Cecilia Carrara’s focus is in the field of national and international, commercial and investment arbitration, acting as counsel and as arbitrator. She further represents international and Italian companies in arbitration-related proceedings in front of the national courts, such as recognition and enforcement proceedings of arbitral awards. Cecilia has been admitted to practice before the Italian Supreme Court.

Cecilia also has a significant expertise in disputes with a transnational dimension, in particular in the fields of post M&A, governance/strategic risks, directors liability, commercial contracts as well as EPC contracts, investments and concessions.

Cecilia has a specific focus on German speaking countries and Eastern Europe, in particular she advises clients from the DACH area (Germany, Austria, Switzerland).

Cecilia is a member of Legance’s Sustainability Committee.

Cecilia is a member of the Steering Committee of the Pledge and a member of the board of directors of AIA (Associazione Italiana per l’Arbitrato).

She has been a member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration from July 2015 until January 2020, of the Board Council of ICC Italy from January 2018 until May 2019, co-chair of the arbitration working group of ASLA (the Association of Italian Law Firms) from January 2014 to November 2019 and Vice Chair of the Host Committee of the IBA Annual Conference held in Rome in October 2018. She has also been a member of the ICC Task Force on Emergency Arbitrator Proceedings, of the ICC Task Force on Arbitration of Climate Change Related Disputes and of the IBA Task Force in charge of reviewing the 2010 IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration. She is co-founder of ArbIt (the Italian Forum for Arbitration and ADR) and member of its Advisory Board.

As from December 2021, Cecilia is a member of the Beirat of the German Arbitration Institute (DIS).

As from April 2022, Cecilia is a member of the Executive Board of the UN Global Compact Network Italy.

As of January 2023, Cecilia is a member of the International Advisory Board of the Vienna International Arbitral Centre of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (“VIAC”).

As of January 2023, Cecilia has been designated by the Italian government as a member of the ICSID Panel of Conciliators.

As of June 2024, Cecilia is a member of the London Court of International Arbitration (“LCIA”).

As of July 2024 Cecilia is a Delegate of the National Committee to the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR.

As from January 2025, Cecilia is a member of the SIAC Panel of Arbitrators.

Cecilia has been included in the rankings of the most important national and international directories for several years. In 2024 she has been ranked by Chambers and Partners in Band 1 for the Dispute Resolution: Most in Demand Arbitrators – Italy cathegory. In the same year, she has also been listed among the Italian national leaders by WWL Thought Leaders: Arbitration.

In 2023 Cecilia Carrara has been awarded “Lawyer of the year International Arbitration” at the Legalcommunity Litigation Awards.

Cecilia Carrara is also annually mentioned in various authoritative contexts and international publications as follows: “Cecilia Carrara is an expert in international arbitration“, “Cecilia Carrara has a remarkable understanding and ability to analyse clients’ business, as well as a significant capability to perform the tasks assigned productively and constructively. She also has considerable logical thinking skills that allow her to prepare persuasive case arguments” (Chambers and Partners 2023), “technically good in arbitration. She is estimated and appreciated” (Chambers and Partners 2022), “a very knowledgeable lawyer” and “a specialist in arbitration” (Chambers and Partners 2021), “an experienced international arbitration specialist” (Chambers and Partners 2020).

Cecilia Carrara has been identified by Who’s Who Legal – Global Arbitration Review for several years as one of the world’s leading experts on commercial arbitration, and she has been refereed to as“an excellent professional” (2022), “Cecilia is very proactive and is able to provide sophisticated advice at short notice“, “an extremely able lawyer and arbitrator“, “she’s highly intelligent and good to work with, with a broad legal knowledge” (2021), “a practitioner to admire” and “a great lawyer“, “very diligent in arbitration proceedings, with deep experience in post-M&A disputes” (2020).

Cecilia is also recommended in The Legal 500 as a Next Generation Partner (2022, 2021) as follows: “Cecilia Carrara is an excellent professional in the field of Italian disputes, and certainly among the best when it comes to international arbitration. Competent, very helpful and dedicated to customers”, (2022).

Cecilia is the author of numerous contributions published in academic and specialist journals of primary standing.

Philip Dunham is an international arbitration partner in Signature Litigation’s Paris office with over 30 years’ experience, representing clients across a broad range of sectors and jurisdictions.

Philip’s practice covers both commercial and investment treaty arbitrations spanning numerous jurisdictions. He is an acknowledged expert in advising in relation to construction and engineering, oil and gas, telecoms, shareholder, agent and joint venture disputes, and regularly acts both for and against states and state-owned entities. He has represented clients in a number of high-value global disputes, with a particular focus on the Balkans, MENA, Latin America and South East-Asia.

He acts both as counsel and arbitrator handling a broad range of disputes conducted under ICC, LCIA, SCC, DIAC, BCDR, HKIAC, UNCITRAL and ICSID rules.

Philip has been recognised in the Who’s Who Legal guide in France every year since 2016 for his arbitration expertise. He is also ranked in Chambers Europe 2023 and in The Legal 500 EMEA 2023 Guide for international arbitration.

The Legal 500 notes that Philip will “go to great lengths to learn about his clients – their industries, strengths, assets and liabilities, as well as their concerns, so as to be sure that the solutions he provides would be the most suitable and innovative solutions to suit his clients’ needs.” It further highlights Philip’s “great analytical skills, such that he can parse through complex legal situations to reveal the critical issues at the core, and to then arrive at logical conclusions to resolve them.” The Guide also states that Philip has “excellent people skills” and is “personable, persuasive and able to read others well.”

