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Ilka H. Beimel
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- Firm Country:
Germany
- Jurisdiction:
Germany
- Type of Practitioner:
Arbitrator, Counsel
- Practice Areas:
Arbitration, Commercial Law, Trade - Industry
- Legal System:
Civil Law
- Nationality/Nationalities:
German
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Florencia Villaggi
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Laura Gavazzi
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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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Magda Kofluk
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- Education:
Post Graduate Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration, Queen Mary University of London LLM Jagiellonian University
- Firm Country:
United Arab Emirates
- Jurisdiction:
Iraq, Oman, Poland, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
- Type of Practitioner:
Arbitrator, Counsel
- Practice Areas:
Arbitration, Construction - Engineering, DRB (Dispute resolution board) - DAB (Dispute adjudication board), Energy - Natural Resources, Hotel - Leisure management, Infrastructure, ODR (Online dispute resolution), Oil - Gas - Mining, Real Estate, Technical expertise, Transport
- Nationality/Nationalities:
Polish
Dubai, AE
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Erin Valentine
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Rebecca Westerfield
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- State Contact:
CALIFORNIA
- Other Relevant Experience:
Hon. Rebecca Westerfield (Ret.) has settled and arbitrated thousands of domestic cases and cross-border disputes throughout the United States. A full-time JAMS panelist since 1992, Judge Westerfield is widely perceived as a tenacious mediator. She is included on the "National Mediators" List, Chambers USA (2019), where she is noted as being at the "cutting edge of the field" by peers. Her extensive experience includes complex, multi-party, multi-issue cases with underlying insurance coverage disputes. She is particularly adept at dealing with matters that involve cross-cultural dynamics and high emotional content, such as business dissolutions, catastrophic personal injury litigation and family estate matters. Parties have included Fortune 500 companies and other publicly owned corporations, Silicon Valley entities and multinational corporations. In arbitrations, Judge Westerfield is known for managing the process efficiently and fairly. Her managerial arbitration style provides parties with an opportunity to be fully heard while moving the process to conclusion. To read her full biography and see representative matters, please visit www.jamsadr.com/westerfield
- Publications:
See https://www.jamsadr.com/westerfield/#publications
- Education:
M.A., Stanford University, 2008; J.D., University of Kentucky, 1975 (Law Journal, National Moot Court Team); B.A., University of Kentucky, with distinction, 1972
- Other Information:
member College of Commercial Arbitrators, International Mediation Institute, The Mediation Society, National Association of Women Judges, Association of Business Trial Lawyers
"Hon. Rebecca Westerfield (Ret.) has settled and arbitrated thousands of domestic cases and cross-border disputes throughout the United States. A full-time JAMS panelist since 1992, Judge Westerfield is widely perceived as a tenacious mediator. She is included on the ""National Mediators"" List, Chambers USA (2019), where she is noted as being at the ""cutting edge of the field"" by peers. Her extensive experience includes complex, multi-party, multi-issue cases with underlying insurance coverage disputes. She is particularly adept at dealing with matters that involve cross-cultural dynamics and high emotional content, such as business dissolutions, catastrophic personal injury litigation and family estate matters. Parties have included Fortune 500 companies and other publicly owned corporations, Silicon Valley entities and multinational corporations. In arbitrations, Judge Westerfield is known for managing the process efficiently and fairly. Her managerial arbitration style provides parties with an opportunity to be fully heard while moving the process to conclusion. To read her full biography and see representative matters, please visit www.jamsadr.com/westerfield"
- Firm Country:
United States
- Jurisdiction:
United States
- Type of Practitioner:
Arbitrator, Mediator
- Practice Areas:
Arbitration, Commercial Law, Employment, Finance - Banking, Information - Communication Technologies, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Investment - Concession agreements, Joint Ventures - Consortia - Cooperation, Maritime Law, Mediation, Real Estate
- Legal System:
Civil Law, International Law
- Nationality/Nationalities:
American
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Carmel Proudfoot
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Maren Burtoft
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- Other Relevant Experience:
Damage assessment and valuation in dispute contexts
- Education:
MA (Hons) International Business with French at the University of Edinburgh, Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
- Other Information:
Damage assessment and valuation in dispute contexts
- Firm Country:
Germany
- Type of Practitioner:
Expert
- Nationality/Nationalities:
British, German
FrankfurtamMain, DE
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Sara Aalamri
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- Publications:
Arbitration Reforms Series – A Perspective from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Daily Jus
https://dailyjus.com/world/2025/04/arbitration-reforms-series-a-perspective-from-saudi-arabia
- Education:
Bachelor of Laws with Honours
Among the first cohort of Saudi female students to study law in Saudi Arabia
King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia — 2008
Master of Laws (LL.M.)
