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DELOS-Y

As part of engaging with the younger members of the arbitration community, Delos has established Delos-Y.

Delos-Y is a platform dedicated to networking and career mentoring for younger arbitration practitioners and professionals interested in arbitration. Exceptional amongst other ‘young’ arbitration groups, Delos-Y focuses particularly on supporting these practitioners in developing their careers and contributing to the arbitration community from the early stages of their career, in particular by giving them the opportunity to speak at Delos-Y events. Delos-Y is also intended to be a forum where they can discuss the challenges specific to these early stages of the career of an arbitration lawyer, such as the transition from a junior position towards a leadership role, management of business development expectations or making one’s way into the arbitrators’ world.

THE CO-CHAIRS

This initiative is co-chaired by dynamic members of the international arbitration community, pictured below from left to right (short bios below): Monika Diehl, Martín Rosati, Rina See.

Monika Diehl is a Senior Associate at Clifford Chance Warsaw and the firm's International Arbitration Group. She was recently seconded to the CC Frankfurt international arbitration team. Monika has over 11 years of experience in representing clients in international arbitration disputes spanning a variety of sectors, including renewables, oil & gas, construction, and finance. She acts as counsel for investors and states in investment treaty cases and is recognized as an Arbitration Future Leader by Who's Who Legal. Monika is a Member of the Arbitration Committee of the Lewiatan Court of Arbitration and a listed arbitrator. She acts as a mentor for the younger generation of arbitration practitioners and successfully coached the FDI Moot winning teams representing the University of Warsaw in 2014 and 2022. She is also a proud recipient of an honourable mention in the Female Attorney of the Year 2020 competition organised by the Polish Supreme Bar Council and a graduate of a leadership program at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Martín Rosati is a Senior Associate at Ferrere’s Litigation and Arbitration Team. He is based in Montevideo, Uruguay. Martín works in domestic and international arbitrations, administered by the ICC, the ICSID, the PCA and the Arbitration Center of the Uruguay Chamber of Commerce, on commercial and investment-related matters. Between 2016 and 2018, he worked at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in New York, on investment and commercial disputes involving Latin America. Martín represents clients in the gas distribution business, construction conglomerates, energy, mining and software companies, among others. He earned his degree at the Universidad de Montevideo, and obtained an LL.M. from Columbia Law School. Martín is a Professor at Universidad de Montevideo’s law school, where he teaches on arbitration and contract law. He is listed as one of the Most Highly Regarded Future Leaders of Arbitration by Who's Who Legal.

Rina See is a barrister practising from Bankside Chambers in Singapore. She specialises in international dispute resolution, and has experience in a wide range of industries, including in financial services, technology, energy, and mining disputes. Rina has represented States, state entities and multinational corporations in high-stakes international commercial and investment arbitrations in both common law and civil law jurisdictions. She regularly advises on issues involving conflict of laws, as well as cross-border enforcement of arbitral awards and judgments. Prior to relocating to Singapore, Rina was counsel in the international arbitration practice of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr in London. Rina was also previously a prosecutor and solicitor for one of New Zealand's Crown Solicitors, focusing on commercial, regulatory, and criminal litigation. Rina is qualified as a barrister in New Zealand, a solicitor in England and Wales, and is a registered foreign lawyer in Singapore. Rina holds a BA/LLB(Hons) from the University of Auckland and completed the BCL at the University of Oxford.

DELOS-Y BREAKFASTS

In line with that mission, the first Delos-Y initiative was to develop an innovative event concept to give the floor to 'mid-level' associates: the Delos-Y Breakfast. The event format gives the speakers an opportunity to get better acquainted with their peers and for public speaking, as a part of sharing their several years of experience with master's level and bar school students and law firm interns, contemplating a career in international arbitration. The speakers are selected to ensure that they are representative of the different types and sizes of practices and law firms in the local market.

Speakers and participants gather in small groups of 6-10, which provides a safe space for questions and informal discussion, following initial presentations by the speakers. The event is moderated by 2-3 senior associates. It takes place in the morning and is followed by a networking breakfast.

The first edition of the Delos-Y Breakfast took place in Paris in 2018, followed in 2019 by editions in London and Geneva. The Delos-Y Breakfast moved online in 2020 with a Europe edition, followed by an Asia edition in 2021 and an India one in 2022, before returning to in-person events with editions in Warsaw (2022) and Bratislava (2023).

Following the Europe 2020 edition, the speakers build on their discussions to put together a list of 'Top 10 Tips for Junior Associates in Arbitration Hearings'. The speakers at the Asia 2021 edition in turn addressed 'Making Memorials Memorable: 7 Essential Tips for Junior Associates'.

Delos-Y will also organize other small-format events allowing for a meaningful discussion and interaction between participants, to continue the general discussion on challenges and opportunities for younger professionals in the arbitration world. In this sense, Delos-Y supported PVYAP in organising in 2019 the first edition of the "Arbitrators Studio - Next Generation", in Paris.

Further events will address topics such as the challenges relating to first arbitrator appointments (from getting these appointments to drafting a first award) or the impact of technological innovation on arbitration and the role of younger professionals in this respect. The role of secretary to an arbitral tribunal and the specific experience of younger in-house practitioners will also be explored.

If you are interested in hosting a future Delos-Y event, please contact us at delos-y@delosdr.org.