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Ruth Stackpool-Moore
  • Firm Country: Singapore
  • Jurisdiction: Singapore
  • Practice Areas: Arbitration, Commercial Law, Construction - Engineering, Energy - Natural Resources, Insolvency, Intellectual Property, Joint Ventures - Consortia - Cooperation, Oil - Gas - Mining
  • Legal System: Civil Law, Common Law
  • Nationality/Nationalities: Australian
  • Select Languages:
    • Language(s): French, Speaking Proficiency: Conversational, Professional Proficiency: Understand written documents
    • Language(s): German, Speaking Proficiency: Conversational
Singapore, SG
Rose Naing
Elke Umbeck
  • Firm Country: Germany
  • Type of Practitioner: Arbitrator, Counsel
  • Nationality/Nationalities: German
  • Select Languages:
    • Language(s): English, Speaking Proficiency: Proficient
    • Language(s): French, Speaking Proficiency: Conversational
    • Language(s): Italian, Speaking Proficiency: Proficient
    • Language(s): Spanish, Speaking Proficiency: Conversational
    • Language(s): Turkish, Speaking Proficiency: Conversational
    • Language(s): German, Speaking Proficiency: Native Fluency
Hamburg, DE
Sophie Munson
  • State Contact: NSW
  • Firm Country: Australia
  • Type of Practitioner: Expert
  • Practice Areas: Technical expertise
  • Nationality/Nationalities: British
  • Select Languages:
    • Language(s): English, Speaking Proficiency: Native Fluency, Professional Proficiency: Testify orally, Draft opinions, reports, agreements, decisions, orders or awards, Understand written documents
Sydney, NSW, AU
Dana Kim
Morgane Barataud
Ryham Ragab
  • Firm Country: Egypt
  • Type of Practitioner: Arbitrator, Counsel, Expert, Inhouse Counsel, Lawyer, Mediator
  • Legal System: Civil Law
  • Nationality/Nationalities: British, 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
Cairo, EG
Judith El Khoury
Fabienne Bretscher
Ana Sofia Sapiña Errecart
Carita Wallgren-Lindholm
  • State Contact: Uusimaa
  • Publications:

    See CV

  • Education:

    University of Helsinki, LL.M. 1979, Trained at the Bench 1983, Studies in the United States, Diplomas in French and English

  • Other Information:

    See CV

    Been involved in some 120 international arbitrations since the early 1980ies

  • Firm Country: Finland
  • Type of Practitioner: Arbitrator
  • Practice Areas: Arbitration
  • Nationality/Nationalities: Finnish
  • Select Languages:
    • Language(s): English, Speaking Proficiency: Proficient, Professional Proficiency: Conduct DR proceedings, Testify orally, Draft opinions, reports, agreements, decisions, orders or awards, Understand written documents
    • Language(s): Finnish, Speaking Proficiency: Proficient, Professional Proficiency: Conduct DR proceedings, Testify orally, Understand written documents
    • Language(s): French, Speaking Proficiency: Proficient, Professional Proficiency: Testify orally, Understand written documents
    • Language(s): Spanish, Speaking Proficiency: Conversational, Professional Proficiency: Understand written documents
    • Language(s): Swedish, Speaking Proficiency: Native Fluency, Professional Proficiency: Conduct DR proceedings, Testify orally, Draft opinions, reports, agreements, decisions, orders or awards, Understand written documents
Helsinki, Uusimaa, FI
Melissa McLaren
  • Education:

    LLB Law with French Law, University College London

    LPC, BPP Law School

    Higher Rights of Audience (Civil Advocacy), England and Wales

    MCIArb

  • Other Information:

    CIArb YMG (UAE) Co-Chair

  • Firm Country: United Arab Emirates
  • Jurisdiction: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom
  • Type of Practitioner: Counsel
  • Practice Areas: Arbitration, Commercial Law, Construction - Engineering, Infrastructure
  • Legal System: Civil Law, Common Law
  • Nationality/Nationalities: British
  • Select Languages:
    • 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: Conversational, Professional Proficiency: Understand written documents
Dubai, AE
Isabelle Berger
Josefa Sicard-Mirabal
  • State Contact: New York
  • Other Relevant Experience:

    Sanctions Committee of the IDB (administrative tribunal); former judge in the Dominican Republic

  • Publications:

    Introduction to Investor-State Arbitration, Kluwer 2018

  • Education:

    Foreign Lawyers Graduate Program, Fordham University School of Law;

    Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra, Dom. Republic

  • Other Information:

    Sanctions Committee of the IDB (administrative tribunal); former judge in the Dominican Republic

  • Firm Country: United States
  • Jurisdiction: Dominican Republic, United States
  • Type of Practitioner: Arbitrator
  • Practice Areas: Arbitration, Commercial Law, Construction - Engineering, Energy - Natural Resources, Intellectual Property, Investment - Concession agreements, Joint Ventures - Consortia - Cooperation, Public international Law
  • Legal System: Civil Law, Common Law, International Law
  • Nationality/Nationalities: American, Dominican
  • Select Languages:
    • 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: Draft opinions, reports, agreements, decisions, orders or awards, Understand written documents
    • Language(s): Italian, Speaking Proficiency: Conversational, Professional Proficiency: Understand written documents
    • Language(s): Spanish, 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): Turkish, Speaking Proficiency: Conversational
NewYork, New York, US
Penny Madden
Ana Lucia Yau Fu
Munia El Harti Alonso
  • Other Relevant Experience:

    Senior Consultant, Xtrategy LLP (Washington DC)

    Associate, Von Wobeser y Sierra (Mexico)

    Senior Law Clerk, International Litigation, Carballo Law (Miami)

    Adviser, EU Delegation to the United Nations (New York)

    Extern, International Arbitration, Jenner & Block (Washington DC)

    Trainee, Derains & Gharavi (Paris)

    Contributing Editor, AfronomicsLaw (Washington DC)

    Assistant to the Minister Counsellor in charge of Investment and Trade negotiations (CETA, TTIP) of the Spanish Permanent Representation to the EU / Spanish MFA (Brussels)

  • Publications:

    Book chapter: The Risks of ISDS Cases Brought by Foreign Investors Against the Latin American States as the Result of COVID-19 Measures in Balancing the Protection of Foreign Investors and States Responses in the Post-Pandemic World, Wolters Kluwer (co-authored, forthcoming)

    - Book chapter: Treaty Drafting and Landmark Cases: Latin American States as Contributors to the Investor-State Dispute Settlement System in Oxford Handbook on International and the Americas, Oxford University Press (co-authored, forthcoming)

    - A Report of the Year in Review - the Magnificent Seven, The Journal of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration, ITA in

    review 2021, Vol. 3 No. 2.

    - Comment on the China Machine New Energy Corp's ("CMNC") decision, September 2021, Lexis Nexis MENA (co-authored)

    - The Rise of Investor-State Public Health Disputes: Lessons Learned from the Idiosyncrasy of Argentinian and NAFTA Cases

    in the Era of COVID-19, Revista Contexto N° 56, 2021 (co-authored)

    - 'The Kenya-US Trade Negotiations: An Opportunity to Comprehensively Rethink Treaty Making in Africa', AfronomicsLaw

    March 10, 2021, (co-authored)

    - The Case for an EU Protagonist Role on Third Party Funding Regulation" (2018). Law and Justice in the Americas Working

    Paper Series. 11.

    - Un análisis institucional de la Sentencia del Tribunal de Justicia de la Unión Europea en el caso Achmea, Estudios sobre

    Jurisprudencia Europea: materiales del III Encuentro anual del Centro español del European Law Institute / Albert Ruda González (dir.), Carmen Jerez Delgado (dir.), Vol. 2, 2020 (Derecho mercantil. Derecho procesal penal. Derecho del trabajo y de la Seguridad Social. Derecho constitucional. Derecho administrativo. Inmigración y asilo. Derecho financiero.

    - Author (book chapter) Jurisprudencia de Derecho Administrativo. FORO. Revista de Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales, Nueva Época, 2015.

    - Recurring contributor to the Wolters Kluwer Arbitration Blog (12 publications) and AfronomicsLaw Blog (11 publications).

