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).

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.

Kirsten Odynski is a partner in White & Case's International Arbitration Practice, based in the Paris office. Kirsten has experience in commercial and investment treaty arbitration across a number of sectors, and a focus in the energy and construction sectors. She has acted as an adviser in ad hoc and institutional arbitrations under most major institutional rules and has experience with dispute avoidance / adjudication boards and claims management.

Kirsten has served on the ICC Task Force for Resolving Climate Change Related Disputes through Arbitration and ADR and was recognized in Who's Who Legal as a Future Leader in Arbitration. She has also been active in White & Case's pro bono work in the area of public international law and legal education service programs, including White & Case's sponsorship of the Philip C. Jessup International Moot Court Competition.

Kirsten Odynski is a “smart and well-respected” arbitration practitioner who is praised by peers as “very dedicated, excellent with clients and a team player”. Who's Who Legal

Samantha J. Rowe is a partner in the International Dispute Resolution and Business Integrity Groups whose practice focuses on international arbitration and public international law. Ms. Rowe has represented private clients and States across multiple jurisdictions (most notably, Latin America, Asia, the Middle East and Eastern Europe) in arbitrations governed by various substantive laws and conducted under the rules of the ICSID, UNCITRAL, SIAC, the ICC and the LCIA. She has experience across a broad range of industries and sectors, including energy, mining, construction, financial services and pharmaceuticals. She advises clients on a broad range of international law issues, including the international protection of investments, and represents her clients in associated disputes.

Ms. Rowe has been named to The Lawyer’s Hot 100 list, which recognizes the profession’s most innovative and inspirational lawyers. The magazine noted the “precedent-setting cases” she advises on. She was also named a Rising Star for international arbitration by Law360, a UK Rising Star, and a Rising Star in the Commercial Arbitration practice category at the inaugural Euromoney Legal Media Group Europe Rising Stars Awards. Ms. Rowe is included in The Legal 500’s inaugural International Arbitration Powerlist, and she is listed by Who’s Who Legal (2022) as a leading lawyer and thought leader for arbitration. Chambers Global (2023), Chambers UK (2023) and The Legal 500 UK (2023) recommend her for International Arbitration, with the guides noting that she is “an excellent lawyer with a clarity and expression of thought that enables complex matters to be understood quickly.” She is said to be “extremely professional and knowledgeable” and a “brilliant advocate.” The Legal 500 UK (2023) further recommends her for Public International Law with clients noting that she is “an excellent communicator with deep knowledge of international law.” In previous editions of the guides, clients note she “provides sharp insight from various angles.” The Legal 500 Latin America (2023) also recommends her for International Arbitration, noting in particular her energy sector experience.

Ms. Rowe is a solicitor of the Senior Courts of England & Wales and is admitted to the New York bar. She is fluent in French and Spanish and proficient in Portuguese and frequently handles contentious matters involving these languages.

Ms. Rowe is a highly active member of the arbitration and public international law communities. She serves on the Board of the Business and Human Rights Lawyers Association, is a member of the ICC’s Informal Working Group on Business and Human Rights, a member of the Executive Board of the International Centre for Dispute Resolution’s Young & International Group, a member of the International Centre for Dispute Resolution’s Advisory Council, is on the Editorial Board of the European Investment Law and Arbitration Review, and is on the Board of Reporters for the ITA Arbitration Report.

Ms. Rowe has previously served as the Rule of Law Vice Chair and Steering Committee Member of the American Bar Association’s Arbitration Committee, on the IBA Task Force for the Review of the 2010 Arbitration Rules on the Taking of Evidence, on the Board of Directors and the Program Committee of the New York International Arbitration Center, and on the Programme Committee for the American Society of International Law’s 2013 Annual General Meeting.

