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Elizabeth Oger-Gross
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Ana Coimbra Trigo
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- Other Relevant Experience:
- Counsel in Arbitration Proceedings (ICC, CCIP-CAC, Ad Hoc Proceedings), and Litigation Proceedings, especially Arbitration-related litigation (Annulment, Recognition and Enforcement). - Tribunal Secretary (ICC, ISDS-related, Ad Hoc Proceedings)
- Publications:
(see CV)
- Education:
Education:
- PhD, NOVA School of Law, Lisbon (research stays at EUI, Florence, Sciences Po, Paris, and Columbia Law School, New York).
- Masters in European and International Law, University of Hamburg, in cooperation with the China-EU School of Law, at the China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing
- Bachelor’s Degree in Law, Faculty of Law of University of Coimbra.
- Chinese Language and Culture College Certificate Program, Beijing Language and Culture University.
Training:
- ICFML Certified Mediator, ICFML & Law School of Portuguese Catholic University Porto, Portugal.
- ICC Training on Dispute Boards, ICC Institute, New York.
- Post-Graduation Course on Law of Arbitration, Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon.
- Other Information:
Senior Associate at PLMJ Law Firm:
- Counsel in Arbitration Proceedings (ICC, CCIP-CAC, Ad Hoc Proceedings), and Litigation Proceedings, especially Arbitration-related litigation (Annulment, Recognition and Enforcement).
- Tribunal Secretary (ICC, ISDS-related, Ad Hoc Proceedings)
Most Relevant Roles:
- CIARB Academic Tutor for Global Diploma on International Commercial Arbitration
- ICC International Arbitration Court Member for Macau
- Co-President of the Under40 Committee of the Lusophone Association of Arbitration and Mediation (ALAM)
- Member of the Diversity Commission of the Commercial Arbitration Centre (CCIP-CAC) of Lisbon
- Membro da Secretaria do Clube dos Arbitralistas Lusófonos (CAL)
- Deputy Director of Revista Internacional de Arbitragem e Conciliação (RIAC)
- Firm Country:
Portugal
- Speaking Engagements:
(see CV)
- Type of Practitioner:
Counsel
- Practice Areas:
Agency - Distribution - Franchising, Air & Space Law, Arbitration, Commercial Law, Energy - Natural Resources, Information - Communication Technologies, Joint Ventures - Consortia - Cooperation, Mediation, Public international Law, Real Estate, Sales - Purchases
- Nationality/Nationalities:
Portuguese
- Select Languages:
- Language(s):
Chinese Simplified, Speaking Proficiency:
Proficient, Professional Proficiency:
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:
Conversational, Professional Proficiency:
Understand written documents
- Language(s):
Spanish, Speaking Proficiency:
Conversational, Professional Proficiency:
Understand written documents
Lisbon, PT
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Marzia Scura
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- State Contact:
MILANO
- Education:
Law Degree at Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca
- Other Information:
Marzia worked in Studio Legale Tributario in association with EY (Italy) from 2008 to 2019, being head of the Milan litigation department from 2011. In 2017 became an associate member of the firm until 2019, when she founded her personal litigation boutique (Studio Legale Scura) in Milan.
- Firm Country:
Italy
- Jurisdiction:
Italy
- Type of Practitioner:
Counsel
- Practice Areas:
Arbitration, Commercial Law, Corporate Law, Insolvency, Sales - Purchases
- Legal System:
Civil Law
- Nationality/Nationalities:
Italian
MI - Milano, MILANO, IT
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Maria Hauser-Morel
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- Other Relevant Experience:
Several years in law firms (Poland and France); Deputy counsel then Counsel at the ICC Court of Arbitration.
- Publications:
see CV
- Education:
see CV
- Other Information:
Several years in law firms (Poland and France); Deputy counsel then Counsel at the ICC Court of Arbitration.