Philip is co-chairing the faculty. He has been part of the faculty since the inaugural ROAP edition in 2020.

Camilla is a special counsel in the arbitration and public international law team of Withers in London.

Dual qualified as an Avvocato (Italy) and as a Solicitor Advocate (England & Wales), Camilla specialises in international arbitration (commercial and investment treaty) and public international law matters.

Before moving to London, she practised in Milan, Houston and New York, having developed an expertise in assisting clients from both civil and common law jurisdictions. She has represented individuals, companies, States and State-owned entities in international arbitrations across a range of sectors, including the apparel, aviation, energy, gambling, infrastructure, insurance, metal, oil & gas, and railway industries in different regions of the world, particularly the MENA region, CIS countries and Latin America. She has experience of international commercial and investment arbitrations under the auspices of the CAM, CIAC, ICC, ICSID, LCIA and UNCITRAL rules.

She is ranked as an "Associate to Watch" by Chambers 2023, 2024 (public international law), recommended lawyer in Legal 500 UK ("rising star" in public international law and international arbitration), 2023, 2024 Who's Who Legal - Global Elite Below 45; 2022, 2023 Best Lawyer "Ones to Watch" UK, and as a Who's Who Legal - Arbitration Future Leader (Non-Partner) since 2020.
 

Camilla is involved in arbitration associations and editorial boards. She served as Co-Chair of Young ICCA (2018-2020). She is the UK Coordinator of the Italian Arbitration Association AIA-Arbit below 40 and serves on the Executive Committee of the Rising Arbitration Initiative (RAI) and the Next Generation Committee of the Racial Equality for Arbitration Lawyers (REAL) group. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitration and is on the board of the American Review of International Arbitration at Columbia Law School, the Lexis PSL Arbitration Consulting Editorial Board, the Editorial Board of Brill Research Perspectives in International Investment Law and Arbitration. She is an Editor of Jus Mundi Wiki Notes on Investment Arbitration and is Conference Associate Editor of the Annual Juris Conference on Investment Treaty Arbitration.

She regularly speaks at major international arbitration conferences and lectures at the Catholic University of Milan (Master in International Business) on international arbitration and ADR.

Alastair Livesey is a Counsel and Solicitor-Advocate in the International Arbitration practice at A&O Shearman in London.

Al acts as counsel in business-critical international commercial disputes across a variety of jurisdictions and industries. Al has acted for clients both in international commercial and investment treaty arbitrations, as well as complex multi-jurisdictional litigations, governed by a wide variety of national laws and most institutional rules. Al’s experience spans disputes relating to mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, shareholder agreements, mining & natural resources, aviation & defence, major infrastructure projects, construction, telecommunications & technology, financial services and retail. He has trained several government departments on arbitration and international law investment protections.

Al has particular experience acting as counsel in international arbitrations arising out of situations of fraud, regulatory breaches and other compliance issues.  To this end, Al draws on significant experience advising multi-national corporates on a range of board-room legal and compliance risks, including internal investigations and corporate governance issues.

Al has significant experience both in developed and emerging markets, having lived and worked in London, Paris, Moscow, Sao Paulo, Zurich and The Hague.  Before moving into private practice, Al worked at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and for several law reform organisations. He currently sits on the Board of two renowned human rights organisations, JUSTICE and The Civil Liberties Trust, and has previously served on the board of Bail for Immigration Detainees.  Al is Co-Chair of the Implementation Task Force for the Campaign for Greener Arbitration.

Al has undergraduate law degrees from the University of Oxford and University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas.  Al obtained his LLM in International Dispute Resolution from the School of International Arbitration at Queen Mary University of London.  He has further postgraduate qualifications from the University of Law in London, including higher rights of advocacy before the English courts.

Assen Alexiev is arbitrator and counsel in arbitration proceedings before the ICC, BCCI and KRIB, and in ad hoc proceedings under the UNCITRAL Rules, counsel in court proceedings for the enforcement and setting aside of arbitral awards in Bulgaria.

He is a neutral, domain name panelist and adjudicator at WIPO, the ICC Center for Expertise, the Czech Arbitration Court, the Asian International Arbitration Centre, ADNDRC, South China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (Schenzen).

Assen is attorney-at-law and legal expert practicing in the fields of commercial law, IP, IT, M&A, unfair competition, international private law.

He is a member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration (2008 - 2015) and member of the ICC Task Force on National rules of procedure for recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards pursuant to the New York Convention of 1958.

Assen is vice-Chairman of the KRIB Court of Arbitration, Sofia, Bulgaria and Country Reporter for Bulgaria, Institute of Transnational Arbitration, Dallas.

He is a member of the International Arbitration Institute, the LCIA European Users' Council, the Bulgarian Association for International Law, International Law Association, International Bar Association, the Bulgarian Association of Construction Law.

Maxime Berlingin is a partner in the Dispute Resolution department of Fieldfisher in Brussels.

He has extensive experience in domestic and international arbitration both as counsel and arbitrator.

His experience includes representing clients in contract disputes, shareholders' disputes and construction matters. He is also active in sports arbitration and is on the list of arbitrators of the C-SAR, the Belgian Centre for Sports Arbitration, and of the CBAS, the Belgian Court of Arbitration for Sport.