She speaks regularly on arbitration-related issues and has authored or co-authored a number of publications in the field, including most recently: “A Duty to Disclose, a Duty to Inquire: French and European Courts Address an Arbitrator’s Independence and Impartiality,” LexisPSL (September, 2021); “The 2020 revisions to the IBA rules on evidence – change for a new decade,” Global Arbitration Review (August, 2021); “Renewable Energy Investments – International Protections to Mitigate Risks,” Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation (August, 2021); “Current trends in ‘umbrella clause’ claims arising from breaches of contractual obligations,“ IBA (June, 2021); “The Portigon v. Spain Decision: Upholding International Law Protections for Financial Instruments,” EMPEA Data and Intelligence (June, 2021); “Germany: Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence,” Compliance & Enforcement (May, 2021); “Halliburton Company v. Chubb Bermuda Insurance Ltd: Failure to Disclose but No Bias,” The ICC Dispute Resolution Bulletin (March, 2021); “Resolving Perceived Norm Conflict through Principles of Treaty Interpretation: The January 2019 EU Member States’ Declarations,” European Investment Law and Arbitration Review (January, 2021); “Debevoise Discusses Banks and Climate-Change Initiatives,” Columbia Law School Blue Sky Blog (January, 2021); “UK Guide to Arbitration,” In-House Lawyer (November, 2018); “Tactics and procedures used in international arbitration to promote efficiency,” Experiencias y Retos del Ecuador en el Arbitraje de Inversión y Comercial (September, 2018); “Corruption as a defense in arbitration,” Practical Law (February, 2018); and “The Role of the Tribunal in Controlling Arbitral Costs,” The International Journal of Arbitration, Mediation and Dispute Management (May, 2015). She also serves on the ITA Board of Reporters and as co-editor of the ABA’s International Dispute Resolution News and the European Investment Law and Arbitration Review. She regularly contributes to the ITA Arbitration Report and KluwerArbitration.com.

Ms. Rowe has also co-authored a number of chapters in industry publications. These include a chapter in the International Arbitration Country Comparative Guide, published by The Legal 500 (2019-2022); the “Compensation in Energy Arbitration” chapter in The Guide to Energy Arbitrations, published by Global Arbitration Review (2017 & 2019); the “Protecting Property Rights in Investment Treaty Arbitration - A Misleading Rubric?” chapter in Investment Treaty Arbitration and International Law, Juris, Vol.9 (May, 2016); the “Fair and Equitable Treatment Issues in Oil & Gas Investment-Treaty Arbitration” chapter in The Leading Practitioners’ Guide to International Oil & Gas Arbitration, Juris (July, 2015).

Ms. Rowe received her B.A. (Hons.) with First Class Honours in English Law and French Law from the University of Oxford, Wadham College, a Certificat Supérieur de Droit Français from the Université de Paris II Panthéon-Assas and an LL.M. in International Legal Studies from New York University. She was a scholar of Wadham College and received a Dean’s Graduate Award at NYU.

Nicolas Wiegand specialises in international commercial and investment arbitration with a focus on corporate law, post-M&A disputes, joint ventures, commercial, sales and distribution law and IP matters as well as the energy, pharmaceutical, automotive, construction and infrastructure sectors. He is particularly experienced with arbitration in or in relation to Asia, specifically China, Korea, Japan, Singapore, Australia, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia as well as additional South-East Asian jurisdictions.

Nicolas has so far acted as party representative and arbitrator in more than 140 international arbitrations under all major arbitration rules (mainly ICC, HKIAC, KCAB, JCAA and DIS but also SIAC, LCIA, DIAC, ASA, VIAC, SCC and others) as well as in ad hoc arbitrations. He also acted in numerous investment disputes (ICSID, UNCITRAL) and disputes involving states and state-owned enterprises.

Alongside his work as a party representative, Nicolas is an experienced arbitrator, with matters he has sat in covering a wide range of jurisdictions, including Hong Kong, Korea, Japan, Singapore, Germany, Switzerland, UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Mongolia, Sri Lanka and other jurisdictions in Europe, Asia and the Americas. His cases were seated in most of the major arbitration hubs worldwide. To date, he has acted as arbitrator in over 40 arbitrations and has also served as an emergency arbitrator.

Nicolas is regularly engaged as a speaker at international arbitration conferences and he runs training courses for arbitral institutions.

He joined CMS in 2006 and was made partner in 2013. In 2009/2010, he was seconded to Clayton Utz in Sydney. He now heads the CMS Hong Kong office and leads the firm’s arbitration practice in the Asia-Pacific region. In January 2020, he has also been appointed as co-head for the overall CMS dispute resolution practice

 

Briana Young is Professional Support Counsel in the London office of Three Crowns. She has over 20 years’ experience of international arbitration law and practice in the UK, Europe and Asia. She supports clients and colleagues on a broad range of legal and procedural issues relating to arbitration and international law, ensuring that our advice reflects latest developments and best practice. In addition to knowledge management, Briana is responsible for coordinating external publications, devising and delivering internal and external training, and working with the firm’s leadership team on business planning, strategy and pricing.

