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Jessica Killeen
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Ila Kapoor
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- State Contact:
Delhi
- Publications:
• “An indelible stamp on arbitration”, The Hindu Business Line, August 2021
• “Arbitration ordinance: Reopening the floodgates to litigation”, Financial Express, December 2020
• “Please Mute Yourself: Cross-examinations in the new virtual reality”, Bar and Bench, August 2020
• “COVID Lockdown: When you can’t litigate, arbitrate”, The Financial Express, May 2020
• “Is public policy back to haunt enforcement in India?”, Global Arbitration Review, May 2020
• “Is there a difference between seat and venue under Indian law?”, Global Arbitration Review, February 2020
• “A final solution to arbitration in India”, Financial Express, 13 August 2019, (Co-Author)
• “Court appointment of arbitrators under India’s 1996 Act: An overreaching approach?”, Global Arbitration Review, 9 July 2019 (Co-Author)
- Education:
B.A., St Stephen’s College; LL.B., London School of Economics; LL.M., Cambridge University
- Firm Country:
India
- Jurisdiction:
India
- Type of Practitioner:
Counsel
- Practice Areas:
Arbitration
- Legal System:
Common Law
- Nationality/Nationalities:
Indian
- 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):
Hindi, Speaking Proficiency:
Conversational, Professional Proficiency:
Testify orally, Understand written documents
New Delhi, Delhi, IN
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Jessica Webster
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Laura Azaria
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- Other Relevant Experience:
https://www.lalive.law/laura-azaria/
- Publications:
https://www.lalive.law/laura-azaria/
- Education:
Academic qualifications
LLM, Columbia Law School (Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar), 2013 – 2014
Certificate of Advanced Studies in Legal Professions, University of Geneva, 2011
Master of Laws in Economic Law, University of Geneva, 2010
Bachelor of Laws, University of Geneva, 2009
- Other Information:
https://www.lalive.law/laura-azaria/
https://www.lalive.law/laura-azaria/
- Firm Country:
Switzerland
- Jurisdiction:
Switzerland
- Type of Practitioner:
Arbitrator, Counsel
- Practice Areas:
Agency - Distribution - Franchising, Arbitration, Commercial Law, Construction - Engineering, Corporate Law, DRB (Dispute resolution board) - DAB (Dispute adjudication board), Energy - Natural Resources, Joint Ventures - Consortia - Cooperation, ODR (Online dispute resolution), Public international Law, Real Estate, Sales - Purchases, Technology Transfer
- Legal System:
European Law, International 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):
German, Speaking Proficiency:
Conversational, Professional Proficiency:
Understand written documents
- Language(s):
Spanish, Speaking Proficiency:
Conversational, Professional Proficiency:
Understand written documents
Geneva, CH
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Lisa Johnson
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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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Ece Akincibay
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Evgenia Peiffer
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- Publications:
Neue Techniken in der Handelsschiedsgerichtsbarkeit, in: Salger/Trittmann, Internationale Schiedsverfahren, C.H.Beck 2018, zusammen mit Prof. Dr. Klaus Sachs und Susanne Schwalb
- Education:
Germany
- Firm Country:
Germany
- Jurisdiction:
Germany
- Type of Practitioner:
Arbitrator, Counsel, Lawyer
- Practice Areas:
Arbitration, Commercial Law
- Legal System:
Civil Law, European Law, International Law
- Nationality/Nationalities:
Bulgarian, German
- 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:
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):
German, 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
Munich, DE
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Julia Sullivan
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- State Contact:
Maryland
- Other Relevant Experience:
Former Chair, Energy Regulation, Markets & Enforcement Practice, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld Former Steering Committee Member, Global Transactions Practice, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
- Publications:
February 2024 “Putin’s Power Play: Russia’s Attacks on Ukraine’s Electric Power Infrastructure Violate International Law”
The Electricity Journal 37
November 15, 2023 “Program provides senior lawyers opportunities to teach law students abroad”
ABA Journal
December 2018 "Gas Wars in Ukraine Illustrate Europe's Vulnerability to Russian Energy Dominance"
Joint Publication by International Oil, Gas & Energy Dispute Management (OGEL 5) and Transnational Dispute Management (TDM 7)
April 2018 “Naftogaz v Gazprom: Russia’s Weaponization of Energy”
Berdyansk State Pedagogical University, International Research Conference
April 2017 “How Cyber-Attacks in Ukraine Show the Vulnerability of the US Power Grid”
Electricity Journal
Spring 2015 “The Intersection of Federally Regulated Power Markets and State Energy and Environmental Goals”
26 Fordham Environmental Law Review 474
October 6, 2014 “DOE Approval Process for LNG Exports Creates Risks for Project Developers”
Oil & Gas Journal
August 2014 “NERC’s Reliability Assurance Initiative: What Registered Entities Can Do”
Natural Gas & Electricity Journal
March 2014 “Why End Users Are Investing (Big) in Distributed Generation”
Electricity Journal
January 2014 "“Navigating the FERC Enforcement Process” from Inside the Minds: Complying with Energy and Natural Resources Regulations"
Thomson Reuters
November 4, 2013 "Regulatory Uncertainty Remains in Energy Markets"
New York Law Journal
February 6, 2012 "Dodd Frank Compliance for Oil and Gas Companies"
Oil & Gas Monitor
April 2011 "Recovery of Executive Compensation Expenses in Utility Rate Cases"
The Electricity Journal
April 2006 "Ex Ante or Ex Post? Risk, Hedging and Prudence in the Restructured Power Business"
The Electricity Journal
List of "Speaking Energy" Blogs Available Upon Request
- Education:
LLM London School of Economics and Political Science (Comparative Constitutional Law & Human Rights)
LLM Boston University (International Business)
LLM Lazarsky University (Warsaw) (Transnational Commercial Transactions)
JD American University (Law)
BA Texas A&M University (English & Political Science)
- Other Information:
Certificate, International Commercial Arbitration, ICC Advanced Arbitration Academy for North America (2024)
Diploma, International Commercial Arbitration, CIARB/Oxford (2024)
Certified Neutral, EDR Institute (2022)
Certificate in Mediation and Conflict Management, Harvard Program on Negotiation, 2022
Certificate in Leader Development, National Security, and Strategy, U.S. Army War College, 2021
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, 2018
Certified Neutral, EDR Institute, 2022
Former Chair, Energy Regulation, Markets & Enforcement Practice, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Former Steering Committee Member, Global Transactions Practice, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
- Firm Country:
United States
- Jurisdiction:
United States, United Kingdom
- Type of Practitioner:
Arbitrator
- Practice Areas:
Arbitration, Commercial Law, Competition, Energy - Natural Resources, Infrastructure, Investment - Concession agreements, Joint Ventures - Consortia - Cooperation, Mediation, Oil - Gas - Mining, Sales - Purchases
- Legal System:
Common Law, International Law
- Nationality/Nationalities:
American, Irish
Annapolis, Maryland, US
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Desiree Prantl
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- State Contact:
Vienna
- Education:
Doctorate, LL.M. (NYU)
- Firm Country:
Austria
- Jurisdiction:
Austria
- Type of Practitioner:
Counsel
- Practice Areas:
Arbitration
- Legal System:
Civil Law
- Nationality/Nationalities:
Austrian
Vienna, Vienna, AT
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Abhikhya Naragani
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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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Gabriela Alvarez-Avila
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- Other Relevant Experience:
Ms. Alvarez-Avila has been ranked as a leading practitioner in international arbitration by directories including Chambers, Legal 500, and Latinvex.
- Education:
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Degree of Law; see other information below
- Other Information:
Additional Education:Institut Universitaire de Hautes Etudes Internationales, Université de Genève. Candidate for Ph.D, International Relations with specialization in International Law; Université de Genève, Master in Law with specialization in International Law Ms. Alvarez-Avila has been ranked as a leading practitioner in international arbitration by directories including Chambers, Legal 500, and Latinvex.
- Firm Country:
Mexico
- Jurisdiction:
Mexico
- Type of Practitioner:
Arbitrator, Counsel
- Practice Areas:
Arbitration, Information - Communication Technologies, Oil - Gas - Mining
- Legal System:
Civil Law
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Cassandra O. M. Labor
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- State Contact:
Abuja
- Firm Country:
Nigeria
- Jurisdiction:
Sierra Leone
- Type of Practitioner:
Arbitrator, Counsel, Expert, Inhouse Counsel, Inhouse Practitioner, Lawyer, Mediator
- Practice Areas:
Arbitration, Commercial Law, DRB (Dispute resolution board) - DAB (Dispute adjudication board), Employment, Investment - Concession agreements, Mediation, Public international Law
- Legal System:
Common Law, International Law
- 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):
English, Speaking Proficiency:
Conversational
Abuja, NG
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Jess Chong
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Cleopatra Leahu
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- 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
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Kathryn Collar
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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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Valya Georgieva
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Tiffany Chan
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