- Firm Country:
France
- Jurisdiction:
Poland, France
- Type of Practitioner:
Arbitrator, Counsel
- Practice Areas:
Arbitration, Construction - Engineering, DRB (Dispute resolution board) - DAB (Dispute adjudication board), Sales - Purchases
- Legal System:
Civil Law
- Nationality/Nationalities:
Polish
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Claudia Cavicchioli
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Nancy M. Thevenin
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- State Contact:
New York
- Other Relevant Experience:
International commercial arbitration; International commercial litigation
- Publications:
See https://www.theveninarbitration.com/founder-and-principal.html
- Education:
- Tulane Law School, Juris Doctor
- Certificates in European Legal Practice and Commercial Arbitration
- University of Paris at Panthéon-Assas, Paris, France
- Studies in the French Legal System and European Community Law
- Cornell University, Bachelor of Arts
- Double major in History and Spanish Literature
- Cornell Junior Year Abroad Program
- Institute of European Studies, Madrid, Spain
- Studies in International Relations, Spanish Law, and Spanish Literature
- Other Information:
See https://www.theveninarbitration.com/founder-and-principal.html
- Firm Country:
United States
- Speaking Engagements:
See https://www.theveninarbitration.com/founder-and-principal.html
- 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), Employment, Finance - Banking, Hotel - Leisure management, Information - Communication Technologies, Infrastructure, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Joint Ventures - Consortia - Cooperation, Mediation, Oil - Gas - Mining, Public international Law, Real Estate, Sales - Purchases, Technology Transfer, Trade - Industry, Other
- Nationality/Nationalities:
American, Haitian
- Select Languages:
- Language(s):
English, Speaking Proficiency:
Native Fluency, Professional Proficiency:
Conduct DR proceedings, Represent clients as an advocate in DR proceedings, Testify orally, Understand written documents
- Language(s):
French, Speaking Proficiency:
Proficient, Professional Proficiency:
Represent clients as an advocate in DR proceedings, Testify orally, Understand written documents
- Language(s):
Spanish, Speaking Proficiency:
Proficient, Professional Proficiency:
Conduct DR proceedings, Represent clients as an advocate in DR proceedings, Testify orally, Understand written documents
NewYork, New York, US
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Katie-Beth Jones
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Leyla Bahmany
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- State Contact:
Quebec
- Publications:
Books
Double Recovery in Investment Arbitration: Toward a Principled Treatment of Double Compensation (Brill Nijhoff, 2023), 560 pages.
Arbitrability: Fundamentals and Major Approaches (Kluwer Law International, 2023) (coauthored with Fabien Gélinas), 1031 pages: 370 pages in print and 661 pages available only in the online version.
Book Chapter
‘Protected Investor’, in Hélène Ruiz Fabri (ed.), Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Procedural Law (Oxford University Press, 2022) (coauthored with Fabien Gélinas), 13 pages.
Article
‘Remedial Non-Arbitrability: A New Concept?’, 11:1 ADR Perspectives (Feb. 2024), 4 pages.
- Education:
McGill University Faculty of Law, PhD / DCL in International Investment Arbitration Law
McGill University Faculty of Law, LLM with Thesis in International Commercial Arbitration Law
George Washington University Law School, LLM in International and Comparative Law
Shahid Beheshti University Faculty of Law, LLB
- Firm Country:
Canada
- Speaking Engagements:
‘Arbitrability: Forty Years After the SCOTUS’ Decision in Mitsubishi v. Chrysler’, McGill Dispute Resolution Lecture Series, 17 February 2025.
‘Double Compensation in Investment Arbitration’, Trade Law Bureau (Global Affairs Canada), 14 November 2023.
- Jurisdiction:
Canada
- Type of Practitioner:
Counsel
- Practice Areas:
Arbitration, Commercial Law, Information - Communication Technologies, Investment - Concession agreements, Oil - Gas - Mining, Public international Law
- Legal System:
Civil Law, Common Law, International Law
- Nationality/Nationalities:
Canadian
- Select Languages:
- Language(s):
English, Speaking Proficiency:
Native Fluency
- Language(s):
Persian, Speaking Proficiency:
Native Fluency
- Language(s):
French, Speaking Proficiency:
Conversational
- Language(s):
Arabic, Speaking Proficiency:
Conversational
Montreal, Quebec, CA
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Alexandra Zhu
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- Education:
University of Western Australia
- Firm Country:
Australia
- Jurisdiction:
Australia
- Type of Practitioner:
Lawyer
- Practice Areas:
Commercial Law
- Legal System:
Common Law, International Law
- Nationality/Nationalities:
Australian
- Select Languages:
- Language(s):
, Speaking Proficiency:
Conversational
- Language(s):
English, Speaking Proficiency:
Native Fluency
Sydney, AU
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Gretta Walters
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- Education:
American University, Washington College of Law (JD); Stockholm University (LLM in International Commercial Arbitration Law)
- Firm Country:
United States
- Jurisdiction:
United States
- Type of Practitioner:
Counsel, Lawyer
- Practice Areas:
Construction - Engineering, Mediation
- Legal System:
Common Law
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Celia Johnson-Morgan
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Nneka Emilia Onyema
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- Other Relevant Experience:
Currently sitting as sole arbitrator in an Iranian dispute over FOB commodities sale contract; and co-arbitrator in a Kigali IAC dispute over a joint venture; sole arbitrator in a ICC dispute over investment in property fund. presided over a panel of 3 arbitrators in a shareholder's dispute under Kigali IAC rules. I am also currently sitting as a co-arbitrators in a property dispute under the Abuu Dhabi CCAC Rules
- Publications:
Books:
1. Emilia Onyema (ed) Rethinking the Role of African National Courts in Arbitration, Kluwer Law International, 2018, 417 pages.
