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REMOTE ORAL ADVOCACY PROGRAMME (ROAP)

Welcome to Delos's advanced oral advocacy training programme in international arbitration. This consists of two courses: one on oral submissions, the other on cross-examination. Find out more here, meet our leading faculty for the Americas, Asia , EMEA, Construction and LATAM editions, and meet our talented participants for the Americas, Asia, EMEA, Construction, and LATAM editions, both practising attorneys and testifying experts. If you would like to attend a mock hearing and follow the oral submissions live, you can find out more here.

Please meet the Ambassadors for the 2022 editions of ROAP Americas, Asia, EMEA, Construction and LatAm, all of whom participated successfully in one of the ROAP 2021 and 2022 editions:

From left to right and top to bottom, we are delighted to have Heather Clark, Tze Siong Ang, Gillian Forsyth, Craig Gaver, Marcial Gutierrez Lucar, Pushkar Keshav, Rebecca James, Katherine Jonckheere, Amelia Keene, Alfonso Marcos, Oladimeji Ojo, Carlos Rios Pizarro, Joonhak Choi , Iris Sauvagnac, Nicolas Zisis, Clàudia Baró Huelmo, Aanchal Basur, Joana Granadeiro and Jeongwoo Eddie Lee. Their short bios and information about the edition they support are set out below.

ROAP Americas 2022

Heather Clark is a Legal Adviser for Judge Herbert Kronke at the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal (IUSCT) in The Hague. Prior to joining the IUSCT, Heather was an associate at White & Case LLP in London, Paris, and New York where she worked in the international arbitration group and primarily on construction and engineering disputes. She was also previously an Assistant Legal Counsel at the Permanent Court of Arbitration and a patent agent at Ridout & Maybee LLP in Ottawa. Heather obtained her JD from Osgoode Hall Law School and is qualified in Ontario, New York, and England and Wales (Solicitor). She also holds degrees in engineering physics from Queen’s University and physics from The University of Auckland. She is a Canadian and New Zealand citizen.

Craig D. Gaver is an independent practitioner and researcher based in Washington, DC. Mr. Gaver previously worked for an international law firm in Washington, DC and Doha, Qatar, and the focus of his legal practice has been the MENA region. In addition to international investment, commercial, and construction arbitrations conducted under the ICSID, UNCITRAL, and ICC rules, he has experience with domestic proceedings (including in US federal district courts), internal investigations, and advising clients on a broad array of issues arising under international and domestic law. Mr. Gaver received his J.D. from the Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, cum laude, and an LL.M. from Columbia Law School as a James Kent Scholar.

Katherine is an associate in the London office of Three Crowns, specialising in international commercial and investment arbitration. Her experience includes representing a number of leading oil & gas companies in arbitrations against states in the CIS region, the Middle East, Asia, and Africa. Originally from Belgium, she qualified as a junior lawyer with the Brussels Bar, following which she obtained her LLM at Stanford Law School and was admitted to the New York Bar. While working in London, she additionally qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales. Prior to joining Three Crowns, Katherine was a legal counsel at SIAC, where she handled the administration of over 100 international commercial arbitrations.

Carlos Rios es Asociado en Bullard Falla Ezcurra +. Cuenta con más de 8 años de experiencia profesional. Su práctica se enfoca en el arbitraje comercial internacional y arbitraje de inversiones, con especial foco en controversias vinculadas a los sectores de construcción e hidrocarburos. Carlos fue nombrado como 'Associate to Watch' por Chambers & Partners en el año 2019, y es conferencista y docente universitario sobre temas de su especialidad. Ha sido entrenador de los equipos de Moot Court de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Carlos es abogado graduado por la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú y obtuvo su LL.M por la Universidad de Columbia como Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar

ROAP Asia 2023

Tze Siong is an associate in A&O Singapore’s international arbitration team. He is qualified in Singapore and England & Wales. Tze Siong has represented clients in various international commercial arbitrations involving the energy, telecommunications, financial, intellectual property and private equity sectors, under various rules including the SIAC, HKIAC, ICC, UNCITRAL and AAA rules. He also regularly advises clients in respect of their investment treaty rights and protections. Before joining A&O, Tze Siong clerked for the Supreme Court of Singapore under both High Court and Court of Appeal judges. Tze Siong graduated from the National University of Singapore with First Class Honours and has an LLM from New York University.

Joonhak is an attorney at Kim & Chang’s International Arbitration & Cross-Border Litigation Practice where he focuses on international commercial and international investment treaty arbitration. He has represented clients in complex international disputes under various arbitral rules (including the ICC, SIAC, KCAB, and UNCITRAL rules). His experience spans a broad range of fields, including energy, construction, insurance, private equity, distributorship and pharmaceuticals. Joonhak received his J.D. from Seoul National University, School of Law and his undergraduate degree in economics also from Seoul National University. He is admitted to the Korean bar and speaks English, Japanese and Korean.

