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Vanessa Thieffry
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Marina Zarubin
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- Education:
University of Oxford; University of Law, London
- Other Information:
https://www.clearygottlieb.com/professionals/marina-zarubin
- Firm Country:
United Kingdom
- Type of Practitioner:
Lawyer
- Practice Areas:
Arbitration, Commercial Law
- Legal System:
Common Law
- Select Languages:
- Language(s):
English, Speaking Proficiency:
Proficient
- Language(s):
French, Speaking Proficiency:
Conversational
- Language(s):
German, Speaking Proficiency:
Proficient
- Language(s):
Russian, Speaking Proficiency:
Proficient
London, GB
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Soraya Corm-Bakhos
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- Publications:
Included in CV
- Education:
Included in CV
- Other Information:
20 years experience in international commercial arbitration in a variety of industry sectors including oil & gas, construction, real-estate, shreholders' disputes, sale and purchase agreements, both as counsel and arbitrator.
- Firm Country:
United Arab Emirates
- Speaking Engagements:
Included in CV
- Type of Practitioner:
Arbitrator, Counsel
- Practice Areas:
Agency - Distribution - Franchising, Arbitration, Commercial Law, Construction - Engineering, Corporate Law, Energy - Natural Resources, Hotel - Leisure management, Infrastructure, Joint Ventures - Consortia - Cooperation, Oil - Gas - Mining, Real Estate, Transport
- Nationality/Nationalities:
French, Lebanese
- Select Languages:
- Language(s):
Arabic, Speaking Proficiency:
Conversational
- 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:
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
Dubai, AE
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Tina Patterson
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- State Contact:
Maryland
- Publications:
"Do What Feels Rewarding"(featured in article written by Kristi Harrington) , American Bar Association Dispute Resolution Section Just Resolutions newsletter July 2022 issue
Editor, American Bar Association, Just Resolutions newsletter for Public Disputes and Consensus Building Committee June 2021 issue
"A Brief Explanation of the Private Practice of Consensus-Building and Public Engagement" (featured in article written by Jessie Lawrence), American Bar Association, Just Resolutions Public Disputes and Consensus Building newsletter June 2020
"Saying Yes to Opportunity" Trajectory Magazine, Fall 2016
Featured in "Diversity Mentoring"ACResolution Magazine, Spring 2013
Featured in "The Many Faces of Commercial ADR", ACResolution Magazine, Winter 2005
"Securities Arbitration 101", ACResolution Magazine, Spring 2005
- Education:
Master's in Public Administration with distinction, American University School of Public Affairs, Key Executive Leadership Program
Masters in Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law, Straus Institute, Malibu, CA
Graduate Certificate, Advanced Studies in ADR, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
Bachelor of Arts, Hispanic Language & Linguistics, Brown University, Providence, RI
- Other Information:
Tina is in on the panels/rosters of the CPR, AAA, FINRA, and Dispute Resolution Boards.
Tinais a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) North America Branch (NAB)and serves as the Communications Vice Chair. She is also a member of ArbitalWomen, International Association of Facilitators (IAF), Mid Atlantic Facilitators Network (MAFN) She serves on the Leadership Advisory Council of Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP), is a Commissioner with Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission (MNCPPC) and is Commissioner with the Montgomery County Maryland Remembrance and Reconciliation Commission. She has been featured in several publications including the Association for Conflict Resolutions ACResolution magazine, the U.S. Geospatial Foundation's Trajectory magazine the George Washington University's Center for Excellence in Public Leadership newsletter, as well as the American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution Just Resolutions newsletter.