2. - (ed), The Transformation of Arbitration in Africa: The Role of Arbitral Institutions, Kluwer Law International, 2016, 209 pages.
3. -, International Commercial Arbitration and the Arbitrator’s Contract, Routledge Cavendish, 2010, 257 pages.
Articles in Refereed Journals:
1. Emilia Onyema, “Corruption, Access to Arbitral Justice for Local Communities: Mitigating the Cost of Corruption and Providing access to justice for local communities”, Arbitration: The International Journal of Arbitration, Mediation and Dispute Management, Vol 90 Issue 4 (2024) 536-554.
2. Emilia Onyema, “Sub-Saharan African Courts Decisions on the Challenge of arbitrators”, Paris Journal of International Arbitration (Les Cahiers de l’Arbitrage) 2023-2; pages 1-20.
3. -, “African Participation in the ICSID System: Appointment and Disqualification of Arbitrators”, ICSID Review – Foreign Investment Law Journal (2020).
4. -, “Reimagining the Framework for resolving Intra-African Commercial Disputes in the Context of the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement”, World Trade Review (2019), pp 1-25.-,
Chapter in Books/collections:
5. Emilia Onyema, “Costs in International Arbitration: Synergy between civil and common law principles” in 'The Plurality and Synergies of Legal Traditions in International Arbitration: Looking Beyond the Common and Civil Law Divide', edited by Nayla Comair Obeid and Stavros Brekoulakis, 2024 (Kluwer Law International) pp. 485-499.
6. -, “African Practitioners, International Arbitration and Inclusivity” in “Arbitration’s Age of Enlightenment?” in Cavinder Bull SC, Loretta Malintoppi, and Constantine Partasides KC (general editors) “Arbitration’s Age of Enlightenment?”, ICCA Congress Series No 21, 2022 (Kluwer Law International) pp 575-588.
7. -, “The Concept and Scope of the Arbitrator’s Autonomy”, in Stavros Brekoulakis, Romesh Weeramantry and Lilit Nagapetyan (eds.), Achieving the Arbitration Dream: Liber Amicorum for Professor Julian D.M. Lew, KC, 2023, Kluwer law International, pages 327-333.
8. -, “OHADA Arbitration and Common Law African Countries”, in A. Ngwanza (ed), Vingt ans d’arbitrage OHADA: bilan et perspectives, LexisNexis, 2019, pages 427-441.
9. -, “The Jurisdictional Tensions Between Domestic Courts and Arbitral Tribunals” in Menaker, Andrea (ed) International Arbitration and the Rule of Law: Contribution and Conformity, ICCA Congress Series No 19, Kluwer (2017) pp 481-500
Blogs:
1. Emilia Onyema, “Arbitration needs the support of vigilant courts”, published on 5 January 2024 by Africa Legal and available at: https://www.africa-legal.com/news-detail/arbitration-needs-the-support-of-vigilant-courts/
2. -, “Thoughts on the Chairing Styles adopted by Presiding Arbitrators”, published on 30 January 2023 and available at: https://afas-global.org/thoughts-on-the-chairing-styles-adopted-by-presiding-arbitrators/
3. -, “What is wrong with the international investment regime”, published on 18 January 2018 and available at https://oxia.ouplaw.com/page/676
- Education:
PhD (Arbitration) from QMUL; LLM (UoL); LLB (Jos);
- Other Information:
Current Arbitral Appointments
1. Presiding arbitrator appointed by the co-arbitrators in an oil and gas upstream contract between an oil major and a domestic oil company (Nigerian Arbitration and Mediation Act and its annexed Rules.
2. Co-arbitrator appointed by the PCA on behalf of the respondent in a services contract in the oil and gas sector between an IOC and a private domestic Nigerian oil company (UNCITRAL Rules, ongoing)
3. Co-arbitrator appointed by the respondent in a shareholder’s joint venture dispute under KIAC rules (ongoing).
4. Presiding arbitrator over a mining (construction) dispute between South African and Zambian parties (ad hoc, ongoing).
5. Co-arbitrator appointed by the claimant in a construction dispute between Middle Eastern and Indian parties (ad hoc, ongoing).
6. PCA appointed arbitrator for the respondent in a construction dispute between a Nigerian state agency and a Turkish company over a world bank funded project (ongoing).
