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Catherine Bratic
  • State Contact: Texas
  • Firm Country: United States
  • Jurisdiction: France, United States
  • Type of Practitioner: Lawyer
  • Practice Areas: Arbitration
  • Legal System: Common Law, European Law
  • Nationality/Nationalities: American, Italian
  • Select Languages:
    • Language(s): English, Speaking Proficiency: Proficient
    • Language(s): French, Speaking Proficiency: Proficient
    • Language(s): Spanish, Speaking Proficiency: Conversational
Houston, Texas, US
Annie Lund
Isabel Kunsman Washington, DC, US
Caitlin Anyon-Peters
Nora Fredstie
  • Publications:

    ·      Co-authored “Emergency Arbitration: A Practical Guide for Young Arbitration Practitioners”, IBA Arb40 Subcommittee, (November, 2025);

    ·      Co-authored “Launch of the IBA Arb40 Guidance on Emergency Arbitration”, Kluwer Arbitration Blog (November, 2025);

    ·      Co-authored “Artificial Intelligence in International Arbitration: Self-Regulation and the Case for Model Clauses”, Revista Română de Arbitraj (Romanian Journal of Arbitration), Issue 2, 2025, pp. 57–65 (July, 2025);

    ·      Co-authored “Artificial Intelligence in International Arbitration: Self-Regulation and the Case for Model Clauses”, DAC Beachcroft (February, 2025);

    ·      Co-authored “Report on the Reception of the IBA Arbitration Soft Law Products”, IBA Rules and Guidelines Subcommittee (September 2016);

    ·      Co-authored “Subcommittee on IBA Arbitration Guidelines and Rules Report – 5 Key Takeaways, Latham & Watkins, (November, 2016).

  • Education:

    ·      SCC/SAA Diploma Course for International Arbitrators, 2-5 June 2024;

    ·      The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies & Université de Genève, LLM in International Dispute Settlement (MIDS), 2013;

    ·      Australian National University, LLB & BA, 2011.

  • Firm Country: United Kingdom
  • Speaking Engagements:

    ·      Keynote, “Modernisation of Arbitration Legislation in Norway”, Norwegian Arb. Day, Oslo, 5 February 2026;

    ·      Speaker, Opening Remarks, “The New IBA Arb40 Guide on Emergency Arbitration”, LAW, 4 December 2025;

    ·      Panellist, “Efficient and Effective Resolution of Complex International Arbitrations: What Should Clients Expect?”, LAW, London, 4 December 2025;

    ·      Moderator, DACB Roundtable on “Predictability or Experimentation, Global or Regional: Who Sets the Rules”, LAW, London, 3 December 2025;

    ·      Speaker, “IBA Arb40 Symposium: Emerging challenges in international arbitration – entering the second quarter of the 21st century”, IBA Annual Conference, Toronto, 2 November 2025;

    ·      Speaker, “Bridging the Divide: The Interaction Between Domestic Courts and Investment Arbitration, GIAC Arbitration Days, Tbilisi, 9 October 2025;

    ·      Speaker, “Mind Games in Cross-Examination”, Dutch Arbitration Day, Amsterdam, 12 June 2025;

    ·      Panellist, “The Alpha to Omega of an Arbitration”, Nordic Arbitration Day, Reykjavik, 2 May 2025;

    ·      Panellist, “How to Make Your Win a Win”, Paris Arbitration Week, Paris, 9 April 2025;

    ·      Moderator, Nordic Roundtable, "Extraordinary Threats to Arbitration”, London, 3 April 2025;

    ·      Panellist, “Skeleton Arguments”, Norwegian Arbitration Day, Oslo, 26 February 2025;

    ·      Speakers, Opening Remarks “How to Start a Career as an Arbitrator”, ICC YAAF, Oslo, 25 February 2025;

    ·      Panellist, “Admissibility of Illegally Obtained Evidence”, YAS, Stockholm, 22 January 2025;

    ·      Speaker, “Croissants and Cross-Examination”, SWAN, Stockholm, 22 January 2025;

    ·      Speaker, “IBA Conflicts Guidelines”, Russian Arbitration Center Winter Academy, 21 January 2025;

