Mathias Audit is a law professor at the Sorbonne School of Law. Mathias also acts as arbitrator or counsel in arbitration or court proceedings involving state entities and/or commercial companies. He is a partner at Steering Legal, a Paris-based firm. Mathias specializes in the field of international litigation and arbitration and is widely recognized as an expert in International Commercial Law, International Arbitration and Investment Law. He is the author of numerous books and publications, including a treatise on International Commercial Law and Foreign Investment Law (Droit du commerce international et des investissements étrangers, with S. Bollée et P. Callé).

Ronnie Barnes, a principal at Cornerstone Research, has played a key role in establishing and developing the firm’s European international arbitration practice. He is an expert on accounting, damages and valuation, with an emphasis on complex valuation methodologies, including the estimation of the cost of capital, the determination of country risk premia, and the valuation of complex financial instruments such as derivatives and structured finance products.

In addition to serving as a testifying expert, Dr Barnes leads teams that support Cornerstone Research’s external academic and practitioner experts. He has worked on numerous matters requiring sophisticated accounting, financial, and economic analysis, on cases requiring the estimation of damages stemming from alleged misrepresentations and omissions in corporate disclosures, and other matters related to financial institutions and financial products.

Julie Bédard is head of Skadden’s International Litigation and Arbitration Group for the Americas. A French and Canadian national, she is fluent in four languages and trained in civil and common law, practicing in complex international litigation and arbitration matters. She serves as senior co-chair of the Arbitration Committee of the International Bar Association and is a member of its task force on “Addressing Issues of Corruption in International Arbitration." Repeatedly listed in Chambers USA, Chambers Global and Chambers Latin America, she acts as counsel and sits as an arbitrator in international arbitration proceedings around the world.

Kate Cervantes-Knox is a partner in DLA Piper's international arbitration practice in London.

Kate has extensive experience advising clients in relation to international arbitration disputes across a range of sectors, with a focus on energy and infrastructure disputes. Kate represents clients in commercial arbitrations and claims under investment treaties.

Kate is a fluent Spanish speaker and is one of the partners leading the firm's Latin America disputes practice.

She is a Visiting Professor at the University of Law, London and has been recognised in the inaugural Legal 500 Arbitrator Powerlist 2019 and in Who's Who Legal: International Arbitration - Future Leaders 2019.

Nadia Darwazeh is a Partner and Head of Arbitration of Clyde & Co's Paris office. Nadia has extensive experience acting as counsel and sitting as arbitrator in commercial and investor-state arbitrations. Before joining Clyde & Co, Nadia practiced for two decades in the International Arbitration Groups of leading international law firms in Paris, Shanghai, Frankfurt and London and as Counsel at the ICC, where she headed up the MENA team.

Nadia is dual-qualified in England & Wales (Solicitor-Advocate) and Germany (Rechtsanwältin). She earned her LLM in International Public Law from the University of Cambridge and her LLB from the University of Warwick. She conducts arbitrations in French, German and English and speaks Dutch and Mandarin Chinese.

Alexander G. Fessas is the Secretary General of the ICC International Court of Arbitration.

As Secretary General, he is responsible for the operational management and coordination of the ICC Court’s Secretariat and other dispute resolution services in Paris, Hong Kong, New York, Sao Paolo and Singapore.

He joined the Secretariat in late 2011 and held consecutive positions in three case management teams, of which two as counsel. Prior to his appointment as Secretary General, he was the Secretariat’s Managing Counsel over a three-year term.

He read law at the University of Athens, Greece having specialized in international commercial transactions and conflict of laws.

Prior to joining the ICC Court, he practised as counsel out of Athens where he established a sole practice in 2008. He was previously an associate at an Athens-based law firm. During the same period, he was also the editor-in-chief of the Revue hellénique de droit international.

He is admitted to the Athens Bar and speaks English, French and Greek.

Jean-Yves Garaud practice focuses on International Arbitration. He has 20 years of experience as counsel in ICC, LCIA, AAA, Swiss Chambers, CIRDI and ad hoc arbitration. He is regularly appointed as co-arbitrator, sole arbitrator or chairman of arbitral tribunals. He is a member of IAI, CFA, ASA and AFA.  He is admitted to the Paris Bar (1988) and New York Bar (1990). He speaks French (native) and English (fluent).

Matthieu Gregoire is a barrister at 4 New Square Chambers specialising in international arbitration, public international law and commercial litigation.  He is routinely instructed in complex international commercial and investment arbitrations, across many industries and under a wide range of rules (including ICSID, SCC, LCIA, ICC, UNCITRAL and ad hoc Rules). 

Matthieu acts as part of a team or as sole counsel.  He was appointed to the Attorney General's Public International Law C Panel of Counsel in 2017 and is recognised as a leading barrister for arbitration in WWL.

Prior to joining the bar, Matthieu qualified as a New York Attorney and worked as an associate in the international arbitration team of Cleary Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, in Paris and as a consultant for the World Bank.  He holds degrees from the University of Cambridge, Sciences Po Paris and Georgetown University, D.C.  

Jacob Grierson heads Asafo & Co.‘s international arbitration practice and is based in the Firm’s Paris office. A graduate of Balliol College, Oxford University, and the College of Europe in Bruges, and a qualified English barrister and French avocat, Mr Grierson has extensive experience in arbitrations under the ICC Rules of Arbitration, as well as in many other types of arbitrations, both as counsel and arbitrator.

Mr Grierson is Vice-President of the Casablanca International Mediation and Arbitration Center (CIMAC), a Council Member of the ICC Institute and a Member of the ICC Arbitration Commission. He is also the co-author of “Arbitrating under the 2012 ICC Rules: An Introductory User's Guide” (Kluwer Law International).

Dr Jacomijn van Haersolte-van Hof has been the Director General of the LCIA since 2014; having previously last practised as counsel and arbitrator in the Netherlands at her GAR 100 boutique, HaersolteHof. She has arbitrated cases under the ICSID, ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL and NAI Rules and has, in particular, experience in commodities, transport and maritime arbitration. She sits on the ICSID roster of arbitrators. She is a member of GAR’s editorial board and member of the Advisory Council for the Pledge on Equal Representation in Arbitration. 

Mr Hennessee is SVP Litigation, Investigations & Regulatory Affairs at Airbus, where he leads the Group’s global activities in these areas.  Separately, he occasionally sits as arbitrator.  Until July, 2019, he also served as Chairman of the Governing Body of the ICC Court of International Arbitration.  In a three year hiatus from Airbus, Mr. Hennessee was VP Public Law & Technology of Halliburton (2013-2016).  He gives guest lectures in law and public policy at Oxford, Cambridge, Paris Assas, Sciences Po, and University of Toulouse Capitole.  Mr Hennessee has previously practiced law in Germany and in the United States on behalf of institutions including the German Government and private law firms. Educated at the University of Göttingen, Germany, the London School of Economics and SMU Law School, he holds degrees in history, economics/econometrics, and law.  He is a trustee of Houston Grand Opera, a cancer survivor-mentor, Fellow of the Robert Bosch Foundation and Phi Beta Kappa. Mr. Hennessee is the winner of the ILO Award for Litigation “Individual of the Year” for 2009 and the 2018 winner of the Golden Quill award from the Business and Legal Forum for published article of the year. He has published over 100 articles on various legal subjects and is a frequent speaker on law, technology and public policy. 

Admitted to the Paris Bar, Dany Khayat is the head of the Litigation and International Arbitration practice in Paris and the co-leader of the Middle-East dispute practice with the Firm.

Dany has extensive experience in commercial arbitration and has acted as lead counsel in dozens of cases under a variety of applicable laws. Dany also has substantive knowledge of investment treaty arbitration and the protection of foreign investments and has been involved, as lead counsel, in more than a dozen investor/State disputes, representing both States and investors. He has written extensively on ICSID awards and decisions for fifteen years.

