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Sophia Herbst
  • Jurisdiction: United States
  • Nationality/Nationalities: American, German
  • Select Languages:
    • Language(s): German, Speaking Proficiency: Conversational
Astrid Westphalen
Emma Niemistö
  • Education:

    Master of Science (Construction Economics and Management), Helsinki University of Technology, 2007 Master of Laws (LL.M.), University of Helsinki, 2010

  • Other Information:

    completed FAI Finnish Arbitration Academy course and Swedish SCC/SAA Diploma Course for Foreign Arbitrators

  • Firm Country: Finland
  • Jurisdiction: Finland
  • Type of Practitioner: Arbitrator, Counsel
  • Practice Areas: Arbitration, Construction - Engineering, DRB (Dispute resolution board) - DAB (Dispute adjudication board), Energy - Natural Resources, Infrastructure, Investment - Concession agreements, Real Estate
  • Legal System: Civil Law
  • Nationality/Nationalities: Finnish
Helsinki, FI
Velislava Hristova
  • Education:

    Velislava is trained in civil law and common law jurisdictions. She holds an LL.M. in International Commercial Arbitration Law (ICAL) from Stockholm University (Sweden) and an LL.M. from the University of National and World Economy (Bulgaria). Velislava specialised in Arbitration and International Commercial Law at Pace University (U.S.) and attended the Paris Arbitration Academy (France), the ICC Summer course in International Arbitration organised by the International Chamber of Commerce (France) and the Advanced course on ICSID Arbitration organised by the International Investment Law Centre Cologne (Germany).

  • Firm Country: Bulgaria
  • Type of Practitioner: Arbitrator, Counsel
  • Practice Areas: Arbitration, Commercial Law, Energy - Natural Resources, Oil - Gas - Mining, Public international Law
  • Nationality/Nationalities: 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
    • Language(s): German, Speaking Proficiency: Proficient, Professional Proficiency: Represent clients as an advocate in DR proceedings, Draft opinions, reports, agreements, decisions, orders or awards, Understand written documents
    • Language(s): Spanish, Speaking Proficiency: Conversational, Professional Proficiency: Understand written documents
    • Language(s): Russian, Speaking Proficiency: Conversational, Professional Proficiency: Understand written documents
    • Language(s): Swedish, Speaking Proficiency: Conversational, Professional Proficiency: Understand written documents
    • Language(s): French, Speaking Proficiency: Conversational, Professional Proficiency: Understand written documents
BG
Vanessa Huber
Sonja Sreckovic
Paola Ghezzi
Vanina Sucharitkul
  • Education: B.A. (English), U.C. Berkeley (2001); J.D. International Law U.C. Hastings College of the Law (2004); LL.M. International Law Golden Gate University.
  • Other Information: Member of the International Court of Arbitration of the ICC- Arbitrator Panel of the SIAC Reserve Panel- Executive Committee of the CIArb Thailand Branch
    Vanina specialises in international arbitration and has practiced in 4 jurisdictions, namely San Francisco, Bangkok, Paris and Hong Kong at Morrison & Foester and Herbert Smith Freehills.
  • Firm Country: Thailand
  • Jurisdiction: Thailand, United States
  • Type of Practitioner: Arbitrator, Counsel, Lawyer
  • Practice Areas: Arbitration, Domain names, Employment, Energy - Natural Resources, Hotel - Leisure management, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Investment - Concession agreements, Joint Ventures - Consortia - Cooperation, Mediation, Public international Law
  • Legal System: Common Law, International Law
  • Nationality/Nationalities: American, French, Thai
  • Select Languages:
    • Language(s): English, Speaking Proficiency: Proficient
    • Language(s): French, Speaking Proficiency: Proficient
    • Language(s): Thai, Speaking Proficiency: Proficient
Bangkok, TH
Danielle Griffiths
Alexandra Heneine
Margaux Jarry
Siham Freihat
Marie-Christin Bareuther
  • Other Relevant Experience:

