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Pauline Booth
  • Other Relevant Experience:

    Quantum expert in commercial and intellectual property infringement disputes with clients across a wide range of industries and geographic regions, including U.K., U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe.

  • Other Information:

    Quantum expert in commercial and intellectual property infringement disputes with clients across a wide range of industries and geographic regions, including U.K., U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe.

  • Jurisdiction: United Kingdom, United States, Sweden, Hong Kong, Netherlands, Canada, China, Singapore
  • Type of Practitioner: Expert
  • Practice Areas: Arbitration, Intellectual Property, Joint Ventures - Consortia - Cooperation, Technology Transfer
  • Nationality/Nationalities: British
Antoinette Abou Jauode
Nina Lauber-Thommesen
  • State Contact: Geneva
  • Other Relevant Experience:

    Presiding arbitrator, co-arbitrator, sole arbitrator, tribunal secretary and counsel to parties in international commercial arbitrations conducted under a variety of arbitration rules, including the ICC Rules, the Swiss Rules, the SCC Rules, the DIA Rules, the UNCITRAL Rules, the CAM Rules and the LCIA Rules, and many national arbitration acts and substantive laws from the civil law and common law traditions.

  • Publications:

    Introduction to the Swiss Rules 2021 and Commentary to Articles 33-35, in collaboration with Prof. Sébastien Besson, in: Swiss Rules of International Arbitration Commentary, 3rd ed., collective book edited by Zuberbühler/Müller/Habegger, Schulthess 2023.

    Virtuelle forhandlinger i voldgift - Særlig om voldgiftsrettens kompetanse til å beslutte virtuell hovedforhandling, in collaboration with Haakon Orgland Bingen, in: Tidsskrift for forretningsjus, Vol. 27, Issue 2, 2021.

    - Introduction to the Swiss Rules 2012 and Commentary to Articles 31-33 in collaboration with Prof. Sébastien Besson, in: Swiss Rules of International Arbitration Commentary, 2nd ed., collective book edited by Zuberbühler/Müller/Habegger, Schulthess 2013.

    - Threshold Issues, Switzerland, in collaboration with Prof. Sébastien Besson and Dr Daniel Greineder, in: Arbitration of M&A Transactions: A Global Practical Guide, collective book edited by E. Poulton, Globe Law and Business 2013.

  • Education:

    LL.M., International Dispute Settlement (MIDS), Geneva University Law School and Graduate Institute of International Studies, 2010-2011.

    Law Degree (Master of Laws), University of Bergen, 2003-2007.

  • Other Information:

    Nordic legal background (Norwegian Master of Laws and Bar Admission) and particular Swiss law experience (practiced in Switzerland since 2011).

    Presiding arbitrator, co-arbitrator, sole arbitrator, tribunal secretary and counsel to parties in international commercial arbitrations conducted under a variety of arbitration rules, including the ICC Rules, the Swiss Rules, the SCC Rules, the DIA Rules, the UNCITRAL Rules, the CAM Rules and the LCIA Rules, and many national arbitration acts and substantive laws from the civil law and common law traditions.

  • Firm Country: Switzerland
  • Jurisdiction: Switzerland, Norway
  • Type of Practitioner: Arbitrator
  • Practice Areas: Agency - Distribution - Franchising, Arbitration, Commercial Law, Construction - Engineering, Corporate Law, Energy - Natural Resources, Environment, Finance - Banking, Information - Communication Technologies, Infrastructure, Investment - Concession agreements, Joint Ventures - Consortia - Cooperation, Oil - Gas - Mining, Sales - Purchases, Technology Transfer, Trade - Industry
  • Legal System: Civil Law
  • Nationality/Nationalities: Norwegian
  • Select Languages:
    • Language(s): Danish, Speaking Proficiency: Proficient, Professional Proficiency: Conduct DR proceedings, Draft opinions, reports, agreements, decisions, orders or awards, Understand written documents
    • 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: Proficient, Professional Proficiency: Conduct DR proceedings, Draft opinions, reports, agreements, decisions, orders or awards, 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
    • Language(s): Swedish, Speaking Proficiency: Proficient, Professional Proficiency: Conduct DR proceedings, Draft opinions, reports, agreements, decisions, orders or awards, Understand written documents
PregnyChambsyGE, Geneva, CH
Zeynep Gunday Sakarya
  • State Contact: NY
  • Publications:

    Zeynep Gunday Sakarya and Carlos Guzman Plascencia, Not So Fast: Issues that Arise When Insolvent or Bankrupt Claimants Bring Investment Treaty Claims, 19(1) TRANSNATIONAL DISPUTE MANAGEMENT (2022)

    Challenges for Arbitration in 2021, Mealey's International Arbirtation Report, LexisNexis, May 2021

  • Education:

    Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Law, Bachelor of Law

    Tulane Law School, J.D.

    University of California, Berkeley, B.A.