- Firm Country:
United States
- Speaking Engagements:
· Great Public Hearings – Tips and Traps”, moderator, American Bar Association State, Local and Tribal Government Section Fall 2025 Meeting
· “Psychology of Conflict in Federal Workplaces” presentation to Senior Executive Association, American University School of Public Affairs Key Executive Program FEDTalk, Seres, 2025
· "Psychology of Conflict in Federal Workplaces” presenter, American University School of Public Affairs Key Executive Program FEDTalk, 2025
· “Justice Seen – Arbitrator Transparency and Disclosure Ethics”, panelist speaker, Federal Bar Association, Alternative Dispute Resolution Section, 2025
· “Arbitrator Disclosures and Conflicts of Interest – Developments”, panelist speaker, College of Commercial Arbitrators, International Committee, 2025
· “Arbitrator Disclosures and Pre-Appointment Interviews”, panelist speaker, New York State Bar Association, DR Section Domestic Arbitration Committee, 2024
· “Generative Artificial Intelligence and Alternative Dispute Resolution”, Kassi & podcast, https://rss.com/podcasts/kassiand/1509605/
· “Making It Happen: Academy of Court Appointed Neutrals Tackles 2024 Dispute Trends” 2024 Academy of Court Appointed Neutrals Annual Conference
·“It’s a Win-Win: Avoid a Malpractice Countersuit and Resolve a Fee Dispute with the D.C. Bar’s ACAB”: 2023 District of Columbia Judicial and Bar Conference
· "The Alternative of ADR: The Next Normal”, panelist, collaboration of NBA Section of Dispute Resolution and NBA Women Lawyer Division, 2021
· “Facilitation of Anti-Racism Dialogues as a Form of Mediation”, Oregon Mediation Association virtual conference, 2020
· “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Policy and Practice”, American Public Gardens Association Conference, Washington, DC, 2019
· “Arbitration Update: Revised Uniform Arbitration Act, Disclosure and Diversity Jurisdiction”, workshop panel at ABA Section of Dispute Resolution Conference, Atlanta, GA, 2006
· “Forgiving in Mediation”- speaker at Association of Attorney Mediators meeting, Dallas, TX, 2004
·“Forgiving in Mediation- What Role?”, workshop panelist at ABA Section for Dispute Resolution conference, New York, NY, 2004
· “Advanced Communication Skills: Rapport Building”, workshop presenter, ABA Section for Dispute Resolution conference, Seattle, WA, 2002
- Jurisdiction:
United States
- Type of Practitioner:
Arbitrator, Mediator
- Practice Areas:
Arbitration, Mediation
- Legal System:
Common Law, International Law
- Nationality/Nationalities:
American
- Select Languages:
- Language(s):
English, Speaking Proficiency:
Native Fluency, Professional Proficiency:
Conduct DR proceedings, Draft opinions, reports, agreements, decisions, orders or awards, Understand written documents
- Language(s):
Spanish, Speaking Proficiency:
Conversational, Professional Proficiency:
Understand written documents
Germantown, Maryland, US
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Divya Harchandani
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Hon. Kristine Eidsvik
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- State Contact:
Alberta
- Other Relevant Experience:
Retired Justice of the superior federal court trial division of Alberta (Court of King's Bench)
- Education:
Bachelor of Law - 1983 - University of Alberta Bachelor of Arts - Psychology - University of Waterloo, Ontario, 1980
- Other Information:
Retired Justice of the superior federal court trial division of Alberta (Court of King's Bench)
- Firm Country:
Canada
- Jurisdiction:
Canada
- Type of Practitioner:
Arbitrator, Mediator
- Practice Areas:
Arbitration, Commercial Law, Construction - Engineering, Corporate Law, Domain names, Employment, Energy - Natural Resources, Finance - Banking, Hotel - Leisure management, Information - Communication Technologies, Insolvency, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Investment - Concession agreements, Joint Ventures - Consortia - Cooperation, Mediation, ODR (Online dispute resolution), Oil - Gas - Mining, Public international Law, Real Estate, Sales - Purchases
- Legal System:
Common Law
- Select Languages:
- Language(s):
English, Speaking Proficiency:
Native Fluency, Professional Proficiency:
Conduct DR proceedings, 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
Calgary, Alberta, CA
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Munia El Harti Alonso
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- Other Relevant Experience:
Senior Consultant, Xtrategy LLP (Washington DC) Associate, Von Wobeser y Sierra (Mexico) Senior Law Clerk, International Litigation, Carballo Law (Miami) Adviser, EU Delegation to the United Nations (New York) Extern, International Arbitration, Jenner & Block (Washington DC) Trainee, Derains & Gharavi (Paris) Contributing Editor, AfronomicsLaw (Washington DC) Assistant to the Minister Counsellor in charge of Investment and Trade negotiations (CETA, TTIP) of the Spanish Permanent Representation to the EU / Spanish MFA (Brussels)
- Publications:
Book chapter: The Risks of ISDS Cases Brought by Foreign Investors Against the Latin American States as the Result of COVID-19 Measures in Balancing the Protection of Foreign Investors and States Responses in the Post-Pandemic World, Wolters Kluwer (co-authored, forthcoming) - Book chapter: Treaty Drafting and Landmark Cases: Latin American States as Contributors to the Investor-State Dispute Settlement System in Oxford Handbook on International and the Americas, Oxford University Press (co-authored, forthcoming) - A Report of the Year in Review - the Magnificent Seven, The Journal of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration, ITA in review 2021, Vol. 3 No. 2. - Comment on the China Machine New Energy Corp's ("CMNC") decision, September 2021, Lexis Nexis MENA (co-authored) - The Rise of Investor-State Public Health Disputes: Lessons Learned from the Idiosyncrasy of Argentinian and NAFTA Cases in the Era of COVID-19, Revista Contexto N° 56, 2021 (co-authored) - 'The Kenya-US Trade Negotiations: An Opportunity to Comprehensively Rethink Treaty Making in Africa', AfronomicsLaw March 10, 2021, (co-authored) - The Case for an EU Protagonist Role on Third Party Funding Regulation" (2018). Law and Justice in the Americas Working Paper Series. 11. - Un análisis institucional de la Sentencia del Tribunal de Justicia de la Unión Europea en el caso Achmea, Estudios sobre Jurisprudencia Europea: materiales del III Encuentro anual del Centro español del European Law Institute / Albert Ruda González (dir.), Carmen Jerez Delgado (dir.), Vol. 2, 2020 (Derecho mercantil. Derecho procesal penal. Derecho del trabajo y de la Seguridad Social. Derecho constitucional. Derecho administrativo. Inmigración y asilo. Derecho financiero. - Author (book chapter) Jurisprudencia de Derecho Administrativo. FORO. Revista de Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales, Nueva Época, 2015. - Recurring contributor to the Wolters Kluwer Arbitration Blog (12 publications) and AfronomicsLaw Blog (11 publications).
- Education:
Georgetown Law, LLM Université Panthéon Assas, Master II Universidad Complutense de Madrid, PHD Applicant Université Lille II, Bachelors
- Other Information:
Young ICCA Mentee to Claus Von Wobeser Senior Consultant, Xtrategy LLP (Washington DC) Associate, Von Wobeser y Sierra (Mexico) Senior Law Clerk, International Litigation, Carballo Law (Miami) Adviser, EU Delegation to the United Nations (New York) Extern, International Arbitration, Jenner & Block (Washington DC) Trainee, Derains & Gharavi (Paris) Contributing Editor, AfronomicsLaw (Washington DC) Assistant to the Minister Counsellor in charge of Investment and Trade negotiations (CETA, TTIP) of the Spanish Permanent Representation to the EU / Spanish MFA (Brussels)
- Firm Country:
France
- Jurisdiction:
France, United States, Spain
- Type of Practitioner:
Analyst, Counsel
- Practice Areas:
Arbitration, Energy - Natural Resources, Environment, Investment - Concession agreements, Public international Law
- Legal System:
Civil Law, Common Law, European Law, International Law, Islamic Law
- Nationality/Nationalities:
Spanish
- 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:
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
Paris, FR
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Chloe Carpenter KC
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- Other Relevant Experience:
Accredited mediator (CEDR)
- Publications:
- "Interest under a loan linked to a base rate: issues to consider" Butterworths Journal of International Banking & Financial Law (June 2022). - Joint author of The Law of Privilege, edited by Bankim Thanki QC, third edition (2018, Oxford University Press). - Joint author of Law of Bank Payments, 5th edition, edited by Michael Brindle QC and Raymond Cox QC (2017, Sweet & Maxwell). - Contributor to Disciplinary and Regulatory Proceedings, 10th edition, edited by Dame Alison Foster DBE, Greg Treverton-Jones QC and Saima Hanif (2019, 10th edition, Lexis Nexis). - Editor of the legal professional privilege sections of Cordery on Legal Services (LexisNexis, 2023). - The Scope of Legal Professional Privilege, R (on the application of Prudential Plc) v Special Commissioner of Income Tax [2013] UKSC 1; [2013] 2 W.L.R. 325 SC" P.N. 2013, 29(2), 132-135. - "Do they bear comparison?" S.J. 2013, 157(24), 17. - Review of "Enrichment and Restitution in New Zealand" L.I. 2001, 15(4), 246-254.