Rebecca James is a Managing Associate in Linklaters' dispute resolution team in Singapore, specialising in international commercial and investment arbitration and international law. She has considerable experience representing clients in investment arbitrations, and international commercial arbitrations (arising under most of the major institutional rules and in ad hoc arbitrations) providing strategic advice on foreign proceedings, across a wide range of sectors and regions. She also has experience advising clients on boundary issues, law of the sea, international trade law and sanctions. Rebecca is dual-qualified in Victoria, Australia and England & Wales, and has co-lectured at Queen Mary University of London in investment arbitration and international law. She has been named as a key lawyer for Linklaters in international arbitration and public international law.

Pushkar Keshavmurthy is an LLM Candidate at Georgetown University with a certificate of specialization in International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution. He is currently an Extern with the International Arbitration team of King & Spalding in Washington, DC. He previously worked as a Case Manager at the Mumbai Centre for International Arbitration (MCIA) and prior to joining the MCIA, he practiced commercial litigation and arbitration in India. He’s an accredited Commercial Mediator and a Fellow at the Global Policy Diplomacy and Sustainability organization (GPODS).

ROAP EMEA 2022

Gilian Forsyth is a Senior Associate in international arbitration and public international law at Eversheds Sutherland. She advises multi-nationals and governments on a broad range of international disputes, notably with regard to high-profile, sensitive matters such as those relating to the telecoms, oil and gas and defence sectors. Gillian regularly provides advice in relation to commercial contracts and disputes governed by English law, including the appeal and enforcement of arbitral awards. On the non-contentious side, she advises companies interested in investing in jurisdictions subject to economic and political sanctions. Gillian is a dual-qualified English solicitor and French avocat.

Rebecca James is a Managing Associate in Linklaters' dispute resolution team in London, specialising in international commercial and investment arbitration and international law. She has considerable experience representing clients in investment arbitrations, international commercial arbitrations (arising under most of the major institutional rules and in ad hoc arbitrations) and cross-border litigation in the UK courts, and providing strategic advice on foreign proceedings, across a wide range of sectors and regions. She also has experience advising clients on boundary issues, law of the sea, international trade law and sanctions. Rebecca is dual-qualified in Victoria, Australia and England & Wales, and has co-lectured at Queen Mary University of London in investment arbitration and international law. She has been named as a key lawyer for Linklaters in international arbitration, public international law and commercial litigation by the Legal 500 UK.

Amelia Keene is an independent practitioner based in The Hague, The Netherlands. She was formerly a Senior Associate at Three Crowns LLP in Paris with nearly a decade’s experience in international disputes and arbitration. She specialises in public international law. Her experience includes commercial and investment arbitrations under the UNCITRAL, ICC, SCC and ICSID Rules in a range of sectors, including energy, manufacturing, aviation and finance. She has acted as counsel in multiple investor-State disputes, including for Elliott Associates L.P. in its high-profile, public arbitration against the Republic of Korea. She has appeared before the International Court of Justice as counsel for the Kingdom of Bahrain in two parallel, multi-State appeals from decisions of the ICAO Council in cases brought by Qatar; and has also acted as an oral advocate in a number of arbitration proceedings. Amelia was previously an Associate Legal Officer at the ICJ, principally working for Judge James Crawford, where she gained an extensive knowledge of public international law and procedure. She has also worked at a leading New Zealand law firm and clerked for the President of the New Zealand Court of Appeal. She has attended the UNFCCC climate change negotiations and advised States on legal and political issues relating to climate change.

Oladimeji Ojo is a Senior Associate at Aluko & Oyebode with almost a decade of experience focused on commercial litigation and arbitration. He manages a team of associates known within the market for delivering results, and excellent work product. The team has represented significant multinational interests in a variety of complex, high value, domestic and international disputes, including ad-hoc, institutional and investment arbitration across a range of industries. His professional experience has benefited from time spent as a Visiting Lawyer with Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP in New York. He has an LL.M in International Commercial Law with Professional Arbitration Skills from the University of Abderdeen, and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK), the ICC’s Young Arbitrators forum, and a Volunteer Counsel at the Lagos Chamber of Commerce International Arbitration Centre (LACIAC).

ROAP Construction 2022

Clàudia Baró Huelmo is an associate in the arbitration team at Withersworldwide. She specialises in public international law and international arbitration. She has acted as counsel for States and corporate entities in international arbitration proceedings, mainly under ICSID and UNCITRAL Rules, and has extensive experience in the energy and financial services sectors.