  • Education:

    Georgetown Law, LLM

    Université Panthéon Assas, Master II

    Universidad Complutense de Madrid, PHD Applicant

    Université Lille II, Bachelors

  • Other Information:

    Young ICCA Mentee to Claus Von Wobeser

    Senior Consultant, Xtrategy LLP (Washington DC)

    Associate, Von Wobeser y Sierra (Mexico)

    Senior Law Clerk, International Litigation, Carballo Law (Miami)

    Adviser, EU Delegation to the United Nations (New York)

    Extern, International Arbitration, Jenner & Block (Washington DC)

    Trainee, Derains & Gharavi (Paris)

    Contributing Editor, AfronomicsLaw (Washington DC)

    Assistant to the Minister Counsellor in charge of Investment and Trade negotiations (CETA, TTIP) of the Spanish Permanent Representation to the EU / Spanish MFA (Brussels)

  • Firm Country: France
  • Jurisdiction: France, United States, Spain
  • Type of Practitioner: Analyst, Counsel
  • Practice Areas: Arbitration, Energy - Natural Resources, Environment, Investment - Concession agreements, Public international Law
  • Legal System: Civil Law, Common Law, European Law, International Law, Islamic Law
  • Nationality/Nationalities: Spanish
  • Select Languages:
    • 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: 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): Spanish, 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
Paris, FR
Jacqueline Law
  • Publications:

    Contributing Editor of Hong Kong Civil Procedure (Sweet & Maxwell) 

  • Education:

    Jacqueline graduated with a First in LLB from the University of Hong Kong, ranking second in her year.  Following this, she received the highest marks in the PCLL Litigation Stream and the matrimonial practice course.  She went on to obtain the BCL from the University of Oxford (ranking first in her Commercial Remedies class) with the support of the Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fellowship for Overseas Studies.

  • Other Information:

    Bar Scholarship (2013)


    Charles Ching Memorial Scholarship (2013)


    University of Oxford Law Faculty Prize in Commercial Remedies (2013)


    Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fellowship for Overseas Studies (2012)


    Brian McElney Medal in Law (2012)


    The Sweet and Maxwell Edlyn Yap Prize for Litigation (2012)


    The Oldham, Li & Nie Prize in Matrimonial Practice and Procedure (2012)


    Dean’s Honours List (2007-2011)


    Baker and McKenzie Prize in Company Law (2011)


    Deacons Prize in Law (2010)


    Linklaters Prize for Overall Excellence in Law (2009)


    Freshfields Prize in Legal Skills (2009)


    Des Voeux Chambers Junior Scholarship (2009)

  • Firm Country: Hong Kong
  • Speaking Engagements:

    Mock Arbitration Trainer: National Training Course for Talents Handling Foreign-related Arbitration (Beijing, PRC) (Nov 2025)


    HK Bar Association Representative: Hong Kong-Macao Exchange and Sharing Session on Legal Practices, organised by the Department of Justice, HKSAR, and the Macao Legal Exchange Promotion Association (Hong Kong) (Oct 2025)


    HK Bar Association Representative: National Training Course for Talents Handling Foreign-related Arbitration (Hong Kong) (Feb 2025)
    Mock Arbitration Trainer: HKIAC – International Arbitration Practice Training (Chengdu, PRC) (Jun 2025)


    Participant: Singapore Ministry of Law’s “Reimagine, Rethink, Remake International Commercial Dispute Resolution” closed-door event for young international disputes lawyers (Singapore) (Sep 2025 and Sep 2022)


    Panelist: PLI Annual Institute on Corporate and Securities Law – Arbitrations in Singapore and Hong Kong (Singapore) (Oct 2024)


    Guest Speaker: East China University of Political Science and Law Advanced Course for Corporate Lawyers (Class on International Arbitration) (with Dr Yang Ling and Mr Vincent Mu) (April 2024)


    Mock Arbitration Trainer: HKIAC Public Lecture on International Arbitration (April 2024)


    Guest Arbitrator-trainer: HK45-PwC Expert Witness Cross-Examination Workshop (March 2024)


    Guest Moderator: Qianhai Lecture on Rule of Law(前海法治講堂)(December 2023)