Boston University School of Law, Boston, MA, United States of America — 2010
- Other Information:
Sara has over 15 years’ experience working with clients operating in the energy and natural resources, infrastructure and, projects and construction sectors
Sara is one of the first Saudi women lawyers licensed by the Saudi Ministry of Justice to practice law in the Kingdom. She graduated with Honours, among the first cohort of Saudi female students to study law in Saudi Arbia, from King Abdulaziz University, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2008. She also earned a Master of Laws degree (LLM) from Boston University School of Law in the US in 2010. Sara was acknowledged in the Boston University School of Law 150th Anniversary Commemorative Book as a first Saudi licensed woman lawyer and among the 150 alumni that shaped the school and the world.
Sara is the Vice Chair of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Saudi National Committee for Arbitration and alternative dispute resolution (ADR), and delegate to the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR. She also serves as a committee member at the Makkah Region Lawyers Committee under the Saudi Bar Association, and as an officer at the International Bar Association (IBA) Arab Regional Forum.
Sara is fluent in Arabic and English.
- Firm Country:
Saudi Arabia
- Speaking Engagements:
1. Speaker at the American Chamber of Commerce Saudi Arabia panel discussion titled, “Unlocking SME Potential Through Governance: Pathways to Investment and Global Partnerships”, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia – 21 October 2025.
2. Speaker at the Riyadh International Disputes Week 2025 (RIDW 2025), panel discussion “Conflict to Consensus in Construction Contracts”, organized by MASIN, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – 27 February 2025.
3. Co-moderator at the Riyadh International Disputes Week 2025 (RIDW 2025), panel discussion “The Evolving Role of Arbitral Institutions”, organized by Clyde & Co, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – 27 February 2025.
4. Speaker at Global Arbitration Review (GAR) Live at the Riyadh International Disputes Week 2025 (RIDW 2025), panel discussion “Enforcement: Saudi Arabia’s approach to arbitration and award recognition”, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – 24 February 2025.
5. Speaker at the Riyadh International Disputes Week 2025 (RIDW 2025), panel discussion “The Great Debate: Contract vs Civil Transactions Law – Who Wins under Saudi Law?”, organized by Clyde & Co, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – 23 February 2025.
6. Speaker at the International Bar Association (IBA) Conference on Litigating in the Middle East, panel discussion “Practical considerations in international litigation”, organized by the IBA Litigation Committee and the Arab Regional Forum, Abu Dhabi, UAE – 10 February 2025.
7. Keynote speaker at the Civil Transactions Law Forum in Makkah Region that featured honourable and notable members of the Saudi Legislative Committee, organised and live streamed on YouTube by the Saudi Bar Association, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia – 13 & 14 October 2024.
8. Speaker at the Riyadh International Disputes Week 2024 (RIDW 2024), panel discussion “The Importance of Diversity in Vision 2030”, organised by ArbitralWomen and YAWP – Young ArbitralWomen Practitioners, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – 5 March 2024.
9. Speaker at the Riyadh International Disputes Week 2024 (RIDW 2024), panel discussion “Optimizing Constructions Contracts & Dispute Management in KSA”, organised by MASIN, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – 4 March 2024.
10. Speaker at Dubai Arbitration Week, panel discussion title “Hot topics in Arbitration across the Gulf Region: spotlight on KSA, Qatar and UAE”, Dubai, UAE – 15 November 2023.
