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ArbitralWomen Members Co-Found Arbitration Association of Central and Eastern Europe (ArbCEE) and Serve on Its Board
Eight ArbitralWomen members are amongst the founding members of the Arbitration Association of Central and Eastern Europe (ArbCEE), a forum for the free exchange of ideas, knowledge and initiatives related to the evolution of international arbitration and ADR in Central and Eastern Europe. The organisation’s principle objectives are to unite, promote and serve the arbitration and ADR community of Central and Eastern Europe.
ArbitralWomen member Iuliana Iancu is one of two Vice-Chairs of ArbCEE and ArbitralWomen members Tamara Manasijevic, Olena Perepelynska, Lucia Raimanová, and Galina Zukova serve as board members of the ArbCEE Board for the 2023 to 2026 term. In addition, the founding members of ArbCEE include ArbitralWomen members Maria Hauser-Morel, Iuliana Iancu, Tamara Manasijevic, Olena Perepelynska, Luminita Popa, Lucia Raimanová, Małgorzata Surdek-Janicka, and Galina Zukova.
Fluent in Polish, English, and French, Maria Hauser-Morel has over 15 years of experience in international arbitration, both as arbitrator and as counsel, focusing on construction & engineering disputes, energy disputes, real estate disputes, and disputes involving states and state entities. She has been recognized as Thought Leader Global Elite - Arbitration Under 45.
Iuliana Iancu, partner at Hanotiau & van den Berg in Brussels, is fluent in English, French, and Romanian. She has over 13 years of experience in international arbitration as arbitrator, counsel, and tribunal secretary, involving both States and private parties, as well as various procedural and substantive laws. Iuliana is also a lecturer at the University of Bucharest’s International Arbitration LL.M., and has been recognised as a “Future Leader” by Who’s Who Legal.
Tamara Manasijevic, is an Attorney at Law at ARP in Vienna. Fluent in English, Croatian, Serbian, and German, Tamara acts as counsel, arbitrator, and tribunal secretary in international and domestic arbitral proceedings, including energy disputes, disputes related to construction and engineering projects, contracts for the supply of goods, distribution agreements, licence agreements, joint ventures, corporate, and M&A.
Olena Perepelynska heads arbitration practice at INTEGRITES in Kyiv and also serves as President of the Ukrainian Arbitration Association, Chair of the Arbitration Commission & Vice-President of ICC Ukraine, and is a Member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration. Olena has acted as counsel and arbitrator in over 180 cases spanning various industries, including agriculture, chemicals, and energy. She is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and an editorial board member of the ICC Dispute Resolution Bulletin.
Luminita Popa focuses on international dispute resolution in a variety of business sectors, including energy, natural resources, infrastructure, construction, and engineering, mergers and acquisitions, as well as partnership and corporate governance. She has also been recognised by several notable arbitration rankings, including Who’s Who Legal and Legal 500.
Lucia Raimanová is a solicitor-advocate of England & Wales and a partner at Allen & Overy where she heads up its CEE arbitration practice from Bratislava. She has over 15 years of experience representing clients in high-stakes investment treaty and commercial arbitration proceedings across the world, having previously practiced in London and Hong Kong. Lucia also serves on the Board of the Vienna International Arbitral Centre (VIAC). She also sits as arbitrator.
Małgorzata Surdek-Janicka is an independent arbitrator and founder of SURDEK ARBITRATION with vast counsel experience in various sectors, including construction, energy, mining, technology, financial services, and manufacturing. She is also a Vice-President of the ICC Court of Arbitration and has been recognised by Chambers and Legal 500 in the dispute resolution and insurance categories.
Dually qualified in Paris and Latvia, Galina Zukova has acted as arbitrator in some 60 cases. She is a Member of the ICC Court, of the PCA, a Vice-Chair of the Arbitration Council of the Georgian International Arbitration Centre, and a Steering Committee Member of the Armenian International Arbitration Centre. She is also an Associate Professor at the University of Versailles Saint-Quentin (Paris-Saclay) and the Riga Graduate School of Law.
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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:
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.
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.
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).
An all-female team may be awarded the ArbitralWomen President’s Bursary if the other requirements are met.
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.
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.
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.
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.
