Christopher Boog is a Vice-Chair of the International Arbitration Practice Group of Schellenberg Wittmer. He splits his time between the firm's Singapore and Zurich offices. Chris represents clients in international commercial, investment and sports arbitrations as well as in setting-aside proceedings before the Swiss Supreme Court and sits as arbitrator under all leading sets of arbitration rules as well as ad hoc.

Chris is admitted to the Bar in Switzerland as well as in Singapore as a foreign lawyer. He has vast experience in disputes seated in civil and common law jurisdictions governed by many different laws.

Chris has been ranked as one of a small number of Global Elite Thought Leaders by Who's Who Legal Arbitration recognizing lawyers "at the peak of the profession" for several years. He is the 2020 recipient of the ASA Prize for Advocacy in International Commercial Arbitration, awarded every two years to international arbitration counsel to recognize exceptional advocacy in international arbitration. 

Chris has been described as "one of the best in the business" and "one of the stars in international arbitration" (Who's Who Legal). According to clients and peers, he is "exceptional in all respects", "outstanding", "just brilliant" and "one of the best advocates I have ever seen" (Who's Who Legal). The same directory remarks that “Christopher has superb control during complex hearings", is "well organised and in control of his cases" and "is absolutely excellent for dispute resolution within the construction industry". Other sources report that he is "brilliant and to-the-point" and "always provides solutions, which really makes him stand out; we don't have to wait long for a solution that is based on a sound, thought-out point of view" (Chambers Global). According to another client Chris "has superb analytical and advocacy skills. He is admired for his ability to explain (orally and in writing) complex technical or factual issues in simple terms" (Legal 500).

Gavin Chesney is a solicitor advocate in the firm’s International Dispute Resolution Group and is based in the London office. His practice focuses on international commercial disputes, both in international arbitration and in court litigation. 

Mr. Chesney represents a wide variety of clients including major corporations, high net worth individuals and sovereign states in a range of complex, high-value disputes across sectors including mining, power, oil and gas, defense and financial services. He has appeared in proceedings under the auspices of ICSID, UNCITRAL, the ICC, the LCIA, the SIAC and the AAA, as well as in ad hoc arbitrations and litigation proceedings in the English courts. 

Mr. Chesney is recommended for International Arbitration by The Legal 500 UK (2024), where clients have noted he “understands technical concepts very quickly, and breaks down complex issues and articulates them clearly.” He also has experience in the construction sector, for which he has been recognised by The Legal 500 UK. In the guide, he is praised for having “a great facility for understanding the detail of construction costs and collecting these into clear submissions.” Mr. Chesney is also recognised as a Future Leader by Who’s Who Legal (2024). 

Mr. Chesney is a co-author of “Investment Treaty Arbitration in the Construction Sector,” Global Arbitration Review (October, 2023); the Investment Treaty Arbitration and Mining chapters in The Guide to Construction Arbitration, published by Global Arbitration Review (October, 2021); “The Intersection of Arbitration and Insolvency in England & Wales,” IBA Toolkit on Insolvency (March, 2021); “Disputes across the horizon: arbitration in Qatar,” Practical Law Construction Blog (February, 2021); “Disputes across the horizon: arbitration in the United Arab Emirates,” Practical Law Construction Blog (January, 2021) and “Investment Treaty Arbitration in the Construction Sector,” a chapter in The Guide to Construction Arbitration, published by Global Arbitration Review (October, 2019). 

Mr. Chesney joined the firm in March 2012. He received his B.A. from the University of Oxford, Trinity College, where he was the Wyatt Rushton scholar. Mr. Chesney holds a Dîplome Supérieur en Droit Français from the Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas. Mr. Chesney is admitted as a solicitor of the Senior Courts of England & Wales and as a solicitor advocate exercises full rights of audience before all civil courts of England & Wales. 

Antony Crockett is a partner of Herbert Smith Freehills who specialises in public international law and complex cross-border dispute resolution. Antony leads HSF's global Business and Human Rights practice and is a member of the firm's ESG leadership group.

Antony has extensive experience advising governments, international organisations and private sector clients in the area of public international law, including in relation to investment treaty arbitration, State and diplomatic immunity, sanctions and embargoes, recognition of States and governments, human rights and international economic law.

Antony is tri-qualified, in Australia (Victoria), England & Wales and Hong Kong SAR. He acts as advocate in international arbitration proceedings and in arbitration-related court proceedings.

Yuet Min graduated with First Class Honours from the National University of Singapore in 2006. Prior to joining Drew & Napier in 2008, Yuet Min was a Justices’ Law Clerk at the Supreme Court of Singapore.