    ·      Moderator, “Enforcement of Arbitral Award”, VII Oxford Arbitration Day, Oxford, 22 November 2024;

    ·      Panellist, “The Art of Persuasion: Effective Advocacy in International Arbitration”, Dubai, 13 November 2024;

    ·      Speaker, “Fast Track Proceedings”, #zukunft podcast, 8 November 2024;

    ·      Speaker, Opening Remarks, "ICC YAAF: Breakfast with Claudia Salomon”, London, 5 November 2024;

    ·      Panellist, “Innovating Dispute Resolution: The Impact of Emerging Tech”, London, 5 November 2024; 

    ·      Speaker, Opening Remarks, "ICC YAAF: First Appointments”, ICC UK Conference, London, 23 October 2024;

    ·      Speaker, “Masterclass in the Cross-Examination of Fact Witnesses”, Ciarb YMG, London, 17 October 2024;

    ·      Debater, “To Expedite or Not to Expedite”, 9th ICC YAAF Global Conference, New York, 27 September 2024;

    ·      Workshop moderator, DIS40Nord / YAC / YACF / YAPN Seminar and Workshop, Hamburg, 29-31 August 2024;

    ·      Panellist, “The Reform of the English Arbitration Act 1996”, University of Southampton, UK, 14 June 2024;

    ·      Panellist, “What is Next in Legal Tech, AI, and Arbitration”, Nordic Arbitration Day, Helsinki, 26 April 2024;

    ·      Panellist, “Gender Diversity – the Nordic Perspective”, ArbitralWomen, Helsinki, 25 April 2024;

    ·      Panellist, “The Lifecycle of an International Arbitration”, YPAI, Dublin, 16 November 2023;

    ·      Panellist, “Scandinavian Arbitration”, ASA Below40, Zurich, 27 October 2023;

    ·      Speaker, “Battle of the Landmark Decisions”, 3rd MAA Annual Conference, Geneva, 22 September 2023;

    ·      Speaker, Opening Remarks, YAPN Sommerseminar om NOMA, Oslo, 22 June 2023; 

    ·      Speaker, Opening and Closing Remarks, Nordic Arbitration Day, Oslo, 27 January 2023;

    ·      Speaker, “Breakfast and Q&A in London with Claudia Salomon", ICC YAAF, London, 25 January 2023;

    ·      Speaker, “Workshop on the IBA Arb40's Toolkit for Arbitral Award Writing”, IBA, London, 25 November 2022; 

    ·      Workshop moderator, DIS40Nord / YAC / YAPN Seminar and Workshop, Oslo, 28-29 October 2022;

    ·      Moderator, “The War in Ukraine: Disputes Arising from and Affected by it”, YAPN, Oslo, 9 June 2022;

    ·      Panellist, “Fill in the Blanks: Woulda Shoulda Coulda”, Nordic Arbitration Day, Copenhagen, 8 October 2021;

    ·      Panellist, “Arbitration in the Current Paradigm: Experiences and Lessons for the Future”, YAPI, 3 December 2020;

    ·      Panellist, “Taking Stock of Hong Kong as an Arbitral Seat”, Hong Kong Arbitration Week, 19 October 2020;

    ·      Panellist, “Emergency Arbitration: Perspectives from Asia and Europe”, YSIAC, Paris, 28 October 2019;

    ·      Panellist, “Brexit & International Arbitration: the Rise of Regional Hubs in Europe as Alternatives to London?”, CIArb European Branch Annual Conference, Prague, 26 April 2019;

    ·      Panellist, “Soapbox Debate”, Nordic Arbitration Day, Stockholm, 18 January 2019;

    ·      Panellist, “Parties Representation in Investment Arbitration”, ICC YAF Conference, Milan, 26 January 2018;

    ·      Panellist, “Diversity in International Arbitration”, CIAarb YMG Conference, Paris, 6 December 2017;

    ·      Panellist, “Meritocracy in International Arbitration”, YAS Arbitration Day, Stockholm, Sweden, 9 November 2017. 