Briana is an active member of the international arbitration community. She serves as Vice Chair of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre and Chair of the HKIAC Proceedings and Rules Revision Committees. She is a member of Hong Kong’s Advisory Body on Outcome Related Fee Structures for Arbitration, in which capacity she was closely involved in introducing and drafting new legislation to permit success fees for arbitrations in the territory. Briana writes and coordinates content for numerous international arbitration publications and sits on Practical Law’s Editorial Board. She is a regular speaker at arbitration events, and has taught at Tsinghua University, Beijing and the Paris Arbitration Academy.

Briana graduated from Oxford University with a BA in Classics.

She is admitted to practice in England & Wales and speaks English and French.

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.

Tim Robbins is an independent arbitrator with over 15 years of experience in commercial disputes, and has acted as arbitrator, tribunal secretary or counsel in over 65 international arbitrations. Based in Hong Kong and The Hague, Tim is qualified in England & Wales, New York and Ontario. He sits in matters seated across Asia, the Middle East, Europe and North America, and has worked on arbitrations under the rules of many of the leading commercial arbitral institutions, including the ICC, HKIAC, SIAC, LCIA, KCAB, JCAA, SCC and ICDR, as well as numerous ad hoc proceedings under the UNCITRAL Rules.

James Rogers is an international arbitration lawyer with a uniquely international practice, serving clients' needs across multiple jurisdictions and tailored to the relevant project, dispute and/or seat of arbitration. James’ experience extends across a broad range of industry sectors and includes corporate and commercial, technology, M&A, licensing, and joint venture disputes. He has particular experience in the energy, mining, infrastructure, technology and construction sectors and significant recent experience in arbitration matters involving states and state-controlled entities. According to sources in the Legal 500 James “is an incredibly clever lawyer” and “just fantastic. His advice is thought through, yet simple and in a bite-size form. Brilliant operator!” Chambers & Partners notes that James is “flexible and extremely efficient”, adding that “he is excellent at what he does.

Naomi Tarawali is a partner at Cleary Gottlieb in London. Her practice focuses on international dispute resolution. She has represented corporates and high net worth individuals in commercial arbitration, investor-state arbitration and international litigation proceedings, as well as in mediation and ADR processes. Naomi joined the firm in 2017 and became partner in 2023.

William Thomas KC specialises in international commercial arbitration, investment arbitration and public international law. His clients include private multinationals, States and State entities.

Will has acted as counsel and advocate in numerous institutional and ad hoc arbitral proceedings, including under ICC, LCIA, CAS, ICSID and UNCITRAL rules. He has particular expertise in the energy, extractives, TMT and projects sectors, with a focus on disputes in the Middle East and Africa. 

As regards inter-State disputes, he has represented parties before both the International Court of Justice and the Iran-US Claims Tribunal.  He also advises in respect of claims before the European Court of Human Rights. 

Alongside his disputes work, Will’s non-contentious practice includes advising on a wide variety of international law issues, as well as assisting clients with front-end risk management options on their international projects.

Jacob Grierson 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 coarbitrator) 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).

Ania Farren is a Partner at Fieldfisher. She is a highly experienced practitioner who advises and represents States and corporate entities in a wide variety of international dispute resolution and public international law matters, including commercial and investment treaty arbitrations. She has over 20 years of experience as counsel; She has acted as counsel in disputes conducted under all of the major arbitration rules including ICC, ICSID, ICSID Additional Facility, LCIA and SCC. She is Chair of the ICC UK Committee for Arbitration and ADR and Co-Chair of the International Arbitration Charity Ball.  She also sits as an Arbitrator and is a member of Arbitra. She previously worked at a leading third party funder.

Caline Mouawad represents clients in international commercial arbitrations and in investment treaty disputes with host governments. She counsels clients in an array of multi-jurisdictional disputes that span from the Americas to Europe and from Africa to Asia, and concern such sectors as oil and gas, mining, consumer goods, and telecommunications.