She advises European, Middle Eastern and American States in public international law matters such as statehood, State succession, territorial and maritime boundaries, new approaches to trade treaties with the United Kingdom post-Brexit, business and human rights, international institutional law, WTO law, and sanctions.

She holds an LLM with distinction in Public International Law from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Prior to that, she graduated top of her class from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. She later joined the faculty and taught Public International Law, International Criminal Law, International Institutional Law and International Human Rights Law

Aanchal Basur is a partner with AB Law, New Delhi and specialises in commercial dispute resolution. Aanchal is an advocate qualified to practice in India where she has advised and appeared as counsel before the Supreme Court, High Courts and the National Company Law Tribunals. She has also advised in various arbitrations seated both domestically and outside India. Aanchal is an alumna of the National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata (BALLB) and was awarded the Angela Merkel DAAD Scholarship to pursue her post-graduation from the University of Saarland, Germany in International Dispute Resolution (LLM). Prior to working at AB Law, she has worked at with Mr. Nakul Dewan (a barrister’s chamber in Singapore and India) and interned with WilmerHale, London and Herbert Smith Freehills, Frankfurt. Aanchal presently serves on the Steering Committee of the Young Arbitral Women Practitioners and loves to travel every chance she gets.

Joana Granadeiro is an Associate at Morais Leitão, specializing in litigation and arbitration. She is dual-qualified in New York and Portugal. Prior to joining Morais Leitão, Joana clerked at Three Crowns LLP for a year, at the firm’s Paris offices. She also interned at King & Spalding, at the firm’s New York offices. Joana obtained her Law Degree (Licenciatura) and a Post-Graduate degree on Energy Law from the Catholic University of Portugal. She then obtained her LL.M. from New York University. Joana is fluent in English and French, in addition to Portuguese, her native language. Joana is the founder of the NYU Portuguese Alumni Association and a coach to the Catholic University of Portugal’s team in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot. Follow on linkedin.

ROAP LATAM 2022

Marcial Gutierrez Lucar es asociado senior en Rafael Prado l Litigio Judicial y Arbitral, su práctica se enfoca en asesorar y representar a empresas en arbitrajes comerciales nacionales e internacionales, así como en litigios judiciales, con especial énfasis en controversias civiles. Adicionalmente, se desempeña como docente universitario, dictando cursos de derecho civil y procesal civil. Es abogado (magna cum laude) y máster en Derecho Empresarial (summa cum laude), estudios cursados en la Universidad de Lima – Perú. Asimismo, Marcial cuenta con estudios en arbitraje internacional y de inversiones por la American University – Washington College of Law y el Geneva Center for International Dispute Settlement.

Iris Sauvagnac es una asociada con doble cualificación (París y Nueva York) en el equipo de Global Disputes de Jones Day en Londres. Su práctica se especializa en el arbitraje comercial internacional y el arbitraje de inversiones en una amplia gama de industrias y sectores, incluyendo la energía, las telecomunicaciones, la minería y la construcción. Tiene experiencia asesorando a empresas privadas, estados y entidades estatales en procedimientos llevados a cabo bajo las reglas de los principales centros de arbitraje (CIADI, CCI, LCIA, etc.), así como en procedimientos de anulación ante la Corte de Apelación de París. Antes de incorporarse a Jones Day, Iris obtuvo un Máster en Derecho (LL.M.) por la Universidad de Harvard y un Máster en Derecho de los Negocios por la Universidad París II Panthéon Assas. Durante su estancia como abogada en prácticas en el Colegio de Abogados de París, Iris completó con éxito el Programa Avanzado de Arbitraje de Inversiones (APIA) y con su equipo ganó el premio del Memorial en Demanda mejor clasificado en el FDI Moot de 2017. Iris habla con fluidez inglés, español, catalán y francés.

Nicolás Zisis es socio fundador en FIX Abogados y concentra su práctica en resolución de conflictos civiles y comerciales complejos, enfocándose especialmente en negociación y arbitrajes. Con más de 10 años de experiencia en el rubro, ha asesorado y representado a estados soberanos, órganos gubernamentales y empresas del sector privado en disputas nacionales e internacionales en diversas jurisdicciones, incluyendo arbitrajes comerciales y de inversión bajo reglas UNCITRAL, CCI, CIADI, SCC, CAM Santiago y ad-hoc. Nicolás acumula experiencia relevante en el sector de construcción e infraestructura, en proyectos de minería, energía, recursos naturales y en conflictos societarios, entre otros.‍ Además de abogado en FIX, Nicolás es profesor de Derecho Civil en la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad Diego Portales, contando con varias publicaciones en el área.