  • Type of Practitioner: Arbitrator, Counsel
  • Practice Areas: Agency - Distribution - Franchising, Arbitration, Audiovisual - Media, Commercial Law, Construction - Engineering, Energy - Natural Resources, Infrastructure, Investment - Concession agreements, Joint Ventures - Consortia - Cooperation, Oil - Gas - Mining, Public international Law, Sales - Purchases
  • Nationality/Nationalities: Norwegian
  • Select Languages:
    • Language(s): Norwegian Bokmal, Speaking Proficiency: Native Fluency, Professional Proficiency: Conduct DR proceedings, Represent clients as an advocate in DR proceedings, Testify orally, Draft opinions, reports, agreements, decisions, orders or awards, Understand written documents
    • Language(s): Danish, Speaking Proficiency: Proficient, Professional Proficiency: Conduct DR proceedings, Understand written documents
    • Language(s): Swedish, Speaking Proficiency: Proficient, Professional Proficiency: Conduct DR proceedings, Represent clients as an advocate in DR proceedings, Testify orally, Understand written documents
    • Language(s): Spanish, Speaking Proficiency: Conversational, Professional Proficiency: Understand written documents
    • Language(s): French, Speaking Proficiency: Conversational, Professional Proficiency: Understand written documents
    • Language(s): Norwegian, Speaking Proficiency: Native Fluency, Professional Proficiency: Conduct DR proceedings, Represent clients as an advocate in DR proceedings, Testify orally, Draft opinions, reports, agreements, decisions, orders or awards, Understand written documents
London, GB
Shareena Edmonds
Antonia Birt
Kathrin Asschenfeldt
  • State Contact: Hamburg
  • Other Relevant Experience:

    Partner at BAUMANN Resolving Disputes, previously General Counsel of an international shipping company and worked for 11 years as Dispute Resolution Lawyer at an international lawfirm; acted as counsel in various commercial arbitration and state court proceedings and in legal proceedings regarding the enforceability of arbitral awards. Regularly sits as arbitrator (sole arbitrator, party-appointed arbitrator, chairman).

  • Publications:
    • Strategic Climate Change Litigation: A Global Movement? Developments in Southeast Asia in the Context of Recent Global Trends",
    • Zeitschrift für Umweltpolitik und Umweltrecht (ZfU) 1/2024, 44-69 (mit Dr. Lisa-Marie Ross)
    • Recent Developments of Third Party Joinder in International Arbitration",
    • Journal of International Arbitration (J. Int'l Arb.), Volume 39, Issue 5 (2022) pp. 691-718 (mit Lisa-Marie Ross)
    • Zur (Un-)Zulässigkeit einer Dissenting Opinion in Schiedsverfahren nach deutschem Schiedsverfahrensrecht", ZIP 2020, 1847-1853 (mit Prof. Dr. Patrick Schroeder)
  • Education:

    Westfälische-Wilhelms Universität Münster; Université Paris X Nanterre (Maitrise en droit international et europeen)

  • Other Information:

    CEDR Accredited Mediator

    Member of various arbitral institutions and frequent speaker at arbitration events,

    Partner at BAUMANN Resolving Disputes, previously General Counsel of an international shipping company and worked for 11 years as Dispute Resolution Lawyer at an international lawfirm; acted as counsel in various commercial arbitration and state court proceedings and in legal proceedings regarding the enforceability of arbitral awards. Regularly sits as arbitrator (sole arbitrator, party-appointed arbitrator, chairman).

