Friday, 18 October 2019, Vienna International Arbitral Centre (Christoph-Leitl-Lounge), Wiedner Hauptstraße 63, 1040 Wien, Austria

Alexey Anischenko is a partner at Sorainen, where he is leading international arbitration. He is based in Minsk, Belarus and has over fifteen years of experience as counsel, expert, arbitrator and mediator with a particular focus on complex international disputes involving Belarusian state and private companies in such sectors as infrastructure, machinery, TMT, banking, insurance and construction. He has experience with arbitrations under the auspices of most of leading arbitration institutions, including ICC, LCIA, SCC and VIAC. Among his many professional activities Alexey has participated in the Prague Rules Working Group.

For almost 20 years now, Dr. Christian Aschauer’s professional activities have focused on international arbitration. Since 2014, he has been a professor of arbitration law at the University of Graz, Austria. In addition to teaching at the University of Graz, Dr Aschauer frequently lectures at arbitral institutions and private seminar events. In his international publications, Dr Aschauer’s guiding philosophy is that an international arbitrator should not divide the world into categories of “domestic” and “foreign” law, but rather should take an open and impartial approach towards all of the world’s legal systems (and nationalities).

Dr Mercédeh Azeredo da Silveira is an attorney-at-law with fifteen years of experience in international arbitration. She is a founding partner at AZHA Attorneys-at-Law, a boutique law firm in Geneva that represents governments and state entities as well as institutional and private clients in international arbitration proceedings, and offers legal advice on international transactions and economic sanctions.

Dr Azeredo da Silveira serves as arbitrator in international commercial arbitration proceedings. She also represents individuals, corporate entities and governments before arbitral tribunals in institutional and ad hoc commercial and investment arbitration proceedings. She has vast experience in the mining, engineering, construction, telecommunications and energy sectors, as well as in broader commercial and contract disputes. Dr Azeredo da Silveira also acts as counsel before the Swiss Supreme Court in proceedings related to challenges of international arbitral awards, including sports-related awards. Finally, she regularly serves as legal expert and advises clients on issues pertaining to economic sanctions.

Michelle Glassman Bock focuses on international commercial arbitration and on complex commercial litigation. She has represented companies before a variety of international arbitration tribunals under the auspices of various leading arbitral institutions, under numerous substantive and procedural governing laws. She also counsels companies on drafting arbitration clauses and regularly works with issues of company valuation and quantification of damages.

Dr Daniel Busse is the name partner of Busse Diputes and one of its founders. Previously, he was a partner at a "magic circle" firm and the head of their German disputes practice which he had built from scratch; he led this practice for more than eight years. He deals exclusively with arbitration and is one of Germany’s top arbitration lawyers. He is listed in the top band of all relevant directories, including Chambers (Global and Europe, where the top band for arbitration counsel in Germany consists of only three practitioners). Daniel Busse predominantly represents clients in investment treaty, corporate (especially "post-M&A"), energy, infrastructure projects and general commercial matters. He also frequently acts as an arbitrator; he has done so in more than 50 cases, ten of which as chairman of the tribunal or sole arbitrator. Daniel Busse also serves on the boards and/or task forces of international arbitration groups and institutions, such as the ICC, IBA, KLRCA and ARIAS Europe. He also was a member of the (three-member) DIS Appointing Committee and the Drafting Committee in charge of revising the DIS Arbitration Rules.

Eleonore Caroit is a lawyer specialized in international arbitration, including commercial and investment treaty arbitration. She has acted as arbitrator, counsel and as administrative secretary to arbitral tribunals in a number of international arbitral proceedings, both ad hoc and administered (ICC, Swiss rules, UNCITRAL, ICSID, SCC and CAM) governed by various procedural and substantive laws. Her experience covers a range of international contracts including sales, distribution and shareholder agreements notably in the banking, energy, telecommunications, construction and infrastructure sectors. She also has experience in cross-border litigation and corporate matters.

Nicole Dolenz focuses her practice on international commercial as well as investment arbitration. Dually trained and qualified in civil and common law jurisdictions, she represents an international clientele with a particular emphasis on energy, infrastructure, and construction projects as well as foreign investments. Prior to joining Orrick, Nicole practiced most recently seven years in the Paris office of a key international law firm, six years with another major law firm in New York, and five years in an Austrian law firm in Vienna. Her experience extends to most major international arbitration rules, including ICC, SCC, AAA, ICDR, UNCITRAL, and ICSID, as well as local European arbitration institutions.

José Ricardo Feris is a partner at Squire Patton Boggs. He represents parties to commercial and investment arbitrations and sits as arbitrator. Who’s Who Legal describes him as “by far one of the most prominent young figures in international arbitration.” A former Deputy Secretary General of the ICC International Court of Arbitration, José has supervised thousands of arbitrations and reviewed a similar number of awards in numerous jurisdictions worldwide. José was instrumental in revising and implementing the 2012 and 2017 ICC Arbitration Rules. He is Vice-Chair of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR and teaches international arbitration at SciencesPo.

Anne-Karin Grill is a partner at Vavrovsky Heine Marth Rechtsanwälte in Vienna. She is an experienced international arbitration lawyer and well-versed in other forms of alternative dispute resolution (ADR). Anne-Karin advises clients in commercial arbitration proceedings in accordance with the rules of key arbitration institutions as well as in investment arbitration matters. She also serves as (sole) arbitrator and acts as CEDR accredited mediator in international commercial disputes.

