areas. Highly international, having represented clients from dozens of jurisdictions and 5 continents.
- Areas of specialisation
- Construction and engineering, Employment and pensions, Energy, Investment and investment treaties, Real estate, State contracts/PPP, Transport
- Publications
- - author of the ‘Hungary’ chapter in the 6th edition of Arbitration World by Sweet & Maxwell (2018);
- author of the ‘Hungary’ chapter in the seventh edition of Global Legal Insights – International Arbitration 2021;
- co-author of “Protecting National Assets à la Hungary — Unexpected Restriction To Arbitration” (Mealey’s International Arbitration Report, October 2014);
- co-author of the Hungary chapter of the “Company Acquisitions Handbook” on the regulatory aspects of acquisitions in the EU (Bloomsbury Professional Limited, 2009 and 2011);
- co-author of the ‘Hungary’ chapter in Chambers Gaming Law 2019 and 2020 Guide;
- Gaming in Hungary – a legal overview (Aug/Sept 2009 issue of iGBAffiliate);
- session co-chair during the Global Professional Ethics Symposium (Milan, 2022).
- Positions or offices held
- Co-Chair of the Professional Ethics Committee (PEC) of the IBA
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| Jacques S. |
Darche C.Arb |
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP |
Canada |
Canada |
Mr. Jacques S. Darche C.Arb
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Lawyer, Partner
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
- Address
-
1000 De La Gauchetiere Street West
Suite 900
Montréal
Québec
Canada
- Tel.
341
- E-mail
- Link (LinkedIn/website)
- https://www.darche.ca
- Nationality
- Canada
- Languages
- French, English
- Short Bio
- Jacques is a partner at the law firm Borden Ladner Gervais LLP in Montréal. He was admitted to the Québec Bar in 1992 and subsequently to the Paris Bar. He acts as counsel to parties involved in both international and domestic commercial arbitrations and he also represents parties in the homologation, recognition and contestation of arbitral awards and regularly serves as arbitrator and mediator in commercial disputes. He is a Fellow and Chartered Arbitrator of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) and a Certified Arbitrator and Mediator of the Institut de médiation et d’arbitrage du Québec (IMAQ) and of the Québec Bar.
- Areas of specialisation
- Information technology, Real estate, Restructuring and insolvency
- Positions or offices held
- Director and Secretary of the Centre d'arbitrage régional OHADAC (CARO).
Director the Canadian Branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb).
Honorary Consul of Finland for Montréal.
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| Michael |
Darowski |
McDermott, Will & Emery |
United Kingdom, Poland |
United Kingdom |
Mr. Michael Darowski
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Partner
McDermott, Will & Emery
- Address
-
110 Bishopsgate
London
United Kingdom
- Tel.
342
- E-mail
- Nationality
- United Kingdom, Poland
- Languages
- English, Polish
- Areas of specialisation
- Banking and finance, Communications, media and technology, Energy, Information technology, Investment and investment treaties
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| Ghada |
Darwish |
Ghada M. Darwish Law Firm |
Qatar |
Qatar |
Ms. Ghada Mohammed Darwish
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Founder & Managing Partner
Ghada M. Darwish Law Firm
- Address
-
15th Floor, Alfardan Office Tower, Al Funduq St.
West Bay
Doha
Qatar
- Tel.
343
- E-mail
- Nationality
- Qatar
- Languages
- Arabic, English
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