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Alessia Norsa
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Susan Maples
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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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Mina Popova
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Amanda Raymond Kalantirsky
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Seyma Ozdemir
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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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Esther Mayr
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- Education:
Diplomingenieurin Technical Mathematics, MSc Financial Economics
- Firm Country:
United Kingdom
- Type of Practitioner:
Expert
- Practice Areas:
Energy - Natural Resources, Finance - Banking, Oil - Gas - Mining
- Nationality/Nationalities:
Austrian
- Select Languages:
- Language(s):
English, Speaking Proficiency:
Native Fluency, Professional Proficiency:
Testify orally, Draft opinions, reports, agreements, decisions, orders or awards, Understand written documents
- Language(s):
German, Speaking Proficiency:
Native Fluency, Professional Proficiency:
Testify orally, Draft opinions, reports, agreements, decisions, orders or awards, Understand written documents
London, GB
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Pamela McDonald
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Charline Yim
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Susan Wintermuth
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Inken Knief
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Abhikhya Naragani
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Mariana Gomez-Vallin
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- Education:
National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Law Degree
University of Cambridge, LLM in International Law
- Firm Country:
Mexico
- Jurisdiction:
Mexico
- Type of Practitioner:
Counsel
- Practice Areas:
Arbitration, Energy - Natural Resources, Public international Law
- Legal System:
Civil Law, International Law
- Nationality/Nationalities:
Mexican
- Select Languages:
- Language(s):
English, Speaking Proficiency:
Proficient, Professional Proficiency:
- Language(s):
Spanish, Speaking Proficiency:
Native Fluency, Professional Proficiency:
Mexico CIty, MX
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Jennifer Glasser
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Yasmin Bailey
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Kaitlin Spak
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- State Contact:
CO
- Other Relevant Experience:
Previously worked at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory; education and experience available at https://www.exponent.com/professionals/s/spak-kaitlin/
- Publications:
Publications are listed at https://www.exponent.com/professionals/s/spak-kaitlin/
- Education:
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, California Polytechnic State University
- Other Information:
Experienced testifier providing technical and engineering expertise in mechanical engineering and related fields
Previously worked at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory; education and experience available at https://www.exponent.com/professionals/s/spak-kaitlin/
- Firm Country:
United States
- Type of Practitioner:
Expert
- Practice Areas:
Construction - Engineering, Energy - Natural Resources, Infrastructure, Intellectual Property, Oil - Gas - Mining, Technical expertise, Transport
- Legal System:
Civil Law, International Law
- Nationality/Nationalities:
American
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Alina Leoveanu
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- Other Relevant Experience:
Representing companies in commercial arbitrations and mediations in complex disputes arising from different economic sectors and industries; see below for more details.
- Publications:
- July 2019: Book Chapter: ICC Mediation Paving the Way Forward in Mediation in International Commercial and Investments Disputes co-edited by Katia Fach Gomez and Catharine Titi, Oxford University Press; -2018: Book Chapter: Reflexions sur la procédure de mediation CCI, pages 133-142, La médiation dans tous ses états, Walid Ben Hamida et Sami Bostanji (ed), Editions A. Pedone; - February 2016 : Book Chapter: Romanian Arbitration Law Issues in ICC Paris Arbitration Practice, Arbitration in Romania: A Practitioners Guide, Leaua and Baias (ed), Kluwer Law International, 2016; - July- Septembre 2015: Amicus Curiae Interventions: Is International Commercial Arbitration Exempt?, Corporate Disputes, July-September 2015, pages 42-45.
- Education:
University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, Masters degree in European Union Law, University of Craiova, Faculty of Law Nicolae Titulescu (Romania)
- Other Information:
- CEDR Accredited Mediator since 2016
- Member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR and of the ICC Task Force on ADR and Arbitration
- Manager of the ICC International Centre for ADR (from 2016 to 2019)
- Global Co-Chair of the ICC Young Arbitrators Forum (from 2016 to 2019)
- Deputy Counsel for the Central and Eastern European Team, Secretariat of the ICC International Court of Arbitration (from 2007 to 2016)
- Case processing Lawyer, European Court of Human Rights (from 2006 to 2007)
Representing companies in commercial arbitrations and mediations in complex disputes arising from different economic sectors and industries; see below for more details.
- Firm Country:
France
- Jurisdiction:
France, Romania
- Type of Practitioner:
Inhouse Counsel, Mediator
- Practice Areas:
Arbitration, Commercial Law, Construction - Engineering, Joint Ventures - Consortia - Cooperation, Mediation, Public international Law
- Legal System:
Civil Law, European Law, International Law
- Nationality/Nationalities:
French, Romanian
- Select Languages:
- Language(s):
English, Speaking Proficiency:
Proficient
- Language(s):
French, Speaking Proficiency:
Proficient
- Language(s):
Romanian, Speaking Proficiency:
Native Fluency
- Language(s):
Spanish, Speaking Proficiency:
Conversational
Paris, FR
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Yasmine Lahlou
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- Other Relevant Experience:
20 years
- Publications:
See CV attached
- Education:
Paris X Nanterre; University of Texas at Austin
- Other Information:
20 years
- Firm Country:
United States
- Jurisdiction:
United States
- Type of Practitioner:
Counsel
- Practice Areas:
Agency - Distribution - Franchising, Air & Space Law, Arbitration, Commercial Law, Construction - Engineering, Corporate Law, DRB (Dispute resolution board) - DAB (Dispute adjudication board), Energy - Natural Resources, Environment, Finance - Banking, Infrastructure, Investment - Concession agreements, Joint Ventures - Consortia - Cooperation, Oil - Gas - Mining, Public international Law, Sales - Purchases, Technical expertise, Trade - Industry
- Legal System:
Civil Law, Common Law, European Law, International Law
- Nationality/Nationalities:
American, French, Moroccan
- 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):
Italian, Speaking Proficiency:
Proficient, Professional Proficiency:
Draft opinions, reports, agreements, decisions, orders or awards, Understand written documents
- Language(s):
, Speaking Proficiency:
Conversational, Professional Proficiency:
Understand written documents
NewYork, US
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Elisa Zavala
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