Erin Collins focuses her practice on commercial and investment treaty arbitrations, as well as arbitration-related proceedings in U.S. federal courts and New York state courts. Erin has represented international companies and sovereign states in connection with arbitral proceedings held under the auspices of major institutional and ad hoc rules, including the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the American Arbitration/International Centre for Dispute Resolution (AAA/ICDR), the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the Singapore International Arbitration Center (SIAC), the Cairo Regional Center for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA), and the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Rules. Her experience includes advising clients in renewable energy, oil & gas, construction, pharmaceutical, media, mining and real estate sectors.

Alice Gyamfi is an associate in the international arbitration practice group of DLA Piper’s New York office. She specializes in international commercial and investment arbitration and investigations. Ms. Gyamfi has represented sovereign states, individuals and multinational companies in arbitrations under leading institutional and ad hoc rules such as the ICC, ICSID, AAA/ICDR and UNCITRAL Rules and has a particular emphasis on the Middle East and Africa. Ms. Gyamfi holds a law degree from Penn State Law and an LL.M. from Columbia Law School, both with honors. Prior to joining the firm, she was a research assistant to Catherine Rogers, working to develop the Restatement of The U.S. Law of International Commercial and Investor–State Arbitration. Ms. Gyamfi is admitted to practice in New York and Washington, DC.

Isha Jain is a special legal consultant based in the Washington, DC office. She has experience in international commercial and investor-State arbitrations across a range of industries, including energy, construction, and intellectual property. Isha holds an LLM from Harvard Law School, where she was awarded the Roger Fisher and Frank E.A. Sander Prize for the best student paper on a topic related to dispute resolution. She also holds an LLB from the National Law School of India University. In the 2018 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot, she won the Stephen M. Schwebel award for best oralist in the world championship round. Isha is published in leading international law journals, including the Leiden Journal of International Law and Arbitration International.

Alex Young is a senior associate in the Litigation/Controversy Department and is a member of the International Arbitration Practice Group.  Mr. Young focuses on international commercial and investment treaty arbitration and has represented clients in, among others, the mining, energy, pulp and paper, and transportation sectors. Prior to joining WilmerHale, Mr. Young worked at a multinational law firm where he practiced both international arbitration and international trade.  Mr. Young has also served as a law clerk at the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and the US Court of International Trade.

Nguyễn Thế Đức Tâm is a Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Economics and Law (UEL), Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh City (VNU-HCM). He earned his LL.B. and B.B.A. from the Ho Chi Minh City University of Law (Vietnam) and his LL.M. from the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas (France). His research focuses on commercial dispute resolution, including arbitration and mediation.

Jessica van der Kamp is a Senior Associate in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice of Johnson Stokes & Master in Hong Kong. She represents clients across Asia, African and the Middle East as counsel in both arbitrations and court litigation, with a focus on environment, town planning, construction, and general commercial disputes. Jessica is admitted in Hong Kong and is also a Solicitor Advocate with High Rights of Audience in Civil Proceedings.

Jennifer Yoo is a partner at Peter & Kim in Seoul and is dual qualified in Korea (2015) and New York (2023). Jennifer has represented and advised clients on a wide range of international arbitration and cross-border litigation cases. In particular, she has participated in a number of disputes relating to large scale construction or development projects, involving multiple claims, parties, experts and counsel. She is also experienced in insurance disputes, and has expertise in private international law and international trade law issues. Jennifer frequently advises clients on international arbitration procedures, challenges and enforcement of international arbitral awards, and interim measures in respect of arbitration proceedings. She is bilingual in Korean and English. 

Chenguang Zhang is an associate in Sunshine Law, Shanghai, China. He advices SOEs and private companies in risk control and represents clients in international arbitrations under LCIA, HKIAC, CIETAC, SCIA rules and cross-border litigations with practice sectors including international construction, investment and funds, trade, internet service, automobile, manufacturing, products liability, electronic consumers, insurance. Prior to joining Sunshine Law, Chenguang worked in King & Wood Mallesons cross-border dispute resolution team as associate and in Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration as legal counsel and secretary. Chenguang is qualified in PRC. 

Adetola Adebesin is an international arbitration attorney, with significant experience representing corporates, multi-nationals and governments in several high profile commercial and investment disputes. He regularly acts as counsel under most of the institutional arbitration rules including the ICC, LCIA, SIAC, Swiss Rules, UNCITRAL and ICSID.

Adetola practiced in the disputes practice of top tier commercial law firms in Nigeria, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. He holds a masters from the prestigious Geneva LLM in International Dispute Settlement (MIDS), a diploma in international arbitration from the Africa Arbitration Academy and is currently one of the LCIA – YIAG regional representatives for Africa.