11. Speaker at the Commercial Law Forum organised by the Saudi Bar Association, University of Business and Technology and Jeddah University (College for Law), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia – 5 & 6 February 2023.
12. Speaker at the International Bar Association Annual Conference of 2022, panel discussion “Hot Topics in International Arbitration” organised by the Arbitrational Committee, Miami, Florida, USA – 2 November 2022.
13. Speaker at the International Bar Association Annual Conference of 2022, panel discussion “Booming Legal Market in Saudi Arabia” organised by the Arab Regional Forum, Miami, Florida, USA – 2 November 2022.
14. Speaker at the “Public Private Partnership Trends and Best Practices” Seminar presented by the Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) in cooperation with the Saudi Bar Association, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia – 24 May 2022.
- Jurisdiction:
Saudi Arabia
- Type of Practitioner:
Counsel, Expert, Lawyer
- Nationality/Nationalities:
Saudi
- Select Languages:
- Language(s):
Arabic, Speaking Proficiency:
Native Fluency
- 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
Jeddah, SA
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Setyawati Fitrianggraeni
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- Other Relevant Experience:
Founder of GISLI, Indonesian Maritime Safety Initiatives and Think Tank (www.gisli.org)
- Publications:
Would Ratification of the Singapore Convention on Mediation Enrich Indonesian Mediation Culture?<https://kluwerlawonline.com/journalarticle/Journal+of+International+Arbitration/40.undefined/JOIA2023030>
Dealing with Unsatisfactory Arbitral Awards: Observing the Grounds of Annulment of Arbitral Awards in Indonesia <https://kluwerlawonline.com/journalarticle/Arbitration:+The+International+Journal+of+Arbitration,+Mediation+and+Dispute+Management/90.1/AMDM2024011>
Critical Review on Indonesia's Drawbacks as a Preferable Seat of Arbitration as published <Indonesia Law Review>
- Education:
Bachelor of Law | University of Indonesia
LLM | University College London, United Kingdom
PhD Candidate | World Maritime University, Sweden
CIArb | Fellow
AIADR | Fellow
SIArb | Accredited Maritime Arbitrator
- Other Information:
Arbitrator | Singapore Chambers of Maritime Arbitration
Supporting Member | London Maritime Arbitration Association
Managing Partner | Anggraeni and Partners
Assistant Professor | University of Indonesia
Founder | GISLI - Think Do Tank in Maritime Safety focusing on implementation of Law, Policy, and Governance
- Firm Country:
Indonesia
- Speaking Engagements:
Presenter, 15th Annual Maritime Law and Policy Conference, City University, London, June 2025.
Presenter, Advancing the Blue Economy through Gender Equality, World Maritime University, Malmo, Sweden, 19-21 May 2025.
Panelist Speaker at Singapore Convention Week 2024 with topic Nurturing the Next Generation – From Mentorship to Stewardship.
Presenter, International Fish Conference (IFish6), FAO Headquarter, Rome, Italy. Research Project, “Public-private partnership: A proposal to enhance preparedness for maritime disaster in Indonesia: A case study of Tulungagung Regional Government”, 2024.
- Jurisdiction:
Indonesia
- Type of Practitioner:
Analyst, Arbitrator, Counsel, Expert, Mediator
- Practice Areas:
Arbitration, Commercial Law, Construction - Engineering, Criminal Law, Energy - Natural Resources, Environment, Maritime Law
- Legal System:
Civil Law, International Law
- Nationality/Nationalities:
Indonesian
SouthJakarta, ID
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Nour Nicolas
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- Publications:
In Lebanons Economic Crisis, Private Claims Harm the Public Interest, published on the Harvard International Review
- Education:
Université Saint-Joseph, Bachelor of Laws; Panthéon-Assas (Paris II), Masters in International Business Law; Harvard Law School, LL.M.