  • Firm Country: Germany
  • Jurisdiction: Germany
  • Type of Practitioner: Arbitrator, Counsel, Lawyer
  • Practice Areas: Arbitration, Commercial Law, Corporate Law, Joint Ventures - Consortia - Cooperation, Maritime Law, Mediation, Transport
  • Legal System: Civil Law, European Law, International Law
  • Nationality/Nationalities: German
  • Select Languages:
    • Language(s): English, Speaking Proficiency: Proficient, Professional Proficiency: Conduct DR proceedings, Represent clients as an advocate in DR proceedings, Testify orally, Draft opinions, reports, agreements, decisions, orders or awards, Understand written documents
    • Language(s): French, Speaking Proficiency: Conversational, Professional Proficiency: Conduct DR proceedings, Represent clients as an advocate in DR proceedings, Testify orally, Draft opinions, reports, agreements, decisions, orders or awards, Understand written documents
    • Language(s): German, Speaking Proficiency: Native Fluency, Professional Proficiency: Conduct DR proceedings, Represent clients as an advocate in DR proceedings, Testify orally, Draft opinions, reports, agreements, decisions, orders or awards, Understand written documents
Hamburg, Hamburg, DE
Marieke van Hooijdonk
Tina Cicchetti
  • State Contact: ON
  • Firm Country: Canada
  • Nationality/Nationalities: Canadian, Italian
Toronto, ON, CA
Joanne Denton
Hana Jakupi
Leonie Liebenwein
Andrea Stauber
Lorraine de Germiny
Margaux Jarry
Loujaine Kahaleh
Sudeshna Guha Roy
  • State Contact: Maharashtra
  • Publications:

    https://www.legal500.com/firms/244427-saraf-and-partners/c-india/news-and-developments/fund-me-if-you-can-the-world-of-arbitration-financing

     

    · Go Air To Jet Airways: Lessons Not Learned - BW Legal World

     

    · Retired Employees As Arbitrators? Supreme Court To Decide - BW Legal World

     

    · Modification Of Arbitral Awards - BW Legal World

     

    · Protection of Dissenting Financial Creditors on Insolvency - Lexology

     

    · Group Insolvency - The Need of the Hour - Lexology

     

    · Aircraft lessors hope for a smoother runway under new bill | Law.asia

     

    · Russian Roulette: Aircraft Lessors or Airlines? - Lexology

     

    · Literal or liberal interpretation in extending arbitration

     

    · The Need for a Robust Cross-Border Insolvency Regime in India - Lexology

     

    · Contempt Under the Insolvency Code - Lexology

     

    · Admission of Corporate Insolvency Resolution Proceedings Not Timely at All - Lexology

     

    · Proposed Amendments to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 - Lexology

     

    · Reversing Vidarbha is good news for financial creditors | India | Law.asia

  • Firm Country: India
  • Speaking Engagements:

    Invited to speak in a panel discussion titled, ‘Overview of recent changes in International institutional arbitration rules’ at the Nani Palkhivala Arbitration Annual International Conference 2024.

    Invited to speak at a discussion jointly hosted by Fountain Court and Mumbai Centre for International Arbitration (MCIA) during the LIDW on the evolving legal landscapes in two key arbitration jurisdictions—India and the UK—against the backdrop of significant recent reforms.

  • Jurisdiction: India
  • Type of Practitioner: Arbitrator, Lawyer
  • Practice Areas: Arbitration, Commercial Law, Insolvency, Mediation
  • Nationality/Nationalities: Indian
MUMBAI, Maharashtra, IN
Dr. Alia Algazzar
  • Firm Country: Egypt
  • Type of Practitioner: Arbitrator, Counsel, Expert
  • Practice Areas: Arbitration, Commercial Law, Energy - Natural Resources, Investment - Concession agreements, Maritime Law, ODR (Online dispute resolution), Public international Law
  • Nationality/Nationalities: Egyptian
  • Select Languages:
    • Language(s): Arabic, Speaking Proficiency: Native Fluency, Professional Proficiency: Conduct DR proceedings, Represent clients as an advocate in DR proceedings, Testify orally, Draft opinions, reports, agreements, decisions, orders or awards, Understand written documents
    • Language(s): English, Speaking Proficiency: Native Fluency, Professional Proficiency: Conduct DR proceedings, Represent clients as an advocate in DR proceedings, Testify orally, Draft opinions, reports, agreements, decisions, orders or awards, Understand written documents
    • Language(s): French, Speaking Proficiency: Proficient, Professional Proficiency: Conduct DR proceedings, Represent clients as an advocate in DR proceedings, Understand written documents
    • Language(s): Spanish, Speaking Proficiency: Conversational, Professional Proficiency: Understand written documents
EG
Sandra Smits

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