Maxime also handles enforcement proceedings of domestic and international arbitral awards before Belgian courts, as well as setting aside proceedings. In this context, he has advised international clients seeking to enforce international arbitral awards in Belgium or opposing such enforcements.

Maxime is member of the Board of CEPANI, the Belgian Centre for Arbitration and Mediation Centre, and of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR. He is also a member of the experts working group in charge of drafting the forthcoming amendment of the sixth part of the Belgian Judicial Code relating to arbitration and have recently been appointed Chair of the Benelux Arbitration and ADR Group which gathers the main arbitration institutions and associations of the BeNeLux area.

Maxime is a professor in contract law and ADR at Saint-Louis University - Brussels and regularly publishes articles in the field of arbitration.

Matthias Cazier-Darmois is a damages expert with 20 years of experience. He has been appointed as an expert on more than 25 occasions.

Matthias has testified on more than 20 occasions in several investor-state and commercial arbitration proceedings (under CIRDI, UNCITRAL, CCI, LCIA, SCC, CEPANI rules, or in ad-hoc arbitrations). He has acted as expert witness in many high-stake investment and commercial arbitrations, in a wide range of industries, including mining, energy, power, and telecoms.

Matthias has worked in London and Paris in various dispute and forensic teams. His non-contentious engagements include acquisition due diligence, valuations in the context of fairness opinions or transactions, and corporate fraud investigations.

Matthias’ expertise includes damages assessment, as may arise from breaches of contracts or international treaties. He supports clients in complex commercial disputes and international arbitrations providing expert evidence and valuations advice.

Matthias delivers lectures on damages related issues in several French Universities and regularly speaks at conferences on damages related topics. He is recognized by Lexology Index in various guides.

Nikki Coles is a Partner in Alvarez & Marsal’s disputes and investigations practice, specialising in accounting expert evidence for international arbitration and domestic litigation. Nikki has more than 20 years’ experience as a forensic accounting expert witness, and was listed by Who’s Who Legal as an Arbitration Expert Witness - Future Leader for the first time in 2021. Her experience covers valuations, loss of profits, breach of contract, and sale and purchase disputes, in the context of domestic litigation and international arbitration under the major fora (ICC, ICSID, LCIA, UNCITRAL, CEPANI, HKIAC, SIAC). She has acted as an independent expert in both arbitration and litigation proceedings, and has given oral testimony and been cross-examined. She has also been involved in many matters concerning the interpretation and application of accounting standards (both under UK and International financial reporting standards), including in relation to proceedings brought by regulators such as the Financial Conduct Authority, the Financial Reporting Council and the Insolvency Service. Prior to joining A&M, she worked with AlixPartners UK LLP and Deloitte LLP. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Law from King’s College London, and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Barbara is a partner in the International Arbitration Department of BonelliErede. She has extensive experience in inter-state arbitration and international commercial arbitration. She regularly assists clients in disputes concerning M&A and post-M&A disputes, construction projects, commercial contracts and the gas industry.

Before joining BonelliErede, Barbara worked for several years as a Legal Adviser at the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal in The Hague.

Barbara has been listed by Who’s Who Legal as a Future Leader in International Arbitration and as a National Leader for Italy – Arbitration and is described as “a favourite of peers and clients who report that she delivers ‘competence and specialist knowledge’ and has ‘an impressive reputation in the space’”.

Barbara is fluent in Italian, English and Spanish. She graduated summa cum laude from the “Roma Tre” University and has a PhD in International and European Law from the University of Teramo.

Soraya Corm-Bakhos is an experienced disputes lawyer and arbitration practitioner with almost 20 years’ experience, including over 13 years in the UAE. Prior to joining Watson Farley & Williams (Middle East) LLP as Counsel, she practiced in the Dispute Resolution teams of Baker McKenzie Habib Al Mulla and DWF (Middle East) LLP. She has wide-ranging experience in all types of international commercial arbitrations, having acted as advising counsel under major institutional arbitration rules (including ICC, LCIA, SCC, former DIFC-LCIA, CRCICA and DIAC) and ad hoc in arbitrations seated in Europe and the Middle East in relation to a wide variety of industry sectors, including real estate/construction, oil & gas and banking and finance. Before coming to the UAE in 2008, she practised in Paris in the law firm of J.P. Karsenty & Associés where she gained extensive experience advising on all types of civil, commercial and corporate transactions and representing clients before the French Courts in a variety of commercial disputes.

She is recognized by The Legal500 as ‘exceptionally hard-working, bright, and will go the extra mile to ensure the best possible service for their clients’.

Mrs Corm-Bakhos regularly sits as arbitrator (sole, co-arbitrator and chair) in arbitrations mainly related to real estate, sale and purchase disputes and commercial disputes.

Mrs Corm-Bakhos has authored several publications in the field of arbitration. She is fluent in French, English and Arabic. Mrs Corm-Bakhos was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2003 and holds a Masters in Private Law and a DEA in Private International Law and International Trade Law from Assas University in Paris, France.

Mrs Corm-Bakhos was part of the faculty for the first ROAP EMEA edition in 2021.

Sandy Cowan is a Partner in the Forensic and Investigation Services team at Mazars LLP. He is a Chartered Accountant and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He is an experienced forensic accountant who has worked in the context of a wide range of dispute resolution, investigation and other forensic accounting cases.