- Education:
Impington Village College, GCSES 8A* 2A Hills Road Sixth Form College, A-Levels, 4 As Kings College London, LLB, 1st class Oxford, Brasenose College, BCL, Distinction
- Other Information:
Accredited mediator (CEDR)
- Firm Country:
United Kingdom
- Type of Practitioner:
Arbitrator, Counsel, Mediator
- Practice Areas:
Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Finance - Banking, Other
- Legal System:
Common 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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Sonali Malhotra
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Anisha Sud
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Anderson Member 011
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Elena Matlak
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Julianne Marley
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Xiaoye Ye
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- State Contact:
Paris
- Firm Country:
France
Paris, Paris, FR
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Ingeuneal Gray
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Sophia Deuchert
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Tiffany Chan
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Ciara Ros
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Simi Sharma
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Fatma SONGORO
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- Publications:
“Mine is Yours: Managing & Inheriting Digital Assets in Africa” by Pollicy – contributed to research
and peer review of this regional report exploring digital inheritance and digital asset management
frameworks in Africa. (2025)
Editorial & Review Team Member – “Corporate Law & Practice in Tanzania” (Book), providing
expert review and legal insights. (2024)
Policy Paper & Briefs on Child Online Protection Legislation in Tanzania – developed in collaboration
with the Consumer Consultative Council of the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority
(TCRA) (2023)
"The Artificial Intelligence: A Ground Break to Innovative Solutions for Sustainable Development
But a Danger to Privacy, Human Rights & Democracy” – research paper submitted to the Centre for
Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law (CIPIT), Strathmore University. (2023)
Master’s Thesis: “Law and Practice Relating to Advancing of Credit Facilities in Islamic Banking.”
(2021)
Essay Publication: “How Can Banking Regulatory Law Reduce Poverty and Support Economic
Development?” – published by Lex:Lead. (2017)
- Education:
Bachelor of Laws Degree (LLB (hons))
Master's in Corporate & Commercial Law (LLM)
Post-Graduate Diploma in legal Practice -Law School of Tanzania
- Other Information:
RECOGNITION:
- Named in the list of 25 Women Who Inspire by the Institute for African Women in Law (IAWL)
2025 on technology law.
- Spotlighted as one of the Inspiring Women in ICT in Tanzania at the Tanzania Annual ICT Conference (TAIC 2024) for contributions to advancing women’s participation in digital policy.
- Speaking Engagements:
Speaker on the topic "Shaping Responsible and Ethical AI Governance, Policy, and Regulation in Africa" at the 2nd Conference on the State of Artificial Intelligence in Africa (COSAA) by Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law (CIPIT) at Strathmore University.
Presenter on the topic “Bridging the Digital Divide; Digital Skill and Literacy for Economic
Empowerment” by NICE Global Conference.
Panelist at the panel discussion titled “Legal Pioneers in AI development – Guiding the evolution of
Artifical Intelligence in Africa” organized by Google & Pan Africa Lawyers Union (PALU) (2024).
Panelist at the strengthening data protection frameworks across Africa: Leveraging legal Mechanism
and expanding the Network panel by the International Center for Not-for-profit Law & PALU. (2024)
Panelist at “Inspiring Women in ICT” at the Tanzania Annual ICT Conference (TAIC2024)
Panelist at the DATAFEST AFRICA 2024 in a panel theme "Mine is yours: A conversation on digital
Asset Inheritance in Tanzania.” organized by Pollicy & Aga Khan Foundation. (2024)
- Jurisdiction:
Tanzania, United Republic of
- Type of Practitioner:
Arbitrator, Counsel, Mediator
- Practice Areas:
Arbitration, Commercial Law, Corporate Law, Domain names, Finance - Banking, Information - Communication Technologies, Insolvency, Insurance, Intellectual Property
- Legal System:
Common Law, Islamic Law
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