Anne-Karin is member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration and a member of the board of the Austrian Arbitration Association (Arb|Aut). She is a lecturer at the University of Vienna and a sought-after speaker at international conferences on current dispute resolution topics. Furthermore, she is the author of a number of publications on the subject.

Karlheinz Kopf's political career began as a member of the municipal council of Altach from 1985 to 1999. He has been a member of the Austrian National Council since 1994. He has held various positions in the ÖVP: From 2000, until his election as chairman of the ÖVP parliamentary group in 2008, he was secretary general of the ÖVP Wirtschaftsbund. He served as chairman of the parliamentary group until 2013. On 29 October 2013, Kopf was elected Second President of the National Council, a position he held until November 2017. Since that time, Kopf has been Chairman of the Finance Committee.

Kopf was appointed Secretary General of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber in 2018.

Andrey Panov is a senior associate in Norton Rose Fulbright’s Moscow office. His practice spans construction, energy, technology and general commercial and shareholders disputes and focuses on commercial and investment arbitration as well as arbitration-related litigation. Andrey acted as an advocate in numerous complex cross-border cases and arbitral tribunals acting under the ICC, SCC, LCIA, SIAC and ICAC Rules, governed by English, Swiss, French, German, Dutch, Russian and Cypriot law. He is experienced in litigating before Russian courts of all levels, including on the matters relating to enforcement of arbitration clauses, setting aside and enforcement of arbitral awards, enforcement of foreign courts’ judgements and obtaining interim measures in support of foreign proceedings. He also sits as an arbitrator in domestic and international cases.

At the ICC, Aasiyah is working in the Legal Services Department of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) as a Legal Advisor on compliance-related matters. The overall mission is to guarantee that ICC’s different operations and departments operate in compliance with relevant applicable laws and regulations as well as ICC’s internal policies and procedures in the course of their activities. The term compliance encompasses not only the sanctions-related aspect but also the one related to fraud, corruption and money-laundering, thus including the financial aspect.

Nick is a Partner in the International Arbitration practice of Herbert Smith Freehills practising from London.  Nick is an English law qualified solicitor who has appeared before arbitral tribunals in Europe and Asia, as well as in the London High Court. 

His work as counsel has involved advising on various industry sectors, as well as acting for and against State governments on commercial disputes. 

Nick previously led the Singapore arbitration practice and is a member of the firm's India Executive.  He works closely with the Moscow office on English law Russian disputes, and also co-chairs the firm's Nordic Group.

Martin Platte is an attorney-at-law specializing in dispute resolution. He regularly acts as party-representative and arbitrator in international commercial arbitration proceedings. Mr. Platte also lectures on international commercial arbitration at the University of Vienna and has published widely on the topic. Proceedings he is involved in typically concern the sale of goods, company law/post M&A disputes, transport and distribution law, insurance and IP matters. Martin Platte is a delegate to the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR, as well as member of the National Advisory Board of the VIAC.

Francesca Salerno is counsel in dispute resolution, restructuring and insolvency at the Italian law firm Legance – Avvocati Associati. Francesca regularly represents Italian and foreign clients in cross-border disputes before Italian Courts and arbitral tribunals, across a range of sectors, including the infrastructure, construction, energy, insurance, pharmaceuticals, agency and distribution industries. She has gained considerable experience in both domestic and international commercial arbitration, acting as counsel or administrative secretary in cases under the auspices of ICC, CAM, LCIA and UNCITRAL, as well as in Court litigation in arbitration-related matters. Francesca is National Representative for Italy of AIJA-International Association of Young Lawyers and ambassador of the ICC Belt and Road Commission.

As a New York and French-qualified attorney, Ms. Wietek is an expert in the field of international economic sanctions. She served for several years as legal advisor at the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in Paris focusing on international arbitration, and sanctions. She is now based in Berlin and responsible for in-house litigation matters for the EMEA region in the field of online banking.

Rikard Wikström-Hermansen is a Stockholm-based Partner focusing on Swedish and international commercial arbitration as well as Swedish court proceedings. He has represented Swedish, foreign and multinational corporations before courts and arbitral tribunals under various arbitration rules such as the SCC, the ICC, the SIAC and the UNCITRAL rules. The disputes have involved many different business sectors, such as oil & gas, construction, the automotive industry and M&A disputes.

Rikard also regularly sits as arbitrator and has chaired several international commercial arbitrations – governed by English, Swedish and Russian law – involving Danish, Egyptian, Estonian, German, Norwegian, Russian, Spanish and Swedish parties.

Galina Zukova’s practice concentrates on international commercial and investment arbitration. She represents clients, private and state entities alike, and sits as arbitrator in cases conducted in accordance with the rules of the ICC, VIAC, DIS, SCC, LCIA, UNCITRAL etc., pursuant to different procedural and substantive laws in a broad range of fields and sectors.

Galina is a member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration, a Board Member of the Finland Arbitration Institute, and a member of the Arbitration Council of the Georgian International Arbitration Centre. She is also a member of the Organising Committee of the 2020 ICCA Congress. On academic front, Galina serves an Associate Professor at the University of Versailles and the Riga Graduate School of Law.