Sandy is experienced in claimant, defence and advisory work in both litigation and international arbitration, having worked in the context of instructions in the High Court (the Commercial Division), arbitral proceedings in many jurisdictions (under ICC, ICSID, DWT, Ad hoc and LCIA) and in Expert Determinations (in particular those arising from M&A disputes). He has worked on assignments across multiple jurisdictions including Africa, Europe and the Middle East, and in a variety of sectors including energy and natural resources, construction, and technology media and telecoms. He has been involved in claims ranging from £1 million to £500 million.

Sandy’s dispute resolution experience includes breach of contract claims, bilateral investment treaty disputes, post-acquisition warranty claims, loss of profits claims and contentious valuations.

Who's Who Legal describes Sandy as being lauded by clients and "a personable expert who is analytical, knowledgeable and full of creative ideas"

Sandy is also an accredited coach of people working in large complex organisations with a particular focus on career development.

Recent experience includes acting in:

Instructed as Expert witness for the Respondent in an International Arbitration (ICC) in relation to alleged breaches of a Pre-Sale Agreement in the retail construction sector in Eastern Europe. Sandy was instructed to value the consideration the sellers would have received had the transaction proceeded and the value of the assets following the abortion of the transaction.

Instructed as Expert witness for the Respondent in an International Arbitration (ICSID) in relation to alleged breaches of a BIT due to the imposition of certain measures against the Claimant’s investment in the agriculture sector. Sandy was instructed to value the entity and associate assets at the valuation date.

Expert assignment for the Claimant in Commercial Court litigation in relation to alleged breaches of warranty arising from the acquisition of a renewable power plant in the UK. Instructed to value the power plant under a variety of scenarios in ‘as warranted’ and ‘as was’ states.

Alexandra Diehl focuses on national and international dispute resolution with a special focus on arbitration (DIS, ICC, ICSID, SCC and ad hoc). She represents German and multinational clients in all phases of disputes and has started to develop an active arbitrator practice.

At ease with the multijurisdictional intricacies of transnational fact patterns, Alexandra supports clients with complex disputes relating to Post M&A, international investment law, IP and product liability issues. She also regularly advises clients on issues relating to private international law and cross-border taking of evidence. Moreover, Alexandra also has extensive experience in advising on class actions and mass claims, especially in the energy and automotive sector.

Prior to joining White & Case, Alexandra worked for eight years for a major British law firm in Düsseldorf and Frankfurt.

Alexandra regularly publishes on international arbitration matters. She teaches commercial arbitration at EBS Law School and international investment law at Heinrich-Heine-University of Düsseldorf.

Alexis Foucard is Counsel at Clifford Chance and he is admitted to the New York and Paris Bars. His practice focuses on international arbitration and cross-border litigation. He has acted as both counsel and arbitrator.

His track record encompasses a range of business sectors such as aviation, banking, construction, energy, mining, and telecommunications. Alexis is also recognized for his dispute resolution expertise in Africa, having worked on numerous commercial and investment cases relating to the African continent. He is Clifford Chance's Africa Practice Leader for Mining.

Alexis is also a lecturer at Sciences Po Law School and regularly writes and speak about arbitration and international law worldwide.

He is a graduate of Columbia Law School (LL.M., 2011) and Sciences Po - University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne (Master in Global Business Law - Magister Degree in Business Law, 2009).

Jacob Grierson is a co-founder of Anima Dispute Resolution in Paris. He is an English barrister and a French lawyer.

Having started his career in the Chambers of Lord Grabiner KC at One Essex Court in London, Jacob has been based in Paris for the past 20 years and has become a French avocat while remaining an English barrister.

Jacob has acted both as counsel and as arbitrator (sole arbitrator, president and co-arbitrator) in a very large number of arbitrations subject to many different laws and seated in many different places, although predominantly in London and Paris, the two cities between which he divides his time.

He has a particular focus on disputes related to Africa (both Anglophone and Francophone) and on certain sectors, including construction, energy, mining, pharma/biotechnology and transport.

Jacob is bilingual in English and French, and has conducted arbitrations in both of those languages.  He also has a working knowledge of German.

He has been recognised by Who’s Who Legal as one of the ten best regarded arbitration practitioners in France and by Jeune Afrique as one of the most influential lawyers active in Francophone Africa.

Jacob is the author (together with Annet van Hooft) of “Arbitrating under the 2012 ICC Rules: an Introductory Users’ Guide”, which has been recognised as one of the leading guides to the ICC Rules of Arbitration, on which Jacob is a leading authority.

Jacob is a Council Member of the ICC Institute, a Member of the ICC’s Arbitration Commission, President of the User’s’ Council of the Casablanca International Mediation and Arbitration Centre (CIMAC) and a Member of the Steering Committee of the Mauritius International Arbitration Centre (MIAC).

Maria Hauser-Morel is based in the Paris office of HANEFELD, a top tier international dispute resolution boutique firm with offices in Germany and France. She acts as counsel and arbitrator in international arbitration proceedings, focusing on construction & engineering (specifically FIDIC model contracts) disputes, energy disputes and disputes involving states and state entities.

Maria is a Polish qualified lawyer. She is also admitted to practice as avocat in France (Directive 98/5/EC). Maria holds a doctorate of law from the University of Wroclaw (Poland) and a Master of European and International Business Law of the University of Saint Gallen.