    International commercial, investment and sports arbitration

  • Publications: Transparenz in der internationalen Sportschiedsgerichtsbarkeit: Zur Öffentlichkeit von Verfahren und Entscheidungen des Court of Arbitration for Sport, Peter Lang, 2020, 390 pages (For a full list of Dr. Bareuther's publications, please see Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler's website)
  • Education: See CV
  • Other Information: International commercial, investment and sports arbitration
  • Firm Country: Switzerland
  • Jurisdiction: Switzerland, Germany
  • Type of Practitioner: Arbitrator, Counsel, Expert
  • Practice Areas: Arbitration
  • Legal System: Civil Law, Common Law, European Law, International Law
  • Nationality/Nationalities: German
  • 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:
    • 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
Geneva, CH
Amanda Lee
  • State Contact: England
  • Publications:

    Various, including: Be careful what you wish for: Satisfying the opponents and critics of ISDS Reform – Investment Treaty Arbitration, Vol. 12; To Enforce or Not to Enforce: That is the Question: Arbitral Awards Set Aside at Their Seat – Czech (& Central European) Yearbook of Arbitration: Arbitral Awards and Remedies, Vol. VIII, pp 135-156, 2016 (with Harald Sippel);

  • Education:

    LLB (Hons), Aberystwyth University; LPC, University of Law; Certificate in International Commercial Contract Law, PACE University;

  • Other Information:

    Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (2014-); Member, Global Advisory Board of ICDR Y&I (2020-); Founder, Careers in Arbitration (2019-); Member, ArbitralWomen Advisory Council (2022-); Director of ArbitralWomen (2018-22); Member, YAWP Steering Committee (2018-20); Chair, Professional Paralegal Register RRC (2018-); Global Chair, CIArb Young Members Group (2017-18); Public Relations Officer, CIArb London Branch (2015-18); Committee Member, CIArb London Branch (2015-2019); Co-Chairman, CIArb London and South East Young Members Group (2016-18); Chair, CIArb Young Members Group Global Steering Committee (2017-18); Ambassador, Alliance for Equality in Dispute Resolution (2018-); Professional Ambassador, Aspiring Solicitors (2014-); Mentor, University of Law Mentoring Scheme (2016-); University of Westminster Mentoring Scheme (2016-); Mentor, Queen Mary University of London (2018-); Member, ABA International Law Section International Arbitration Committee (2017-); Panel Member, CEDR Travel Arbitrator Panel; Panel Member, CIArb Business Arbitration Scheme; Panel Member, The Law Society of England and Wales Arbitration Panel; Panel Member, London Chamber of Arbitration and Mediation Arbitrator Panel;

    International and domestic arbitration (ad hoc and under institutional rules); commercial litigation; mediation; construction adjudication; Privy Council procedure (appellate advice)

  • Firm Country: United Kingdom
  • Type of Practitioner: Arbitrator, Counsel
  • Practice Areas: Arbitration, Commercial Law, Construction - Engineering, Corporate Law, Finance - Banking, Mediation, Other
  • Nationality/Nationalities: British
  • Select Languages:
    • Language(s): French, Speaking Proficiency: Conversational
London, England, GB
Judith El Khoury
Cleopatra Leahu
  • State Contact: București
  • Education:

    University of Bucharest Law Degree

    ICC Certificate of Achievement in Arbitration

  • Other Information:

    Member of Association of International Energy Negotiators 

    Certified Public Procurement and PPP Expert

  • Jurisdiction: Romania
  • Type of Practitioner: Counsel, Lawyer
  • Practice Areas: Arbitration, Energy - Natural Resources, Environment, Oil - Gas - Mining
  • Legal System: Civil Law, European Law
  • Nationality/Nationalities: Romanian
Bucharest, București
Lucia Montes
tong wang
Eva Spahn
Abhipriya Rai

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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).
  4. An all-female team may be awarded the ArbitralWomen President’s Bursary if the other requirements are met.
  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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