  • Firm Country: United States
  • Jurisdiction: Turkey, United States
  • Type of Practitioner: Counsel
  • Practice Areas: Arbitration
  • Legal System: Civil Law, Common Law
  • Nationality/Nationalities: American, Turkish
  • Select Languages:
    • Language(s): English, Speaking Proficiency: Native Fluency
    • Language(s): French, Speaking Proficiency: Proficient
    • Language(s): Spanish, Speaking Proficiency: Conversational
    • Language(s): Turkish, Speaking Proficiency: Native Fluency
NewYork, NY, US
Melissa Hollenders-Brown
Cia Moss
Djurdja Lazic
ANGELA CÁMARA
  • Firm Country: Peru
  • Jurisdiction: United Kingdom, Switzerland, Peru
  • Type of Practitioner: Counsel
  • Practice Areas: Arbitration
  • Legal System: Civil Law
  • Nationality/Nationalities: Peruvian
PE
Petya Koycheva
  • Publications:

    Arbitrating Digital Assets Disputes | Dispute Resolution | Freeths

    Should I litigate or arbitrate my IP/IT disputes? | Freeths

    Challenging Arbitration Award Under s68 of the Arbitration Act 1996

    Institutional Arbitration | Emerging and Continuing Trends in 2018

    Ilieva, Petya.pdf

  • Education:

    Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski (Master of Law)

    University of Leicester (LLM)

    City University London (PhD)

  • Firm Country: United Kingdom
  • Type of Practitioner: Counsel
  • Practice Areas: Arbitration, Commercial Law, Construction - Engineering, Corporate Law, Energy - Natural Resources, Information - Communication Technologies, Intellectual Property, Mediation, Sales - Purchases, Transport
  • Nationality/Nationalities: British, Bulgarian
  • Select Languages:
    • Language(s): Bulgarian, 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
London, GB
Jessica Rado
  • Other Relevant Experience:

    Host of the webinar series "1,000 Paths to a Career in Arbitration"

  • Education:

    Fordham Law School, New York (LL.M.)

    University of Padova, Italy (JD equivalent)

  • Other Information:

    Host of the webinar series "1,000 Paths to a Career in Arbitration"

  • Firm Country: United States
  • Speaking Engagements:

    NYC Bar Association., “LL.M. graduates in the new normal” – October 2022, New York;

    MAA Generations in Arbitration Conference: “Discretion in Addition” (moderator) – March 2024, Hong Kong;

    ABA DR Section, “Early Careers in ADR” (moderator) – May 2024, virtual

    Moderator on the series '1000 Paths to a Career in Arbitration' (2023-present)

  • Jurisdiction: United States
  • Type of Practitioner: Lawyer
  • Practice Areas: Commercial Law
  • Legal System: Civil Law, Common Law, European Law, International Law
  • Nationality/Nationalities: Italian
  • 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): Italian, 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: 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: Understand written documents
    • Language(s): German, Speaking Proficiency: Conversational
US
Cecilia Choi
Ksenia Koroteeva
Amanda Afeich
  • State Contact: Québec
  • Education:

    JD, Osgoode Hall Law School, 2019 (common law)

    LL.B., Université de Montréal, 2018 (civil law)

  • Firm Country: Canada
  • Jurisdiction: Canada
  • Type of Practitioner: Counsel, Lawyer
  • Practice Areas: Administrative Law, Air & Space Law, Arbitration, Commercial Law, Public international Law
  • Legal System: Civil Law, Common Law
  • Nationality/Nationalities: Canadian
  • Select Languages:
    • 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): 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): Arabic, Speaking Proficiency: Native Fluency, Professional Proficiency: Conduct DR proceedings, Represent clients as an advocate in DR proceedings, Testify orally, Understand written documents
Montreal, Québec, CA
Sara Chaidin
Florencia Villaggi
Cassandra O. M. Labor
  • State Contact: Abuja
  • Firm Country: Nigeria
  • Jurisdiction: Sierra Leone
  • Type of Practitioner: Arbitrator, Counsel, Expert, Inhouse Counsel, Inhouse Practitioner, Lawyer, Mediator
  • Practice Areas: Arbitration, Commercial Law, DRB (Dispute resolution board) - DAB (Dispute adjudication board), Employment, Investment - Concession agreements, Mediation, Public international Law
  • Legal System: Common Law, International Law
  • 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): English, Speaking Proficiency: Conversational
Abuja, NG
Domitille Baizeau
  • Publications:

    https://www.lalive.law/people/baizeau-domitille/

  • Education:

    School of Law, University of Canterbury, New Zealand - Université Paris II Assas-Panthéon, France

  • Other Information:

    https://www.lalive.law/fr/people/baizeau-domitille/

  • Firm Country: Switzerland
  • Type of Practitioner: Arbitrator, Counsel
  • Practice Areas: Arbitration, Energy - Natural Resources, Finance - Banking, Hotel - Leisure management, Information - Communication Technologies, Infrastructure, Investment - Concession agreements, Joint Ventures - Consortia - Cooperation, Oil - Gas - Mining, Public international Law, Sales - Purchases, Transport
  • Nationality/Nationalities: French, New Zealander
  • 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: Conversational
Geneva, CH
Abby Cohen Smutny
  • Firm Country: United States
Washington, US
Edith Aupetit
  • Education:

    Master of Laws (LL.M.), Columbia Law School, New York City, USA, 2010-2011 Master in Private international law and international business law, Université Paris I (PanthéonSorbonne), France, 2007-2008 Master’s degree in French and German law, Université Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne), Paris, 2003-2007 Master of Laws (LL.M.), Universität zu Köln, Germany, 2003-2005

  • Firm Country: Germany
  • Jurisdiction: France
  • Type of Practitioner: Counsel
  • Practice Areas: Arbitration, Commercial Law
  • Legal System: Civil Law
  • Nationality/Nationalities: French
Cologne, DE
Ghazaleh Ilkhanizadeh
  • State Contact: Tehran
  • Firm Country: Iran, Islamic Republic of
  • Jurisdiction: Iran, Islamic Republic of, Spain
  • Type of Practitioner: Academic, Arbitrator, Counsel, Lawyer
  • Practice Areas: Arbitration, Corporate Law, Criminal Law, Joint Ventures - Consortia - Cooperation, Mediation
  • Legal System: Civil Law, International Law
  • 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): Persian, Speaking Proficiency: Native Fluency
    • Language(s): Slovene, Speaking Proficiency: Conversational
Tehran, Tehran, IR

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