Prior to joining HANEFELD, Maria worked in a reputable Polish and international law firms as well as at the Secretariat of the ICC International Court of Arbitration. There, she headed the Case Management Team that primarily handles matters from Central and Eastern Europe, often involving sovereign States or State related entities.

Maria has been part of the ROAP EMEA faculty since 2021.

Sara Koleilat-Aranjo is a partner in the Dubai office of Morgan Lewis.

Ms Aranjo regularly advises and represents clients in arbitration and arbitration-related court proceedings arising from inbound and outbound investments relating to the MENA region across a broad range of sectors, including real estate, construction, energy, technology, M&A, distribution and financial services. She also sits as an arbitrator and acts in mediation proceedings.

Ms Aranjo is a member of several professional organizations. Ms Aranjo is a Member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration and serves as a as an expert member of the DIFC Courts’ Arbitration Division Working Group and co-chairs the In-house Counsel Group of the IBA Arbitration Committee.

Ms Aranjo is recognized in Who’s Who Legal for her experience in arbitration. She has been listed as one of the 50 Super Lawyers in the MENA region by Thomson Reuters’ Asia Legal Business in 2022 and has been selected as the recipient of the Middle East Rising Star Lawyer of the Year Award by The Association of Corporate Counsel, the American Lawyer and the Legal Week (UK) in 2019.

Ms Aranjo is admitted to the New York, Paris and Beirut Bars and registered as a foreign legal consultant in the Emirate of Dubai. She holds an LL.B. from Saint Joseph University, an M.A. in International Business Law from the University of Paris, an M.S. in Finance and Strategic Management from the ESSEC Business School and an LL.M. from Harvard Law School. She speaks English, French and Arabic.

Michael Kotrly is a barrister at One Essex Court in London. He has a broad practice spanning commercial litigation, arbitration (both investor-state and commercial) and advisory work.

Michael’s legal career has spanned three continents, having practiced in Toronto, Dubai, and London. His advocacy experience spans commercial and investment treaty arbitral tribunals as well as courts in England, Dubai and Ontario (Canada). Prior to his transfer to the English Bar, Michael was a Senior Associate in the International Arbitration Group at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP in London.

Michael has been listed as a Future Leader in International Arbitration by Who’s Who Legal since 2018, and was listed in 2023 as a “Most highly regarded” Future Leader in International Arbitration among Non-Partners in EMEA with referees describing him as a “spectacular advocate and brilliant intellect”.

Michael has been part of the faculty since the first ROAP EMEA edition in 2021.

Bartosz Krużewski, head of the Litigation & Dispute Resolution Practice in Continental Europe at Clifford Chance and a partner in Warsaw, specialises in international arbitration. His experience includes advising renewable energy, financial, oil and gas and transportation clients in commercial and investment treaty arbitrations. For the past six years, Bartosz has been the President of the Arbitration Committee at ICC Poland and a member of the Board of ICC Poland. Bartosz is a member of the ICC and the ICC Commission and an arbitrator in institutional and ad hoc arbitration proceedings.

Bartosz is recognised by independent legal directories, including Chambers Global, Chambers Europe and Legal 500 EMEA, as one of the market leaders in both litigation and arbitration.

Bartosz was part of the faculty for the inaugural ROAP edition in 2020.

Stephen Lewis is Partner at Mazars, and has acted in a wide range of civil litigation and investigation cases, and criminal cases as both an expert witness and as an advisor. Stephen has extensive experience of Alternative Dispute Resolution, including mediation and expert determination.

Stephen's areas of expertise include transaction related disputes, involving both domestic and international transactions. His experience includes breach of warranty claims and completion account disputes. Stephen also has considerable experience of dealing with insurance claims. This includes dealing with the quantum of claims arising from business interruption, product liability, fidelity guarantee, personal injury (loss of earnings) and fatal accidents (loss of dependency). Other matters that Stephen has been appointed on include contract disputes, shareholder disputes, matrimonial disputes and investigations into allegations of fraud. Stephen is a practising member of the Academy of Experts.

“The ‘outstanding’ Anina Liebkind draws widespread praise for her impressive track-record handling arbitration proceedings under a variety of institutional rules and is highly sought after by clients in the energy, construction, automotive and technology industries.” Who’s Who Legal, 2023

“Anina is excellent, a visionary practitioner” Who’s Who Legal, 2023

“She is an outstanding advocate” Who’s Who Legal, 2023

“Anina is a star of her generation and a true leader in her market” Who’s Who Legal, 2022

“She is top class in all respects” Who’s Who Legal, 2022

Anina Liebkind is a partner at Norburg & Scherp. Anina has more than a decade of experience with dispute resolution and is a specialist in the energy, finance, insurance and technology & telecommunications industries. Anina's practice focuses on international arbitration and litigation.

Anina has advised and represented clients in more than 30 international arbitration proceedings in Stockholm, Geneva and Paris. She has experience in international arbitration proceedings under ad hoc and institutional rules (including ICC, ICSID, SCC, FAI, DIS and UNCITRAL) governed by a multiplicity of procedural and substantive laws. Anina has also acted as counsel in litigation proceedings before the courts in both Sweden and Finland, and regularly advises clients on the recognition, enforcement and setting aside of arbitral awards, and acts as counsel in such litigation proceedings before local courts. Anina is dual-qualified in both Sweden and Finland, and holds an LL.M. degree in International Dispute Settlement from the Geneva Center for International Dispute Settlement (MIDS).

