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Kara Mendoza
Shayda Vance
  • State Contact: District of Columbia
  • Education:

    Columbia Law School, JD (2012)

    Harvard College, AB (2008)

  • Firm Country: United States
  • Type of Practitioner: Counsel
  • Nationality/Nationalities: American
  • 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
Washington, District of Columbia, US
Gabriela Alvarez-Avila
  • Other Relevant Experience:

    Ms. Alvarez-Avila has been ranked as a leading practitioner in international arbitration by directories including Chambers, Legal 500, and Latinvex.

  • Education:

    Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Degree of Law; see other information below

  • Other Information:

    Additional Education:Institut Universitaire de Hautes Etudes Internationales, Université de Genève. Candidate for Ph.D, International Relations with specialization in International Law; Université de Genève, Master in Law with specialization in International Law

    Ms. Alvarez-Avila has been ranked as a leading practitioner in international arbitration by directories including Chambers, Legal 500, and Latinvex.

  • Firm Country: Mexico
  • Jurisdiction: Mexico
  • Type of Practitioner: Arbitrator, Counsel
  • Practice Areas: Arbitration, Information - Communication Technologies, Oil - Gas - Mining
  • Legal System: Civil Law
Johanna Büstgens
  • Other Relevant Experience:

    Counsel in DAB, arbitration and state court proceedings; secretary to arbitral tribunals; arbitrator (president of the arbitral tribunal; sole arbitration; co-arbitrator)

  • Publications:

    Transparency and Publicity in Mixed Arbitrations (dissertation), Berlin (2017)

  • Education:

    Bucerius Law School (1st state exam; Oxford University (exchange student); Berkeley School of Law (visiting researcher); OLG Hamburg (2nd state exam)

  • Other Information:

    Co-chair of DIS40

    Counsel in DAB, arbitration and state court proceedings; secretary to arbitral tribunals; arbitrator (president of the arbitral tribunal; sole arbitration; co-arbitrator)

  • Firm Country: Germany
  • Jurisdiction: Germany
  • Type of Practitioner: Arbitrator, Counsel, Lawyer
  • Practice Areas: Agency - Distribution - Franchising, Arbitration, Commercial Law, Construction - Engineering, Corporate Law, DRB (Dispute resolution board) - DAB (Dispute adjudication board), Energy - Natural Resources, Infrastructure, Joint Ventures - Consortia - Cooperation, Oil - Gas - Mining, Sales - Purchases, Trade - Industry
  • Legal System: Civil Law, European 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): German, 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
Hamburg, DE
Nadja Al Kanawati
  • Publications:

    "Can the WEF re-connect the WTO to the Global Business Community?", co-authored with Nishadee Perera, in: Journal of World Trade (JWT), 2021, Vol. 55, Issue 1

  • Education:

    LL.M. (Columbia Law School)

    MLaw / BLaw (University of Fribourg)

  • Other Information:

    ASA below 40 Co-chair

  • Firm Country: United Kingdom
  • Type of Practitioner: Arbitrator, Counsel
  • Practice Areas: Arbitration
  • Legal System: Civil Law, International Law
  • Nationality/Nationalities: Swiss
  • Select Languages:
    • Language(s): English, Speaking Proficiency: Proficient
    • Language(s): French, Speaking Proficiency: Proficient
    • Language(s): German, Speaking Proficiency: Proficient
    • Language(s): Italian, Speaking Proficiency: Conversational
London, GB
Federica Perinetti
  • Education:

    LLM (UCL 2013); Law Degree (2012)

  • Firm Country: Italy
  • Jurisdiction: Italy
  • Type of Practitioner: Counsel, Lawyer
  • Practice Areas: Arbitration, Construction - Engineering, Corporate Law, Infrastructure, Investment - Concession agreements, Trade - Industry
  • Legal System: Civil Law, European Law
  • Nationality/Nationalities: Italian
  • Select Languages:
    • Language(s): , Speaking Proficiency: Proficient
    • Language(s): , Speaking Proficiency: Conversational
    • Language(s): , Speaking Proficiency: Native Fluency
Milan, IT
Viktoriia Tolochko
Lara Elborno
  • Publications:

    http://kluwerarbitrationblog.com/2015/05/20/roundtablereportlesfemmesdanslarbitrageestcesidifferent/