7. Presiding arbitrator over a share options purchase dispute between South African parties (ad hoc, ongoing).
8. Co-arbitrator in an Iranian Chamber commodities dispute between an Iranian and Ukrainian parties (ongoing).
Concluded Arbitrator Appointments/cases:
1. Sole arbitrator over a distribution contract between Iranian and Iraqi parties (concluded with final award).
2. Sole Arbitrator in an ICC construction (delay) dispute (concluded with final award).
3. Presiding arbitrator (nominated by the co-arbitrators) in PCA seated ad hoc arbitration on construction dispute (concluded via settlement).
4. Sole arbitrator in CIArb Business Arbitration Service Case on debt recovery (concluded).
5. Sole Arbitrator in a commodities sales contract (administered by the Iranian IAC, concluded with final award)
6. Co-arbitrator nominated by the Respondent in a KIAC arbitration on service contract for works and decorations (concluded with final award).
7. Sole Arbitrator in ICC arbitration on distributorship contract (concluded through settlement by the parties).
8. Sole Arbitrator in CIArb Business Arbitration Service Case on debt recovery (concluded with final award).
9. Sole arbitrator under Swiss Rules on breach of contract (administered by KIAC, concluded with final award).
10. Sole Arbitrator in CIArb Business Arbitration Service Case on debt recovery (concluded with final award).
11. Sole Arbitrator in CIArb Business Arbitration Service Case on debt recovery (concluded with final award).
12. Sole Arbitrator under Abu Dhabi CCAC Rules in a sub-contract construction dispute (concluded with final award).
13. Sole Arbitrator in an ICC arbitration over real estate Fund investment (concluded through settlement by the parties).
14. Presiding arbitrator over a shareholder’s contract dispute under KIAC Rules (concluded with final award).
15. Co-arbitrator under a real estate purchase contract dispute under ADCCAC Rules (concluded through settlement by the parties).
Experience as Legal Expert Witness
1. Acted as expert witness in ICC case on Nigerian law on set off.
2. Acted as expert witness in ICC case on Nigerian Export Processing Zone law.
- Firm Country:
United Kingdom
- Jurisdiction:
Nigeria, United Kingdom
- Type of Practitioner:
Arbitrator, Expert, Lawyer
- Practice Areas:
Arbitration, Commercial Law, Construction - Engineering, Corporate Law, Insurance, Investment - Concession agreements, Maritime Law, Real Estate, Sales - Purchases
- Legal System:
Common Law, International 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
London, GB
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Vanessa Alarcon Duvanel
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- State Contact:
GE
- Education:
University of Neuchâtel School of Law, J.D.; University of New York, School of Law, LL.M.
- Firm Country:
Switzerland
- Jurisdiction:
United States, Switzerland
- Type of Practitioner:
Arbitrator, Counsel
- Practice Areas:
Agency - Distribution - Franchising, Arbitration, Commercial Law, Construction - Engineering, Domain names, Infrastructure, Intellectual Property, Joint Ventures - Consortia - Cooperation, Oil - Gas - Mining, Sales - Purchases
- Legal System:
Civil Law, Common Law
- Nationality/Nationalities:
Swiss
- 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):
German, Speaking Proficiency:
Proficient, Professional Proficiency:
Represent clients as an advocate in DR proceedings, Understand written documents
- Language(s):
Spanish, Speaking Proficiency:
Native Fluency, Professional Proficiency:
Conduct DR proceedings, Represent clients as an advocate in DR proceedings, Draft opinions, reports, agreements, decisions, orders or awards, Understand written documents
Geneva, GE, CH
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Susan Maples
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Daniela Karollus-Bruner
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Abby Cohen Smutny
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- Firm Country:
United States
Washington, US
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Kate Brown de Vejar
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- Other Relevant Experience:
Investor-State and International Commercial Arbitration
- Education:
LL.M. (Harvard Law School); B.A./LL.B. (University of Queensland)
- Other Information:
Member of YAWP Executive Committee; Young ICCA co-Chair (2014-2016) Investor-State and International Commercial Arbitration
- Firm Country:
Mexico
- Jurisdiction:
Australia, Mexico, United States
- Type of Practitioner:
Arbitrator, Counsel
- Practice Areas:
Arbitration, Commercial Law, Construction - Engineering, DRB (Dispute resolution board) - DAB (Dispute adjudication board), Energy - Natural Resources, Infrastructure, Investment - Concession agreements, Oil - Gas - Mining
- Legal System:
Common Law, International Law
- Nationality/Nationalities:
Australian
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Cia Moss
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Vilija Vaitkute Pavan
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Kathrin Asschenfeldt
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- 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
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