Anina is recognized by Who’s Who Legal 2022 as a National Leader in Sweden and as a Global Future Leader in the field of arbitration. Anina frequently publishes and lectures on arbitration topics, including acting as a visiting lecturer for the Master of Laws in International Commercial
Arbitration (ICAL) program at the University of Stockholm. She is an international member of the Finnish Arbitration Institute’s Board and served as the Co-Chair of the IBA Arb 40 Subcommittee 2020-2021.

Sofia Martins heads the disputes practice at Miranda & Associados.

Sofia sits on the board of the Portuguese Arbitration Association since 2014. She has also been an officer of the IBA Arbitration Committee and co-editor of the IBA International Arbitration Guide since March 2017 and is a member of the ICC Arbitration and ADR Committee. In July 2020 she was appointed to chair the board of the arbitration Center of Concórdia. Previously she was one of the co-chairs for CEA-40 and APASub40, having also sat on the board of the Arbitration Centre of the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (2012 – 2019).

Sofia represents clients in a wide range of civil, commercial and investment disputes, ranging from construction to energy, in Portugal and abroad, also acting as arbitrator, both in domestic and international disputes.

Sofia is a member of the ROAP Steering Committee and was part of the faculty for the inaugural ROAP edition in 2020.

Dr. Maja Ménard is managing partner and head of dispute resolution at the Fatur Menard Law Firm in Slovenia. After acquiring her PhD in public international law at the University of Paris-West, Maja has acquired almost 15 years of experience in resolving disputes in domestic and international fora and particular in arbitration, regularly acting as counsel in international disputes. She represents clients before the European Commission, the General Court, and the Court of Justice of the EU, as well as before the European Court of Human Rights. She has significant experience in advising and representing clients and acting as arbitrator in arbitration proceedings under the auspices of different arbitral institutions and rules of arbitration, including the Ljubljana Arbitration Centre, the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce, the London Court of International Arbitration, the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, UNCITRAL and ICSID. 

Maja is a member of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris and a member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR, as well as London Court of International Arbitration and the International Law Association. She is admitted to the Paris Bar (France) and the Slovenian Bar. She regularly lectures and publishes works on issues in her areas of expertise. 

Maja’s native languages are Slovenian and Croatian, and she is fluent in Serbian, English and French and proficient in German and Italian. 

Reza Mohtashami KC is a partner in the London office of Three Crowns. He has represented clients as counsel and advocate in more than 80 arbitrations conducted under a variety of arbitration rules in many different jurisdictions. Reza has particular expertise in disputes arising in emerging markets with a focus on the telecoms, energy and infrastructure sectors. Prior to Three Crowns he worked in the arbitration practice of a leading international arbitration firm where he established and led the firm’s global arbitration practice in the Middle East. Reza is a Vice-Chair of the IBA Arbitration Committee, trustee of the DIFC-LCIA Arbitration Centre, a trustee of the BCDR-AAA, and editorial board member of the ICC Dispute Resolution Bulletin and Global Arbitration Review. He is the immediate past president of the LCIA Arab Users’ Council. Reza is a qualified English solicitor-advocate and was appointed Queen’s Counsel [now King's Counsel] in recognition of his advocacy skills in 2018. He is recognised as a Thought Leader in arbitration by Who Who’s Legal with Chambers and Partners describing him as “very capable, intelligent and hard-working” and the “real deal.” He speaks English, French and Farsi.

Reza is the Chair of the ROAP Steering Committee. He was part of the faculty for the inaugural ROAP edition in 2020.

Patrizia Netal is a founding partner and co-head of the International Arbitration Practice. She practices both as counsel and arbitrator and has extensive experience of more than 15 years in institutional and ad hoc arbitration proceedings. She represents public and private businesses in international commercial arbitration and arbitration-related proceedings, often complex and multi-jurisdictional, with a special focus on construction and engineering, aerospace, M&A projects, energy and international sales.

Patrizia is vice-president of the VIAC (Vienna International Arbitral Centre) and member of the Board since 2020. She is co-director of the Willem C. Vis Moot, the world’s largest student competition in the field of international commercial arbitration. Patrizia lectures on arbitration subjects at the Austrian Arbitration Academy of the University of Vienna and is a faculty member of the Remote Oral Advocacy Program (ROAP) at Delos. Patrizia is Austria’s Steering Committee member of the Pledge for Equal Representation in Arbitration (ERA – The Pledge).

Patrizia has been part of the faculty since the inaugural ROAP edition in 2020.

Meet Yejide Osunkeye, the principal partner at YBO Legal, a leading law firm in Lagos, Nigeria. With over 20 years’ experience in the legal industry, Yejide is a seasoned legal practitioner, Arbitrator, and a CEDR Accredited Mediator.

She holds an LLB from the University of Jos, Nigeria, and an LLM from the University of London, U.K. She honed her skills and gained invaluable experience at Chief Rotimi Williams’ Chambers where she practiced for twelve years before starting her own law firm, YBO Legal.

Yejide is a member of many institutions, organizations, and professional bodies including the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Court of Arbitration, the Nigerian Bar Association and the Lagos Court of Arbitration. She is also a member of the Panel of Neutrals of the Lagos Multidoor Court house, where she mediates and arbitrates regularly both in-person and virtually.

Yejide is a member of the Shanghai Arbitration Commission, a member of Africa Arbitration Association and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators where she served as secretary to the chairman for four years.

Yejide’s exceptional skills as an arbitrator and counsel have earned her a solid reputation, and she has extensive experience under institutional rules including UNCITRAL, ICC and KIAC rules and in ad hoc proceedings. Additionally, her CEDR UK accreditation has assisted various disputants to resolve their commercial disputes outside the court system.

She is also a member of other organizations including Arbitral Women (AW), Equal Representation in Arbitration (ERA) pledge, Society for Corporate Governance (SCGN), the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria (ICSAN), and the Institute of Directors, Nigeria (IOD).

As a testament to her success, Yejide serves as Company Secretary to some private companies and also sits on the Board of a number of private companies and foundations.

Yejide is based in Lagos, Nigeria, and is married with two children.

Nania is a litigation and arbitration practitioner and a Partner at Bentsi-Enchill, Letsa & Ankomah, a first-tier law firm in Ghana. She regularly advises and represents clients in a range of high value litigation and arbitration disputes and is particularly noted for her innovative approach to solving complex legal issues. She also sits as an Arbitrator.

She is a Court member of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) and President of the LCIA Africa Users’ Council. She is Chair of the Ghana Chapter of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and a member of the English Commercial Bar (COMBAR) Africa Committee.  Nania is also a member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration & ADR and a board member of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce International Arbitration Centre.

She was formerly Co-Chair of the Africa Arbitration Group of the IBA Arbitration Committee, after previously serving as Editor of the IBA Arbitration Committee Newsletter. She has served as a Member of the Electronic Communications Tribunal of Ghana, quasi-judicial body that hears appeals in respect of the regulation and licensing of telecommunications companies, television and radio stations in Ghana.

Nania is recognised by Chambers and Partners, Who's Who Legal and Legal 500 as a recommended Dispute Resolution and Arbitration lawyer. She was recognised by Lawdragon in 2023 as part of its 500 Global Litigators. Nania has also been recognized as one of Africa’s 30 Most Promising Arbitration Practitioners (2022) by the Africa Arbitration Academy as well as one of Africa’s 50 Most Promising Arbitration Practitioners (2020).

She is a lecturer in Alternative Dispute Resolution at the Ghana School of Law and is called to the bar in England and Wales and in Ghana.

Flore Poloni heads Signature Litigation’s Paris arbitration team. She has significant experience representing parties in international mediation and arbitration proceedings. She also sits as an arbitrator.

She regularly acts in shareholder or post-acquisition disputes for private-equity firms and more generally in the scope of the termination of agreements related to changes in economic (e.g. force majeure allegations) or legal (in particular, sanctions) circumstances for industrial clients. She has notable experience in the defense and energy sectors (LNG and nuclear) and has recently assisted several companies in disputes resulting from the termination of agreements related to major IT projects (ERP deployment, IT outsourcing).

Flore has a very pragmatic approach to arbitration as she has spent 18 months on secondment with a client’s litigation and claim management team in the defence sector, and is a business and finance graduate on top of her law degree. Flore’s procedural management skills are a valuable asset in expedited proceedings, as well as in time-sensitive disputes where a quick resolution is desired.

She has solid experience in the enforcement of arbitral awards in France including seizing assets.

Flore is recognised in the Who’s Who Legal Arbitration 2024 report, in which she is highlighted as “very responsive, efficient and thorough,” as well as “a dynamic and fierce advocate.” Flore is also commended as “not only very bright but also very dedicated to the client’s success – she is a fighter who does not give up.”

Flore is a very active member of the arbitration community; she co-founded Paris Very Young Arbitration Practitioners in 2012 and was a co-chair of the LCIA-YIAG (Young International Arbitration Group of the London Court of International Arbitration) from 2017 to 2021.

She has also taught at the Paris Bar School and at various universities and schools (Paris X, Paris XII, Paris-Saclay (MACI) and ESCP Europe).

She was admitted to the Paris bar in 2008.

A French national, Flore works in French and English.

Edmond Richards is a partner at Accuracy. Since 2010, Edmond has specialised in the assessment of damages arising from treaty and contract breaches, in both arbitration and litigation contexts.

Edmond has been appointed as an expert witness in arbitrations under ICSID, LCIA, ICC and SAC rules, and is recognised as one of the leading damages experts by Who’s Who Legal. Edmond has a broad range of sector experience, including metals & mining, manufacturing, TMT, automotive, consumer goods and hospitality.

Edmond has also given expert advice in the context of transactions, investigations and non-contentious valuations, as well as performing preliminary claim assessments for corporates, their legal advisors and third-party funders.

Edmond is a qualified accountant and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He holds a first class honours degree in Physics from Imperial College London. He is a native English speaker, with intermediate knowledge of French and Spanish.

Simel Sarıalioğlu specialises in commercial arbitration, arbitration-related court proceedings and commercial litigation. She sits as an arbitrator; she has represented clients as counsel in various arbitrations under ICC, ICSID, ISTAC, LCIA, SMA, VIAC Rules as well as ad hoc arbitrations and complex commercial litigation proceedings. Her clients have included government entities, major telecom operators, media companies and multinationals from a number of sectors such as construction, telecommunication, IT, insurance, customs, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing and retail.

Ms Sarıalioğlu is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London (FCIArb). She is regularly giving lectures on international arbitration as a visiting speaker at law faculties of various universities in Istanbul.