Adetola is admitted to practice in Nigeria.

Shyam Balakrishnan is an Associate at Hanotiau & van den Berg. He assists Prof. Bernard Hanotiau in complex, high value, commercial and investment treaty arbitrations in a broad range of sectors (including mining, construction and real estate, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, and banking) under all major arbitration rules.

Shyam graduated in 2016 with a Bachelors of Arts and of Laws (B.A.LL.B (Hons.)) from the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences in India. In 2019, he obtained his LL.M in International Dispute Settlement (MIDS) from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies and the University of Geneva.

He is qualified in England & Wales and India and registered with the Brussels Bar (B-List).

Sophie Matamoros is a French-Ecuadorian attorney qualified in Paris and an associate in the International Arbitration Department of Gide Loyrette Nouel law firm. She is specialized in international arbitration and alternative dispute resolution. Her practice focuses on international commercial and investment arbitration. Sophie has represented clients in ICC commercial international arbitration proceedings concerning construction and post M&A disputes, among others. Sophie has also advised States and state entities in several ICSID and ad hoc investor-state arbitrations related to a variety of business sectors, notably mining, telecommunications, energy and transportation. She received her LL.B in International and European law and Master I in International Business law from Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne University, her Master II in Business Law from Paris V Descartes University, her Master in Law and International Management from HEC Paris and her LL.M. in International and Comparative Law from UCLA School of Law. Sophie is a member of the Club Español del Arbitraje, the CFA-40 and Arbitral Women. She is also a volunteer with the Bus de la Solidarité of the Paris Bar Association and works pro bono with the association Jesuit Refugee Service. Sophie was recognized by Best Lawyers 2023 in the "Ones to Watch" category in International Arbitration. She is a Spanish and French native speaker and fluent in English. Sophie works in these three languages.

Wihan is a senior associate in the global disputes practice of A&O Shearman, based in Johannesburg. He specialises in arbitration and litigation in the energy, mining, infrastructure, energy and investment sectors, with a strong track record of handling complex and high-value disputes across Africa and the Middle East.

Wihan continues to be involved in several landmark cases, both domestically and within the global A&O Shearman network, including in some of the most high-profile disputes in South Africa.  Wihan has also demonstrated his advocacy skills by winning the Delos ROAP EMEA cross-examination course in 2023.

Wihan is actively engaged in the construction law and arbitration community in Africa. He was invited to speak at the 3rd annual Africa Construction Law conference in June 2023 in Lagos, Nigeria and moderated a panel on Enforcement of Arbitral Awards in Africa at the inaugural Johannesburg Arbitration Week in 2024. He is also the Southern Africa regional editor for the Africa Construction law blog and one of the co-chairpersons of the Young AFSA committee, which was launched in 2023 as a new initiative under the auspices of the Africa Foundation of Southern Africa (AFSA) for young arbitration practitioners in Africa and globally, and which aims to promote education, networking and diversity in the field.

In March 2024, Legal 500 recognized Wihan as a ‘key lawyer’ within both the construction and dispute resolution departments at Allen & Overy, Johannesburg.

Ali Auda is a senior associate in the Construction & Engineering team and the International Arbitration group of the London office. He has experience working with clients on projects globally, particularly in the energy & infrastructure sectors, focusing on the resolution of construction disputes in international arbitration. Ali is a native Arabic speaker and has an interest in matters connected with the Middle East. He has previously completed a secondment to the Dubai office. Ali joined Mayer Brown in 2017 from a leading US firm where he spent part of his training on secondment to Abu Dhabi focusing on energy, infrastructure, project and asset finance projects.

Payel Mazumdar is an associate with the arbitration team at Habib Al Mulla and Partners. She has been involved in disputes arising out of the oil and gas, aviation, construction and infrastructure, energy, commercial and corporate sectors. She advises on arbitrations arising under the rules of leading arbitral institutions such as ICC, HKIAC, UNCITRAL, ADCCAC, CRICICA, KCAB, DIAC, ICSID, LCIA, SIAC, and VIAC. She also provides transactional advice to commercial entities.

Stefan Pislevik is an associate in the International Arbitration Group and Global Projects Disputes Practice of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. He has experience working on international disputes with a focus on international commercial and investment arbitration. He has experience across a range of sectors including general commercial disputes, construction, energy and real estate disputes under major arbitration rules, including, DIAC, ICC, ICSID and LCIA. Stefan is admitted as a solicitor in the Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia.