ArbitralWomen Board Director Cherine Foty has been appointed to the ArbitralWomen Advisory Council (AWAC), effective 1 July 2026. Cherine previously served for three terms on the ArbitralWomen Board of Directors from 2020-2026, most recently holding the role of Communications Chair. Cherine is a dually qualified common law and civil law lawyer specialized in complex international disputes. A member of Covington & Burling’s International Arbitration, Commercial Litigation, and Sustainability/Business & Human Rights practices in Washington, D.C., Cherine has deep experience handling high-stakes disputes across U.S. and global jurisdictions, including in Europe where she worked for over 10 years. She is currently spending 18 months in-house on the North America litigation legal team of a major tech company. Cherine is an Adjunct Professor of International Arbitration at the George Washington University Law School and previously taught at the Sorbonne and Assas Law Schools in Paris. She is a Delegate to the ICC Commission for Arbitration and ADR and has been recognised in worldwide rankings including by Lexology in International Arbitration and Commercial Litigation.