Yuet Min advises clients mainly on civil disputes relating to a wide range of commercial contracts, with the aim of achieving commercially-viable solutions for clients. She has been described by a client as “very skilled” and “extremely dedicated to the needs of the client”.

Yuet Min regularly appears before the Singapore Courts as lead counsel. Besides maintaining an active litigation practice, many of Yuet Min’s matters involve SIAC and ICC arbitrations as well as arbitration-related Court proceedings. She has particular experience and interest in dealing with multi-lingual proceedings and has conducted a bilingual international arbitration under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules.

She has been appointed arbitrator in a number of SIAC, ICC, and ad hoc international arbitrations, and is an arbitrator on the SIAC Reserve Panel. She has also conducted arbitrations under expedited procedures.

Yuet Min is a co-author of the Chambers and Partners Global Practice Guides – Litigation 2022 (Singapore chapter), and also of the chapter Arbitration in Singapore and Malaysia in the Italian edition of the Arbitration Law Treaty published by Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane (Italian Scientific Editions), 2022.

Yuet Min speaks English, Mandarin, Malay, and the Hokkien dialect.

A partner at international disputes boutique Chaffetz Lindsey in New York, and fluent in English, French and Italian, Yasmine Lahlou has over 20 years of experience in international arbitration and litigation. Initially trained in Paris and admitted in New York, Yasmine is experienced in civil and common law systems. Yasmine has represented clients in arbitration proceedings conducted under all major institutional rules and in ad hoc proceedings.  Her practice spans a broad range of industries and sectors, including construction, energy, mining, food and beverage and pharmaceuticals.  She has acted as a presiding, sole co‐and emergency arbitrator in ICC, SCC, ICDR/AAA CRCICA (in Cairo) and LCIA arbitrations.

Yasmine also has extensive award and judgment enforcement experience.

Yasmine has been named one of 17 “Global Elite Thought Leaders” in North America & the Caribbean— a title reserved for the top 2.5% of ranked practitioners considered the “very best by peers and clients, achieving the highest number of recommendations in the research”— by Who’s Who Legal 2023 Arbitration report.

Alexandra Van Der Meulen is a partner in our international arbitration group.

She specializes in public international law, investment arbitration, and international commercial arbitration.

Alexandra has acted as counsel for States before the International Court of Justice, including for Chile in its maritime boundary dispute against Peru and in a dispute with Bolivia concerning Bolivia’s claim to sovereign access to the Pacific Ocean.  In 2020, she appeared as advocate for Bahrain in two parallel appeals from decisions of the ICAO Council in cases brought by Qatar against Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain.

She has also appeared as counsel in institutional and ad hoc arbitral proceedings, including under the ICC, LCIA, SCC, ICSID, ICSID additional facility, and UNCITRAL Rules.

Since 2017, Alexandra has been listed as a “Future Leader” in Arbitration by Who’s Who Legal.

She is admitted to practice in Paris and New York and is bilingual in English and French. Alexandra teaches an annual course of seminars on international commercial arbitration at the University of Fribourg, an annual course of seminars on international dispute settlement at Université Paris 5 and is a visiting international law lecturer at King’s College, London.

Since July 2023, Alexandra is a Vice-President of Paris Arbitration Week.

Nicolas specializes in international commercial and investment arbitration with a focus on corporate, joint venture, licensing and IP, sales, distribution and supply disputes, in particular in the life sciences, energy, technology, construction and infrastructure as well as mobility sectors. He is highly experienced with arbitration in or in relation to or involving parties from Asia, Europe and the US. Having lived and worked for many years in both civil law (Germany, Switzerland) and common law (Hong Kong, Singapore, California, New York, Australia) jurisdictions, Nicolas is experienced in handling cases under both legal traditions. He has so far acted in more than 140 international arbitrations under all major arbitration rules as well as ad hoc cases governed by a broad range of different substantive laws. He also acted in investment disputes and other disputes involving states and state-owned enterprises or authorities.

Nicolas is a very experienced arbitrator. To date, he has sat in 44 international cases covering a wide range of both civil and common law jurisdictions, including, primarily, Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, PRC, Germany, Switzerland, California and New York, but also Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Mongolia, Sri Lanka and others. His cases are seated at the major arbitration hubs worldwide.

Nicolas joined CMS in 2006 and was made partner in 2013. In 2009/2010, he was seconded to Clayton Utz in Sydney. He has been head of the CMS arbitration practice in the Asia-Pacific region for almost a decade. In January 2020, he has been appointed as co-head for the firm's dispute resolution practice, and in 2023 he also became the head of the firm's US related arbitration practice. Nicolas is regularly engaged as a speaker at international arbitration conferences and holds offices with and gives training courses for several arbitral institutions.