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Patrizia Netal, Lucia Raimanova and Nathalie Voser Are Elected the Board of the Vienna International Arbitral Center (VIAC)
Patrizia Netal has been elected to the Board of the Vienna International Arbitral Center (VIAC) with effect from 1 January 2020. Patrizia is a partner at KNOETZL, a Vienna-based dispute resolution law firm. Patrizia specializes in international commercial arbitration, with particular focus on construction and engineering, M&A projects, aviation and international sales disputes. She practices both as counsel and arbitrator having been involved in numerous large-scale projects across the SEE/CEE region. Patrizia is theCo-Director of the Vis Moot and Austria’s steering committee member of the Pledge for Equal Representation in Arbitration. She is recognised as a Future Leader by WWL Arbitration.
Lucia Raimanova has been elected to the Board of the Vienna International Arbitration Centre (VIAC) for the 2020-2022 term, with effect from 1 January 2020. Lucia is a solicitor-advocate of England & Wales and Counsel in the international arbitration group at Allen & Overy. After practicing with the firm for ten years in London and Hong Kong, in 2016 she relocated to Bratislava to lead the firm’s arbitration practice within Central and Eastern Europe. She specialises in international commercial and investment treaty arbitration, and also sits as arbitrator. Lucia is identified as a Future Leader by Who's Who Legal - Arbitration and recommended by the Legal 500. Lucia speaks Slovak/Czech, English, German and Russian.
Nathalie Voser has been elected to the Board of the Vienna International Arbitral Center (VIAC) for the 2020-2022 term, with effect from 1 January 2020. Based in Zurich, Nathalie is a partner in Schellenberg Wittmer’s Dispute Resolution Group. She acts as counsel and arbitrator specialising in investor-state and international commercial arbitration across a wide range of industries. She is Co-Chair of the IBA Arbitration Guidelines and Rules Subcommittee, a Vice President and member of the LCIA, a member of the board of the Swiss Arbitration Association and a member of the SIAC Users’ Council. She is recognised for her expertise by the leading directories.
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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.