Caline has acted as counsel in arbitrations conducted in English and French under the rules of the ICC, ICSID, LCIA, AAA, ICDR, and SIAC, as well as in ad hoc cases under the UNCITRAL Rules. She regularly advises clients on drafting dispute resolution clauses in international commercial contracts and on protecting their international investments under investment treaties. In addition, Caline regularly serves as an arbitrator. She is listed on the Panel of Neutrals for the International Centre for Dispute Resolution and the AAA National Roster of Arbitrators and Mediators.

Among other leadership roles, Caline serves as Vice-Chair of the Steering Committee of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR and the Steering Committee’s liaison to the ICC Task Force on Addressing Corruption Issues. Caline also serves as Vice Chair of the IBA Arbitration Committee and is a member of the IBA Arbitration Committee’s Task Force on Privilege.  She is a Director of the New York International Arbitration Center (NYIAC), as well as a Member of its Executive Committee. She formerly chaired the International Law Committee of the New York City Bar Association, and is currently a member of the International Commercial Disputes Committee. Caline also serves on the Advisory Board of ArabArb.

Chambers Global USA recognizes Caline as “an excellent practitioner” and an “impressive lawyer,” and Chambers USA notes that she is “absolutely fantastic,” “very dedicated,” “very bright,” and “great to work with,” with a “fantastic” writing style.  Legal 500 US praises her “excellent, steady hand in arbitration,” her “knowledge of the players, issues,” her “exceptional” written advocacy, and her “excellent oral advocacy skills,” while Who’s Who Legal distinguishes her for being “great on her feet and an excellent advocate on complicated issues.” Among her recent recognition, Caline won the 2023 Smit-Lowenfeld Prize awarded by the International Arbitration Club of New York for best article in the field of international arbitration published in 2021, for her article “The Illegality Objection in Investor-State Arbitration.

Caline joined Chaffetz Lindsey in December 2019 and was previously a partner at King & Spalding in New York, where she practiced for more than ten years and was Vice-Chair of the firm’s Diversity Committee. Prior to that, Caline practiced for nearly six years at Salans in Paris and New York, and began her legal career as a litigation association at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in New York.

George Spalton KC has practised as a barrister and arbitrator for 20 years, based at 4 New Square, Lincoln’s Inn, in London. He was appointed as Kings Counsel in 2021.

He has extensive expertise of international arbitration as both counsel and arbitrator across the full range of commercial and investment treaty disputes.  By way of example, his commercial practice includes M&A related disputes, commodities work, civil fraud, offshore work, energy and insurance related work.

He is highly regarded as an advocate and was one of the lead KCs in the largest and longest running commercial trial in England in 2023 – a successful 20 week civil fraud trial in London and is currently acting in the a number of high value claims in the investor – state context.

He is a member of the LCIA European Users’ Council and in addition sits on the Executive Committee of the English Commercial Bar Association (COMBAR).

Andrew Tetley is a Partner in the dispute resolution practice of Reed Smith LLP. He is a French avocat and practising English solicitor. Andrew has broad experience in commercial litigation, international arbitration and project work. Andrew previously practised for over 10 years in New Zealand as a barrister and solicitor, after having started in the law with a leading firm of solicitors in the UK. He now has over 15 years professional experience in Paris, in near balance with his pre-Paris common law experience. Alongside his principal work in arbitration, Andrew appears in French commercial, civil and administrative courts, including at appellate level. He is also a Solicitor-Advocate (Civil Advocacy) and therefore has rights of audience in all of the higher courts in England and takes on matters in that capacity.

Since 2012, Andrew has been a New Zealand delegate on the ICC Commission on Arbitration at the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris and was a member of the ICC Task Force on Arbitration and Financial Institutions. Between 2015 and 2021, Andrew was also the New Zealand Member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration, where he was regularly solicited to sit. This appointment recognised Andrew’s many years involvement in arbitration including ICC, LCIA, LMAA, GAFTA, RSA, CAMP, CMAC, UNCITRAL, ad hoc and ancillary court proceedings.

Andrew has advised and represented individuals, corporations and nation states. Clients have entrusted Andrew with major litigation and regulatory matters in a wide variety of matters, with amounts in issue up to USD 3 billion, or where points of important principle or matters of strategic significance are at stake.

In the Legal 500, Andrew is recognized as a next generation partner in international arbitration and also as a leading individual in shipping. He is the author and co-author of publications in the areas of his practice and is regularly invited as a speaker in international events.