She is a member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration & ADR, representing Türkiye and the executive committee of RAI (Rising Arbitrators Initiative). Ms Sarıalioğlu acted as the ICC YAF Turkey, Middle East & Africa Chapter Representative for 2017-2019 mandate.

Shai Sharvit is a partner at the law firm of Gornitzky & Co. in Tel-Aviv, Israel. His practice focuses mainly on international arbitration and complex commercial disputes, which have cross-border or multi-jurisdictional aspects, in various areas, including construction, insurance, technology and IP, shareholders disputes, D&O liability, class actions, real-estate, professional negligence, product liability.

Shai advised and represented clients in international arbitration, under the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Rules and advised on international arbitration matters under the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) rules, the ICC Rules, the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) rules, UNCITRAL Arbitration rules and the American Arbitration Association (AAA) rules, and also sits as arbitrator in commercial disputes.

Shai is a member of the Court of the LCIA, is a member of UNCITRAL experts group on high tech disputes, the commission on arbitration and ADR of ICC (Paris), the task force on emergency arbitrator of the ICC, and serves as an ambassador of the ICC Commission on the Belt & Road Initiative.

Shai was part of the faculty for the first ROAP EMEA edition in 2021.

Sami is a partner in Freshfields’ International Arbitration Group. He is an international arbitration specialist focusing on international commercial arbitration and investor-State arbitration. He has represented clients in numerous international arbitrations under all major arbitration rules, regularly sits as arbitrator and is an accredited mediator. Sami has particular expertise of disputes involving the Middle East and North Africa. His experience includes advising clients on a broad range of commercial disputes including joint venture and shareholder agreements, SPAs, production sharing agreements and distribution/agency agreements, across a broad range of industry sectors.

Sami sits on the LCIA Court and the Court of Arbitration of arbitrateAD, the Abu Dhabi International Arbitration Centre. He is listed as a ‘Global Elite Thought Leader’ in Who’s Who Legal 2024.

Anthony Theau Laurent is a partner at Accuracy. He provides advice and independent expertise on business, valuation and accounting matters in the context of disputes, transactions and frauds.

Anthony has been appointed as expert witness in commercial and investment treaty arbitrations and in English High Court proceedings. He is listed among the leading expert witnesses for quantum of damages by Who’s Who Legal, according to which he “is frequently appointed on large-scale arbitrations for the strength of his oral testimony in proceedings” and “is praised for his hands-on approach and exceptional ability to identify and address sophisticated financial issues”. He is able to testify in English and French.

Anthony also advises organisations seeking to acquire or divest businesses and leads financial investigations in relation to allegations of fraud.

He regularly contributes to publications and gives presentations on issues pertaining to valuation, damage assessment, and mergers and acquisitions.

Daniel Turner is a Partner with HKA based in the UK. He has over 23 years of accounting experience, the last 17 of those specialising in the provision of forensic accounting in commercial disputes and financial investigations. Daniel is a Chartered Accountant and a Fellow of Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

He is regularly appointed as an expert in the field of forensic accounting and commercial damages, providing expert input to matters including breaches of contract, transactional disputes, valuations, commercial transactions, professional negligence and loss of profit. He has prepared expert reports under many court and arbitral proceedings (including ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL, DIAC and JCAA), and has given oral evidence in the English High Court and in International Arbitration proceedings.

He has also been appointed expert in determinations and has strong experience of pre-deal SPA review and advice and M&A and completion accounts disputes.

Daniel’s work covers matters in both the UK and many overseas locations including Europe, the Middle East and Asia. In the eight-year period from 2012 to 2019, Daniel was based in the United Arab Emirates, proving forensic services in the majority of the counties in the GCC.

Daniel has experience across a number of sectors including construction and infrastructure, hospitality, sports and entertainment and oil & gas and energy.

Recent experience includes: (1) Expert appointed on behalf of the Claimants to assess damages with regards allegations of a supplier not meeting minimum supply targets for the provision of a number of building material commodities produced as a byproduct by fossil fuel combustion (ICC Arbitration), (2) Expert appointed on behalf of one of the largest super market chains in the UK to provide an assessment of the damages incurred as a result of the installation of alleged faulty equipment at one of the largest abattoirs in England (TCC). This case was included in The Lawyer Top Cases in 2021, and (3) Acting on behalf of one of the global leaders in design and construction of mobile offshore platforms in an arbitration with a listed operator of mobile drilling rigs in relation to a contractual dispute on the financial position of the Respondent (International Arbitration)

Lawyer since 2006, with a two-year interlude in the world of litigation finance.

Litigates before the Dutch courts and in international arbitrations (for example at the ICC, NAI, LCIA, DIS). Acts as an international arbitrator.

Specialized in solving international and complex disputes. Assists large, multinational and medium-sized companies and entrepreneurs, especially in the energy, civil engineering, FMCG and (impact) investment sectors. Extensive experience in post-M&A and shareholder disputes, as well as in international debt collection and fraud cases. Also acts in collective redress practice (proceedings about mass damages).

Board member of the Dutch Arbitration Association (DAA) and member of the ICC Netherlands Commission on Arbitration and ADR. Member of the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA) and the Dutch Association for Procedural law (NVvP).
Board member of the Goois Nature Reserve in Hilversum.

Roelien is Dutch. She works in Dutch and English, and also reads French and German.