  • Education:

    B.S. Psychology, B.A. French and Arabic, J.D. with a concentration on international law, LL.M. in European Law, D.U. Droit de l'arbitrage interne et international

  • Firm Country: France
  • Jurisdiction: United States, France
  • Type of Practitioner: Counsel, Lawyer
  • Practice Areas: Arbitration, E-business, Energy - Natural Resources, Environment, Joint Ventures - Consortia - Cooperation, Oil - Gas - Mining, Public international Law
  • Legal System: Civil Law, Common Law, European Law, International Law
  • Nationality/Nationalities: American
Sara Koleilat-Aranjo
  • Firm Country: United Arab Emirates
AE
Cheryl Lim
Ana Sofia Pirnia
  • State Contact: DC
  • Education:

    J.D., Columbia Law School;

    M.S., Economic Law, Sciences Po Paris;

    B.A., Community Health, International Relations, Tufts University

  • Jurisdiction: United States
  • Type of Practitioner: Counsel
  • Practice Areas: Arbitration, Oil - Gas - Mining, Public international Law
  • Legal System: Common Law, International Law
  • Nationality/Nationalities: American, Mexican
Paloma Castro
  • Publications:

    - El financiamiento de litigios por terceros o third party funding, ¿qué es y cómo funciona? (i) Published in: Lex Latin (ii) Date: 08/2022 - Waivers of Sovereign Immunities in Enforcement Proceedings and the 1958 NY Convention (i) Published in: 60 years of the New York Convention. Key issues and future challenges (Wolters Kluwer) (ii) Date: 02/2019 (iii) Authors: Félix J. Montero and Paloma Castro - El Tribunal Supremo se pronuncia sobre los controles aplicables a las condiciones generales de la contratación en contratos celebrados con empresarios y contratos de garantía (i) Published in: Legal Today (ii) Date: 07/2018 (iii) Author: Paloma Castro - Awaiting a decision on the compatibility of Investor-Sate dispute settlement with EU Law (i) Published in: IBA Arbitration Newsletter (ii) Date: 02/2018 (iii) Authors: María Luz Lorenzo and Paloma Castro - Principios básicos de la Ley Española de Arbitraje (Contributor) (i) Published in: Thomson Reuters – Aranzadi (ii) Date: 2019 - Código de Arbitraje (Contributor) (i) Published in: Thomson Reuters – Aranzadi (ii) Date: 2018

  • Education:

    Master's Degree in Legal Practice, Carlos III University, Madrid, Spain (2014) Bachelor of Laws, LL.B., Carlos III University, Madrid, Spain (2013)

  • Firm Country: Spain
  • Jurisdiction: Spain
  • Type of Practitioner: Analyst, Counsel
  • Practice Areas: Arbitration, Commercial Law, Construction - Engineering, Energy - Natural Resources, Infrastructure, Insolvency, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Oil - Gas - Mining
  • Legal System: Civil Law, International Law
  • Nationality/Nationalities: Spanish
ES
Kelly Benguigui
Stephanie Collins
  • Education:

    University College London (LLB), First Class

  • Other Information:

    Steering Committee member of CPR's Young Leaders in ADR

  • Firm Country: United Kingdom
  • Jurisdiction: United Kingdom
  • Type of Practitioner: Counsel
  • Practice Areas: Arbitration, Public international Law
  • Legal System: Common Law, International Law
  • Nationality/Nationalities: British
  • Select Languages:
    • Language(s): Spanish, Speaking Proficiency: Conversational
London, GB
Martina Lucenti
  • Education:

    The College of Law (London): Diploma in English Commercial Law (2005), Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Milan), Law Degree (2000)

  • Firm Country: Italy
  • Type of Practitioner: Arbitrator, Counsel
  • Practice Areas: Agency - Distribution - Franchising, Commercial Law, Construction - Engineering, Corporate Law, Energy - Natural Resources, Finance - Banking, Insolvency, Mediation, Oil - Gas - Mining, Sales - Purchases
  • Nationality/Nationalities: Italian
  • Select Languages:
    • Language(s): English, Speaking Proficiency: Proficient
    • Language(s): Italian, Speaking Proficiency: Proficient
Milan, IT
Francesca Petronio
Abhipriya Rai
Jenna Burton
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
Ingeuneal Gray

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