- Jurisdiction:
United States
- Type of Practitioner:
Lawyer
- Practice Areas:
Arbitration, Maritime Law, Public international Law
- Legal System:
Civil Law, European Law, International Law
- Nationality/Nationalities:
Lebanese
- Select Languages:
- Language(s):
Arabic, 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):
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:
Conversational, Professional Proficiency:
Understand written documents
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Elizabeth Oger-Gross
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Roisin Liddy-Murphy
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Elizabeth Silbert
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- State Contact:
GA
- Education:
Northwestern University School of Law (cum laude, Law Review) Georgetown University (magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa)
- Firm Country:
United States
- Type of Practitioner:
Arbitrator, Counsel, Mediator
- Practice Areas:
Arbitration, Commercial Law, Energy - Natural Resources, Environment, Infrastructure, Investment - Concession agreements, Joint Ventures - Consortia - Cooperation, Oil - Gas - Mining, Public international Law
- Legal System:
Common Law, International Law
- Nationality/Nationalities:
American
Atlanta, GA, US
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Nicole Tan
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Aline Tanielian
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- Other Relevant Experience:
Commercial law (mergers & acquisitions, shareholders' agreements), banking law, arbitration (acted as arbitrator and counsel in ad hoc and institutional arbitrations)
- Publications:
Les actions de préférence émises par les banques libanaises (POEJ 2011)- L'efficacité des conventions de vote (Rev. Adl 2005, n. 4);La détermination prima facie de lexistence dune convention darbitrage (Revue libanaise de l'arbitrage)
- Education:
Holder of 2 LL.Ms (Lebanon) and LL.D (France-Paris II)
- Other Information:
Speaker at conferences:
- Speaker at the conference organized by the ICC Young Arbitrators' Forum: Nuts and Bolts of International Arbitration- Selecting the seat on 28 July 2017 in Beirut
-Organizer and speaker at the workshop/conference organized in Beirut on 18 May 2019: La Réforme du Code de Commerce Libanais
-Organizer and speaker at the workshop in Beirut on 6 December 2019: "Investing withdrawn US dollars in successful Lebanese companies: The advantages of preferred shares"
Commercial law (mergers & acquisitions, shareholders' agreements), banking law, arbitration (acted as arbitrator and counsel in ad hoc and institutional arbitrations)
- Firm Country:
Lebanon
- Jurisdiction:
Lebanon, United Arab Emirates
- Type of Practitioner:
Arbitrator, Counsel, Lawyer
- Practice Areas:
Arbitration, Commercial Law, Corporate Law, Employment, Finance - Banking
- Legal System:
Civil Law, Common Law
- Nationality/Nationalities:
Lebanese
- Select Languages:
- Language(s):
Arabic, 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):
Armenian, 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:
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:
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
Beirut, LB
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Lydia Tang
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Laurie Achtouk-Spivak
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- Education:
Harvard Law School ; Paris II; Paris I; Sciences Po Paris
- Other Information:
https://www.clearygottlieb.com/professionals/laurie-achtouk-spivak
- Firm Country:
France
- Type of Practitioner:
Arbitrator, Counsel
- Practice Areas:
Arbitration, Investment - Concession agreements
- Legal System:
Civil Law, Common Law, European Law, International Law
- Nationality/Nationalities:
French, Moroccan
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Susan Beaubien
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- Other Relevant Experience:
Intellectual Property; Civil Litigation; Antidumping, International Trade, Pharmaceutical regulatory, Administrative
- Publications:
on request
- Education:
Bachelor of Science (Hon Biology); LLB
- Other Information:
detailed CV available on request
Intellectual Property; Civil Litigation; Antidumping, International Trade, Pharmaceutical regulatory, Administrative
- Firm Country:
Canada
- Jurisdiction:
Canada
- Type of Practitioner:
Arbitrator, Counsel, Lawyer, Mediator
- Practice Areas:
Administrative Law, Arbitration, Domain names, DRB (Dispute resolution board) - DAB (Dispute adjudication board), Intellectual Property, Mediation, ODR (Online dispute resolution), Technology Transfer, Trade - Industry
- Legal System:
Common Law
- Nationality/Nationalities:
Canadian
Ottawa, CA
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