    Guest Speaker: Renmin University Law School’s International Civil Litigation and Arbitration Legal Practice course (with Jern-Fei Ng KC) (April 2022)


    CPD Seminar: “Demystifying the Law of Unjust Enrichment” (with Martin Kok, Martin Ho and Michael Lok) (October 2014)


    CPD Seminar: “Ring-fencing Domestic Property: Is there a solution?” (with Martin Kok and Michael Lok) (December 2014)


    CPD Seminar: “Updates on the Law Relating to Buildings and Town Planning in Hong Kong” (with Teresa Wu) (September 2015)


    CPD Seminar: “The Legal Aspect of Approval and Disapproval of Building Plans under the Buildings Ordinance (Cap. 123) (with Teresa Wu and Justin Lam) (October 2016)

  • Type of Practitioner: Arbitrator, Counsel
  • Practice Areas: Arbitration, Commercial Law, Family Law, Real Estate
  • Nationality/Nationalities: Chinese
  • Select Languages:
    • Language(s): English, Speaking Proficiency: Native Fluency
    • Language(s): Chinese Simplified, Speaking Proficiency: Proficient
HongKong, HK
Farncesca Gesualdi
  • Type of Practitioner: Arbitrator, Lawyer
Holly Gavaghan
  • Education:

    University of Birmingham Law with French Law LLB

    Diplome d'Etudes Juridiques Universite de Limoges

  • Firm Country: United Kingdom
  • Jurisdiction: United Kingdom
  • Type of Practitioner: Lawyer
  • Practice Areas: Arbitration, Commercial Law, Construction - Engineering, Energy - Natural Resources, Infrastructure, Insolvency, Oil - Gas - Mining
  • Legal System: Civil Law, Common Law
  • Nationality/Nationalities: British
  • Select Languages:
    • Language(s): French, Speaking Proficiency: Conversational
    • Language(s): English, Speaking Proficiency: Native Fluency
London, GB

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Policy on Funding Moot Competition Teams

Each year ArbitralWomen provides support to a number of Teams who participate in dispute resolution competitions, such as the Vis or Vis East International Arbitration Moot by covering their registration fee.

Following are the conditions for the funding:

  1. Any qualified team requesting financial assistance must complete an application form providing details of the teams, resources, and the reason for the requested assistance. The application form is available on the website, and may be amended from time to time as the Board deems appropriate.
  2. The Board, through its Moot Bursary Committee, shall consider all applications received and decide which team(s) shall be supported through payment of its(their) registration fee to compete. In general, teams selected will be from different countries. Applications filed after the deadline will be disregarded.
  3. Criteria of selection:
    • The team must reflect ArbitralWomen's mission of promoting the participation of women in dispute resolution, i.e. at least half of the members of a team must be women.
    • The team must demonstrate the need for financial assistance.
    • Priority will be given to teams:
      • who have not previously participated, and whose school has not previously participated;
      • who have no support from their universities or no coach;
      • who come from developing countries or jurisdictions which, in the sole discretion of the Board, are in the greatest need of support for the advancement of women in dispute resolution;
      • of smaller number of students composing the team (for example 4 students as opposed to 8).
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  5. Nothing in this Policy prevents a team, which has already received funding in one year, from applying in future years. The Board shall treat each application on its merits and in relation to other applications received for that particular year.
  6. The Board shall effect payment to the final payee rather than directly to the team. In the event the team for any reason cannot participate, the Board at its sole option may request a refund from the organising authority, may request the organising authority to apply the funds to assist another team in that year, or may request that the funds be used to pay for another team in the following year.
  7. Funding will, in the first instance, be sought from external sponsors, who shall be identified and introduced to the sponsored team(s). Further funding by ArbitralWomen itself in any given year will be contingent upon the existence and maintenance of sufficient funds in the account of ArbitralWomen. Each year, the Board will decide the number of awards to be given in that year. Nothing in this Policy obliges the Board to provide funding in any given year.
  8. Although the ArbitralWomen Moot Bursaries are limited to payment of the registration fee, as mentioned above, there is nothing to prevent the chosen sponsors from providing additional assistance to the teams assigned as their "fundee", but any such arrangement will be made directly between the sponsor and the applicable team.
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