He also acts as arbitrator in ICC, DIAC, CRCICA, BCDR-AAA and ad hoc proceedings.

Mr. Khvalei is a partner in the Moscow office of Baker McKenzie and heads the Firm’s CIS Dispute Resolution Practice. Vladimir is Vice-Chair of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR, Co-Chair of the Task Force “Addressing Issues of Corruption in International Arbitration”, Council Member of the ICC Institute of World Business Law, ICCA Board Member, the Chairman of the Board of the Arbitration Association.

Philippe Leboulanger is an Attorney called to the Paris Bar. Doctor of Laws (Private International Law), LLM Private Law, LLM Comparative Law, LLM Criminal Law, Mr. Leboulanger was lecturer on International Arbitration at Panthéon-Assas University (Paris II) and former Chairman (2010-2012) of the French Arbitration Committee. He is a member of the ICC (French Committee); DIAC (Member of the Board of Trustees 2012-2019); LCIA; CRCICA (Member of the Board of Trustees, Vice-President Advisory Committee 2012-). His specialisations include international business law, litigation and international arbitration.

Isabelle Michou is a Partner at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, based in Paris. Her practice focuses on international arbitration and international law. She acts for both large corporations and States and has developed substantial expertise in a range of industries, including in telecoms, energy, aerospace, large-scale infrastructure projects and hospitality. She has appeared before numerous high-profile arbitral tribunals, under the auspices of the major institutional rules including ICC, ICSID, LCIA, Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, as well as ad hoc arbitrations under the UNCITRAL Rules.

Wendy J. Miles, QC is a partner at Debevoise & Plimpton. Her practice focuses on international arbitration and public international law.

With over twenty years of experience, Ms. Miles has conducted arbitrations under all the major institutions, as well as conducting ad hoc arbitrations and undertaking significant public international law cases.

Ms. Miles represents clients across numerous sectors, including energy, natural resources, gaming, manufacturing, financial services, pharmaceutical, licensing, telecommunications, insurance and construction.

Ms. Miles is described by Chambers Global (2019) as “a leading light in the arbitration community” and “visionary in terms of the final goal.”

Yasmin Mohammad is Head of International Arbitration at Vannin Capital. She advises clients on third party funding options internationally. A Paris I University Sorbonne graduate (Master 1 of international law et Master 2 of private international law) and of NYU Law School (LLM International Legal Studies), Yasmin is a Franco-Iranian lawyer admitted to the New York bar and specialised in public international law, private international law and international arbitration.

In private practice, Yasmin advised both private and institutional or sovereign clients in Paris and Dubai within the international law firm, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, in the context of commercial and investment international arbitration proceedings.

She has also regularly opined on questions regarding conflict of laws, conflict of jurisdiction and sovereign immunity issues. She acted as counsel under various rules including ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL, ICSID, PCA, SCC and CEPANI across numerous jurisdictions.

She has particular expertise in disputes involving telecommunications, food and beverages, oil and gas and infrastructure industries based in the USA, Europe, Africa, China or the Middle East.

Avocat à la Cour and Professor of Law, Christophe Seraglini is a partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in the international arbitration group.  He has experience as Counsel and arbitrator in complex and sensitive cases especially in the construction, telecommunications, energy and technology industries.

He has also considerable experience in handling international investment disputes both in the role of counsel and arbitrator, brought under the auspices of the ICC, ICSID and in international ad hoc arbitration proceedings.

Christophe is the author of several books and articles regarding Arbitration including “Droit de l’arbitrage interne et international”, Domat Montchrestien, with Jérôme Ortscheidt, 2013, Cercle Montesquieu Award, Second edition November 2019.

Thierry Tomasi is a partner in the International Arbitration team at Herbert Smith Freehills in Paris. He has extensive experience advising French and international clients in complex arbitrations, particularly relating to aerospace, defence, rail, infrastructure and engineering. Thierry's practice is strongly linked with Africa and Brazil. Thierry also sits as an arbitrator on a regular basis, and represents clients in arbitration-related proceedings before French courts.